bushido_man96

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.

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.