bushido_man96

3-15-07 I didn't do much today, but I did a little something. While I was outside with the little one, I did 100 squats, with no weight or anything. I did it in various sets, but with no weight, and they were all pretty close together. Then, I did push-ups: 25, then, when I couldn't do anymore normally, I went to my knees, and did another 25, just to make it to 50.

thank-you Anytime! I am here to help!

I didn't hear about this. Isn't Reyes Jr. a TKD guy?

At this stage it was pretty basic(although i dont see that has being a problem, and its probably the reason why boxing footwork is so effective), but we focused on correctly moving forward, backwards, circling in both directions, throwing the jab while moving each way (strike with footwork), always returning to the correct fighting position after each movement. Very nice. That is what I would like to know that I am doing right as well. I work on punching and circling the bag, trying to make sure I am set when I punch, and the like. However, I don't do much walking backwards and punching, seeing as the bag won't follow me.

Thanks, for clarifying, Tom.

Wilco, Bushido Man. It may be awhile before I can justify buying yet more books... I understand! Just stick with it, Dan. Everyone hits those points from time to time. You just have to keep working through them.

Thanks for sharing! That would be fun to watch.

I agree. It is important to have good form/proper technique, before going into millions upon millions of repetitons.

Nice post, NightOwl.

How in-depth do you get into the footwork, cross? I know that it is an important aspect of boxing, and would be anxious to hear anything you have to offer.

These are the books that I have on Weapons: English Martial Arts Terry Brown Muye Dobo Tongji The Comprehensive Illustrated Manual of Martial Arts of Ancient Korea Trans, Sang H. Kim, Ph.D. The Secrets of Cabales Serrada Escrima Mark V. Wiley Schools and Masters of Fencing From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century Egerton Castle Old Sword Play Alfred Hutton Bo: Karate Weapon of Self-Defense Fumio Demura Jo: Art of the Japanese Short Staff Dave Lowry Stick Fighting Masaaki Hatsumi, Quinton Chambers Medieval Combat A Fifteenth-Century Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat Hans Talhoffer, trans, ed, Mark Rector Fighting with the Quarterstaff A Modern Study of Renaissance Technique David Lindholm Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly Art of the Longsword Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly Arts of Combat Sword-and-Buckler Fighting, Wrestling, and Fighting in Armor David Lindholm and Peter Svard Renaissance Swordsmanship Medieval Swordsmanship John Clements Codex Wallerstein A Medieval Fighting Book from the Fifteenth Century on the Longsword, Falchion, Dagger, and Wrestling Grzegorz Zabinski, Bartlomiei Walczak The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe Sidney Anglo Art of Defence An Introduction to the Use of the Rapier William Wilson Art of Dueling Salvator Fabris’ rapier fencing treatise of 1606 Tommaso Leoni Sword of the Samurai George R. Parulski, Jr. By the Sword Richard Cohen Master of Defence The Works of George Silver Paul Wagner English Swordsmanship The True Fight of George Silver, vol. 1 Stephen Hand Broadsword and Singlestick R.G. Allanson-Winn, C. Phillipps-Wolley The “Walking Stick” Method of Self-Defense By “an officer of the Indian Police” Medieval and Renaissance Dagger Combat By Jason Vail Highland Knife Fighting with the Dirk and Sgian Christopher Scott Thompson with Louie Pastore In Service of the Duke The 15th Century Fighting Treatise of Paulas Kal Translated by Christian Henry Tobler The Sword & The Mind The Classic Japanese Treatise on Swordsmanship and Tactics Translated by Hiroaki Sato The Samurai The Philosophy of Victory Robert T. Samuel Krabi-Krabong Thailand's Art of Weapons Fighting Kruu Pedro Solana Villalobos

Welcome, Charlie! Congrats on your baby girl!

Um, PI from the math classes?

Come back here, I'll bite your ankles! Tis only a flesh wound!

I finally got to see the fight between him and Hughes, where he won. That was quite the deal. He handled Hughes very well.

I don't know if it will help you out or not, but here is a thread that ran previously on running for MA training: http://www.karateforums.com/the-running-thread-vt29274.html

Good points, lordtariel. Very well put.

