bushido_man96

You can point the finger at your students and say "you, you, you," all you want, but in the end, you are the one that will be held responsible as the leader and teacher of your class/school.

Good luck to you with the school. I hope you grow and grow.

Biting can be useful when the rest of your limbs are tied up, and it is your only option. However, if you could bite, you could probably head butt, too. This is another effective move, if performed correctly. The effectiveness of the eye gouge would be dependent on how deep you can dig your finger into the opponent's head. You can get results ranging anywhere from just grazing the eyes, to sticking your finger up the the 3rd joint in the socket. You have to be close to get that accomplished, though.

This full resistance training methodology is what was able to put Judo in favor of Jujitsu when Japan started training its police force. Olympic style TKD and Boxing are good about this as well. They just have the rule set restrictions.

I have seen Koryo, and kind of psuedo-learned it at one time. It is a fun form to do.

I agree with your assessment here. Working with parries is great for leading into joint locking. We work with this in our Combat Hapkido quite a bit. It is good to be able to use both kinds of blocks.

I hope that my son takes to the Martial Arts, and then I can train more, because I will be taking him with me. That's what I am hoping for, anyways.

We have air conditioning at my school. I still get plenty of sweat going during workouts, though.

Other than Martial Arts, is there something else that you do as a hobby? Do you have a different skill set? For instance, are you an auto mechanic? Are you a carpenter? Anthing.

Huh, interesting. I wonder which city? You see, us Kansans make the news every now and then!

It could be worse, all; my brother's birthday is 9/11.

Sure, you don't have to use the air-conditioning. But you have to make sure that you can provide a safe training environment for your students. When one passes out due to dehydration or heat exhaustion, then you have a serious issue on your hands.

I don't think that the person from the other school would necessarily have to have a spot on the front row in class. They could mix into the back row. If it were me, that wouldn't bother me at all. I would be there to learn, not fuel my ego. As far as the exchange of information, I think that would be whole point of the matter. You go to learn something new. Then, once you have a grasp of it, you can pass it on. It makes for a nice progression of training.

Not really. I just try to get something in now and then when I can.

My belt has my name embroidered on it, along with the name of the school in Engilsh and Korean, and dan bars. I like it. I also have a plain black belt, but I haven't worn it in years.

Nakamura is a familiar name in MA circles. That is pretty cool. Nice info.

When you don't experience violence on a daily basis, and I am willing to be that most of us don't, then it is hard to ready for these things. Fights are sloppy and messy, and all that matters is surviving; you don't get any style points. Realistic approaches to training is a great way to look into this. Change up the attacks that come at you; get an untrained fighter to attack you in the gym. Wear your street clothes when training from time to time. Do things to try to get your adrenaline going when training. All of these things can help in this area. Keep the techniques simple.

Those are very cool experiences, guys. I envy you a lot.

As soon as I get my basement cleaned up and organized (again!) I will have about a 12' by 12' area to practice in. I have a Wavemaster freestanding bag that I can use in that area, and although it is a bit small for forms, I can do other drills in the area. Sometimes, I go out in the back yard and work out, as well.

The amount of time that I have available to spend training has gone down over the last few years. During this time, I have gotten married, and become a father of two. Its hard to tell your son that you can't play with him because you have to go to class in the evening. Then, when you get home, its time to eat, bathe, and get to bed. It just gets tougher. Although I will never quit MA training until I just can't physically do it anymore, I do make sure that I have the time to spend with my family.

I was wondering if anyone here has ever trained with a champion in their respective arts? It doesn't have to be popular world champion, but anyone who you view that "made it big" in the world of MA competition.

That's awesome. Your more of man than me, tallgeese.

My last few pairs have been Avia.

January 9.

Cool, thanks tallgeese.