bushido_man96

My daughter sells stuff as fundraisers sometimes, so we get a bunch of little cheapies that way for the grandmothers and stuff. You know, the little cute stuff that they like. Also, my wife goes after Christmas day, to pick up marked down gifts for the next year. She is a penny pincher.

Me too. I got the curse of the baby face!

I know it is tough, Kez. When my wife would send our daughter to her Grandma's for a week, it was almost unbearable for her. And when we went to Jamaica to get married, she would call home almost every night, and end up teary eyed after it was all said and done. Just think of how great you will feel when he gets back!

One thing to keep in mind is that more and more legitimate businesses are doing online selling on eBay. This helps, knowing they are just someone selling something out of thier basement. I used to by Magic, The Gathering cards on eBay all the time. I always had some real good deals.

My wife and I do not use it a whole lot. Things are pretty tight for us anyways, so by doing it ourselves, we can keep a better eye on when and where the money is going. In the future, if we ever get more comfortable, I would like to give it a shot.

What is the name of your town? I could look to see if there are any SCA clubs near you.

It's good to see that you are re-motivated. Just keep at it, and try to do some new things all the time, to keep you excited.

Best of luck to you!

Congrats, and welcome to KF!

As an instuctor, and as an MA/parent, like yourself, these are the wonderful things that you get to experience throughout the student's training time. It is wonderful to see.

One thing that I would add to this is the fact that the football players simply aren't used to doing that kind of work. The BJJ workout is so different from their football workouts that they need some time to adjust to that kind of work. Give them about 3 months of steady training, and then see where they are at.

He could kick with his instep.

You can find the win/loss and bios on websites. You can find them on the Pride FC and UFC sites.

It looks to me like you are doing a fair amount of work, and you don't seem to eat as much as I do, so I would say just keep it up, weigh yourself today, and take measurements, and then weigh yourself in 2 or 3 months, and take measurements, to see what has changed.

On my Christmas list: pay off the bills.

I had heard some talk from an MA buddy of mine who was in the Reserve. He said that the army was beginning to implement a progressive combatives type of course, and he was very interested in it. I haven't heard much more about it, but I think I will talk to him, to see what else he has figured out. Thanks for the link, E&K.

I'm just learning Gae Bek...it's a nice form and it's definitely a step up from the previous one I learned (Po Eun). I like the flying side kick although I know that will take some time to get right. My weakest area is in the roundhouse kicks... What height do you do the twisting kick at? Fortunately for this over-40 person, we do that kick to the groin. In my version of Gae-Baek, we don't do the flying side kick. It is just a hopping side kick. The twist kick, I do right at around waist level. I don't do it very high, and the instructor doesn't recommend it very high.

Another idea is to tell your partner that you want to work on something specific, like counter attacks, and such. That way, you can get used to seeing the attacks that you want to counter, and then practice the counter specific to the attack.

Wow, I would not think so.

Awesome post. Lots of good points there.

You can't compare the abilities of a 75 year old to those of an 18 year old. That said, there are some things that stay consistent: target areas (centerline), proper technique (not based on speed or height), and attitude and work ethic.

The major con to testings is that many people see them now as just another way for an instructor to bring in additional income.

That's how I got my kick good, but then I had to unlearn the arms part because I was dropping my arms while doing the kick the hands should be at chest hight away from the kicking leg ,this way you can maintain good balance and utilise the hands to land in a good firm stance after the kick has hit the target.this could be practiced in slow motion with some tention to improve and perfect the kick . shoulder must also be leaning away from the kicking leg . When I do the kick, I can put my hands in either posistion.

For balance, stand on one leg, and practice the kicks slowly, at about waist hieght. Then do it with the leg coming from the floor into the chamber position.

Personally, I think this is one of the many areas that stinks about point fighting. The problems that I have had is that if you block something partially, but it still slides through, the opponent gets the point anyways. These point rules end up making for guards that don't really work otherwise. I would say just keep your hands up, so you can guard your head, and learn to move your arms and body around to protect yourself. In the long run, you'll be glad you did.