bushido_man96

Your body should have a little bit of natural lean to it when kicking. However, when punching, if you lean back, you will take power and your body weight out of the punch. When punching, I try to keep my weight forward a little, of centered. It just depends on the situation.

I can see the point that you and several of the others are trying to make here. However, by pitting children and adults, it can be used to test the level of control that the adult has as well. This could be why some of the schools match kids and adults up this way.

It sounds to me like you are describing some form of "fight club," which would be totally different from the goals of the instruction of this University.

Everyone says that Americans like to McDonaldize everything, but I don't think that this is the case. When you go to college in the U.S., you typically graduate in 4 years. Why should it be different when getting a BA in the martial arts, when it is set up as such. To me, the martial arts are really not a big mystery. Whether it takes 4 or 5 or 6 years really should not be the focus. The focus should be on the quality of the instruction that the students get.

I have written them down before, and I also have found them on the internet and printed them off to put in the curriculum sections of the notebook that I keep. I also have several books on the forms that I do, and some that I don't. Now that you mention it, I just remembered that I need to update some of the forms curriculum that I have.

This one here is pretty subtle. Those slow spinning heel kicks are pretty wicked, too. I would have to practice a lot on those! Hmm, maybe I will start. I agree; slightly more exaggerated. However, not too bad. Like I mentioned, though, the presence of the sine wave motion does slow down the amount of time between what I would consider to be combination techniques, like the down block/palm heel strikes at the end of the form. That guy did have great technique, though. I'd love to have that side kick! The other kicks in his form lacked the pizzazz of that side kick, I noticed.

I have done a spear hand strike (finger-tip thrust) into a very thin board, and broke it. It was not the regulation size of testing board, but a thinner board, maybe a 1/2 inch? Although not to be considered impressive, I thought it was pretty cool.

You are welcome for the explanation. I hope it works out for you. I think most people tend to lean towards that twist kick, and it opens up the hips some, kind of like you are doing the side splits while stretching on the floor. I don't do this kick often, and I am not overly flexible. However, I can somewhat do it. It is not my best kick, but I do feel that I am technically sound enough to know how to perform it. Like I noted earlier, sometimes I like to set up two standing bags and practice kicking between them, either from a running start, or by jumping and spinning. Both will work.

That's a nice strong pattern. I agree. Although, I must say, that in all of the TKD patterns I am seeing online, I can say that I have never done that sine wave movement. I think it causes the techniques to be individualized too much, and makes the forms look rather choppy. Just my opinion, though.

Is anyone here into the MLB? Pitchers and catchers are reporting, and the pre-season will be here before you know it. Who is your team? I like the Cubs and the Royals, but will watch just about anything. Now don't tell me who you don't like, just who you like! I love watching baseball because there is so much that can happen. I like to watch, thinking to myself, "who will hit for the next cycle?", or "who will throw the next no-hitter?", or "who will pitch the next perfect game?" Baseball is also so rich in history, that I love reading up about the game's past. My wife says I am into too much sports. Can that really be?

Well, the house is coming along so nicely! I love the work that we have done so far. So does my wife. In fact, she loves it so much that she keeps getting more ideas for us to do for more home improvements. I think we will be improving our home for the next 5 years! The living room is finished, and it looks great. The hallway/stairway are nearing completion; we only need one more (heavy) coat of paint for them to be finished. Then, the we will be onto the kitchen. That will be a ball because we are going to have to tear out wallpaper. If you have never had to mess with that, I will inform you right now, that it sucks. No fun whatsoever there! I am slowly getting the pieces of our soon-to-be bookcase primed, so they can then be painted. And last of all, we need to get the crown-molding up and around in our daughter's room to finish it out. Of course, if we left it out, no one would know that it was supposed to be there.............

You're welcome. Enjoy yourself!

These are my books on Martial Arts Instruction: Martial Arts Instructor’s Desk Reference Teaching Martial Arts Sang H. Kim, Ph. D. Black Belt Management John Graden These are my books on Philosophy, and etc.: Book of Five Rings Trans. Stephen F. Kaufman The Art of War Sun Tzu, trans. Lionel Giles, ed. Dallas Galvin Bushido The Soul of Japan Inazo Nitobe Code of the Samurai Thomas Cleary The I Ching The Ancient Chinese Divination Method The Essence of War Trans, ed, Ralph D. Sawyer Dragon’s Touch Master Hei Long Rogue Warrior Richard Marcinko, John Weisman The Secret Power Within Chuck Norris The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate Gichin Funakoshi Bushido: The Way of the Samurai Based on the Hagakure; Tsunetomo Yamamoto, ed, Justin F. Stone Zen in the Martial Arts Joe Hyams

