bushido_man96

I like the clapper target pads for kicking. Also, the speed bag (although I haven't worked one in some time).

If you choose to do this, then I would get a tarp or something to cover it with when you are not using it. I don't imagine it would be a problem, so you might give it a try (as long as you don't think anyone will bring in a dolly and walk off with it!). In the winter time, I think I would drain it, though.

Nice vid, and nice pics, too! Congratulations on your performances!

I would appreciate that, thanks Well, I only found a few brief references to it. I will have to look a little bit deeper, if I want to find anything.

That is interesting. My friend and I do some block/pass/pin drills and other similar drills like that as well.

Nice post, YoungMan. What were the conflicting stories on Choi's childhood martial studies that you have heard? I have only read some, and it included the Tae Kyon training. He did admit that he studied Shotokan in Japan, though.

Ah, yes: Hi or low, angled or traditional, in the clinch or apart. It does have many uses.

Very good post, Mike. Those are some great guidelines to go by.

Thanks for sharing those, PAL. They were very interesting to watch.

The European long sword was not a heavy club, it was a precision weapon. The average European long sword weighed between 3 and 4 pounds. This is not a heavy weapon, nor was it a slow weapon. It wasn't swung with a huge wind-up motion, either. There are many, many different movements and variations in attack when it comes to using the European longsword. If you go to https://www.thearma.org, you can find a lot of articles on how the Medieval European long sword was used.

European knights also trained in hand-to-hand combat. They were well-versed in coming to grips with an opponent, if need be, and new just as much about manipulating an opponent, and using leverage against them. This is another common assumption when it comes to the katana/long sword comparison. The long sword of the European knight was just as easy to handle, well-balanced, and easily controllable. The noticible differences are in the curvature of the katana, and the fact that the katana only had one edge. hand to hand against expert martial arts? realistic martial arts?? Is there a reason why the martial training that the European Knights, professional warriors, would be so inferior to the training that the Japanese Samurai would have received? I have not seen this in any of the research that I have done. The arts of wrestling and boxing were in existence in Medieval Europe, and not as sports like they are today. They had proven ways of disarming opponents, coming to grips with them, taking them down, and delivering the killing blow.

Tang Soo Do / Dangsudo is Koreanised Shotokan. Tang Soo Do is the Korean pronunciation of the Okinawan words kara te dō (Tang dynasty, hand, way). The forms of TSD are shotokan forms performed slightly differently and the techniques are given a Korean flavour but it's still Korean Karate rather than some amalgam of MT and TKD. I think that I would have to agree. I don't see many Muay Thai components in TSD, what I have seen of it, anyway.

Im sure it varies by state but Ohio Has been teach ground defense tactics for at least 2 years. I hope it spreads because at the veary least you have to learn to escape and get back up. A friend of mine and I work on some of these types of tactics, with the main point of the scenario being trying to get back to our feet as quickly as possible. I enjoy the training, as well.

It sounds to me like you have an aversion to getting struck. It is ok, most people do, especially when starting out in the Martial Arts. You will just have to get past it, and then moving in close will come more easily. What I like to do is block incoming techniques, and move in as I block, to close the distance. Before your opponent knows it, you are on top of them, and they are backpedaling. Try it. However, the problem with this style is that you will take hits from time to time.

You make some good points, Cross. What I mention in the article are not the end-all, be-alls of forms training. Although forms, like you mention, may not be the best way to develop all of the above characteristics, it is still one way of doing so. As far as training in forms for self-defense purposes goes, that, I feel, is very dependent on the instructor, and his approach and methodology towards doing it.

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This is a good point in training. I don't think it should be done all of the time, because it could result in more injuries. However, being able to perform while tired is a very important apsect in training.

This is true, especially if you are locking out your joints at the end of the techniques.

Flexibility will help with kicking height, but only if the muscles in the leg are strong enough to hold the kicking leg up at the time. You need both to really make it work well. Also, just because you can't do the splits, doesn't mean that your dynamic flexibility isn't good enough to let you do high kicks.

I have seen some information on it before as well. I will see what I can dig up, too.

Good stuff! MA humor, allbeit dry!

Absolutely!!! Without a doubt, if you ever get to Kansas, or I get to DC, we will defenitely do that!

It sounds like a good idea. Start with the basics, and then just work from there.

Well, the only problem with that idea is that no-one goes into battle without their weapon already drawn. If the fight is impending, then both combatants are going to have the weapon out already...there is no "quick draw." Now, if it was a duel, and it were me in the duel, I would approach with the weapon already drawn. If the opponent chooses to wait to try to Iajitsu me, I really think that a trained swordsman, with the sword already out, is going to have the advantage. You can relate to the same disadvantages that LEOs have when trying to draw their weapon to defend against an already drawn knife. At 10 feet, or even at 20 feet, the advantage still goes to the person with their weapon already out.

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