bushido_man96

Thanks for sharing the vid, DWx. It was interesting how they ran some of the moves together. They put some work into that.

Awesome, and congrats! It'll be good to have you back!

...hehe, or maybe more like sporadic remembering?

Congrats on the promotions and the kudos! That Shootfighting set up you have there sounds very intriguing.

Thanks for the review, NightOwl. Man, you are good at reviews! I wish I could do my book reviews as well as you do...

Take an a time inventory of your days. Get a tablet and pen, and for a week, write down exactly what you do during the day, and when you do it. At the end of the week, look it over, and see where the available holes in your schedule are for working out. You may have to do shorter duration, higher intensity exercise intervals in order to get the work back in that you are used to, escpecially if your time is more restricted. From there, you can adjust your training. Hope this helps.

I read up on that program before, and those guys were a bunch of freakin' animals! That is one heck of a workout routine.

Heal it up. Get back soon!

A lint roller is a good idea. Also, if you have the time, you may just hang-dry you gi. That will keep the hair off, hopefully. Do you have pets?

ps1 has a very good explanation. The stances are very much transitional, especially in fighting. MMA_Jim also brings up very good points on the stances. When you take a stance, you have to consider two things: stability, and mobility. Now, the higher and narrower the stane (in general), then the more mobile you are, at the expense of stability. However, the lower and more stable you make your stance, then you sacrifice mobility. Therefore, when you have to move and react to an opponent in a fight, then you want to be in a place that allows you to be mobile and stable in varying degrees at the same time, which is why the Thai stance is so good for this, as MMA_Jim mentioned. Now, if someone shoots a takedown on you, then one of your best defenses may be to sprawl. By sprawling, you sacrifice your mobility to stabilize your position. This is the transitional phases of stance work, in its essence.

Well, I think that TKD is an Art, that is also a sport. I think it can be both, but doesn't have to be. Neither do I think if it is one, that it is never the other.

Can someone explain more about this philosophy please? Well, what exactly would you like to know? Maybe I can give a little something for you.

Boy, that does sound odd. I don't think I could pull that off. You would have to have some funky hip flexibility and strength to do it, I think.

Good points, ps1. It could be school differences, or it could be just a different drill. What was the drill for? Floor drill, or in a form? It could be many different reasons. When we do our basics in class, we move our front leg in the manner that you described as well.

It really sounds like typical kid stuff. Just keep him encouraged, and let him know that you support him. Also let him know that there aren't a lot of 6 year olds out there doing something like this, and that it is very special that he has the opportunities to do these things. That may help. After the break, he may be ready to go as well.

You can sign me up for an autographed copy, Killer! I am all in!

Those "Idiots" and "Dummies" books are a lot better than they lead on....on all topics. I've read the Karate one and it is very informative. I agree this is an excellent book, although if you practice another style other than ShotoKan or Shotokai it is just another book for you library I agree. I have several of the "Complete Idiot's Guide to (whatever MA)," and they have all been well written. Most of the information is general, but there is a lot of it.

It just takes time and practice. Once you get that drive put together, you will see improvement in your technique.

Hopefully it is not a hyperextension. Like ps1 mentioned, if it persists, see a doc.

If you are skilled at takedowns, then perhaps feining like you are "puffing up" and stand tall, then drop fast to takedown, that can throw them off, because they will most likely "puff up" with you, making themselves taller and more vulnerable to the takedown.

I have seen Cung Le do some pretty mean suplexes, too. That guy is a takedown and throwing machine.

A well-handled situation, NightOwl. Way to keep your head.

Wait till after class, or go in on an off day, and you say to him: "Mr. _____, I wanted to tell you that I am going to also be training at such-and-such a school on such-and-such days." That is really it. If he asks why, then tell him why. If he says ok, then cool. If he doesn't like it, and doesn't want you to do it, then you have to make a decision to either stay with him, and follow his rules, or go your seperate ways. It is really pretty simple. Don't make it tougher than it is. Just go for it.

That is tough to do, but it makes you think really hard. I have only done in with a few basic forms, and it is still very hard. A good drill, though. Another fun forms variation is to have one student start a form, and do a certain number of moves, and then have them stop, and the next student has to pick up where the previous left off, go a certain distance, and then another picks up where he left off. It is good for getting the handle of knowing where to start in the middle of a form, and not having to start at the beginning all of the time.