bushido_man96

There was a thread floating around on this earlier. I didn't care for it either. Here is the thread: http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=27514&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Theodore Roosevelt (former President of the U.S.)--judo Herschel Walker (retired NFL player)--TKD; at least 5th dan Willie McGinnest (linbacker for Cleveland Brown)--Black belt in karate, can't remember which style I was under the impression that Snipes had done TKD. I can't remember, but I thought I saw it somewhere...maybe on Wiki?

I was disappointed. I mean, this guy was my pastor, for crying out loud! But, it taught me that you can never assume anything about anyone, regardless of what their station in life is.

Currently, the wife and I are working on repainting and re-designing our daughter's bedroom. Soon after, we will be re-painting the living room. Fun-fun, good times!! How about everyone else? Got any home projects going on?

If I was going to play one, I would love to play the piano.

Welcome to the Forums!

Welcome to the Forums!

I drive. I have flown once before, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I prefer to drive. Fast, if at all possible!

I don't usually make New Year's resolutions. I just go about my normal business, doing what I can, when I can.

I use an alarm. When I lived on my own, I had to set the clock across the room, so that I had to actually get out of bed to turn it off, so I wouldn't roll back over and fall asleep. Usually, I get up at around 3:30 pm, because I don't get home from work until around 7:30 am.

You can't do that, yet? Well, I can do it with my right pinkey, but not my left one. You know there was a movie where Sean Connery beat a man with his thumb. I mean if it's in a movie it has to be true, right?? No, wait, maybe you are talking about The Presidio. It also had Mark Harmon and Meg Ryan in it. I like that movie as well!

You can't do that, yet? Well, I can do it with my right pinkey, but not my left one. You know there was a movie where Sean Connery beat a man with his thumb. I mean if it's in a movie it has to be true, right?? I remember that movie: Red Sun Rising, with Wesley Snipes as well. Sean Connery is the man!

Since you've gotten so good at the sledge, Bushido, I just wanted to let you know I've got a few cords of firewood that could use some attention. As a workout, of course.... With respect, Sohan Sign me up, buddy! I'm all over it! I actually enjoy this workout quite a bit. I am hoping that it will make me better at swinging my weapons around as well.

Haha, i think ive said this before. Common sense is universal. Sometimes im lucky enough to use it. That is a good statement as well.

As far as moving and taking your rank with you, that will depend on whether or not the two schools are under the same association. The best thing you can do is ask. If it were me, I would start the training anyways, because even if you do have to start over, you will still have the experience, which is always a positive. You can train your body (lift weights) and learn proper technique at the same time. Just listen to the information from your instructor, and go with the flow. I don't believe that strength can ever be a disadvantage to someone. There will be a learning curve, that is for sure, but that comes with anything. Good luck with your training!

No problems. The key is simplicity and practice, like most things. Having at least a basic well practiced gameplan is much better than winging it or wondering what you could have done after the event. That is sage advise right there....say, have you been reading my signature?????

I agree.

Thanks for the info. That all makes really good sense. I like the idea of the distracting question as well.

You are welcome! Enjoy your heavy bag training.

This is a problem that I have at my school. Our school is very curriculum oriented; we spend time on basics, then forms, then one-steps---all things required to do for testing purposes---and then we do some sparring with the last 10 minutes of class, if there is time. Now, this process has given me great technique over the years, and even for an overweight guy, I can do a pretty darn good form. However, we rarely spend time on self-defense techniques, which is what I would like to do a lot more of. That, and competitive style sparring. There comes a point in time where you can back off of the basics a little bit. I have been doing TKD for 13 years now, and I am pretty sure that some of my basic techniques are not going to suffer if we were to spend more time on self-defense drills, and scenario training. This kind of the same sentiment that I feel as well. These are the things that will benefit a martial artist the most when it comes down to self-defense, I believe.

I have seen things like this before. Incidentally, I stopped watching after about 1 minute. Personally, I don't buy into it. There is another thread floating around that showed that kind of thing, and when the practitioners went outside of their dojo, and tried it on some BJJers, none of it worked. On a side note, the guy at the very beginning had a very nice Ryu fireball stance as he kiaied.

It sounds like you had someone who just wasn't cut out to teach. Not everyone can do it well. I've been pretty fortunate. I don't have too many bad experiences with instructors. The worst MA experience I've had was with my one-time pastor, who claimed to be a 10th dan. We got together to work out, and it ended up being a session of him trying to toss me around, and show me how it is done. I had to laugh about it, because he didn't toss me around all that much. We never worked out together again.

I can still do all of my lower rank forms. It is all about memorization, and repetitions.

To start off, I would like to clarify that I enjoy practicing forms. They are fun for me, and I feel that they are beneficial as far as physical skill development goes. I also know that there are applications for many forms systems out there as well. I always do my forms solo, but I would love to be able to do some partner bunkai work from the forms. I will also mention that I do enjoy doing forms a lot, and I really like to do them in competition. I like to use forms to work on technique, combinations, and pushing myself. These aspects all have merit, in my opinion. However, they do not fulfill my needs as far as self-defense training goes. I agree with this statement as well. When I do forms in class and at tournaments, I focus in, and let it all fly out. I burn myself out after each form.

I am a very big proponent of the pre-emptive strike. If you get surrounded like that, and wait for the first strike, it may come from all sides, and you will quickly learn how bad a beating can be when you are outnumbered like that. As for the technique I would use, I don't know. It would depend a lot on the aggresor's placement, what is open, and what the others are doing. I am curious as to what strike you would use, cross. I would probably punch, but that is just my nature, I guess. How about you?