Nah, I have limits, Baron. When I do leg work, like squats, they are only half-squats, because it hurts my knees so bad. So, the weight that I can lift is somewhat inflated, as I don't go through the entire range of motion for the exercise.

Sort of. I am a Jailer at the Dentention Center here, working for the Sheriff's Department. 3-14-07 Conditioning day!!!! Hooray!! Sledgehammers: 3x1:30 min, 1 min rest Stairs: 3x45 sec, 1 min rest Steppers: 3x30 sec, 1 min rest Jump rope: 3x1:00 min Cable reverse punches in front stance: 50x10, 60x10, 70x10 From 5:30 - 6:00, I taught Orientation again. I had 6 kids in there today! It just keeps growing and growing. Then, from 6:15 - 7:00, it was Kicking Class, which felt more like a conditioning class. Kicks on standing heavy bags: Front leg midsection side kick: 10 each leg = 20 kicks Back leg midsection side kick: 10 each leg = 20 kicks Sliding back, front leg midsection side kick: 10 each leg = 20 kicks Spin side kick: 10 each leg = 20 kicks Jumping back kicks, alternating legs, continuous: 20 total kicks This is very tiring, and is kind of like a plyometric burtsting exercise. Front leg midsection round kick: 10 each leg = 20 kicks Back leg high round kick: 10 each leg = 20 kicks Switch-foot front leg round kick, hi section: 10 each leg = 20 kicks 360 degree spinning round kick: 10 each leg = 20 kicks Spinning like for side kick, but instead doing repeat round kicks (mid, then hi): 20 each legs = 40 kicks Spin side kick, continuous hi round kick: 20 each leg = 40 kicks (I count each kick once; doing 2 kicks before setting the foot down.) Plyometrics We laid 3 bags on the floor, and then did jumps between each of them. The first jumps we did with the feet together, jumping laterally, over each bag. We went down and back 2 times. Next, we had the feet apart, jumping and straddling each bag, down and back twice. Everyone in the class went through the drill twice. This was pretty tiring. Clapper pad kicks Front leg outside axe kick: 10 each leg = 20 kicks Back leg inside axe kick: 10 each leg = 20 kicks Front leg switch-foot outside axe kick: 10 each leg = 20 kicks Front leg jumping/cross-over axe kick: 10 each leg = 20 kicks. If I counted right, that totals 340 kicks. Good stuff! Stretch Side splits: 3x20 - 30 sec. Front splits: 3x20 - 30 sec. Seated side splits: 2x20 - 30 sec. Reaching to each side: 2x20 - 30 sec. Reverse hurdler stretch: 2x20 - 30 sec.

Well done! Welcome to the Forums!

Very nice. Thank you.

I agree. Are there any karate systems you know of that base belt advancement purely on fighting ability in full contact sparring, and not on ability to execute memorized kata? I believe that's partly how western kickboxing developed (separate from Muay Thai). That's why I left karate for KB. I think that believing that one can end an altercation with one strike can be misleading to the practitioners. I think that one should train your techniques so that they have as much power and efficiency as possible, but to also train in combinations, in case one technique is not enough. I don't think that there are many altercations that end in one technique. I understand the logic behind the saying, but the saying itself is dangerously misleading. When I do forms, the punches are the typical punching hand going out to strike the target, while the other hand is brought back to the ribs at the same time and rate of speed. I believe, in my limited knowledge and experience, that this is how many styles of Martial Arts do punches in their forms. I was wondering if your style does them differently. When I spar, or if I have to punch in self-defense, my punches do not travel on that exact same path. However, I have done enough training to know how to transfer my weight into the "boxing punch" by pivoting my feet and turning my hips. These are obviously not the same ways of punching. However, I make the transition from one to the other very well.

Glad I could help, Baron. Let me know what you think of those books, and if you think I could learn from them as well.

Lordtariel has a good suggestion. If you feel confident in your boxing skills, then leave the boxing or karate for a while, and start up the TKD to improve your kicking. Two arts at a time would be a little more manageble than 3. Also, check with several different TKD schools, and see if there is one that offers a kicking drills class in there schedule. That would be more conducive to your training, seeing as you have some prior experience.

The name sounds like I have heard it before, but I don't know much about it. Can you give us some ideas of what the system contains?