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Don't be an idiot, I would hope you would know I was talking about learning control.

I see them as a good way to work on distancing. Making sure you don't clock someone during practice. Work until you are just about an inch or maybe less, if the trust ya.

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I would have used a side kick or front kick to the groin or stomach, or even a round house to set up further kicks or punches. One steps can be of use if used properly.

I'm sorry......

Here's a story my brother told me recently happened to him. He went out with some friends in Vegas. They brought another of their friends along. He became beligerant as the night wore on and after trying to fight his friend, punched my brother in the cab. My brother is not a MA, just one tough guy, he tends to drop people with literally one hit. Not bragging, just setting the stage. So, they stop the cab, get out and try to get control of this guy. He won't stay down. My brother fights him for almost 1 whole hour. He finally reverse suplexes him onto the curb. I warned my brother that he could have killed this guy. The guys cries for a little bit and gets up and comes at my brother again. My brother drops him again and then leaves as quickly as he can. The police finally show up and want to know who did this to this guy. His friends won't tell. Here's the kicker, the bad guy was a drug addict high on CRACK! That's right, had my brother stuck around for the cops he would have gone to jail if not prison because some guy decided to smoke 2 rocks of crack before going out and then losing his mind. THAT IS WHACKED!

In the US, if the courts deem that excessive force was used in self-defense, you have beocme the attacker and are not the victim anymore. I have said on another board. If someone attacks you to intimidate or steal something or just plain being mean, they desrve to get their head handed to them.

Keep dreaming to achieve. She's out there waiting for you. God picked her out Himself. Put it in His hands and He will deliver. Gotta admit though, before I finished your post I was starting to think you might be delusional or really old.... fall asleep talking.......man are you so not married with kids....

There is no story, only a fragment of a thought. Flesh it out man!

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The passage makes no sense whatsoever.

Ahp Cha-gee = front kick Eugul(?) Mak-kee = Some kind of block As for the rest, I think your spelling leaves a little to be desired, as is evident by your entire post. Check out this link for some Korean Terminology:http://www.isu.edu/stdorg/sports/tkd/glossary.html

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I've kicked the heavy bag before and never had a problem. Try doing Hindu squats to strengthen the hips and knees. It works.

God bless and good things for you Kieran-Lilith.

You should be happy to do it regardless if you understand why they are asking. Sorry, the parent is coming out in me. I'll say it again, your friend needs to get a pair. Refuse the orders outside the dojo. Report the abusive nature of Craig. Don't blame your rebellious attitude on your Sensei. Oh, and stop whining. It gets annoying. Take the advice or leave it. I'm guessing from your "strong will" that you will leave it and continue to suffer under Craig. The choice is, as you seem to like it, YOURS. Pilsung!

Good point siufeifei. It was exactly the one I was trying to make. When I was leading a class as a blue belt, I expected those being trained under me to listen to my instruction. A child should never tell an adult what to do unless it is an emergency. Many traditional MA require lower ranks to show proper respect to higher ranks. Some even require obediance to commands in the training setting, which is not unreasonable IMO. The personal errands commands should be ignored. That is power for power's sake. But the physical training aspect for talking in class or some other broken rule, totally appropriate.

Scratch the age question. Craig is a PUNK. The worst kind of student. The bullying kind. Tell your sensei, if he does nothing but physically abuse Craig to punish him, he is a bad Sensei. You Kieran-Lilith, need to look at yourself as well. You state that you are stubborn and independant. Is this how you act with your parents? If so, you are in the wrong. Someone worthy of your respect, such as your parents, should be given such. You are the child, they are your authority. They have lived longer and know more than you about life. Now, in the dojo, if a senior tells you to do something, you should do it with the proper respect and humility. You are dealing with a selfish attitude in yourself. The way you talk about yourself reveals much about you. Outside the dojo, you are your own person again. Take that stubborness and buck the system, the right way. Respectfully refuse to train with Craig, when asked why, simply tell Sensei that he is abusive and you did not sign on for abuse. BE SPECIFIC. Tell him your concerns about your friend and Craig. Craig doesn't run the school, Sensei does or should. Sensei decides who tests and who doesn't for rank. Your friend needs to grow a pair as well and stick up for himself. Remove yourself from the conflict. Actually, how old is Craig? Sounds like a real class act to me.

Actually folks he is abusing his students. I remember being taught some wrist locks. They hurt when executed but you tap and they let go. That is the way to train. To tap someone with a kick to show an area of weakness of defense is acceptable, but not to hurt. To kick someone for not getting the technique perfect is abuse. How old is this Craig? If he is an adult, he needs to be charged with assault, if a teenager, he needs a good butt whipping to learn his place in life. Your Sensei should not be inflicting pain for pains sake either, or for punishment. That is the parents job if he is underage. The first guy I trained with used the pain method because that is what he was taught. His instructor used to throw them into walls and hit them full contact during "training". Dale had told me he had his nose broken 3 times just in "training". Thankfully he didn't treat us as badly as he was treated. Get some help on this one Kieran-Lilith, before someone gets really hurt.

This sankyu some kind of second in command at the school? If not, tell your head instructor about how he hurt you and then have your parents tell him to back off. NO ONE should be harassed or abused in any school, especially if you are paying them for instruction. You do have certain rights and in this case I believe they are being violated.

How old are you Kieran-Lilith? His task should still not extend outside the dojo and that is one of the most ridiculous testing requirements I have ever heard of. Some people can be very hard to "break", and he obviously doesn't have what it takes to "break" you. This whole situation sounds re-tarded in my opinion. What say the rest of you out there? Anyone else ever had to "break" students to earn a belt? Help out here.

Time to jet that school I think. Sworn to secrecy to protect someone else from punishment maybe? This all sounds very funny to me. Blackmail is a harsh word that comes to mind.

Outside the dojo you don't have to do squat. Land of the free, home of the brave and all that ya know. If they tell you what to do outside the school and you refuse, as is your right, if they tell on you and you get in trouble at the school, I would find somewhere else to learn and train. There is a time and place for everything. This is not ancient China or Japan, you don't have to obey orders from someone outside the school, unless you choose to. If you are doing this you have no one to blame but yourself. I still believe serving others is a noble and righteous thing, but this sounds ludicrous.

The skill is called self-control. Most people lack this skill in any given situation. People today are too used to having things their own way. Learn to obey without question in the little things and eventually you will be giving the orders, or at least possibly getting an explanation if the person giving the orders knows what they are doing. It is all part of training. Putting self away, and serving others. It's a noble thing.