ckdstudent

I guess the power must be something to do with training. With my hands in guard I can execute much faster punches than from my waist, since there is less distance for the fist to travel so more power is carried through to the target, and follows through. Of course we train to punch from about six to eight inches distance, so that might be another difference.

Grandmaster Kwang Jo Choi.

See this is an alien concept to me, seeing as our patterns are designed to flow continuously, and we practice techniques as we'd intend to use them. That's easy to do, you don't need to pull back, or punch from the hip for that. You simply need half-decent timing. Surely it would be more effecient to simply learn to apply circular movement to the punch so that overextension is not a problem and the arm naturally recoils to its guard position, without the need to waste extra effort, and time, by pulling back?

Actually I'd love to bar people who smoke from having kids, and people who drink more than a reasonable amount. Along with that may as well get the child abusers and people who drink and drive.

So you train to connect, but then pull back rather than following through? I hope I'm misunderstanding what you've said. As for punching from the hip the movement tends to encourage overextension of the arm, which can injure the elbow and shoulder. I also has no real benefit for practicing more natural punches since the movements are different. [ This Message was edited by: ckdstudent on 2002-07-22 09:27 ]

The clavicle, just in the middle of the collarbone, you can keep their entire body in view from that point. Looking them in the eye can be a serious error, you can get overly focussed and stop reacting to techniques.

Lift one leg into near-chamber, start to lower it, then fire into a kick. Alternately simply through my guard hand upwards a couple of inches, the movement tends to make people flinch.

We do a specific drill called speed drills, essentially though its just a combination designed to be slightly unwieldy, so getting it fast takes that little extra work and improvement on shifting.

I've had to cut down to eight hours because of work, but once I get to Uni I'll hopefully be going full pelt again, so it'll be fourteen horus total once again with an extra hour or two every coupld of days just hiring a hall and training with friends.

Inwards punch aimed just beside the head, into backfist, elbow strike, all off the same arm towards the head as linked techniques, melding into a downwards sidefist to the groin.

No, its a simple way to highlight the most important part of sparring. A lot of people actually ignore it, preferring to go racing in with thousands of attacks, and then being floored by a single well-placed, or lucky, technique. If you can not get hit in sparring, you've won already. Learning to hit people comes later.

There is no proven link between sex and performance in any sport. The whole idea is a mythical hangover from the idea that you had a limited amount of sperm, and you could run out, thus giving yourself various unpleasant diseases.

In that case I've got no argument with you, except on the racing one.

Racing drivers: I guess the pit team and design team count for nothing. Runners: dieticians, coaches, running partners Swimmers: see runners There's teamwork everywhere.

Yes, I'm talking about overall as well. Check your history. In almost every circumstance that America's needed allies in recent history we've been the first on the scene. Despite the fact that your government has done stuff that we, along with the rest of the world, have protested to and we have been completely ignored in our protests we are still your allies. Frankly I really don't know why.

Don't get hit.

Personally I kind of like the camoflage. Tensing my stomach means that I can now take a full power side kick, or pretty much any punch (to the stomach) without any effect, I just don't look it.

Defeinitely. Might even out the law with regard to martial arts, and I'd love to see it made an option under the national curriculum. Then again, there's all of that free advertising as well.

Boar, or pig depending on the translation.

I'll agree with the tonfa, but I'd probably go for a collapsable bo as a second weapon.

Just one, little tiny insignificant question. What the hell are you talking about? Getting slower? I must've been mistaken about the British troops being sent into Afganistan then, along with numerous other occasions. What more help do you bloody want?

In stand-up grappling, twisting block, trap and pull into a body-blow, step around and pull over the leg into a takedown. Not sure if its technically what you'd call grappling, but I like it. [ This Message was edited by: ckdstudent on 2002-07-20 07:13 ]

Two birds can crossbreed within a species, such as two budgerigars with different colours, you wouldn't get much luck crossbreeding, say, a parrot with a pidgeon though. Even if you could the offspring would be infertile, and probably die the first time it tried to fly.

I still think one of the best legal defenses is not to be there when the police turn up.

Who sells everyone the weapons that they use to kill each other?