Ki Chi or what ever

[joesteph]

When it comes to using adrenaline, there is really only so much you can use. The body doesn't have a controlled release of adrenaline. That's why its called a "dump." It dumps, and then it is done.

The "fight or flight" reaction of the sympathetic nervous system does utilize a flood of adrenaline and noradrenaline (an odd-sounding hormone, but it's released), meaning that the body is immediately ready to act. You're burning up the body's resources faster in order to act, so it's not a good state to maintain.

The hard part is for the parasympathetic nervous system to get you back to normal, flushing out that "high octane fuel" from the bloodstream.

[fujau]

When it comes to using adrenaline, there is really only so much you can use. The body doesn't have a controlled release of adrenaline. That's why its called a "dump." It dumps, and then it is done. Now, being able to control what startles you, and delay the dump, is a trainable thing. But not how much adrenaline your body uses at a time, I believe.

As for Chinese/Japanese influences on TKD; yes, they are there. But, not everyone in the MAs are zen masters, and so it is with TKD. I don't worry about the internal so much.

Agreed there is not a unlimited source of adrenaline in the body but there again you only dump it when you fight for real and not sparring.

But what I am saying if you over exhaust the dump this is not good for you as you are putting unnecessary demands on your adrenal glands

Who said anything about Zen masters I am just looking at the depth of the style. Are there applications that was designed in the forms still there or is it just forgotten (which is sad) and is it made up as time goes by there are many different aspects martial arts as you all know.

But i think having an open mind to look at things in a different way will only allow you to improve IMAO

so are we saying that the forms have no internal aspect to the style.

[fujau]

I guess I need to think more before I speak!

I think my use of the term adrenaline dump was misused, however my previous description is what I think is still going on, just not through the use of adrenaline. Doh!

fujau, I never thought about exercising myself that way. Several times as I walk home from school friends often honk at me, I tend to startle slightly and jerk a little rather than being calm. I'll definitely mention an exercise like this to my instructor. I'll just half to study the effects of adrenaline on the body before we dive right in.

I have a vid of it being done somewhere send me a pm i can send it to you

it works on your reaction time faster as well. We all have been there where you have kick or punch someone and can not replicate the timing speed and power this is a good exercise for the training