bushido_man96

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.

This may be the case, but you can do both lifting and cardio, and get even more benefits.

What is nice about the out-of-class training is that you can take a move and start with it, then, after getting comfortable with it, you can start asking what if this? and what if that? happens, and then you can work out scenarios where you explore the usage of the technique in "chaos."

Sure, I can understand that. Just working with a Boxing trainer would help to improve hand speed, combinations, and things like that. Maybe not a lot of bobbing and weaving, but more slipping and blocking.

I really think it depends on the association, too. Some places won't allow students under black belt ranks to teach for purposes of experience. Some also think it may look unprofessional for those under black belt to be leading a class. I think that getting in the training hours is important, and can be done through class assitance as well.

I am not so sure that this is the case. I think that the flashier the uniform, then perhaps the more commercialism involved, but I have seen lots of good technicians wear flashy uniforms before.

Woo hoo!!! Chiefs win again, and I did not expect them to! The defense played well again, but Tomlinson did get off the snide, and rushed for well over 100 yards. Anywho, the Chiefs even their record, and I really thought that they could have started 0-4. Dwaye Bowe looked really good, and maybe the Chiefs have drafted a legitimate wide receive threat now to help out Tony Gonzalez and the passing game. LJ finally got over the 100 yard mark as well. Full of positives, this week.

Beginning a running program may help you out.