bushido_man96

Anytime! You are most welcome.

The more cotton in the gi, the more likely it is to shrink. Look at the material composition of the uniforms when ordering them; it should be available on the sites you look at.

Training at the Kodokan, eh? That would be really cool! Have fun!

This book was an overview of some history of the samurai, contain excerpts from books such as A Book of Five Rings, Hagakure, and Code of the Samurai. It is full of anecdotal stories and stories of samurai exploits, mixed with the excerpts from the above titles, and lots of Japanese artwork randomly spalshed in. The book is ok, and has a few interesting points, with a timeline of samurai events paralleled by other events in history, the method of putting on armor by the samurai being illustrated, and a few other novelties. I bought the book on the bargain rack, and I don't think I would have paid much more than that for it.

Is it a required combination? If not, just change it up.

Having many judges like this can be fairly typical. It is also typical that these judges will each discuss the scores on their sheets, and explain why they feel the way that they do. It would be likely that any differences in philosophy and criteria would be discussed and taken into account when scoring the testers. Your daughter will be able to develop power, and she can do this by working on her speed and technique. If the technique is already there, then as the speed comes along, her power will increase. With time, it should improve. If you are concerned that she will continue to fail tests because of this, then put off her next testing until you feel that she has developed enough to overcome this problem. She doesn't have to test everytime there is one scheduled. Let her take the extra time to build her strength, and work on all aspects of her curriculum. With the way that many schools seem to push students through the ranks these days, it is actually quite refreshing to see a school that will seriously evaluate testings, and hold their students to a higher standard. Don't lose heart, and don't take failing as an insult. It is an opportunity evaluate and improve. I hope this helps. Welcome to the Forums!

I have been working on the section with the waving kicks that correspond with the outside/inside blocks from the support-hand position, and the section where I do the inside crescent kicks, slapping the hand, and then going directly into the side kick without setting the foot down. For this second section, I am working on getting my leg around from the crescent, and keeping the knee high for the side kick. I am also working on the pivot to get into position. I don't feel like I am getting good extension on the crescent kicks, either.

I am not sure that anyone thought this of the technique. Just about all of the judo throws are based on some level of technical skill, including sac throws.

I remember that game...Bills backup QB won it...what was his name...??? Frank Reich. That was it. Was that the AFC Divisional Playoff? Because I think the next game was when the Bills beat the Chiefs in Buffalo. Or am I thinking of another year? Well, Patrick, I see the Phins lost a weapon in the Chris Chambers trade. That kind of sucks for the Dolphins. Who do they have left for WR? Ginn, but he is still young... On another note, the Chiefs traded RB Michael Bennett to Tampa Bay for an undisclosed draft pick. On a related note, Priest Holmes may practice this week, and there is a possibility that he could be activated for this Sunday's game vs. Oakland: http://www.chiefswarpath.com/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?category=1&id=1192496780

If that is the case, then I think he could hold his own. I am not sure if he would be able to compete for the title immediately, but I think he could get in there and make some waves.

My new form is Yoo Sin hyung. I know all of it, but am having some problems with some sections. Does anyone have any input on this form, and could perhaps help me out?

10-16-07 Yesterday's gut twisting exercise on the Roman chair made my abs sing today, so I did not do abs again today. Ouch!!!!! Back/shoulders/biceps Assited pull-ups: plate 11x10, plate 10x10, plate 9x8 Back hyperextensions: 3x15 Seated cable row: 120x10, 130x8, 140x6 Push-up and row: 30x8x3...these are great, and exhausting! Barbell biceps curls: 75x8, 80x6, 85x4 Legs Hip adduction: 115x10x3 Hip abduction: 115x10x3 Hip extension: 85x10x3 Hip flexion: 130x10x3 Solo workout: 3:40 - 4:00. Worked on my blasted new form, breaking it into segments to get down some tough spots. It is really giving me fits. Kids Class: 4:00 - 5:00. Only two students showed up today, both orange belts. So, they got a lot of individual attention, and we ironed out some things on basics that should help them out a lot with their forms. I also worked with them on nuances in one-steps, working with distance, good power, proper form, etc. At the end of class, I had them perform their one-steps on the heavy bag, so they could judge their distance and make contact with the techniques. They seemed to enjoy that.

