bushido_man96

Cool. Good deal.

Good advise here. I would continue with the Thai training you have to offset the hapkido locks and throws.

This is the one I am referring to. It is tough for me, because I am kind of wide bodied, and have trouble turning. I am also very used to doing the full traditional round kick, witht the big hip turn and all.

I get my fees reduced some as well, but up until 3 weeks ago, I was teaching one class a week as well, and I can teach any of the classes that he has. I fill in whenever he needs someone to teach as well.

The sport aspect has not hurt the value of TKD, unqualified instructors have. There are some very good Olympic TKD athletes out there, with good form technique as well as fighting skills. I think it was just as you said: a matter of skill level. There is always someone better.

I knew that llamas would spit. I would like to see that, then you could knock it out, like Conan did to the camel!

The fact that the Chiefs lost may benefit you. Huard has been so strong, that everyone is wondering if the switch back should be made. It may be an easier decision to make now. Every Chief fan remembers the Rich Gannon/Elvis Grbac ordeal. Gannon went to a Super Bowl, and Grbac left football. But who knows, we maybe would have never ended up with Trent then. Good pick with Rivers. He had 40 points in my league this week. No more Marty-ball in San Diego. I think Tomlinson is going to break Alexander's rushing touchdown record this year as well.

I had round one of Thanksgiving dinners this last weekend, as my wife's family's had their get together already. My father-in-law deep-fat-fried a turkey (man, was it great!!!!), my wife made mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes (carbs, hooray carbs!), and I also had some stuffing, corn on the cobb, and some apple pie for desert. Now I am ready for round two, this weekend, at my parents!

I have trouble with the double round kicks. Not two kicks with the same leg, but the back leg (or front) followed immediately by kicking with the other leg. I can kind of do it on the bag, but it isn't very smooth, and it takes a little while to get it going. Not using the bag, it just looks horrible. Any suggestions would be helpful! Thanks!

Ok, I went to the grocery store this morning, and after the groceries were all sacked up, the guy asked if he could take them out for me. He was an older gent, and I thought to myself, "Man, I don't want to make this older guy cart my groceries out, I am a young pup." But then, I figure it makes them upset if you don't, because that is what they are there for; they get paid to do it. I guess it comes from when I was growing up, my parents taught us boys to help out the older people by carrying things for them, or helping them in other ways as well. I just felt bad, like I should have been carrying or carting my own stuff, because the young should help out the older, and not vise-versa. Remember when sackers were young kids? It doesn't seem to be that way much anymore. Does anyone else feel this way?

Years ago, I used to take a half a cup of coffee, and mix it with some orange juice or Sunny Delight. That was pretty good.....

Hey, I like chocolate! What's wrong with chocolate?

You make a good point, frightmaster, and what is more important is that you recognize this, and in the future, you may have the ability to affect this.

I don't want to take your term of culturally cleansing the wrong way; so could you please go into a bit more explaination as to what you mean? Thanks. The idea that learning an art or fighting style would lead you to enlightenment, or make you a better person, because you are taught resepect, integrity, etc. That is what I was referring to. If you want to, sure. Me, personally I don't and I won't. Football is a sport. Those same things learned could easily be applied to other sports--boxing, soccer, MMA, lacrosse, curling, etc. Okay, so that last one might be a bit of a stretch, but I think you get my point. If you call football a martial art, where do you draw the line? Would shuffleboard be a martial art? Archery? Diving? NASCAR? What then becomes your determining factor what is a martial art and not? I bring up football, as opposed to other sports, for a very important reason. Football is a game of combat, essentially. Each team uses offensive and defensive strategies to contol territory, or take it over. Football is the epitome of combat strategy in a modernized, sport sense of the term, in my opinion. That is why I used football as an example.

If someone wants to choreograph something like a movie, then I am all for it. You have to put some good work into it though. Some of her technique was ok, but it was slopped a little by trying to pull it or slow it down. Most of the kicks that she did would have been great for demonstrating some TKD sparring. They could have gone all out, and shown some really dynamic TKD sparring, and then shown some more realistic self-defense scenarios, demonstrating the usefulness of low-line kicks, and strikes to vital points. I had a demo at a high school once, and a brown belt girl from our school did a fight demo with a 3rd dan who was a Korean exchange student from Germany. She actually made some good contact with him, and he hit the ground a few times with some sweeps and some throws. It only lasted about 1 minute. Plus, it was one on one, and not 2 on 1.

OK, Patrick. Let me have it. Don't worry, I can take it like a man!! All the injuries finally caught up with the Chiefs this week. The line could not protect or block very well, and Miami has a very stout defense, to their credit. After beating the Bears last week, they were probably feeling invincible. They also managed to beat up Tony Gonzalez, so I will have to see what his condition is. Now, the Chiefs have to focus on two big division games against Oakland and Denver, respectively.

Um, car washes and things like that? Oh, another good one is a person auction. You take the people who are going, and you hold an auction, and however much they pay for you, you get, and then you have to go work for them for a day; helping around the house, doing projects, stuff like that.

Good for you! You have taken another step already!

Crazy testing, man!! Sounds like a load of fun!

Your welcome. Just keep at it. It only takes time. After 13 years, I am fairly flexible, but cannot do the full splits.

Best of luck to you!

Well, to stretch for your roundhouse kick, I would work on the good 'ole splits, both side and front. Also, you could get a partner, put your foot on his shoulder, and have him stand up slowly, while you hold the round kick position. Then, you tense your muscles, and pull down on your stretching buddy for 10 seconds, then relax, and have him stretch your leg up further. Do this 3 times each leg. Here's another tip: make sure that you are rotating your base leg completely around so that the heal is facing your target. This will open your hips up, and give you some more range.

Thanks, Kirsty!

Maybe it would get some of the competitors to get their hands up to block more?! At least I know that when that day comes my students will be well practiced in using their hands. Hey, good point!

That's ok, I felt the same way after my first tournament. The big thing is that you competed, despite your nervousness. Next time you'll be better prepared. Exactly. It is a learning experience, and you will know what to do better next time.