bushido_man96

That....is.....AWESOME!!!!!

Maybe for the both of us.

Very nicely put, Rathe. Today, one of the 1st dans was complaining about a kid we are doing orientation for, because he is having trouble bringing it all together. She was so frustrated, and saying he was difficult. I began telling her to just relax, and she says "....ya, ya, I know, its a "learning experience"..." and went on. So I told her, "where do you think you would be if no one took the time to do orientation for you?" I think she is still thinking about that one.

I am sorry I didn't catch your 1000th, but you had the nice black belt already!! As for my name always being on last.....well, I work nights, and get to check them early in the morning. Besides, my name isn't always on there when I check them, so I think the same thing about you all, if you see it from my end! You guys are great!

Personnally, it has gotten to the point where I really don't enjoy Pizza Hut any more. Just too burned out on it.

I don't put much stock in this sort of thing. I don't even bother with them. And personally, anyone who is going to take your money to tell you that you are going to have problems.....well, there is just something not right there.

I like the setup that your school offers, and I wish I could get something like this to train in. I would love to have a groundfighting school to learn from.

In Shorin Ryu the back foot is either straight forward, or 45 deg's to the front. I'm not aware of any Shorin Ryu stances that have our feet in the L shape. When I did a little Aikido training it was very hard to get my feet to do that after training in Shorin Ryu. Tough to break muscle memory lol. Yes, very much so. That is the only downfall to cross-training, but with time, it gets to where doing both isn't as difficult.

Well, I got to roll again today. My and my friend did two bouts of it, but neither one ended in submission. He got me into an almost-submission hold, and from the spot I kind of talked him into one. The problem I am having is seeing where I can apply a hold. It is very hard to tell, as we are almost always in a transitional state. I think it may take a while to get a handle on this, but I am going to keep at it. If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to chime in! I also managed to get tossed on my back, and then my head proceded to follow to the floor, making a nice flash. I've had a head ache for a few days now......got to learn to keep my head tucked!

Well, most of the movements are very slow and flowing, and it is kind of like you are holding a ball, and you move it around, pushing and pulling it. Best way I can describe it; I don't have personal experience with it, just videos and reading.

That I would pay to see You know, one of the female black belts in my class set me up like that once. She said: "I think you should toss Mr. Walker around for the demo, doing self defense!" What's the deal? Nobody likes me!!!! Just kidding!

That would be an interesting way of doing it as well. From 3rd person, you could see where the attacker's body is at all times, and from 1st person, you can 'feel' what all is going on.

I think you are right, Zorbasan. From what I have read about it, it is very fight oriented. During some of their gradings, they have multiple man kumite, where the person being graded has to fight 2 minute rounds consecutively against so many opponents. I have even heard of 40 man kumite! However, they still do katas as well.

I kind of like Rick's defenition of combat, and of warriors. But, a fight can become combat if a person's intent during the altercation changes. Like if someone really has decided to end your life with his bare hands, or pulls a weapon. Really, it all comes down to intent.

When TKD first came on the scene in the U.S., it got coined as "Korean Karate" in order to draw people to the name. Then later, they were told it is actually TKD.

In my TKD school, the only form that has a jump kick in it is Choong Moo, which is a brown belt (1st grade) form. We do have some jump kicks in one-steps, and in basics as well.

Wow, sounds like you have a really great oppurtunity here. Good luck with that.

It's very unfair to class all TKD practitioners based on a couple of video's where inexperienced TKD guys go head to head full contact with MT practitioners and lose. We had a 6 year veteren MT practitioner come into our school who kept making coments about how our methods were wimpy, and he missed his MT school. However when it came time for sparring they matched him with a 4 year brown belt and he got his butt kicked, and I mean really kicked. We're TKD people. LOL You're right. As always, it depends on the person, not the art. The comment I made here was not to say that this is how all TKD people come out against Thai fighters. It was just a reference to show the two styles. No offenses were intended.

Welcome to KF, GANGSTER! Glad to have you. Tell us about your experiences with these two arts, and who well they combine with each other. We would like to hear about your training.

Welcome to the forums, Alex Chung Do! Maybe you could tell us more about this style?

Well, you will probably get most of the help you need from the instructor. What kind of questions do you have? We might be able to point you in the right direction.

When our TKD school does demos, we do basics, then some color belts and some kids do some forms, then the black belts will do some forms. After that, the black belts will demo some sparring, and then the black belts will do some board breaking. That way, aside from the board breaking, the viewers get a general idea of what goes on in class. If we have a mat, the head instructor will sometimes toss me around, too.

I have similar problems to you, Kez. I block well, but don't always attack when I should. Try to go after them, stringing together a combination of techniques. One should get through. As for not wanting to hit someone, you just have to get over that, and it takes time. If you think your control is good, then just go ahead and try to score. When I block, I let them get in close, and then just start throwing the punches and kicks. Try that as well, and see if it works.

I feel that a great warrior is only defined by what he does in his time. I guess what I am saying is that a warrior has to test himself in the heat of battle for life and death. Musashi had this chance. Napolean had this chance. Washington had this chance. They were all great warriors, but they are defined by the times in which they lived, because of the wars. If the wars would not have happened, then what would things have been like? I guess what I am saying is that you can say you are a warrior, but not many will know if you don't have an opportunity to prove it. Maybe this is a little bit of an off-topic rant. Sorry if it sounds that way. It kind of stemmed from the dictionary definition post. But it does relate to the martial artists definition.

These people in football etc that you describe are great athletes, but they are not good sportsmen. We often talk about good sportsmanship. The applies to boxing etc. Some of them are great fighters. Some are great fighters AND good martial artists. Can't argue with that! Parents should be teaching these values right from the get-go. Problem is, the majority don't.The point you make about being a sportsman is a good one. However, they still get to play the sport. Its kind of the same with the topic here.