bushido_man96

My question would be, did you really come up with a new style, or are you presenting the style(s) you've learned in your way? I think this is a big difference, and I think this tends to be the natural order of things when it comes to MA training, especially done over the course of many years. We learn our base first. We all have a start somewhere. How long, how rich, and how deep those beginnings are end up being different for everyone. But by and large, I feel that many practitioners that think of themselves as "starting a new style" are really just presenting their version of how they've come to understand the style they've learned. I think this is a kind of natural order of things, as we all learn and do things differently, and different approaches work better for some than others. As we teach our students, we'll see these kinds of changes take place in them, too. As was mentioned by other posters, a trial lesson or two are a good idea, but not too many more than that. Wado Heretic also made a good point about the kinds of students you are going to get. This will be strongly based off your teaching style, methods, syllabus, and the demographics available to you. Older practitioners have different focuses than younger ones. But that doesn't mean that as you go along you can't find the adjustments to make to be flexible to both. As for the fighting aspect. If that is something you want to do, and have the time to pursue, for your own personal enjoyment, then do it. But I would not do it for the sake of your school. Do it for your own sake. Great post. I hope I haven't misinterpreted anything within it in my responses.

This is possibly one of the single, most difficult things for a human to do; to view something just as it is, and not as to it's meaning(s) to me and my beliefs. We all come with biases and beliefs, built up from our teaching, our learning, and our experiences with life. It can be difficult to separate these things from how we evaluate and see things. On the other end of this, is the fact that we, as people, tend to generate things from ourselves based on our own desires, thoughts, biases, beliefs, and as the collective results of our experiences. With this in mind, we expect things to be viewed a certain way already within our mind's eye. Being able to see and reflect on something as it is, can, indeed, be a challenge.

I agree, Bob.

All valid points, for sure, Miick. Everyone learns differently, and it's important to be able to reach all of your students in a way that fulfills their experience.

I figured you'd go to this one! I recall our time working on it. I need to start practicing it again.

Hmmm, interesting is all I can say. I'm a sucker, so I may watch it. But I think I'd rather see several great duels as opposed to the more unrealistic taking on so many an at at time fight.

You really think Daniel and Julie become a thing? I'm guessing there is going to be a considerable age difference there, and I don't think splitting Daniel and Amanda is where the series wants to go.

They did make some kind of statement early on about him being an adult, getting into a fight with kids at the school, probably restraining orders of some kind, yada yada....

That sucks. Hope you don't have too bad a time with it. Quite a few people I know have come down with it during our second wave here. Thanks, Danielle. It's really draining for me, especially having to miss work.I'm about 4 days in I think now. I've been feeling pretty tired and drained, and I haven't been sleeping well. But the fever hasn't persisted, and I don't have a horrible cough. I've felt much worse in the past being sick, I know that. I do think if I tried to get active, I'd really start feeling it.

Thanks, Wamp. All in all, I've been sicker than this before. A year ago, I'd have gone to work and not batted an eye.

Ashworth's questions are a good start. I'd be interested in how you plan on presenting your material. Is one of your Karate styles going to form the base, with the Kickboxing and the other style being supplemental? Do you plan on offering courses for all three (together or separate)? Do you have the ability, as only a first dan, to promote rank? Rank doesn't matter to everyone, but it's important to some prospective students. Do you plan to promote a competitive, sparring-focused school, self-defense, or all-around? The important question for me would be, what is the layout, format, and focus of your classes going to be like?

I feel the same.

Yeah, the parallels are loose, but I just wanted to point them out.

In class, I prefer just Mr. Walker. I don't necessarily want any title attached to my rank put in front of it. Our organization is pretty strict on not allowing first names to be used, but outside of class, I prefer my first name, or at the least, just my last name with no title.

Well, training is done for a few weeks. I tested positive for the Covid.

Hello, and welcome to KF! Have you done any checking in you area to see what is available? It may be difficult to find someone willing to train you for free, but there may be something very affordable out there.

Welcome, indeed! Great insight!

Very good points, especially at the higher levels, when it's so much more than just evaluating technique. I see this happening with my kids when they do online learning at home for school work, too. The engagement just isn't as focused, and you can tell that the teachers aren't able to help out as much as they usually can in the classroom. I feel for your 2nd Dan student, but if he is serious about his training, I'm sure he is very understanding of the situation. The circumstances are just not good, and it's hard to see when they'll be getting better. Hopefully, it's sooner rather than later.

The center of the wheel. From which so much movement happens, but appears to be doing less work than everything radiating from it. But, that is where the movement is concentrated. Be the axis, from which everything else moves. Maybe? Perhaps this means we are affected by the things around us, as opposed to us affecting everything around us? It is easy to see ourselves as the reason for things being and happening, as opposed to only being affected by the things and events around us.

So, Netflix had Enter the Dragon on it, and I watched it the other night. While watching, I wondered, who would they recast as each character? Ten or fifteen years ago, I would have had some ideas; Wesley Snipes as Williams, for instance. But today, I have no idea. Maybe Jason Statham could play the Roper character well? Also, watching the movie, if they re-made it, I think they'd spend more time developing the relationship between the three protagonists. Lee and Roper develop what I would refer to as a little bit of a rapport, but not much more than that in the original. That there was a relationship already established between Roper and Williams was obvious, and appeared to by a strong one, but you don't get any inclination as to why, other than their time in the military together. And there was basically no development at all between Lee and Williams. I think a remake would rectify this somehow. Also, watching the movie, I couldn't help but think of the parallels between another movie I've seen, and thought, "huh, they already did remake Enter the Dragon, and they called it Mortal Kombat." Just hear me out: In both movies, there are three main protagonists, they get invited to a Martial Arts tournament on a "mysterious island" (ok, different dimension, I guess), which is ruled by a self-sufficient individual with ulterior motives. Lots of parallels between the two, when you think about it.... Ok, all done with that. Don't beat me up too much for it.

I don't think right away, for sure. I think he'll want to be able to know who he can trust them with first. He and Johnny also seem to be tentatively partnered up. I can't wait to see them start clashing next season. Ally brought up really good points in that the two of them are much more alike than they realize, and I'm glad someone finally came out and said it. Perhaps they will be able to work towards a common goal. I think in the end, though, Johnny gets Cobra Kai back, and they go their separate ways, but both will be better for it.

I'm inclined to agree with you, Bob.

1/12/2021 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 165x5, 195x3, 210x1, 230x5. Pin Press (forehead level): 45x5, 65x5, 85x3, 115x1, 135x3, 135x3, 135x3. Lost my balance going back down on one of the deadlift work set reps. Frustrating. I feel like I'm not gaining anything.

Hmmm, that is unfortunate. Keep looking though; hopefully, something comes to the fore soon. I'll be praying for you in the meantime!

You make some good points, for sure, especially in regards to the focus of training. However, in some places, a local Karate or other Martial Arts program may be one's only exposure to the world of structured MA training. And if one desires to be a fighter someday, having a place to start is very beneficial. Learning to adapt things would have to come along the way.It does sound like you have quite an interesting culture at your dojo. It would be refreshing to see an older crowd like that, I think. We have a decidedly younger crowd that attends out dojang right now. I hope after all the craziness in the world is over, we start to swell our ranks with more teenage and adult trainees.