TigerDude

So you are snapping limbs, dislocating joints, etc. all the time?

Most semi-autos have a light recoil.I don't think you can make that generalization. A .308 or 30-06 semi-auto will have plenty of kick, especially for the inexperienced. As for handguns, .45's, .40 cals, & even a hot 9mm round will have plenty of kick. A shorter barrel or lighter gun will make it worse for handguns.

It's just a tough, strong palm strike. One inch punches are the same - it's just body mechanics.

Audie Murphy.

It's clearly outrageous. That's just a pathetic thing to do to your students.

Gotta go with the one in my sig.

I think everyone in a grappling art says this!;^)

Geoff Thompson may be good, but the clip was bogus. It made an assertion & then backed it up with a scripted scene. "Traditional Martial Arts may be useless." That's a statement that actually says nothing. It sounds too much like "my style is better."

Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers.

This is from Living the Martial Way by Marshall. "The Taekwondoist must try to bring each effort to the point at which the kick is so fast it cannot be followed by the human eye. After several years of 50 to 100 kicks a day with each foot, the taekwondoist will be surprised to find that his kicks are indeed becoming very fast. He will get there only by relentless practice. It will be worth it." Chung Do Kwan Master Son Duk Sung, 1983

Muscle definition is achieved by having a low body fat % (maybe below 6?). Definition means being able to see it under your skin, not hidden by fat.

I think the latest science isn't really science, but maybe some scientist's opinion. Read 5 different books or studies & find 5 different answers.

Used Wavemaster?

I would think that a brown belt would be able to do almost anything he or she wanted to a yellow belt. It's total experience, versus jsut moves.

But he said he wanted to look good. That would be body-builder type goals. 3 sets of 8-12 is usual for hypertrophy (building muscles). Rest 60-90 seconds between sets. You should be just able to get the last rep of the last set done.

Your instructor may just be a control freak. Who could care what your hair looks like? Geez.

I don't know if this helps, but a sine wave would be the shape traced by a single point on a wheel as the wheel rolls. For example, the valve stem on a tire would make a sine wave as it moves with the tire.

Jbb, where do you live where there are fights in the street, thugs coming into houses, etc? I hope that MMA & TMA practicioners understand that fights are dangerous. I would say that in the states, at least in the south, more than half of households have firearms & if you show up & start hitting poeple you'll get shot. This is what would happen in my home, or my father's, my sister's, my brother-in-law's, etc. In urban areas there are guys who would just as soon shoot you as talk to you. If all they have is a knife, you'll be lucky. As many have said previously, the mind is your best defense. Stay out of situations and places (if you can) where things like this might occur. Just my opinion.