bushido_man96

Welcome to KF, Karate_Dad!

I like to think that I make the gi look good!!

I think both forms have some variation of the penetration step. However, for self-defense, I would agree that going to a knee would be a bad idea. However, if you both are going to go down anyway, you are bound to get scraped up a little. In one of the BJJ books I read, they talked about not opting for the drop to the knee, for a better defensive posture, or something to that effect.

That's pretty good advice, you can tell that to anyone in the martial arts. Very much so indeed! If I could relate to evey white belt that comes into the school that martial arts is something that should never be finished, and try to make them understand that, I think there would be many more happy martial arts practitioners in the world.

BAM. I'm batting 300 today

Pretty straightforward. I just hit a truck tire with the hammer for two or three 2-3 minute rounds with 1 min rest in between. I switch sides every 30 seconds. I'm sure there are plenty of variations of this, but I like to keep it simple. It's a tough, tough, workout. With respect, Sohan If you just switch sides with every swing, would that work as well?

Yeah, I'm not too bad with it. But, if they get to lippy with us, we get to stick them in the 'quiet room' or take away their TV, or something like that. We had one drunk guy in a couple of months ago, and he was calling me all kinds of names, being loud and obnoxious, and I just couldn't help but laugh at him!

Enjoy, and best of luck to you!

To be honest, no art is all that effective against multiple attackers. Groundfighting or standup, it is going to be a chore to deal with more than one attacker, not matter what style you study.

you gotta start karate for a change, you have been in karate section for a long time and know a lot, so just get in , i think you will be perfect for Okinawan Goju ryu. That would be great, but there are only two schools were I live. One is the TKD school I attend, and the other is a school called Karate Fitness, but it really isn't a karate style, but a mix of some different forms, including some TKD forms, and they also do some open katas, musical weapons forms, and such like that. They also do quite a bit of fitness training, which would be good, but it isn't all that stylized. I don't think they do much self-defense or bunkai, either.

Good point, cathal.

Welcome to KF, Rainbow_Warrior!

I prefer the standard.

Sounds good, that you are enjoying what you are doing. What you will want to wait and see is if you do it differently, and you can still get good hits on your partner, then I would say you are doing fine. On the topic of using the bo, I think you could spar with them, but it just has to be more controlled, and you have to have some protective armour on.

I guess I have not seen them yet. We just wear the cloth covered pads, and that is all. If there are new ones out, I have not seen them yet.

Best of luck in the tournament, cathal! Unfortunately, this all the advise I can offer!!

Well, I was half-way there. Not bad for a Korean stylist, I would say!!

Yes, best regards in your search to mend things in your style. And also, welcome to the forums, both of you.

That is very interesting, but I don't think I buy into his theories too much. But, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

That form name sounds like one I have seen in my Tang Soo Do book.

That old guy does move well! And you say he is 74?! He doesn't look it!

You are correct in stating that there are some things that work better for self-defense applications than some of those found in forms. However, it is like anything, there are basics, and then advanced training. When you take the form, and practice it, and keep in mind how things can be tweaked a little to make it applicable, this is the first step to facilitating your thinking of how to do it even better later on. It is kind of like learning math, you have to learn to add before you can do all of the hard stuff, like logarithms and such.

Wow!! There is defenitely something not right about the shape of his hand and foot, after all of that training. I don't like arthritis, so I think I will avoid that stuff!

Well, what are the problems that you are having with the form? If you could give some specifics, then we could help you better.

I used to think this way as well, but now, I know what bunkai is!! I realize how much you can get from forms now as well.