bushido_man96

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.

I had heard this somewhere before. Does Catch contain more leg locking and leg work like that? Or am I thinking of something else? I know Sambo uses a lot of leg techniques. I thought Catch did, too.

Hehe, an old Wrestling move...I am aware of it. A bit on the desperation side, I would say, but effective. My youngest brother used to great effect a few times.

I think that in Brazil you can get more of the genuine experience of Capoeira. However, there have been some MMAers that have been putting Capoeira to good use in the ring, and it really flows well into the ground fighting. Check out the original thread of the post for some links to some matches.

i like the round kick as well, i want to work on my instep though, did you do any conditioning on it first before you began? Nope, just went and did it. Afterwards, the foot turns really nice colors, and I get a line down the center of my foot that is not colored, and is about a half-inch wide. After a while, the color goes away, though. One thing you can do is kick a heavy bag with your instep, and that will begin to build up some toleration. Start with one board, as well. Thanks, pittbullJudoka. I had a buddy, who didn't have any MA training at the time, break three pine boards with a straight punch as well. I don't know that I could do 3 boards. My middle brother did 3 like that with a palm heel strike. Pardon the pun, but that is a tough break, man. I rolled my ankle once stretching out for second base...that sucked...a lot.

This is a nice thought as well. That student of yours has a pretty good attitude, too. You guys are all giving me some pretty good ideas to use, should the need arise!

That is a good idea. I like it a lot. Thanks for the tip.

My dad actually got me involved in TKD, at an early age. My first experience with it was when I was around 4 years old. However, I didn't really get into it until a friend of mine in middle school asked me if I wanted to go to a TKD class with him. The rest is history. I outlasted my buddy, even. Man, if you train for 6-8 hours a day, you must not have much time to work. How do you get to train so much?

I don't agree that meditating is the only way to relax. Different things work well for different people. Meditation can be relaxing, for sure. I just think it is not the only way.

I think "be aware" and "stay alert" would fit well somewhere in there, too.

A Game of Thrones; Catelyn Cat and Sir Roderik are nearing King's Landing, and get their in this chapter. In this chapter, we learn about, and meet, Lord Petyr Baelish, better known as "Littlefinger." He got the nickname from a combination of being small of stature and skinny, and because his family had the smallest estate on the Fingers. Cat's brother, Lord Edmure, gave him the nickname. Littlefinger was a ward of Cat's father, and the two grew up together. Littlefinger was like a brother to Cat, but Littlefinger loved Cat more intensely. At one point, Petyr challenged Brandon Stark for Cat's hand, and was badly embarrased. When Cat and Cassel check into a place to stay, Rodrik leaves to speak with the king's armorer, Ser Aron Santagar, to ID the dagger. However, Petyr hears of her arrival though Varys, the master of whisperers, and has Cat brought to him, via City Watch escort. We meet Petyr, and Lord Varys, who is a eunich. He knows about the dagger, and they find out that it was Petyrs, lost in a bet, to Tyrion Lannister.

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Very nice, Montana. I can see the usefulness of the move.

Other moves will work, sure. However, the round kick can still be useful as well.

Agreed. True; the fist pack just helps to augment it.

That is quite an impressive resume. You have a lot of time in training. How do you make so much time?

I agree with Ed here. I can see your concerns, BB of C, however, I just think that if you worry more about not hurting the person who is attacking you, then you will do yourself a disservice. If you are fighing someone that is trying to kill you, and you are more concerned about his well being than he is of yours, then you are already behind the 8-ball. Granted, not everyone that is trying to hurt you is trying to kill you, but that doesn't mean that it won't happen by accident.

Excellent points, especially the first one. I always tell the younger black belts who get frustrated with teaching some of the orientations that it is always easy to teach the talented students. Teaching everyone else takes someone special.

It must be nice to have a company car! Yeah, in the U.S., paying monthly is a common theme.

Our school starts at 4, but between 4 and 7, the kids are placed in our Little Lions program. In this program, they wear white belts with a colored stripe through them; orange, yellow, green, blue, brown, red. They earn stripes on their belts each week for a different aspect of training; balance, fitness, coordination, listening, focus, etc. I can't remember how many stripes they earn, but they earn 1 per week, and must make both of the classes to earn the stripe. Every 2 months is a belt testing.

Man, James, you are frickin' animal! I'm glad you are back; you make me want to push myself even more.

At the last Olympics, my brother watched a match where I think a Korean competitor knocked out a 6'7" Greek competitor. Also, try taking some of the kicks they throw, even with the protectors on. They hurt. They shock you a bit. Knockouts do happen. Sure, mainly because they don't keep their hands up, but hey, that is their deal. If they don't want to keep their hands up, that is ok with me. I choose to keep mine up. If you watch the WKF Karate matches, they are more of a point game than the TKD matches are.

XMA is cool, too, but there are lots of differing opinions on it as well. I am not against XMA, or against the use of languages like Japanese in Karate. I just don't feel that it is as necessary as many think. I honestly think that the main reason for the use of the native language is because when many of the Japanese masters began teaching those in West, they didn't speak very good English. So, instead of trying to learn the English, they went with what they knew.

I have not seen such practitioners. Even training to do so, it is never going to be a foolproof attempt to take on multiple attackers; the movies do a good job of portraying this, but in real life, it is much different.