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Do a Google search on it, and see what it brings up. It may be an organization; I don't recognize the style. However, that means very little; there is a lot that I don't know.

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I really don't see that there would be that much of a problem with this. As far as technique is concerned, other than the sine wave, the differences in technique would be very minimal, I think. I have actually been to a school that taught both sets of forms. Also, the sparring would be easy to keep straight as well, as long as you trust in your own ability to adapt back and forth.

I have never really had an issue like that, but only because selection has always been limited where I have lived. When I first started TKD, it was the only thing around. Now where I live, there is TKD and a place called Karate Fitness, and another TKD instructor who has a small school. So, I have stuck with TKD. Hopefully, time and place will come together for you will soon, and you will be able to settle in for a while.

I have heard that the areas that put it on first are usually the last areas that you lose it from. I don't know if it is true or not, though.

People catch on to different things at different rates. Some people are natrual atheletes, and tend to take to these things like a duck to water. Some, however, are not as apt to pick up things as quickly, no matter what it is. Then, it takes some more time. With time and training, things start to pull together. Others may not be able to see it, but the practitioner will begin to notice little things on the way that they didn't really notice about themselves before. It may be because it is something new, or because they are just more aware of themselves, and of what it around them.

I think that most ITF schools do a lighter contact of sparring than WTF schools do. For WTF, you have to have body displacement to score a point (or a good slapping round kick that makes a lot of noise). I think the ITF uses lighter contact, although I do think there are some schools that are an exception. I think that some ITF schools actually allow hand contact to the head, as well. I think that even though both arts may be presented as well-rounded between forms and sparring, I think that the WTF does, as a whole, put more emphasis on its sparring, due to that being their Olympic domain. Like you stated, though, there are those that focus well on the other aspects, too. At the school I attend, we do the ITF forms (without sine wave), but do WTF style sparring.

Breath out on the lifting motion on nearly all lifts.

I have always wondered that myself. However, I now don't have the room to even consider one. I think that they would be great, though.

Thanks for the clarification, Martial_Artist. I would have to look into other states terminology to see what it says there. Where I live, they are seperate.

One that I liked was holding to barbell plates together for a specified period of time. He also had an exercise where he drilled a hole in a baseball, put string through it, and hung a weight on the end, and would hold and swing it.

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Absolutely. One must keep in mind, however, that the attack must be a justifiable one.

It depends on how much prior experience you have with the Martial Arts, and joint manipulation in general. There are a lot of nuances that you can't see and don't get explained in videos that you will miss. Those things come with time and experience. You could always try it and see, but you will need a training partner, and you will have to be careful not to hurt your parnter. Having an instructor is always the highly recommended route to take, though.

Loren W. Christensen's book Solo Training 2 has some good exercises in it on strengthening your grip.

Very cool.

in the state judo shiai a few years ago, I won 2nd place with that throw. Very cool. I would have payed to see both instances!

Yeah, like 4 or 5 am, something like that. My brother said he got to see the TKD fights were a really tall Greek got knocked out with a 360 hook kick by a much shorter Korean fighter. It was late at night, though, and I missed out.

I agree. When I competed, I always got so wound up because of the nerves. It is definitely good to get that experience. You also learn a lot, too.

Do you mean like the swords that you see Fumio Demura posing with in the Century magazines? I wondered about the weight and how those things do for training purposes.

I think that this is the norm, but I don't think that doing it the other way is wrong. I can't say for sure, though.

I remember the instance that happened later on, but vaguely. Something about Sam, I think, meeting a "milk brother" of Jon's??? So, you think that it may be Ashara, and that Ned was just telling that to Robert to get him to shut up? It was different because Jon had no choice but to approach. It was pretty well laid out that Cat has no use for Jon, I think. She even feels that he is a threat to her trueborn children, if not indirectly (down the line). I think what upsets her the most is that Jon resembles Ned more than any of the other children, save for Arya. Also of note, Cat stated at Bran's bed that she prayed and prayed that Bran would stay...and that sometimes you get what you want. Jon tried to console her, but she was bitter and rash with him.

That would go along with faking out the opponent. Keep in mind, though, that if you are fighting someone that is drunk or otherwise inebbriated, they may not fall for a fake.

Personally, I don't like the defend-first idea, because when you defend (read as "block") first, you have to play on reaction. Reaction is almost always slower than action, because you have to wait to receive the stimulus before you react. Therefore, you are always playing a constant game of catch-up. Not good, in my opinion, when you are trying to defend yourself. The mindset of "wait for the attack" sounds like "wait to be the victim."

That sounds very cool. It almost sounds kind of like The Human Weapon show does. Those would have been some interesting styles to see.