Ah, that sums it up for me, NightOwl! Sorry for my cofusions! Ok; Korea: Taekwondo. I do have a certain bias here, doing it for 13 years. However, I would love to explore the art of Tang Soo Do as well. Japan: Judo. With the myriad throwing techniques, I think this style would be a blast to learn. Europe: Western swordsmanship/MA. These systems were all-encompassing, many with training in pole weapons, swords, and in-fighting and wrestling. South American: Caporiea/BJJ. Caporiea is South American, right?? I have to go with both, because Caporiea looks like a ball to do, and BJJ to round out the ground game. Lots of strategy to be learned with both, I think. Thailand: Muay Thai. So rich in history and culture, and great for the body. I'm sure I may be able to think of some later, too!

That is true, but I'm just not sure I would want to mess with what is already set up. If it isn't broke, don't fix it, you know?

Sometimes our school does (but not me because I'm camera shy). This isn't anyone I know but its one of the best examples I can find on youtube (it keeps coming up with documentarys on the history and ideals behind Korean Juche): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJCUEDPbHaA&feature=PlayList&p=E2B05FE834CD0993&index=5 You can definitely see the sine wave in use there. Ok, bear with me here. As you take off, thrust the takeoff knee up and into your trunk as violently and fast as you can. As you do that, the jumping leg will kind of trail behind, but not tucked really tight. Then, as you finish pulling your knee up into you, thrust that side kick out as fast and violently as you can, and at the same time, bring the trailing leg up to chamber and twist kick out as well. Turn your body away from the side kick, and towards the twist kick, making the side kick more like a back kick that (like a blind kick). I hope that helps you some. Kind of hard for me to explain, so I hope it isn't too jumbled! Let me know if that helps some. I will play with the kick some more when I get back to training as well.

My school does Gae-Baek as the second dan pattern. It is the one that I do currently. My school does Po-Eun as second dan recommended pattern. What is GTF Taekwondo? we do Gae-Baek, Kwang-Gae and Po-Eun in first dan, i think Po-Eun is very difficult for me to do nice. I cant do good double side kick in Kwang-Gae too. The key to making Po-Eun look good is to sloooow doooown the hand techniques, and make sure they are seperated out. I think some people try to go too fast, and it ends up being sloppy. You don't have to do each technique super slow, but just put a little pause between each hand technique to seperate them out. As for the repeating side kicks in Kwang-Gae, I do them quickly, and I don't really 'stick' either one of them. If I do stick one, it is the second one. You don't have to pivot the base foot too much for the low kick, and then you can use a little body motion to stick the second, high one.

The ability to do what you have described above through the competitive venues of the MMA has probably become one of the best outcomes of things like the UFC and Pride. You can go into the MMA ring with minimal rules, and try what you want to see the results. This was especially true of the early UFCs, and the evolution that has come from this fighting genre has been amazing to watch.

I would prefer hand strikes to kicking myself, in self-defense. However, in sparring, I like to use both. In TKD, there are so many people who want to stand away and kick, and then just clinch when they get in close. When they try to clinch with me, they get a surprise!

That is cool information. Thanks for the clips. He looked like he had a pretty good defense against the takedown, and even had a triangle slapped in there once. His kicks are sharp and fast, and he has nice knee strikes, too.

For instance: Japan, Korea, USA, South America, Iceland..... As in the Region I am living in, or the Region that the MA I study comes from?? Sorry!

What do you mean, by Region?

These are the books I have on General Martial Arts Training: The Way Alone Speed Training Fighting Power Fighter’s Fact Book Fighter's Fact Book 2 Solo Training Solo Training 2 Loren W. Christensen Kicking Techniques for Competition and Self-Defense Roy Kurban Secrets of Modern Professional Warriors “Seal Team Unarmed Combat Course” Frank Cucci Dynamic Strength Harry Wong Complete Conditioning for Martial Arts Sean Cochran Weight Training for Martial Artists Jennifer Lawler, Ph. D. The Elite Forces Handbook of Unarmed Combat Ron Shillingford Ultimate Flexibility Martial Arts After 40 Ultimate Fitness Through Martial Arts Sang H. Kim, Ph. D. The Martial Arts Athlete Tom Seabourne, Ph. D. Ultimate Training for the Martial Arts Edited by John R. Little, Curtis F. Wong Throws for Strikers The Forgotten Throws of Karate, Boxing & Taekwondo Iain Abernethy On Killing Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

My school does Gae-Baek as the second dan pattern. It is the one that I do currently. My school does Po-Eun as second dan recommended pattern. What is GTF Taekwondo?

What rank is Juche done at, anyway? I don't think that my school does that form.