bushido_man96

me too and Buhhidist monks use Bo's cause its easier to hold back killing someone I think the monks used the bo because it was a cheaper weapon, not because it wasn't as hard to maim/kill with it.

I hope everything is well.

First of all, welcome to KF! As far as competitive jiu-jitsu goes, I think that it is mainly a ground game, minus the kicking and striking. But I could be wrong. There may be organizations out there that combine them. I think that it may be more along the lines of the comment you made about competitive judo with chokes and joint locks. Brazilian Jiu-jitsu competitions compete this way.

Welcome to the forums, Shaolin_Dragon! Glad to have you. As far as learning from a video, I would not recommend it. As the previous posts mention, it is a good way to get hurt and start bad habits. Do a Google search of your area, or go through the phone book, and see what schools are available to you. You may not find Kung Fu, but you may find a style that does interest you, and then you can get started. Good luck on your journey!

Hey, cool deal. Good to see some stand-up guys make the transition. Welcome to KF, by the way! Glad to have you, Black Belt Teacher!

I am sorry to hear this. I hope you find what you are looking for.

To add to this stretching drill, when you get your leg as high as it will go, hold it for 15 to 30 seconds. Then, when on your command, the partner resists while you try to push your leg down against them, contracting the muscles. Hold this position for about 10 to 15 seconds, then release. Have your partner lower the leg a little, then stretch it up more, and you should reach a little farther. I believe this is called PNF stretching. Don't start it out right away, but give yourself some time to gain some flexibility. This will be helpful when you notice your gains in flexibility are slowing down.

Kind of like being a gentlemanly fighter.....is there such a thing? Here's a phrase I heard once: "The only guy that says he got hit by a 'cheap shot' is the guy who lost."

Very nice pics. Thanks for sharing!

Combat Hapkido is specifically designed with self defense on the street in mind, using distraction techniques and other ideas like ground fighting and finishing techniques. I suppose these are all available in traditional HKD, but Combat Hapkido emphasises low line kicks and breaking the initial grip.

Usually a modified spear, referred to as the javelin, would be thrown. Most spears were 6 foot plus in length, and would have been a bit awkward thowing.

You might Google it. I think there are several companies you can find on-line. Also, I believe the AAU provides insurance to its member schools...might be a route you could take.

Just finished a 44 oz. bag of peanut M & M's today. I love chocolate!

I was just thinking this....took the words right out of my mouth!

Wow, that jumping technique was crazy! I would like to learn that! A big guy like me jumping like that would scare some people!

Wrist grabs are great to learn some of the basic ways that the body will move and react when joints are put under pressure. The likelyhood of your wrists being grabbed in this manner, as others have said, is not high. However, what is learned from the wrist grabs will apply mechanically to controlling the wrist when other scenarios arise, like the lapel grab. From the lapel grab, you can manipulate the wrist of the hand grabbing the lapel...it just happens from a different starting point. You can also manipulate the wrist after parrying a strike, etc. My conclusion: great for training, not so great as for practicality.

TSD also teaches the naihanchi (tekki) and bassai forms. Hmmmm, that's interesting, these are Japanese forms. Does anyone know where the crossover between Japanese and Korean content occured? The crossover occured during the Japanese occupation. Korean masters learned Karate in Japan, where they were usually educated. When Korea broke away, they wanted to start a nationalistic movement, and TKD became a catalyst. Everything Japanese about the art was deleted, and all of a sudden there is the existense of this Korean style, that is very similar to Karate. In order to seperate the two, the Koreans "discovered" their 3000 year martial heritage, and made it Korean for good.

Because he was great, doesn't mean he wouldn't have been better if he'd have spent more time on it. Then I guess comes the argument of balance. How much should we balance out the various activities in our lives. In this particular instance, I think it's fair to say he was finding the balance between MA and other interests, but two different MA's I don't believe fits into this category. FYI - My father was once disciplined for going to the gym. He was told, "If you have time to go to the gym, get in the dojo". So does that mean we shouldn't go lift, because it interferes with dojo time? And if this is the case, we should all quit spending time doing anything else, and go practice forms or something.

Nice first post. Welcome to the forums!

You can really tell when you are flustering someone with the side you are fighting with. If you switch sides, and then they switch, and then you switch again, and they switch again, then you know you can get them flustered.

I'll bet you and I could have a contest!

No problem!

Very nice idea. I like it.

I understand what you are going through. It is all political. I think the main thing is he wants your business. What he tells you is that he wants your 300 students under his organization, and what he doesn't tell you is that a percentage of your income, bearing his organiztion name, or being under the umbrella, or whatever, will be owed to him, or you will have to have each of your members pay a membership fee to him, or something like that. All of the politics of the martial arts really makes me pretty sick. The GM of my current style is very narrow minded, and feels that TKD is "all you need." I love TKD, but I could round myself out. I also have other interests, and I will not let someone I see only two times a year, and talk to for maybe 5 minutes, decide what is and is not good for me to do.

How did it go?