bushido_man96

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Funny stuff, Patrick!

If you don't drop to pushup position, then it's not a burpee, it's a squat thrust. In practice, though, you don't actually do a pushup, but rather pull the legs back into a tuck position as you come up. Good luck, my friend. Let me know how you do. With respect, Sohan I'll give it a go sometime this week, I think. I am going to just do as many as I can, until failure, and then take a rest, and go again. I am expecting to be in the 30 minute range!

Just remember I'm not your maid

You should not have to move your front foot over to do a spinning kick. You can do it, but it is a telegraphing motion, if you ask me. Of course, sometimes the footwork will be necessary, depending on the situation. I'm not exactly sure what a crossing back kick is, so I cannot help you there. Welcome to the Forums, pete_hmmm!

Many people go through this. It is easy to say to yourself that you would do this and that in a confrontation. However, when it does come to pass, it ends up being very different. As cross mentioned, being able to deal with both pre- and post-fight scenarios is very important as well.

Keep us posted as to what directions you take your training, cross. It is fun to read about.

I agree with you here, Jaymac. Breaking can be good for demonstration of technique and power. Breaking tons of bricks looks cool, but isn't for me.

Heck, even after black, it is still a journey, right? Always a journey bushido_man, and the best journey I have taken. Learning is endless. We cannot improve ourselves if we close our minds to learning new information. I concur. I couldn't have said it better myself.

On the older Sega Genesis system, I loved the Streets of Rage series. On Playstation, I love Tekken. Street Fighter was great as well. That game really paved the way. I also enjoyed most of the Neo Geo fighters that came out: Art of Fighting, Samurai Showdown, Fatal Fury, etc.

I would wait until you feel fairly confident in your kicking technique before using ankle weights. That way, when you do use them, you will benefit more from the training aspect, as opposed to the learning aspect.

Was he the guy who started TKD? Well, he technically didn't really start Taekwondo. He was on the comittee that was working to bring together all of the Korean kwans in order to establish a base art to be the National Martial Art of Korea. If memory serves me right, there were 5 major kwans involved, and one of them that was opposing this push was Whang Kee's Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do kwan (I am not sure if he called it this at the time, and I may have mispelled his name; no disrespect intended). General Choi came up with the name Taekwondo for the new national art, and is thus held resposible for most of the push to combine the remaining kwans. I think this is why there is dislike between TKD and TSD grand masters, at least earlier on. TKD has heavy roots in Shotokan, and therefore is similar, other than the emphasis put on kicking.

Welcome to KF!

I used to have a subscription to Black Belt Magazine, but I have not had it in a while. Maybe for my birthday, I will have my wife renew it!

Well, the Chiefs come away with a win, 20-9. Larry Johnson rushed for 135 yards on 31 carries, and 1 touchdown. On defense, Jared Allen had a solid game, with 2 fumble recoveries, a sack, and a forced fumble, and 2 tackles. The last week of the season will be fun to watch, as Larry Johnson, LaDanian Tomlinson, and Frank Gore will all be competing for the NFL rushing title. Hopefully, the Chiefs still have a glimmer of a playoff hope.

I don't know why this is, but for some reason no one thinks that any Western civilizations or cultures developed any useful weapons or fighting forms. It seems that the only sword ever created is the Japanese Samurai sword. Because the west never held on tightly to it's old martial arts and weapons, so there isn't that sense of ancient 'mystique '. Rather they updated their fighting methods to fit the times. Eventually, swords were phased out for guns, grappling into wrestling, bareknuckle fighting into boxing, and swordfighting into fencing...they did have skilled swordsmen, fighters, AND fighting styles, but it seems to me at least that they decided to get rid of the old and mostly stick with the new. European weapons were hardly bad: crossbows, spears, bows, etc were used both in the East and west. Instead of the Bo, they had a quaterstaff, and while the sword design was different, both could be used fairly well for hacking away an opponent. However because the samurai were around for so long, they are the last people who lived literally by the sword, and as such they have an air of romanticism and nobility that we sometimes long for (although chivalry has never been a common in either culture for the most part). This is true, however, there are a lot of people out there reconstructing the old systems, and there are some very good medieval stylists out there. There are also some very good websites. The other thing that gets me is that many people who 'practice' Eastern weapon styles do forms, but no weapon on weapon practice. The exception seems to be kendo, but I can't think of any others, aside from the Fillipino styles.

Glad I could help!

Man, that's crazy, Sohan! I do the regular burpee; I am not too great at the push-up ones. I will see if I can give it a whirl, after the holidays!

What's wrong with this!! When I listen to music, if I even remotely know the song, it turns into a kareoke session. It may be annoying to the people around you. Ahh, I just ignore them!

When I am in practice mode, I focus on stances, technique, targets, etc. When I am in testing or competition mode, I just let it go. Put my power into it, let it fly, but still keep my timing and breathing. I focus, and almost get angry.

You are welcome! I'm glad that it clarified things for you, Havoc88. Sometimes, I tend to ramble, and things just get murkier! However, bearich has cleaned up for me a few times.

Well, you would think that TKD would work the best for taller people. I feel that this main concept comes from the competition aspect, as opposed to the self-defense aspect.

You make a good point here. Many people are thinking about the physical conflict part, and not the management part of it. I think that both are important. However, I get the feeling that most people think it may be easier to learn the conflict management part than it is to learn the physical confrontation part. Therefore, I think most people seek to be taught the physical aspects. I agree with you here, stating that the pre- and post-fight situations should be dealt with as well. However, I don't think that a lot of black belts have experience in these areas either. However, it would be good for many to learn. Also, spending some time on some common sence scenarios would help this as well. I agree. These are excellent points that should be stressed.

I think it is kind of like the way MMA competitions are set up. Usually, everyone there will fight standing, in the clinch, and on the ground. Sanshou mainly is stand up, clinching, and then throwing, and no ground fighting after the fall. Therefore, many of the fighters will not be concerned about the 'style' that they know, but will be concerned about using the techniques that have the highest percentage of success.