bushido_man96

When a leisurely walk with your wife turns into "how many kicks can you do in one block."

I wanted to start a thread on drills to break up the monotony of doing one-steps and self-defense techniques. This is to present differnent training ideas for self-defense, and new ideas on one-step training. 1. We used to call this drill "Joe Cool." You make two lines down the room, like you would set up to spar. You stagger everyone, and put one person down at the very end, the front. The person walks down the lane, and the first person he comes to steps out and just does any technique. The defender responds by doing a quick one-step combination. This is good for one-steps, or making up your own, or you could switch it up and make it to where the defender has to get them to the ground and tap out, or something self-defense related. 2. This works well with pre-arranged one-steps. As you perform the one-step, you have to say aloud the name of the target that the technique is hitting. This is great for kids, as it makes them work on their focus. I have also noticed that kids memorize and then just 'do' the techniques, so this makes them think about where they are going more. Chime in with anything, and we can all steal ideas from each other!!

You held rank in kickboxing??

Welcome to KF!! P.S.: I am standing behind you!!

You are probably right, Korean styles use the term Gup or Kup.

It is not a bad idea. Just do a nice, easy walk-through of all your material, and then wait until the testing. It is a good idea for pre-tournament as well.

Thank you, ninjanurse. That is very helpful. In our curriculum, we just have the same sets of forms and one-steps for children and adults.

I have done this in the past, but not much lately. As you do your knuckle push-ups, start with your fists vertical, and then as you complete the push-up, rotate on your knuckles to horizontal, like you would the punch as you complete it.

5'9" and 200? I would love to be at 200. I am 5'7", and weigh 245. I get told that I "carry it well," but I don't know if this is just being told nicely that I am fat, or what.

As a side note, I have learned that training the anaerobic system will have effects on the aerobic system, but training the aerobic system primarily will not effect the anaerobic system all that much.

Glad to hear you are having fun! Keep up the stretching, and keep strengthening your legs, but don't forget about the upper body, either! Best of luck in the future!

First rule: practice, practice, and practice some more. Drill you form until you have it down. When you think you have it, do it some more. The last thing you want to do is freeze up and forget it. When preparing for a tournament, I like to break the form up into sections, and work on it that way, so I can give special focus and extra reps to the tough spots. If you plan to spar, find out from your instructor what the rules system will be. Then, work on some sparring strategies that will work for you. Also, spar against as many different partners as you can, in order to get a feel for different fighting types. Second rule: Don't get too wound up if you don't place. Experience is a valuable teacher in competitions. The more you do it, the easier it is to know what to expect. You will most likely be nervous, so breath, and try to relax, and go out and have fun! No matter what happens, you will learn something new, and that is the best thing you will take away from it. Best of luck, and let us know how it goes!!

Sounds cool! I hope you have fun, and all goes well. Good luck if you are competing!!

I just finished reading a book on TKD Hae Sul, which is essentially bunkai for TKD. There were a lot of interpretations for locks and takedowns, some easily seen, and some not. Simple double forearm blocks were used to throw someone down, and middle blocks were used as arm locks. Picture the retraction hand holding the opponents arm straight, and the blocking arm braced behind the elbow. Lots of interpretations, in lots of different places.

I would keep wrestling with your buddy, and try to figure some things out. One thing is for sure, being pinned on your stomach, with an opponent on your back, is very BAD! Definitely get something worked out to defend that.

I would say that you should do what is best for you. If that is karate, then do karate.

I was only joking, don't even know Tai Chi. Fighting a guy of that size would be difficult - to say the least. Oh, sorry! I agree with you.

I had not heard of cults like this before. This is very new to me. A terrible thing, no less.

https://www.stretchingusa.com Aaron Mattes has a real good program. Looks like a nice site. The next chance I get, I'll browse it some more. Thanks!

yeah, restraint is the neame of the game. If the situation warrants - Like I'm getting attacked by three guys, which recently happened - I can strike. But under normal circumstances, restrain, restrain, restrain. That is kind of what I assumed, but didn't know for sure. I think I will look into some of the double arm holds and chokes that you mention. The big problem that I have is that I am not very tall, so I think people think they can just mess with me and get by with it. I am a little heavy, so I have some weight and strength, but it's being short that is my disadvantage.

If you can't feel the pressure of a slow developing arm bar before something gets injured, well more power to you, but I certainly feel the pressure being applied, and when I'm ground fighting (training) there's plenty of adrenaline flowing. Back to what someone else said here though....if I get into a fight with someone its because there was no way out of it, and they were the aggressor....they can tap till their hand goes numb, if I lock an armbar on them their arm is getting broken, because its happening fast and I'm not trying to submit them, I'm trying to end the fight. I agree with the way you feel about ending the street confrontation. Especially if there is more of his friends, snap the elbow, and get ready for the next one.

Very good points. Very well put.

I understood your translations, but heck, I didn't know what some of those symbols were called to begin with! Now, what does it all mean??

this is Steve Armstrong http://www.bohans-family.com/Lineage/len/armstrong/armstrong.htm Very interesting. Best wishes to him and his family. Thanks for the link!

Hope it works out well for you!