The Martial Artists' Training Log

[bushido_man96]

On 2/15/2026 at 12:56 PM, sensei8 said:

The jump spinning back kick has been my most favorite TKD kick because I can generate a lot of power, Btw, I also feel in love with the turning-around roundhouse kick, as well. I was most fortunate to have learned them both from GM Suh, and adding them to my arsenal was a turning point because they’re definitely NOT Shindokan in any shape, way, or form. 

I like a reverse side kick/spin back kick, but I like to do more of a switch-foot version of it than a jumping version, as it is quicker, and I stay closer to the floor and thus have less of a telegraph.  That, and I'm also older and my knees hate me, so I don't jump as much as I used to.

I think I probably showed you that switching version I do when we trained together.

 

2/2/2026

Aikido:  6:15 - 7:15 pm.  Weapons Class.  Jo warmups:  high-4, low-4, high-8, low-8, and high-10; about 5 total minutes of continuous partner work here.  The rest of the class was spent on kumi jo 2 and 1.  After that, we did some "free" kumi jo practice using some practice sticks (soft) to finish out the class.  It was "one-to-one" striking/blocking.  It helped to see some attacks and to block and counter.  I did get a little frustrated with practice tonight, trying to memorize and just overall make things work and flow.

[bushido_man96]

2/3/2026

Taekwondo:  5:45 - 6:30 pm.  Traditional Class.  Basics and forms.  Helped white belts and high green belts.  For white belts, I focused on stances.  For the high green belts, I focused on the circular scooping block section of Won Hyo hyung.

Sparring:  6:30 - 7:00 pm.  White belts did combinations then did one-technique, two-techniques, and three-techniques drills.  The other students worked the following drills:

Closed stance, attacker does #3 round kick, defender slide back/block and reverse side kick counter.

Open stance, attacker does #2 round kick, defender blocks/reverse side kick, or if more advanced, just reverse side kick counter.

We finished with several short rounds of sparring.  I encouraged the students to work on set-ups and the counters we drilled.

[sensei8]

5 hours ago, bushido_man96 said:

like a reverse side kick/spin back kick, but I like to do more of a switch-foot version of it than a jumping version, as it is quicker, and I stay closer to the floor and thus have less of a telegraph.  That, and I'm also older and my knees hate me, so I don't jump as much as I used to.

I think I probably showed you that switching version I do when we trained together.

Yes, you did show me that version when we trained together. That’s the curse, no matter Shindokan’s methodology and ideology, that Shindokan is quite absent of high kicks. 

Because of the high kick arsenal of TKD is why I took 1 year of TKD. That sinister turn-around roundhouse kick was the bane of my JBB tournament days; I can’t begin to tell you how many times I walked into that kick.