bushido_man96

If it is loaded with patches and school identifications, then I would agree with you. However, if you have a plain white gi, then I don't think it would be a big deal.

I don't think you get overloaded with too many blocks, but what you do get is variations on how each block is performed. Minor differences, I think. However, I don't know if it would cause that much overload or not.

It sounds to me like it could be a gym, with weights and the whole shebang, along with being an MA school. Even though, my school is in a gym, and I only pay $60 per month for use of both.

Well, I guess using a simple reverse punch, I like to use the pivot of the rear foot, followed by use of the hip, to generate power. For a side kick, I try to turn my hips in kind of a turning over/into the kick for power generation. For round kicks, I use a lot of follow through, and then opposite reaction with the same hand as the leg that kicks. This is definitely easier to demonstrate than it is to explain!

I don't think that sounds like advise; it sounds more like a command. I don't think that there is anything wrong with wanting to learn different things, nor should anyone be able to put a leash on what activities you do. As far as being considered "cowboys" goes, I guess I would have to take that as a compliment. I don't think it has anything to do with big egos, however. I think that those who are so insecure as to allowing others to explore multiple options in training are generally the ones that have an issue with their ego. Furthermore, I think that Zorbasan is on the right track; the most of us here are paying our instructors for a service. Therefore, I think that the instructor should keep this in mind. It truly isn't any of my business what other activities my students do in their spare time pertain to. If they do something that is totally out of line with regards to the school, like illegal activities, then something should be done. However, I don't view cross-training as an illegal activity.

Amen to that! One mistake you don't want to make, in my opinion, is to assume that you are always wrong, and you always have to do the smoothing over. Believe it or not, every now and then, the woman is wrong, and it is her job to appologize, and then initiate the talking it out process. Yep, thats right; then SHE will have to bring the hot chocolate!

I understand completely! Sorry for the misunderstanding. After I posted, I thought about that, seeing as I am in the same boat. I don't sit on a panel yet, but I do run the floor for testings. I do that more than I test myself, now.

Good luck to you!

Well, they use their hands to gain momentum in kicking and stuff, so they kind of play a balancing role, in a way. I still don't advise it, though, unless you like the taste of spinning heel kick with mustard on it!

That helps the rules out in that area, then.

Reminds a lot of Olympic TKD, but with more hands. Hands hanging down, but the bad part is that the only thing that matters is the initial contact, then they break. Lots of dancing, too. The throw was nice, but avoiding the flurry of tags to get one off seems to be the problem. I definitely think a Kyokushin style of fight would serve it better.

One thing I am lacking in is the amount of practice department.

I think that the main point is that these things don't work the same on everyone. Some people are really "nerve dead," and it doesn't work the same on them.

Personally, I think that this is the focal point of the Martial Arts; fighting. At least, self-defense, is very important, and should be the focal point.

Isn't there a risk that you are doing both TKD and Shotokan an injustice, by "blurring" them into the same martial art? I understand entirely, that the codification of modern TKD is based on that of Japanese Shotokan. I know very little of TKD but a little bit about Shotokan, and it seems to me that the "Korean" roots of TKD "Tae-Kyon"? may have been lost a little in the modern "sanitisation" process? Its great that you train in a ma that is very similar to your previous one, but personally, I would seek to learn more from the differences, rather than be too quick to make comparisons. Not that it is a blurring, just noticing the similarities. If some things are the same, then it isn't really blurring. I see many people talk about digging deep into the meaning of things in the Martial Arts. Sometimes, you don't have to dig deep; a punch is a punch, and a kick is a kick.

Way to go!

Cool! Best of luck to you!

Cool, thanks for the link.

I think you are on the right track here. I think that many of the kicking techniques that we see in TKD have a root in Karate, but were eventually modified, and then emphasized in the training. I do think that this was a good thing for TKD as well.

I agree. Especially about the part of the quote that I bold-faced.

Is this what I think you mean, as in competitors are doing a lot of holding on to each other during bouts? Presumably this is to stop your opponent from achieving enough space between you and them in order for them to kick you. Or have I miss understood? Have you got any youtube links? Yeah, you have it much, pretty much. But the way TKDers clinch is different. They get up close, with their hands down, usually, and then try to jockey one into moving back enough to throw round kick or something. This video has some brief spots of clinching: They try to push and create space, or they hug, with the hands down low. I am of the opinion that many of TKD's knockouts could be avoided with a simple use of the "hands up."

Think about this; he was one of the more ellusive heavyweights as well. Even though, I don't see a lot of other fighter suffering from the same condition. I think George Foreman was known more for being able to take a punch, and probably absorbed a lot more punishment than Ali did over his career. It just affects different people differently.

This one may take a little longer. We have a few wrestlers at our school, but I don't see how you would get into that position. I'll ask Chris (collegete all american) how he would put someone into it and then see what I would do. You have a collegiate all-american at your gym, too? Wow, you really have some great resources at your disposal.In your videos, it seems to be different with you guys rolling than when me and my friend practice. I feel like I am always in frantic movement while rolling. You guys appear to be much more methodical. Is this just lack of experience?

Yeah, you may have to. In the end, you may have to wind up getting another gi, because each probably has its own set of patches and other criteria. You don't have to spend a lot on a new gi right away, either. Get a middle or lightweight gi to start with, and then save money along the way for a nicer one.

Do you mean that all they did was basics and fighting? I suppose that it could have been that way. I am not sure, though. I think most of them were associated with some form of Karate or other at some point, and probably used most of those training methods, whether they created their own forms or used other forms. Does that answer your question? Or am I missing it?