bushido_man96

Good post, Jim. I think you are on to something there...

Nice. Very original.

Grossman it is buddy. And a good quote. Hehe, I'm sharper than I thought!

Coach Gable is actually a Kansas celerbrity. He grew up in the small town of St. Francis. That is around 40 miles away from my home town.

Hock? Yes. I agree. When you fight, you don't rise to the occassion, you sink to the level of your training. (I think that might be a Lt. Col. Grossman quote, Cross, but I can't remember for sure. ).

2-4-08 Chest/triceps Bench press: 165x10, 175x8, 185x4 Dips: 3x5 Triceps push-downs: 90x10, 105x6, 6 Triceps press: 50x10, 60x8, 65x6 Abs Decline crunches: 3x12 Sit up and twist: 2x20 Forearms Gripper: 3x12x30 lbs. Wrist curls: 3x20x20 lbs. Solo bag work: 9:00 - 9:15 Front leg 45 degree round kick: 3x10 each leg; kicks done in a fast, repeating fashion. Back leg switching round kick (45 deg): 3x10; done fast. Jab/cross/jab: 3x10 from each side. Step together front leg round kick: 3x10 each side. Traditional TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00. I felt tight all class long. Sparring at the end of class was good.

That is cool, ps1. I think that many Martial Artists should have an experience like that. So many of us get lost in our comfort zones that we don't see everything else. By the way, didn't Gable coach at Iowa State?

That is not necessarily the case, either. If the person who is learning from the book has also had fighting experience, then he may very well beat the "taught" fighter. There are so many factors that go into fighting that it is difficult to make such predictions.

Then, if you spend any time talking to anyone outside of the Martial Arts, you have to translate everything for them. In English, they can get a general idea of what you are talking about.

Congrats!

You will want to fight your fight. If they have a lot of experience, then it is probably going to be a rough go. Fight dirty; cheat first, cheat last, and cheat in the middle. Every chance you get, cheat. Kick them in the knee; then in the leg. Kick the other knee. Run away fast.

Perserverance, baby! Yahhhh! I have to perserver; I mean c'mon, check out my avatar!

Obi means belt...what does "kuri" mean?

No need to apologize, BB of C. I know that your intentions are good. I would just hate to see a hesitiation on your part because you feel like you have an obligation to someone who is attacking you. Even those who say things like you quote, still don't realize how difficult it is to do something like that. If you plan on beating someone to death, you have to get them pretty well incapacitated first. Once they are unconcious, then the real damage gets done. Sure, there are some freak accidents that happen at times, but they are few and far between.

This can be tricky. I would never tell anyone that they can't date because they are fellow students; it just doesn't work out well. I had that policy once, but pitched it. Now, keep in mind that if you get started, and things don't work out, then it may be weird for one or both of you to still go to the same MA school. Keep this in mind. If you break up, will one or both of you end up quitting? With all that said, I met my wife at my TKD class.

Buy the shoes on the internet, and if he gets upset about it, and threatens punishment, then tell him you would be happy to take your monthly dues elsewhere, too.

2-2-08 TTA Instructor's Seminar. It went from 3:30 - 8:00. We had a good hour long of basics and Do Kang work, and then a sit-down question and answer session on forms. We then moved on to Ho Sin Sool, which was very basic, but we can get some good applications out of them. Later on we did some Do Kangs with a knife, which was interesting, but different. Following the Do Kangs with knife, we had another question and answer session on one-steps and instruction in general. Overall, it was a pretty good seminar, and I got a pretty good workout from it.

Welcome aboard!

Thanks for the clarification, Zanshin. I don't know if I would like it too much; to tough on my knees. They are bad enough as it is.

Saves time but is it really that much extra effort to complete the name in Japanese (or Korean)? Fair enough you save yourself that little bit extra breath but I still think the pros outweigh the cons. What it boils down to is the fact that my students speak English, and not Korean.

That sounds great, glockmeister. At $25 a month, that is one heck of a deal, too.

There are many Martial Artists that are of the opinion that being on the ground is the last place that you want to be. It really isn't anything new, and being of that opinion doesn't mean that they don't know anything about ground fighting. Just that they don't prefer to do it. I am not sure exactly what you mean about the video's move being a lie. Could you elaborate?

Well, you did mention it...

Cool. I wasn't too far off then.

I got my first exposure of TKD with my dad, when I was around 4. I did it for a while, but I never even got a uniform; I just went and tried to follow along with what the adults were doing. Later on, in middle school, a friend of mine signed up for classes, and asked me if I wanted to go check it out, too. I did, and the rest is history. When I was in school, I always got picked on, so that was one of the main reasons for getting into it. Now I do it because I can't imagine not doing it.