bushido_man96

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.

This, I am not so sure about. It would be tough to come up with the parameters for the replay; who could call for one, when it would be called for, etc. I don't know of any other combat sports that have replay, and I don't know that it would be a necessary admission.

I didn't catch much of Fight Quest, but what I did see, I liked. If they put up another season, I will try to catch it more often.

Man, lets see it! This would be great to watch.

How many of us tell our students to go to the mountains, and do thousands of knuckle push-ups a day on rocks, and then punch a tree a thousand times, and then front kick a tree a thousand times, for years at a time? I am willing to be none of us. However, this was an "old school" method used by Mas Oyama, and it did work very well for him. And again, I don't know how many of his own students did this as well.

6-10-08 Little Lions class: 5:15 - 5:45. Helped to teach this class today. TKD class: 6:00 - 7:00. This class went very well. Basics were really good, and they got a good chunk of sparring in at the end of class. Before the class started, I did Do-Kang 2, forms Do San, Won Hyo, and Yul Kuk.

Ah, well said.

Superior training methods, combined with the advance in technology, I would guess. I have heard alot about Grossman's books, and I look forward to reading them eventually.