rayjag

Thanks. That is kind of what I thought. This instructor owned the school and kinda did his own thing but was very detail oriented and followed traditional ways. It was not uncommon for him to yell at a parent during an exam for talking too loudly. I see your style is Chung Do Kwan, what pattern set do you follow?

In a tkd school I have previously visited I noticed the cirriculum for the forms alternated with a form from the Taeguek pattern set and then one from the palgwe pattern set varying all the way to koryo. Would this be ITF, WTF or other. When asked the only relpy I recieved was, it is chung do kwan.

I like wearing my baggy Bruce Lee shirts and TKD dragon shirts. If anyone asks, I just like the movies.

I have read briefly of this before and do not remember the precise meaning. I am sure someone out there can elaberate. Thanks in advance. RJ

I have had to do the opposite transition as well. I just have to lean the different ciriculum. The benifits are that you will bring some things to the table and you will learn somethings outside of 'the box' as well.

Nice! RJ

Work on throwing a long front snap kick where when you kick you lean back extending your hip more giving you more reach. Keep mobile staying on your toes and consistently moving off in angles left and right to create opening. I am 6 4 myself...

Isn't it hard to read the subtitles and pay attention to all the teqniques used throughout the movie in the subtitled ones?

One of my old instructors allways said to gain contol of the head of the snake.

Judo, Hapkido and a little BJJ.

Took out my left knee once practicing jump 360 knife hands. Partial acl tear and major ligiment strain. May have cracked where the ligiment attaches too. Have had to wear a knee brace ever since. Still does not feel right(unstable) when using it as a supporting leg or landing.

Congrats! I bet you felt like a couple of bricks got lifted off of your shoulders. RJ

Resistance training is shown to boost your metabolism for a longer period of time after you are done training while your body is recovering. Increased lean body mass burns more calories per day at rest than fat mass. While working at health clubs for long periods of time I have seen it time and time again where people do not progress because they are doing just cardio and burning fat as well as lean body mass thereby decreaing their resting metabolism in the long run. After age 30 you start losing lean body mass naturally making it all that more important to include resistance training as you get older. RJ

5-8% is on the low end and going any lower will cut into your essential fat. RJ

That is kind of what I figured. Except for free forms; the forms after koryo my instructor taught sound like some of the forms I have heard ITF students mentioning. The first form a second dan would learn was pilsung. RJ

The school I went to had white up to brown and after that you tested for what was called conditional black belt. You would be at that level for about 6 months until your official BB test. The forms you learned were Chin-Ji, Kicho-Hyung, Tae Guk Sa Jang, Pal Gae Yuk Jang, Tae Guk Oh Jang, Pal Gae Chil Jang, Pal Gae Pal Jang, Tae Guk Pal Jang and then at the conditional level you learned Koryo. After your black belt promotion you learned a form called martial war which was a made up form with various bits and pieces from the already learned forms. When you mastered this you had to do it to music; specificaly war from rocky 4. Every beat was a specific strike. Then you had to make up a free form of about 50 moves. After that you would learn Kwang Gae, Ge-Baek, make up another free form(musical) of about 85 moves and then learn the last form Chil Kwan before testing for 2cnd dan. This brings me to one of the questions I was going to ask. Does anyone recognize the forms I mentioned? I always assumed they are WTF forms. RJ

My home town team are the washington redskins but I tend to like the panthers. RJ

I should know this and would like to double check---anyone know the fat difference between pork and beef spare ribs? Need a 2cd opinion??? RJ

See if this link to a related article is helpful. RJ http://www.karateforums.com/need-some-advice-vt31032.html

I was wondering if there are any Chung Do Kwan practitioners on this board. RJ

Check out my reply at the bottom of 'Need some advice.' Here is the link: http://www.karateforums.com/need-some-advice-vt31032.html RJ

If you want to gauge it; have your body fat tested. Most gyms and healthclubs will do it for minimal cost or for free. You can go as low as 10%ish healthfully. RJ

A good idea to start with is to lower your overall fat intake and balance your meals with protein and carbs at each meal. Food that are starchy are typically denser in calories. For example potatoes, breads and pastas tend to have alot more calories per serving than veggies(you can load up on most veggies). Replace some of your starches with veggies. Protein is a key if you are training, especially weight training. Examples of lean protein sources are turkey, chicken(not fried), eggs(whites are fat free), lean cuts of beef and reduced fat cheeses. Proteins digest slower then carbs especially starchy ones, and that is why you should balance your meals. A combination of protein and carbs rather than carbs alone will slow the insulin response and alow your body to utilize the calories from you meal better reducing the chances of those calories getting stored as fat. Let me know if this is confusing. A couple things to remember: -If you take in more calories than you expend per day you will gain weight. -If you take in less calories than you expend per day you will lose weight. -Watch for hidden calories in food such as cooking oils, dressings ect. Example for fast food:Order it grilled, not breaded and fried w/out the mayo. Substitute the fries for a side salad and fat free dressing(I know it's lame). -Fat calories are 9 per gram, alcohol is 7 per gram, carbs and protein are 4 per gram(start looking at food labels) -Avoid large amounts of carbs/excessive calories close to bed time(I am horrible at this) as your body is about to enter a resting state and it is likely these calories will not be utilized and stored as fat(unless you have just trained) If you want to take it up a notch: -Lean to read food labels -Start writing down everything you eat per day for a week so you can figure out your present caloric intake I hope this has been helpful. Let me know if you have any other questions. RJ

Hello. My Name is Ray. I live in Northern Virginia and am impressed with the wealth of information as well as positive energy shared in this forum; so I decided to join.

Have you tried partner stretching and doing kicks on the rail?\ RJ