bushido_man96

He was on the Tonight's show or something like that once, and he was asked about them. He knew about them, but couldn't understand where they came from. I think he enjoys them, though. I know I would.

Weapons kata does not interest me. What interests me is actual weapon on weapon drills, or weapon on one or multiple attackers.

Very nice. Where did you get it from? I have one book on TSD, but would like some more.

Something that a 3rd dan from Germany that I knew did was have the student draw the form he had learned on paper, with stick figures, and drawing the stances and where the techniques were landing. Kind of interesting, I thought.

Glad you are back into it. I had a layoff once, and have regretted it ever since! It wasn't a year long, but it was too long. It'll come back.

Hello, and welcome to the forums! We will be glad to help out in any way that we can.

Sounds like you have good thing going there. Keep us posted!

If you want to stick to Korean arts, then Hapkido would be a good route to take. You could try TKD, but I think you will find it is fairly similar to TSD. Just a guess, though. Hope you find something, and good luck!

This question needs to be looked into deeply. I don't like to make generalizations about arts, so perhaps with some digging we can come up with some more subjective information.

If there has been a large gap, then I can see this taking place. If someone wears a green belt, let's say, and a low rank asks them for help, and they can't remember the low rank form, then they need to do some retraining, in my opinion.

I would give them some time, like a few weeks, and then give them a call. Nothing pressing, just to say we have missed so-and-so in class, and was just wanting to see how they were doing. Maybe you can get some info this way. Also, it shows you care.

http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=26365 This thread has the video, 3 posts down on the first page.

What book did you order?

This is how I breath while doing the moves in the forms that don't have a kihap on them.

You make a very good point here. I learned so much when I began teaching. Just a side note from my past experiences. When I was in the Instructor Trainee program in the ATA as a 1st degree, I was required to log 1800 hours of assistance to a Certified Instructor at my school. This, along with several other requirements, had to be met before I could go off to Instructor Certification Camp, which was a week long ordeal of learning various teaching methods and strategies. There are a lot of things that go into being a good instructor, and assisting is a very good way to get some good experience.

Ooooh, double sticks. That would be fun!

This can work, if there is enough room and enough instructors available for both. Otherwise, someone loses out on class time.

I think it would be beneficial to be able to apply defenses against both trained and untrained attackers, and by looking at the various posts here, the bunkai can vary enough to allow one to do this. It is good to try to prepare for as many variables as you can!

I like this thread, guys. As I mentioned before, we don't do bunkai at my school, so I like to get insight on this kind of stuff.

Sounds like a blast!

Take a few days off from class. If you start getting the itch, then you will be back on track.

I don't have anything official, because I refuse to see a doctor about them! Unfortunately, my knees hurt a lot, all of the time. My instructor has miniscus tears, and has had his knee scoped a couple of times. So much kicking impact will tend to do that. As for how common it is, I cannot be certain.

Did you try it yet? Then how do you know I am wrong?

You should be able to find some techniques listed on Wikipedia.org. under just a karate heading. That should help you refresh a little. As far as the formalities go, find out for sure by asking. Most of the time, you will avoid those things outside of the dojo.

I would find another school, if I were you. Even if it means starting over completely, or learning a different style. Also, be careful who you associate with, as the reputation of an instructor may get wrongly passed on to his students.