bushido_man96

What is a cap block? 12L 8W 2T concrete slab basically. Ah, nice.

This is basically what our school does. We do some abbreviated basics, then some forms, some one-steps, maybe a bit of free sparring, and then the high ranks will do some board breaks.

I disagree. There are many things about the Martial Arts that can be learned from a book or video, or DVD. There are many things that are harder to learn from these sources, like some of the very minute details. However, there are many applications and ideas that one can get from reading a book or watching a video that can help in learning some things. Is it the best way? Not necessarily. But it is a good source, if you have no others.

I am just sticking to my guns.

Since I have been working with law enforcement, I have seen just as many women attacking officers as I have men. There is no point in letting yourself get beat up.

I believe that if a person is attempting to kill you, then you have to meet force with force. I believe that most Use of Force ladders advocate this as well.

To be honest with you, BB of C, I think that you worry too much about something that is very unlikely to happen. The human body is quite resiliant, and the likeyhood of you killing someone in an altercation, short of striking their throat or the like, isn't as high as you might think.

Yeah, that is quite high. It sounds like you attend an ATA school. Is this the case?

You see, just saying "high block" saves time.

I have never done it in my TKD days. I thought that it was exclusive to Aikido, to be honest. I have not done it in Hapkido, either, but I use the ICHF curriculum, and it doesn't contain everything that a more "traditional" Hapkido curriculum would. I have never really played around with it, and I think it would be interesting. One of our college students is also in the Aikido club with the college, and has talked about it before. I may get to experiment with it sometime.

I agree, pittbullJudoka.

That is what they say, yet you never hear of it happening.

...this, along with the fact that you don't have the advantage of any leverage to use in the strikes, either.

What is a cap block?

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1-31-08 We had a small testing tonight, with only 4 testing. Before testing, I worked BOB over for around 10 minutes. Not an intense workout, but I was hitting hard, and working on combinations. After testing, I taught Orientation from 7:00 - 8:00. There were 6 fresh college students in the class, and I felt pretty good about what they had done so far when the class was over. Teaching Orientations always gives me a little bit of a workout, too, because I have to demonstrate more.

No-one is perfect. Accepting and understanding this will help you improve alot more than ignoring you weaknesses. But i do agree that you shouldnt focus solely on your weaknesses in a negative light. What is important is to be able to identify what your weaknesses are (even if they are small; they are still there) and then train to make them strengths.

I don't know; I am not so sure. Many of the people that I know that find out that you know MA, end up wanting to challenge you, to see what you got.

Good idea. Have them come dressed and prepared for class. This will help you out a lot.

Hopefully, they don't raise it anymore on you. Who knows, maybe the rent went up. As for the belts, I think that perhaps they should have done it only for the kids, but it may not matter in the end. Keep an eye on things, and see if they make any other changes.

Yes, I believe that is correct.

I have seen a punch listed as "chungdan chirugi." We say "ahp ju mak." I have seen high block listed as "chukyo marki." We say "san dan maki." Those are just a few examples.

Just because something seems like a good idea to alot of people, doesnt mean it is. Like alot of things in TMA, it seems that most will teach the terminology in a different language because "thats what i was taught", and the reason their instructor taught them this way is because thats how they were taught. So they are doing it because thats how its always been done, so it must be right? When logically, the best way to teach a person something is to relate it to them in a language they are familiar with. I agree with Cross here. Some things just keep getting carried on and on, when there may not be a really legitimate reason for it. Then, it falls back into the catch-all of being "tradition."

Very well put. Grappling experience is what helps to keep you off the ground. I also think that this is a good point as well. Multiple opponents don't come at you one at a time, like in the movies (if they know what they are doing). You might be able to get rid of one or two, but you have to do it fast, and then get the heck out of there.

It would seem to me that there is only one way to collect this kind of data; by actually applying the technique. If not, you have to go off of the stories that people tell about its use. Even at that rate, I don't think it would be a move that would have these results 100% of the time.