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Thank you, Bob! 3/15/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 185x3, 205x1, 225x2, 255x5, 255x5, 255x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 127.5x5, 127.5x5, 127.5x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x3, 205x1, 225x1, 260x5. Last 2 reps on the squat sets suuuucked. That last one is always a grind out of the hole. Last rep of deadlift floated away, but still completed the rep. I've ordered some creatine monohydrate, which should arrive sometime this week. I'm interested to see how that affects things over the long haul.

Well, state has come and gone. As a club, we performed rather well; I believe we qualified 36, and about half placed, and we ended up with a few state champs, and a few runners-up to boot. Unfortunately, Kenneth was not amongst that group. He had some ups and downs this year, and just needs to work on some things. Fortunately, the club is going to continue with some practices during the off-season, for as long as interest holds. In my experience, however, it doesn't seem to hold for long around here, mainly due to: 1, fatigue; and 2, other sports seasons kicking off. We'll be in full swing for baseball now, but I think I can manage to get Kenneth to at least one of those practices a week, which I think would help tremendously. Until then, on to next year.

I think I'll be watching it, too. Time to check Vudu!

I haven't been good about giving updates here this year; it's been a doozy, to say the least. But after all was said and done, Kenneth was able to finish the season out with 4 straight tournaments, and he is on to the State tournament this Sunday.

Thank you, Bob! I really appreciate it. Most of my workouts are pretty solo (my youngest is usually on his phone when I'm working out), so getting outside motivation is very nice. 3/12/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 185x3, 205x1, 250x5, 250x5, 250x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 125x5, 125x5, 125x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x3, 205x1, 225x1, 255x5. Sleep wasn't great the past two nights, so I was worried about today's session. Turned out ok. Deadlifts got away from me a little bit, but I got it done.

3/10/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 185x3, 205x1, 245x5, 245x5, 245x5. Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x2, 122.5x5, 122.5x5, 122.5x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x3, 205x1, 250x5. I had to work a mid shift today, so I had to get into the gym earlier this morning, and also had to miss class tonight. The squats....man, they were a grind. Deadlift was grindy, too, but I felt like I kept good position with the bar on each rep, staying on the shins up the leg. Although grindy, lockout also felt good. Maybe this could have been a result of working out earlier in the morning than I have been, but I'm not sure.

So glad to hear you are getting things to start working in your favor. Making a move like that can be quite a hectic change, but hopefully it all works out for the best.

I hear you about the governing bodies. Any more, they seem like they've become a necessary evil, and so many of them are out there now.

Sounds like things are moving along quite nicely! It's great that you are able to get back into class, too. So good to hear.

I saw this mentioned on a Facebook group I'm in, and thought, what the hell? It's formatted to look like Choi's Encyclopedia of Taekwon-Do (accept it's paperback), and is titled as such, and named Volume 16, Supplemental. I've just gotten started reading it, so will pop back in later with some thoughts. It covers two forms that are "lost" to TKD; one is Ko-Dang, which was political casualty for the most part, and the other is called U-Nam, which is not one I'd heard of, and I don't recall that it was in the Encyclopedia volumes put out by Stuart Anslow (if I'm wrong here, I apologize, but I just don't recall it). Supposedly, the only version of it in print is text-only in one of Choi's original books, many of which I guess were destroyed. Anywho, I'm looking forward to reading it, and am interested in anyone else's thoughts on the book, if they have read it themselves.

3/8/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 165x3, 190x1, 240x5, 240x5, 240x5. Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 120x5, 120x5, 120x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 165x3, 190x1, 245x5. The squats didn't feel good today, but I didn't feel like I was shifting onto my toes, either, so I'll take that. MA Training TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Black Belt Class. Do-Kangs for warmup; 1 three times, and walked a student through 2 a couple of times, at count, so it wasn't overly stressing. After that, we went right into Ho Sin Sul, adding to our drills from last week. It is really getting fun, because the students are having to adjust on the fly at times, which is good for dealing with the chaos of a fight.

Welcome to KF, hunter!

We don't do any private lessons at our school. I've done private lessons in the past, upon request, but haven't in a long time.

I think there is much truth in this. Sometimes, things are similar in nature because it is most practical to be so. Thus, whether we are talking about Wrestling, Sambo, or Pankration, we end up seeing many similarities between styles born in different eras and different areas of the world. Don't you just hate dictionary definitions sometimes? I feel that, in the case of talking about the "legitimacy" of a style of MA, the dictionary definition falls short, and indeed, out of context with what many of us MAists refer to as "legitimacy" within the MA world. We don't really care what the law says; we care about different things like lineage, practicality, etc. I found similar problems with the actual dictionary definition of "Martial Art" when I was writing one of my articles. It was frustrating to me, but the definition basically only defined "Eastern" styles as "Martial Art." So, I think Oxford falls short from time to time.

I'm not sure which "style" that is, but even though it says it's a TKD association, I'd be willing to bet it's more rooted in Tang Soo Do. My style of TKD uses the Chang On forms, which don't match any Karate kata verbatim, but do have sections of the forms that are quite obviously taken from some Karate katas. But, that is just a guess on my part. Or they could have picked from here and there for their syllabus.

3/5/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 165x3, 190x1, 235x5, 235x5, 235x5. Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 117.5x5, 117.5x5, 117.5x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 165x3, 190x1, 240x5. Consistency is key! It is also time I reread Starting Strength, Basic Barbell Training, and then Practical Programming for Strength Training. I'm sure I've got quite a bit more time left in the novice linear progression here, but brushing up on lift technique and programming won't hurt.

