what are your most recent martial arts purchases?

[ikenpo]

Mine are a new pair of wrestling shoes and a dull folder training knife from iisports on EBay.

My soon to be purchases include some escrima sticks for my group to train with, some additional focus mitts/thai pads maybe and maybe some mats for my training area. The mats are the big wish. Swain are the best, also the most expensive.


jb

p.s. I didn't include a 10 fighting stars magazines I just got that surprisingly include several Ed Parker articles, a couple of surprise articles on JT Wills (who was in Battlestar Galactica to my surprise),a Jim Kelly article and an old a clifford stewart article. Also has William Shatner from star trak talking about his training in Kenpo with Tom Bleecker.

[Kirk]

A heavy bag, and Mr Whitson's counterpoint video.

[Michael Billings]

Otomix new martial arts shoes, little higher top on them, looks more like a wrestling shoe, but allows for pivoting.

-Michael

[RCastillo]

An outfit from "Fist", so my students may pummel me, and a tape on joint locks. But I'm confused on the tape, which is the best one to get???:confused:

[jfarnsworth]

Kenpo 201 - Lee Wedlake

[RCastillo]

Originally posted by jfarnsworth
Kenpo 201 - Lee Wedlake

I thought that was a book?:confused:

[jfarnsworth]

I thought the title was your most recent martial arts purchases.

Mine happened to be a book. Doesn't that count?

[ikenpo]

Originally posted by jfarnsworth
I thought the title was your most recent martial arts purchases.

Mine happened to be a book. Doesn't that count?

sure does...what did you think of it?

jb:asian:

[ikenpo]

Originally posted by RCastillo
An outfit from "Fist", so my students may pummel me, and a tape on joint locks. But I'm confused on the tape, which is the best one to get???:confused:

Depends on what your looking for exactly...

The lock flow tapes that I've seen include..

-Larry Hartsell's Entering to trapping to grappling
-James Keating's Lock Flow tape is not bad $30
-Kelly Worden does a lot of joint lock stuff on DTL (destroy, trap,lock)
-Also anything with Wally Jay or Remey Presas is filled with joint locks...that vertical wrist lock from Presas is the bomb..

Right off the cuff that's what I can think of...

Mr. Duffy has a good little lock flow set he got from his years in the NCKKA that may have some Hartsell roots...(check out nckka.org ,you can see the first 9 online, the last 3 aren't done yet it looks like) It is broken down in threes so you'll have to look at each section on a different belt rank, but you can get the idea of what they are doing.

Good luck, jb:asian:

[shotman]

Hand wraps to use instead of gloves for my heavy bag traing:asian:

[Mike]

Two tapes:

Great Grandmaster Ed Parker teaching Concepts of Motion Parts 1&2

PAVEL TSATSOULINE Relax Into Stretch Video

[jfarnsworth]

Originally posted by jbkenpo
sure does...what did you think of it?

jb:asian:


I like it alot. A good informative book on the general breakdown of the dictionary forms.

[brianhunter]

A new gi, mouthpiece, and "zen in the martial arts" most resent!

[rachel]

I got myself a heavy bag for christmas. My daughters playroom is a dojo now with mirrors,etc so we can practice between classes.

[TLH3rdDan]

a benchmade tanto style automatic folder :D

[Zujitsuka]

The other day I ordered Vladimir Vasiliev "Espcapes from Holds" video from TRS-Direct.com.

I attended a Systema class in NYC (www.Fighthouse.com) a few weeks ago and was impressed on how I was getting my butt kicked, so I decided to invest a few dollars to learn more about Systema.

Peace,

[cdhall]

Some stuff for State (althougth I did not go)
-Foam shin and instep guards (used to use them a decade ago)
-Two new mouthpieces (the old ones were, well, old)

I'm getting my Gi altered and repaired next and I may also buy a new one.

My gear bag also broke so I'll fix the strap when I get my Gi fixed or I'll buy a new one but that is a low priority.

[RCastillo]

I 've ordered my "Fist Gear!" I'm invincible now!:samurai:

[ikenpo]

Originally posted by RCastillo
I 've ordered my "Fist Gear!" I'm invincible now!:samurai:

and broke...

jb:D

[RCastillo]

Originally posted by jbkenpo
and broke...

jb:D

Not a chance, good ole Teachers Credit Union! Now, they own me once again!:mad:

[Deathtrap101]

Just last month i payed for my orange belt :D and i moved a level higher on Deathtrap's scale of leathelness! :ninja:

Oh and a while ago i bought some gloves that im not sure ill ever use after deciding not to compete at tournaments anymore.

[cali_tkdbruin]

Well, let's see most recently...

A medium size plaque/poster listing the tenets of Takwondo in Korean script.

An Adidas Adi-Champ dobok.

A book on Taekwondo poomse.

[bart]

Two brand new unlaquered eskrima sticks for sparring and a bottle of Gatorade

[Kenpomachine]

Two dumbbells

[jeffkyle]

A partridge in a pair tree.
:D

[Kirk]

Originally posted by jeffkyle
A partridge in a pair tree.



ROFL! Good one!