bushido_man96

I don't worry so much about what they do before they perform, as many people get nervous, and have different ways of handling it. Usually, there is so much noise in building anyways, that it doesn't matter. The forms I am used to seeing usually have just a few kihaps, and I listen to see if they have a good yell or a lame one. I don't see a lot of fancy forms, so I don't have to worry about judging them.

Try the Turtle Press web site. There are several kicking DVDs and videos there: https://www.turtlepress.com

Cool, there are lots of ways to soften belts. I never would have thought of half of these!

Ballistic stretching is not bad for you, but it has to be done properly in order to gain benefits from it. Just like anything else, it has to be done right. Stretch kicks are a good example of ballistic stretching.

I have a book written by Joe Lewis, and it talks about drills that he and Bruce Lee did together. It is a great book. I would love to learn from him. My instrucotor has a friend who kickboxes, and he fought an opponent trained by Joe Lewis. After the fight, they got their pictures taken together. Awesome.

Here's one of the differences I just mentioned. I have a second job as a bouncer. Women act up just as much as men do. I have had women swing on me on several occasions. Am I a bad martial artist for having to restrain them and put them out? what about cops trained in MA who have to detain women? I say no. They must still be detained and controlled when they get out of control. Should they be smacked around? No, I don't believe so. But, if a woman swings at you, would you try to block? I would, even if it is out of reflex action. The thing is, they may still get hurt. However, you are right, that women and children should never be attacked.

That is a nice first post, EclecticFighter. Welcome to KarateForums!

It is setting in today. I am not happy about it But, hey, I am going to deal with this. I will do some deep breating, and then beat the crap out of my bag. Naaa, on second thought, I'll just beat the crap out of the bag. Ouch. Hurt wrist on bag. Done with that. I'll just do angry forms. My fantasy team is down about 8 points right now, and I have a linebacker playing tonight. Maybe he can get an interception returned for a TD or something, but I won't hold my breath. He'll probably end up with a few tackles, and that is all. Oh, well, such is life!

Boy, this sounds very odd. Doesn't sound like it approves of mobility.

That guy can do just about everything! What an athlete.

Never done the Tekken Bowl, what is that?

We used standing locks in Combat Hapkido, but I have not had to use any in a real situation yet. When we train, they are effective, but I would like to practice with more resistance before substantiating anything.

i agree. martial arts is all about discipline and self control. just walk away and only fight if there is no other way out and then just put him in a lock until a teacher or authority figure comes. dont beat him senseless. It is not always easy to just "hold someone in a lock" until someone shows up to help. There are too many things that can go wrong, waiting on someone else to help out.

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

That's how it is in society, though. No one wants to punish the "heros" so they get it easy. It goes this way with people in sports all the time. Look at the incident with the Texas Longhorn players here recently.

I think doing a martial arts sport team in schools would be great. They could do it like some of the college teams are set up, and have a rules set, and travel and take on other schools, like wrestling teams do. As for the students fighting, you have that in almost every sport. Football players and wrestlers are just as bad. Sure, you could tell them not to do it, and punish if they do, but I don't think it will be all that bad.

Great to hear, Shotokan-kez. Keep it up, you can do it!

Make sure that you know what you can and cannot do with your arm. This way, you will keep from hurting it as much as possible. I think it is great that you won't let a physical problem like that stop you from competing. Did you know that Jean Jaques Machado's left hand never fully developed? And he has turned out to be one of the greatest grapplers of all time. Go for it, and good luck to you!

OK, I ordered that book last week, and I should have it sometime this week. I will dig into it, and see what it offers. Hopefully, by this weekend, I will be knee-deep in Korean bunkai!!!!!

If you can find an XMA place to learn from, they are great for teaching trick kicks.

Hopefully everything will work out for you. Good to hear you are sticking with it. Remember, nothing worth-while comes easy.

Hey, man, c'mon! I love the Whopper! But you are right. It would seem that TKD is kind of like Shotokan's little brother.

I couldn't agree with you more on this point. Sometimes competitors will try to get by with just high, flashy kicks and flexibility. I'll take great stances and hand techniques with strong, chest to head level kicks over that any time. In order to have a good form, everything has to fall in together.

With your experience in the martial arts, and having good basic technique, you could probably learn some jumping kicks from books and videos. It will be a good idea to get some feedback from someone who might be able to watch the video demo, and then watch you, and tell you what you might need to do to look more like the video.