Those are two books I've thought about picking up, but just haven't yet. I believe Nyumon has gone up in price, but will have to check. Rentan Goshin Toudi-Jutsu I am not familiar with; are you speaking of an art, or a book about it? Yes, you are correct in that many of the senior founders of TKD were Shotokan stylists initially, and have looked in that direction, as well. Well...there aren't many "TKD original" sources that contain much. However, many of the hand/arm techniques in TKD have similarities to those in many styles of Karate, so I start by sourcing things from there. Based on what you suggested in the first quote I listed above, I believe this is what I am doing. I have yet to find much that is reliable or helpful in regards to what Taekkyeon actually was. I have a copy of the Muye Dobo Tonji that contains drawings of what was called Su Bak, and have looked those over. The problem with Taekkyeon is that it got suppressed during the occupation, and I think it pretty much died out, and I'm not sure there are any good sources that exist. If you know of some in print form that are affordable, please let me know. What I also know about it is that it was primarily referred to as a game, but I imagine it could have been something similar to the way Capoeira is done. Yes, this is what it has been; considerable amounts of trial and error. I've come to the accept the idea that some of the sequences in the forms I do just might not have much to offer in the way of applications. But, a single technique, like a knife hand strike or a double knife hand block, has applications in itself. These are the sections of form that I focus on the most for working applications. As for the Chinese styles you mention, I don't have much exposure to them, nor do I have any literature on them. Agreed here, and I've long since taken this into consideration. There are still some instructors that I know that cling to the idea that TKD is solely an "ancient Korean art that is 5000 years old." The cat is out of the bag on this, and it's time to let it be. Thanks again for your time in responding. I am truly enjoying the conversation.

Everything happens in it's own time. It's easy to want to be great "right now," but how much better will be years from now? It's an interesting concept. Train hard, train often, and let what comes, come. However, I don't think this means to train without focus. Instead, I think it has more to do with letting the training bring you what it will, as you focus and work hard.

3/3/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 165x3, 190x1, 230x5, 230x5, 230x5. Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 115x5, 115x5, 115x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 165x4, 190x1, 235x5. Squats keep grinding. It felt like my right leg was doing most of the work on the first set. Second set wasn't bad, and third set was ok until the last two reps. Deadlifts went well. Grindy, but the bar stayed on my shins, which I was happy with. MA Training TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. T-shirt class. Opened with some stretching, and did some work on the bag. Mostly kicking, working some different combinations. Last 15 minutes or so of class was spent sparring. It felt good. I wanted to try to spin more, but I'm not sure if I did so. However, taking that approach, I do think I moved my feet more, which helped out in it's own way.

I understand your angst in regards to the radiation treatment, Bob. Hopefully, as you mention, it isn't terribly frequent and doesn't interfere with things much. I'll be keeping you in my prayers.

I appreciate your thoughts, Wado Heretic. I've been searching for the pragmatic self-defense in our TKD forms, as well. It's a bit more difficult to flesh out at times, mainly because the forms I do are, in many instances, rearranged versions of some Karate kata. We have "sections," so to speak, of the forms that are reminiscent of Karate kata, and I look to some Karate sources in order to flesh things out.

Here is another one (it popped up today on the end of another vid ) with applications like I was suggesting I rather liked his applications. I liked the use of the "heaven hand" position, and will be keeping it in mind moving forward in classes.Hehe, I had to come back for an edit....Just running through the ready positions and first few moves of Kwang Gae hyung have brought out a way to drill those as applications! Good stuff!

Thank you, both of you! I'm really looking forward to this. It'll be something new and fun, and something we can do at our own pace.

SLK59, that is the trend I've seen at my school, as well (although not over as long a timespan). If we didn't run a kids program, I'm not sure where we'd be. We are fortunate in that we also have a gym with a solid membership, and that can help the TKD school, if need be. Bob, I understand what you are saying in regards to it being the CI's choice as to whether kids or adults are the focus. However, demographics aren't the same everywhere, and we just don't have a large adult population looking to study Martial Arts. Therefore, in order to do what's best for the school, we need to provide opportunities for kids, as well. Perhaps if I was in a more populated area, I'd notice a difference, but where I'm at now, kids are a big, important part of keeping our school open and alive.

3/1/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 155x3, 185x1, 225x5, 225x5, 225x5. Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 112.5x5, 112.5x5, 112.5x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 165x4, 185x1, 230x5. So, squats. First set, 2nd rep, I felt the weight shift forward onto my toes. This is not a good feeling, and is detrimental at heavier weights. That's how one ends up missing a rep. I also felt the weight push up my back; too much holding the bar in the hands, and not on the back. So, I shifted my hand position slightly, and when I got into the hole, I thought "on the heels." That shifted things back just enough stay balanced out of the hole and finish the drive up. I will be doing this going forward! MA Training TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Black Belt Class. Do-Kangs 1-3 (doing 3 twice); forms (watched students do Choong Moo, Kwang Gae, Poe Eun (did this one alongside him), and Gae Baek, and then performed Choong Jang once). While me and the CI did Choong Jang together, the others started on three-steps. After completing Choong Jang, we brought the class together and went into Ho Sin Sul again. We worked on the collar grab defenses. The first one is bringing the elbow over high and securing the arm, and then turning it into an arm lock, takedown, and hold. Then we switched it up; in this case, the elbow actually connects, and we then move to strike the grabbing arm and drive them down, following them going backwards from the strike, then finishing with straight arm locks after various manipulations. I also want to add a finish with a Juijitsu straight arm bar, but will need to work on getting this one in.