10-15-07 Chest/triceps Bench press: 195x8, 205x6, 215x4 Vertical butterflies: 100x10, 115x8, 130x6 Triceps push-downs: 90x10, 105x8, 6 Bench dips: 3x10 Legs Hip sled: 345x10, 355x8, 365x6 Physio ball curls: 3x12 Calf raises: 160x10x3 Forearms Gripper: 30x12x3 Wrist curls: 20x20x3 Abs Roman chair crunches w/twist: 3x12x20 lbs. Combat Hapkido/Defensive Tactics: 9:20 - 11:00. We worked mainly on ICHF Purple Belt material today. As usual, we went through the curriculum, breaking down the moves, and then applying different applications from different starting points, and working towards alternate ends as well. Time flew by, as we accomplished quite a bit. Traditional Class: 6:00 - 7:00. Class was good tonight. My new form, Yoo Sin, is proving difficult to get a handle on, and I have been spending some time breaking it down. I know the whole form, and now I just have to concentrate on all of the little nuances to get it right.

Sorry, I just realized this thread was here. Yeah, I really enjoyed week one with the Chiefs. Nice...I see you are from Houston. Were you an Oilers fan as well?

Exactly, we all knew they were going to do it though, It would have been more impressive if they would of just treated like the other episodes and let the art itself do the talking... However the fights at the end where interesting to watch. At the same time, they have not downplayed the effectiveness of any of the other styles they have visited, either.

I just wonder about his ground game. He has great takedowns, but does he have any ground fighting training? Since he has been in some level of MMA competitions, I imagine that he has some, but I wonder how much?

We do the kicho's (all three), the Pyung Ahn's (5), Bassai (both), ect. We haven't got to forms yet, though (dojang just openned a week ago). *looks at Doug* I see. I think I have a book that has those forms in it. Is the TSD school you are attending affiliated with an organization?

Actually, if your opponent has you in a proper trap....that torque you're talking about is going to rip all of the ligaments out of your own knee...even possibly causing severe damage to your ligaments and muscles in your hip. At the least, you're going to be chewing up grass. I was kind of thinking this myself. If someone has a trap on you, they are probably trying to pummel you, or doing something with the trapped leg. Once, when my brother and I were sparring in the yard, he caught my round kick, more by accident than on purpose, and I brought my other leg up and around as a spin heel kick, and nailed him in the face. The way my body was aligned, I couldn't have brought it up and around in any other fashion. If I had the chance again, I don't think I would try this technique again...way to risky. It was cool, though. My brother didn't think so...

That is a pretty good quote. Like you, I think that forms training is enjoyable. For the first time in a while, I have a form to do now that is quite challenging for me to get down. However, in our forms, we don't get into the applications much at all. Therefore, I get more out of my Defensive Tactics/Combat Hapkido sessions as far as self-defense goes than I do my forms training. I do have a book that gets into applications on the forms of my system, but I haven't had an opportunity to apply them yet. However, I cannot argue that the technique that I have trained over the years of doing forms has not helped out in my ability to apply strong techniques in my self-defense training sessions. I do feel that I would be better prepared overall if I would have had more self-defense/self-protection training over the past several years, though. I think that doing both has been very beneficial to me. My TKD workouts are much more strenuous physically than my DT/Hapkido sessions are. But the DT sessions are much more tactical.

That is some interesting reading. Thanks for the site.

"Freestyle" Karate may also be more sport-oriented as well. They may also do forms for tournaments that are more along the XMA genre as opposed to the more traditional forms.

This may be the way to go. You could have any number of ailments, like fallen arches or something of the sort. If your feet are hurting that much, see a doctor and find out for sure what the problem is. Hopefully, it won't be a detriment to your training. Cutting back training time may be needed as well.

I used to really like the power clean, but my knees don't care for it so much anymore. I like bench press as well.

I wish he would fight in UFC. He's probably one of the best strikers in MMA today. It's not every day you see a striker of his caliber. I would like to see him try his hand in it as well.

Well if he trapped your inner crecent coming to his head, you would then twist your hips and lift your back leg to bring it around in the opposite direction, so you would do a 360 behind you, and then kick again with the leg that was trapped, or i guess do what some styles call a universal kick and kick with the back leg too if you couldn't get your front all the way back forward again. That seems like an awful lot of stuff to try to do when your leg is trapped. Besides, I was just talking about being blocked, as opposed to trapped. It sounds interesting, but I am not sure how it would work.