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Hopefully, that isn't the case, but best to get it checked out.

Bag gloves are personal preference. I don't really use any right now, but I am going to look at Wal-Mart to see what they have. Wrapping your wrists is important as well. You can get them at Wal-Mart as well.

You might go to the doctor, and have him/her take a look inside your ears. You could be having an equilibrium problem because of them.

The electric worm is like a dance move, where you lie flat, and then kind of do a worming motion. Former NFL wide receiver Johnnie Morton used to do it as a touchdown celebration. I will take a good look at the site you gave me, to make sure I do it right.

I think that having a knowledge of both striking and grappling is very important. When going to the ground, it is especially important to be able to work from the position that you are in, and to work to get into a better position.

The sport oriented aspect of the randori that judo offers is very beneficial to practitioners, as it allows for full-speed training. Full-speed training more closely resembles actual self-defense, and therefore, can be more beneficial. I think you can get good conditioning from any of the arts listed above. It will just depend on the instructor's teaching philsophies and methodologies.

If you can look around on the net, and find some evidence that striking a heavy bag can stunt your growth, then I would begin to worry. Otherwise, I would not worry about it. Use the bag, and enjoy your training.

I have decided to post the books that I have in my library. My library is not all-inclusive, by any stretch of the imagination, but I would like to share what I have. It is quite a list, so I will post it in chunks. I may also give a little synopsis of each that I have read, just to give an idea of what the book is about, and if it may be one that interests some of you. I'll start with Korean Styles: The Way of Traditional Taekwondo, 11 volumes Grand Master Haeng Ung Lee Encyclopedia of Taekwon-do, 15 volumes General Choi Hong Hi Man Of Contrasts The Complete Tae Kwon Do Hyung, 3 volumes The Complete Black Belt Hyung W.T.F. The Complete Master’s Kick The Complete Master’s Jumping Kick The Complete One & Three Step Sparring The Complete Martial Artist, 2 volumes Master Hee Il Cho The Complete Book of Taekwon Do Forms Keith D. Yates The Secrets of Tae Kwon Do Jennifer Lawler, Ph.D. Ch’ang Hon Taekwon-do Hae Sul Real Applications to the ITF Patterns Stuart Paul Anslow Taekwondo Kyorugi, 2 editions Sang H. Kim, Ph.D., w/Kuk H. Chung, Kyung M. Lee Tae Kwon Do The Ultimate Reference Guide to the World’s Most Popular Martial Art Yeon Hee Park, Yeon Hwan Park, Jon Gerrard Black Belt Tae Kwon Do The Ultimate Reference Guide to the World’s Most Popular Black Belt Martial Art Yeon Hwan Park, Jon Gerrard Tae Kwon Do The Korean Martial Art, 2 editions. Advancing in Tae Kwon Do Moo Duk Kwan Tae Kwon Do Korean Art of Self-Defense Richard Chun Taekwondo Techniques and Tactics Skills for sparring and self-defense Yeon Hwan Park, Tom Seabourne, Ph.D. Hapkido Korean Art of Self-Defense Scott Shaw The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Tae Kwon Do Karen Eden, Keith Yates Taekwondo The State of the Art Master Sung Chul Whang, Master Jun Chul Whang, Brandon Saltz Authentic Tang Soo Do The Traditional Martial Art of Korea Chun Sik Kim, Joe Goss Taekwondo Textbook Kukkiwon Complete Taekwondo Poomsae Kyu Hyung Lee, Sang H. Kim Chon-Ji of Tae Kwon Do Hyung Tan-Gun and To-San of Tae Kwon Do Hyung Won-Hyo and Yul-Kok of Tae Kwon Do Hyung Chung-Gun and Toi-Gye of Tae Kwon Do Hyung Jhoon Rhee A Killing Art The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do Alex Gillis

It looked like the guys in the back of the second video were doing the electric worm to get back up. Is that what you are referring to?

I think his yelling was just a movie thing, and it worked. People that he trained on a personal basis also commented on his unique yelling. I think it was something he did all of the time.

To cut a long story short, if you are practising authentic martial Tai Chi, you will still need more than a couple of years to become proficient enough to fight lets say a karate-ka who has had the same amount of training. It is just a fact that some arts, usually the profound ones, take longer to make effective than others. The main reason behind this reasoning is the training methods involved, as opposed to the nature of the art itself.

Good point. I think that this is very true for many people. However, I also think that it is based off of your experiences early on as well. I think that kids that get into wrestling early on, for example, will be perhaps less inclined to be tied into worrying about attaining a rank, and more inclined to focus on the training for their next match. Aside from my comments above, I would have to say that this is the case many times. I actually was motivated by ranks early on myself, and have come to realize that now they aren't so important; just as you stated. The fact that some schools/styles have more belts and less time between testings is probably relative to the fact that so many people use the rank system as motivation.

I guess my favorite would be a candy bar. Does that count? Mine is Snickers. If I have to go with candy, like a onesy type of thing, I would have to say peanut clusters. Them are gooooood!!!!!

This move, I am familiar with. You can do the same with a hook kick, or a round kick. However, to do a spin like this, I dunno....

Hey, Tom. If I remember right, when you drop to the push-up, you bounce off your chest, and then suck your feet back in as you push up. It is an explosive movement; very anaerobic. Sohan can throw in a fix if I am off, but I think this is right. They are difficult. I have a tough time with them as well, but I am not is superb shape by an stretch of the imagination. I think that I may start with trying to get in 50, and then build on that.

I like to compete with forms. I always have. I have never been all that great at sparring, but when it came to forms, I always had a pretty good one. I am not the most flexible person, nor am I the fastest person. However, I like to break down the techniques, and putting a nice form together, with power. I love to do forms competition.

One other thing martial arts in general has helped me with is to find my thing. My brothers played sports in high school: football, track, and wrestling. I did TKD. They are done with high school sports, but I am still doing TKD. It was my thing, and it still is today.

Personally, this is where I think some styles like wrestling, boxing, and Muay Thai have an advantage over other styles. They don't take on any ranks. Instead of worrying about their next testing, and memorizing the techniques, forms, self-defense, etc. that is involved with your standard belt test, they spend their time refining their technique, and working on strategies and conditioning. They don't have to worry about a rank; instead, they just train. Many still have goals, whether they be for competition, self-defense, or getting into shape. They are not corralled by a curriculum. This is where I think their advantages lie.

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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!

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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!