ckdstudent

Shame muggers don't carry them more though, would make life a lot easier. "Gimme your money!" "No." "Right." swing, whack, knockout, you walk off unharmed.

If you liked that one then there's also Watching the Tree, which is supposed to be good, and I think Children of the Swan. I'll check on that second one at work, I'm fairly sure I got the title wrong.

Given that an axe kick should be throwing all of your leg-weight plus a lot of your strength straight downwards through the target the straight punch to follow might be a little redundant. A half-decent downwards kick can break just about any bone you put in its way, and if you target and connect with the head then your target isn't going to be standing at the end.

I used to be able to bench my own bodyweight around 70 kg or 154 lbs and leg press around twice that, then I gave up because it wasn't particularly increasing my power and was slowing me down. I tend to stick to lower weights and more reps now.

At least they recognise TKD.

Just out of curiousity, who here knows of Choi Kwang Do? I only ask because most of the time people haven't heard of it, or have received a somewhat mistaken concept.

How'd'you get techniques better suited to times gone by? People haven't started to fight differently have they? Maybe they started to fight at two paces distance instead of three, There's hardly a book of rules to fighting that you have to follow which is updated and changed every few years, if something is applicable now (with the exception of things like gun defences) then it was certainly applicable years ago.

If you're talking about some big conspiracy then I very much doubt it, after all who would want to kill him except possibly some traditional instructors?

Speed kicking or punching on shields or mitts.

Generally we're taught to look at the clavicle, the small dent in the collar bone. Basically this pretty much puts the whole person in your field of view.

Angry White Pajamas, absolutely great book.

We're taught that it depends on the target, knee, thigh, and most targets you'd use the ball of the foot for more penetrating power and concentrated force. Groin you'd use the instep simply because it causes more pain on contact. If you were aiming for the chest or above the waist you'd want the heel because you can push your target backwards more.

Hopefully I'll be going for my second dan in Choi Kwang Do in June next year. So far I've been training around nine years. [ This Message was edited by: ckdstudent on 2002-05-13 14:32 ]

Fairly boring really, jumping 360 reverse swing swap leg front kick.

To be honest to open a school all you need to be able to do is teach the basics, and so long as you stay ahead of your students (ie keep training) you'll be fine.

Generally I cross my legs, but sometimes I don't, particularly in defense drills. Of course something that's fun to do is step in and cross your legs, then throw a backfist strike, tends to confuse people.

Double flying side, completely pointless in actual combat but so much fun to do, especially the landing on your back part.