bushido_man96

That is a nice touch. Perhaps the instructor feels a level of trust in your son, and is letting him acquire some responsibility. Good deal.

One mistake that many people make when point sparring is that they assume a technique has landed, and then stop and look for acknowledgement from the judges, only to find that they didn't catch it, and then you get popped with your hands down. Don't do this! Make sure you have a flow of techniques, and don't let up until the judge yells "break" or "point." If you want to get inside the legs of taller fighters, that is well and good, but be sure they are set up well. Once you are inside, don't just hang out there. Punch away, get them driving backwards, and then try to finish with a kick if you can. By finishing with a kick, you put yourself (hopefully) out of their reach, where they can't just launch something at you while you still hang out in close. Everyone has a bad day now and then, so don't let that get to you. Just push through it and go on. As far as not being aggressive; you can make this work for you. You may want to try to start counter fighitng, instead of being the offensive fighter. I do believe that over time you can make yourself more aggressive. It just takes time and some confidence in your techniques.

I prefer to pay by the month. That way, I don't have to worry about constantly bringing money with me to pay to go to class that day. I don't always have cash on me, so I like to pay by the month. I also have an EFT set up, so that each month, the money comes directly out of my account. That way, I don't ever have to worry about being paid up; I just show up and worry about training.

I don't believe so. I am sure an internet search in some research journal sites could give you better studies, but nothing really beats getting 8 hours all in a row.

Yeah, that could be a psychological attack, so to speak. You have to wonder how good he is, or how bad the other guy may have been.

This is the case; however, you don't have to wait for them to make an attack in order to defend yourself with a pre-emptive strike. Crippling force may be one of the steps on the ladder, but if the attacker has pulled a knife or other weapon, then the use of force ladder will most likely jump to the deadly force level. You just have to be able to articulate that you were afraid for you life or great bodily harm, so you acted the way that you did.

I always like Segal as well. Van Damme was popular when I was growing up in the MAs as well.

If you think that way, then you will perform that way. When it comes down to it, it is them or you, and you had better pick you. There are ways to train yourself to get more accustomed to these kinds of situations. It is called adrenal-stress training, and you can find plenty of information on the web about it. You may want to look into it.

I am not so sure. Power=mass x velocity squared, I do believe. If this is the case, then I don't think that you can really cheat the machine. If the machine is reading power, then it is detecting the mass in some way, and using it to relate the power.

So, even if you are controlling your fear, it is still there. I don't know if you can really get rid of fear entirely. Controlling it is possible, and being able to act in spite of it; we call it courage.

I have not seen this preview. I like the name, though. Perhaps we are seeing a comeback of the old style MA films. I would like that a lot!

Could this be due to the fact that the other people in the class will be heavier than he is? Or does he just like to teach adults?

3-17-08 Chest/triceps Bench press: 155x10, 185x8, 205x3 Dip machine: 215x10, 8, 8 Seated triceps push-down: 90x10, 120x10, 135x8 This was a different lift, and I can do higher weight. Biceps Barbell curls: 70x10, 80x8, 90x4 Abs Hanging leg raises: 2x10 Hanging knee pulses: 3x10 Cardio: Spinner for 10 minutes. Not much, but got the blood flowing. Combat Hapkido: 11:00 - 12:00. Went over Purple Belt curriculum. Took some notes, and learned a few different things. Very useful stuff, when you break away from the rote curriculum, and begin to apply the stuff in different ways. TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00. Taught class tonight. I had a good time with the class as well. I don't get to teach the adults all that often, and the 4th dan Jr. Master allowed me the opportunity to keep teaching after he showed up. I was greatful for that.

I guess that is true. It seems to spread to the strangest places.

Yeah, I think you are on to what I am saying, Throwdown. A guess I view a throw as something that comes more over the hip, really bringing the opponent off of his feet, and over that fulcrum. A takedown, I look more at taking the opponents feet out from under them, even if it is a violent sweeping motion. I suppose they could all be called throws. Just depends on how you view it, I guess.

Hard telling. It sounds like it was messing with knocking you out. I would maybe see if you can replicate the feeling again, and see what you think. Then do some research.

I think that you will. There is a lot of stuff to get used to, but it is worth it, I think. I just hope I get another opportunity to do something like this again soon.

That does sound interesting, but I am not sure how well it would work. Have you ever punched a car tire? Not a very secure area to punch, I think. Your hand would bounce right off, don't you think?

I think that it can have different connotations, depending on how the word is used, like JohnASE has mentioned. Like in most TKD styles, when you achieve the title of Master at a certain rank, it is more like a descriptive term: "Master" Instructor; supposedly, an instructor with quite a few years of teaching experience, and demonstrating the level of instructor that you are. Otherwise, it could have the connotation of one who has excelled in the physical aspects of their particular style, and has garnered a great amount of respect and admiration from those within and without the style.

Hehe, cute idea.

Right now I am reading Treasure, by Clive Cussler. It is my main focus, anyway. I have also started a book titled Axe Kick from the Achieving Kicking Excellence series. These are pretty nice books as well. They each break down a different kick, and help with practice, training, and applications. Not too bad.

Our testing fees are seperate from our monthly fees. So, it wouldn't really matter in my school. He would pay monthly rates, and follow the school rules. Like I said, though, I would love to work with different approaches on doing different things.

You should sit down and talk to him about how things will run in your school. If he has questions, then he should perhaps raise them with you after the class, and not just say "this is how I did it before, and it is better." If he likes something better, then that is great. However, let him know why you do what you do, and that he may be able to benefit from it as well. If you really think his mentality is not right for your school, then tell him this, and send him on his way. You don't want to sacrifice 5 good students for one bad student.

That may be, but smoking would be linked more to lung cancer than pancreatic, I would think.

Many Combatives instructors will tell you that no matter what the fighting sports rules are, that any of them can give bad habits. TKD rules are set up to emphasize the kicking in the style, which what the Koreans chose to emphasize in the style. Boxing is the opposite way; they like the hands. I think that Olympic TKD would perhaps gain some enthusiasm if they dropped the protective gear.