bushido_man96

I disagree. I pay my dues via direct deposit, through a contract. Not a bid deal, really. If the Martial Arts are something that you are serious about, and will be devoting a significant amount of time to, then signing a contract is not a major concern. One of the main things that it does is allows the instructor to be a teacher, as opposed to becoming a bill collector.

Actually, I prefered Ken to Ryu. However, If I were to dress up as Ken, I would have to bleach my hair, and grow it out!

You have hit the nail on the head, Bearich. I share many of the sentiments that you have elaborated on here. Bingo. I agree. Being respectful has more to do with being a human being than a Martial Artist. I know some people in my school who really aren't great people, but are great Martial Artists. Now, I know that this statement will bring some friction, because many think that the two are the same, and this is just not the case. When you talk about fighting or making war, those are the things that count; not respect levels or morals. Again, I agree whole-heartedly. This is exactly what the Martial Arts were born out of. On a side note, not to get too off topic, when you look into the very root of the Martial Styles, you will find that they all had more in common than they had different, as far as techniques used and taught. It wasn't until after the advent of gunpowder to warfare, which changed how wars were fought, and the use of hand-to-hand combat became diminished, that the stylized differences began to emerge in the Martial Styles that we know and love today (in my opinion). Although I have taken liberties with the spots quoted above , I believe this is the heart of your arguement, and thus deserves addressing. I think that it may very well be the case. I touched on this idea a bit in my article titled Martial Arts Monogamy, and I think that it still holds true, to an extent. I think with the advent of styles like MMA and RBSD systems, however, that this kind of nievity is steadily on the decline, and the need to test things for what they really are is taking over. At least I hope so. Great post, bearich.

Well, that is good that it worked. How did you set it up?

This is exactly what I was thinking of.

If you think that you are too sore, then you may want to do one class a week for a few weeks, until your body gets more acclimated to the training, and then add in the second class. Otherwise, the info give by Daisho seems very sound to me. Welcome aboard!

I have those as well, and just picked up Advancing in TKD. It is not too bad. A little bit more spiritual than I like, but it is not bad.

That's great, Laurie! That TSD training can help as stress relief for you.

Sounds like you will have an excellent training routine, once you get it going, NightOwl.

I think the point that you are making about competition minded grappling in self-defense is right on target, Cross. I would want to use my grappling experience to work into superior position and get back to my feet as quickly as possible. It is the mindset that is important. If you get a "gift" given to you at the time, in the form of an arm that is locked, controlling or breaking it may be what you want to do with it.

Very true. When bare knuckle was in vogue, I would believe that the body was targeted more than the head is today, because of the chance of breaking the hands. This would definitely change the strategy of the fights.

i just died laughing, and now my fellow martial artist towards the sun we look... I do have to admit some colored gi's do look cool, but not for any spiritual martial arts sense, I probably wouldn't wear on during actual training except for like a blue during judo sparing/competitions and what have you... (no if i only did judo ). However, I would wear a red one if i was you know.. dressing as Ken Masters for Halloween.. Good stuff!

In my line of work, I get that kind of stuff all the time. I just don't even worry about it. In the past, I would retort with a like reaction, but anymore, I don't even let it concern me.

Thanks, everyone. Olympic style sparring with the WTF is notorious for that. However, at the lower levels of competition, you will still see some punchers. The reason they don't waste their time punching is because it never really scores a point. Our style isn't strictly held to WTF standards, although we do pretty much use their rule system for sparring.

I missed it again. My schedule sucks.

lol clash, if they all stand in tight formation, the sheer vastnessess of their prism can overload the sensory cortex of the brain. i heard it works on lions as well ?? Yeah, but not if you are colorblind.

10-1-07 Chest/triceps Bench press: 135x5, 195x8, 205x6, 215x4 Seated chest press: 130x10, 150x10, 170x8 Vertical butterfly: 100x10, 115x8, 130x6 Triceps push-down: 90x10, 105x8, 105x6 Triceps press: 215x8, 6, 6 Legs Hip sled: 230x10, 345x10, 355x8, 365x6 Physio ball curls: 3x10 Calf raises: 3x10x169 Abs Roman chair crunches: 3x15 Side raises: 3x20x30 lbs. Defensive Tactics/Combat Hapkido: 9:15 - 10:30. We worked on some stuff that my partner will be teaching in a class for the PD down here. We worked on getting into a hammer lock from various starting positions, and then worked it to a takedown and control position. We then worked on gun defense from within 5 feet, and that was fun. We will also be going into rear takedowns. Traditional Class: 6:00 - 7:00. We worked a lot on new material today, and I got to start my next form, Yoo Sin. I like it so far.

Ah, I see your point. Thanks for elaborating. It sounds like you have quite the workout schedule. Very nice.

I have heard of the lifts called negative lifts before, but in my experience they were done with the spotter controlling the weight on the way down, but still making the lifter resist the weight as it comes down, making it a slow and painful experience. I have even heard of doing an overload negative where the spotters will put on more the lifter's 1-rep max, and then do the negative reps that way. It makes it kind of a plateau breaker.

It was an ITF style tournament and apparently it was supposed to stop brawling... I like brawling... That kind of surprises me. I think ITF tourneys even allow head strikes, don't they? I think they should let them brawl. If they don't like it, then only score a good, clean shot. If they are just trading, though, just let them go until they make some space and then get a good shot in. But I would hate to see the body punches taken away.

I thought so, too. So, Patrick, did you pick up Bowe before or after yesterday's game? I had Osi Umenyoria in one of my fantasy leagues, but didn't start him yesterday. He had 6 freakin' sacks, too!!!

Congrats, Clash!!!

Being told not to block is just crazy to me. I know that movement is important, but sometimes, you just have to block. All of my students will be able to do this. What I can't understand is that if these other instructors are seeing them do this in class, why don't they pull them aside and work it out with them?

I think that they were just simple outside and inside forearm blocks. I haven't seen it in years, so I don't remember for certain, but I think those are them.

9-29-07 I tested today, and it went from 10:30 to 1:30. Testing always wears me down, and this was no exception.