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7/28/2020 Firearms Range Training: Got 5 hours of quality range time in. Shot duty and back-up duty weapons, rifle, shotgun, and bean-bag rounds. Went over use-of-force as well. Although I hadn't practiced in a while, I was still very happy with my performance. Just need to get back out and practice again! 7/29/2020 Martial Arts TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. T-shirt class, and today, it was a kicking class. I got through 6 stations, and each station had 5 variations of kicks. Station 1 was variations of front leg side kicks; station 2 was variations of front leg round kicks, station 3 was variations of back leg side kicks, station 4 was variations of kicking combinations, station 5 was variations on axe kicks, and station 6 was variations on crescent and hook kicks. The first 4 stations were done on Powerline bags, and the last 2 were done with clapper pads. I estimate I got in around 350 kicks. Finished class with a stretch.

7/27/2020 Strength Training Lat Pull-downs: 145x10, 145x10, 145x10, 145x10. Triceps Push-downs: 120x10, 120x10, 120x10, 120x10. Not training heavy right now, due to Meniere's. Hoping to be able to soon. TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Black belt class. Pre-class, tried to stretch a little, and walked through three-step sparring 1-9. Also did a walk through of Choong Jang. For class, warmed up with Do-Kangs 1 and 2, then worked on Ho Sin Sool. We worked shoulder grabs (grabbing cloth, not just putting hand on the shoulder). The defense we did was coming across with an elbow strike, securing the hand, and twisting into an arm bar, then modified it to go into an S-lock, each time finishing to the floor. Then we modified it to defend a punch before addressing the grab, blocking/deflecting/covering while crashing down with the same side arm into the crease of the elbow, following up with a strike and driving them to the ground. Next attack was double lapel grabs, defending with the same elbow to cross-grabbing the wrist, then to arm bar/S-lock and takedown.

Yeah, their forms are copyrighted, as are their one-step materials, weapons forms, all that stuff. That's why people that break away from the ATA either invent new forms, or adopt something that already exists.

These are all great points. Something I've considered for some time, should I ever run my own school again, is providing new white belts with a notebook to start out with, and tell them to write something down in it every night after class. Mark the date, and then just make notes....what was hard, what you found interesting, what you hated, etc...and then I'd have them bring it back periodically just to see things from their perspective. I think they would be quite revealing, and help instructors out in teaching their students. And, to see the adventure through their thoughts, and not how I see them progress. That's a good idea, might start implementing that I think they will just be full of little treasure troves of enlightenment.I'm just guessing here, but if I had to guess about the length, depth, content, etc of the entries, I'd believe they would be quite lengthy in the early ranks, and as time passed, the length of the entries would get shorter, but probably be more concise and more clearly written; brief, but more descriptive. But, that's just a guess.

Great support, Pred! My training is pretty consistent right now. How is yours going?

That's great to hear, Danielle!

Ah, those are some names! I've still got some of my TKD Times magazines, too. I can't bring myself to get rid of any of them, either!Yeah, to get rid of them is like getting rid of your MA soul. Perhaps that's about the only thing that might label me a hoarder of MA magazines. I agree!

One thing that I thought the American Taekwondo Association did right, regardless of how other stylists feel about the organization as a whole, is copyright their materials.

These are all great points. Something I've considered for some time, should I ever run my own school again, is providing new white belts with a notebook to start out with, and tell them to write something down in it every night after class. Mark the date, and then just make notes....what was hard, what you found interesting, what you hated, etc...and then I'd have them bring it back periodically just to see things from their perspective. I think they would be quite revealing, and help instructors out in teaching their students. And, to see the adventure through their thoughts, and not how I see them progress.

In a way, you've already been doing that, Brian. Like here... https://www.karateforums.com/the-martial-artists-training-log-vt30246.html Well, you make a good point here, Bob!

Well, I wouldn't have to worry about paying for testing, so that would help out a lot. It'd probably open up some more time for me to train, too.

Three times! The Triple-Threat! Congrats, Wado Heretic!

Welcome to KF, Baka, and to the Martial Arts journey!

Welcome aboard, Joe! Feel free to dive in and ask questions all you want! We're a pretty friendly bunch here!

I guess I really need to watch the Ip Man movies...

7/15/2020 TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Did some early bag work, lots of side kick variations. From there, we worked on some spinning crescent kicks with some of the high colored belt ranks, and finished class with some sparring. 7/17/2020 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 155x5, 185x3, 220x5. Lat Pull-downs: 135x10, 135x10, 135x10, 135x10. 7/22/2020 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 155x5, 195x3, 225x5. Lat Pull-downs: 140x10, 140x10, 140x10, 140x10. I'm starting to feel the pressure in my ear build up again, and when I Valsalva, I'm starting to notice some light-headedness. My Meniere's is kicking up again, it seems. MA Training TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Worked the bag early, mainly punching combinations. Lots of jabs, jab/cross, and other combinations with hooks and uppercuts. Then we got to working on some spinning kicks and jumping/spinning kicks. We worked on some 360 degree round kicking variants, some spin hook kicks, spin heel kicks, and I did some jump spinning hook kicks. Spent a good amount of time breaking technique down for the students in the class. Finished with two rounds of sparring each, and a stretch.

Ah, those are some names! I've still got some of my TKD Times magazines, too. I can't bring myself to get rid of any of them, either!

I've got a hard-bound, three-ring binder that I keep a lot of stuff in. Some of it is stuff I've printed off that struck a cord with me. Some of it is my own writings like I've published here. Some of it is reflections of what I've done over the years. I've also got a bunch of class planners that I put together early on in my teaching career that I would go back and reference for class ideas. I haven't added much to it in a long time, but I may need to start doing that again.

I like ALL of that immensely; great new across the board!! I second that! Congrats on your accomplishments thus far!

7/13/2020 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 185x3, 215x5, 215x5, 215x5. Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 120x5, 120x5, 120x5. Lat Pull-downs: 125x10, 125x10, 125x10, 125x10. 7/14/2020 Deadlifts: 135x5, 155x5, 185x3, 215x5. Lat Pull-downs: 130x10, 130x10, 130x10, 130x10. Triceps Push-downs: 115x10, 115x10, 115x10, 115x10.

As sensei8 would say, "the proof is on the floor." It will always reveal itself.

Man, that's cool. I'd love to find some stuff like that! I've got some old copies of Black Belt Magazine, but most of my stuff is from the mid 2000s, I think.

7/8/2020 MA Training TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. The newly labeled "T-shirt day." It used to be our kicking class, but the instructors have decided to keep the structure of the class more open than to just bag kicking. We warmed up with some stations kicking the bags and the targets, doing various side kicks, round kicks, and axe kicks. We spent the last 20 minutes of class sparring. I think I got 4 or 5 rounds in, rotating and getting new partners each time. It was a small class, but it was a class of black belts and high-ranked colored belts, so it was good sparring. Finished with a stretch. 7/9/2020 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 185x3, 210x5, 210x5, 210x5. Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 115x5, 115x5, 115x5. Triceps Push-downs: 110x10, 110x10, 110x10, 110x10. Lat Pull-downs: 120x10, 120x10, 120x10, 120x10.

Interesting take, Bob. I really like the Bosch character, and he grows on me more each season. I've also enjoyed Chief Irving, too.

I don't know if this would be a style related thing, or more of an instructor related philosophy on teaching bunkai. Instead of thinking in terms of styles, think on the type of instructors within the styles and schools you seek.