bushido_man96

What happens when that show finally ends.....?????

Unfortunately, I don't think that this fight is going to take place, because I saw on the news the other night that Mr. Snipes has not filed a tax return in the last 15 years. Authorities are looking for him, but are unable to locate him. His wife is Korean, so maybe he is there??

If you are into non-Olympic TKD, then what rules do you spar by? I ask because the ATA would perhaps have some rules that you would like, but you would have to be an ATA school to attend. Another option is AAU competition. They offer both Olympic sparring and point sparring. That is the route that I would try to go down. Best of luck to you!

That is great info. A nice history lesson. I would like to learn more about the lineage and history of the Tang Soo Do, but TKD is so popular, that it seems to be the only literature I can find, as far as Korean arts go. Thanks for sharing this information.

Very good point!! I agree with you here.

There you go. You have been rewarded, and you thought you were being held back.

That's cool that you will have someone to work with. Another thing you could do is try to augment things that do irritate the use of your foot. Try to find a different thing to do what you want to do. Don't just give up on it; see what you can come up with. This is part of makin the art your own.

Fighting is fighting. In my opinion, fighting is dirty, no matter what. I heard this saying once: "The only guy who ever complains about getting hit by a cheap shot is the guy who loses." A "cheap shot" would probably fall under your category of dirty fighting. Fighting is what it is, and, in my experiences, there are no rules, no off limits areas, and no areas that cannot be struck. If you are trained to "fight fair," then you are going to be in trouble when you encounter someone whose only concern is putting you down, no matter what it takes.

I would ask them to put gloves on, or augment the contact level a little bit. I used to have this problem when I would just mess around with some of my friends. I would throw very light kicks, and light hand techniques, so as not to hurt anyone, but they would take me down and wrestle me, and they tell me that my stuff wouldn't work, because of what they were able to do. You have to change the contact level to make them understand.

The final fight was a good one. The next season should be great as well.

Nice article. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us.

Nice article. I like the reasons that you list, and even appreciate the order that they are listed in. If it were me, I would rearrange the order some, but to each his own. And that is exactly what we all get out of our training; our own art!

Very nice. White belt is the toughest stage for most martial artists, simply because there is so much to learn. I like the style with which you approach the white belts' training, laying the ground work for a long and successful career in the martial arts.

There are some similar jokes out there, but I don't think I have heard this version.

Thanks for the site.

I hope it works out for you. Best of luck to you in your training!

It sounds like a rivalry in the making. Be careful approaching this scenario. Make sure to keep your hands up!

I did not get to see this fight. Was it UFC, or a Pride fight? It sounds like it would have been a good one. I work at night, so I hardly ever get to see them anymore. If you have any more info, please let me know.

The martial arts have always interested me, and my dad took me once when I was around 4 or 5. I loved it, but had to stop after a while. Later on, I took it up again at the advice of a friend. I outlasted even him, and have been doing it now for the last 13 years. I hope to go another 13 and beyond.

You will need to use your feet for movement and leverage in grappling, so I would think that you may feel something there. This just in my experiences, however. You may just want to give your foot some time to heal before embarking on any endeavors.

Westerners could do this stuff, I just think we don't worry about being able to do things like this. We concentrate on more practical means of training.

Working a night shift doesn't interfere with my MA schedule too much, it is the mid shifts that do; like 3-11, or 12-8. Those are the ones that kill MA class time.

All good points here. The worst they can do is tell you no. I wish I would have been bolder when I was younger, but I was always afraid of rejection. But, it happens to us all at some point, so we should not run from it. Best of luck, and just let it come to you.

This is how I do it towards my instructor as well.

I've seen it a few times. Its not bad.