Cool :) Sounds like a lot of fun!
Don't push it. If you've only been to a handful of classes then likely all your partners have more experience than you; let them set the level...
It depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If you are just looking to break the mold of your thinking than probably any other 'art' will do...
If anyone's interested, we're currently training rather informally at Lata fitness (http://www.latafitness.com/home.html) a couple nights a week....
Well, my base art is Hapkido but a round that out with BJJ, Take Kwon Do, and Muy Thai. While I respect the Art, I also try to be pragmatic and...
Thanks. Phoenix is very hot but I'm getting plugged in with some good training. Looks like a fun place to be!
I've found my way to Phoenix, AZ and I'm now training with GM Georg Bell of The Martial Way (http://themartialway.com). The main school is in...
Been a long time since I've visited or posted. Hoping to see what's new in the MartialTalk community :) I'm in Phoenix, Arizona now
OK, after a *lot* of driving (Omaha to Seattle), I'm here in Everett :) Had my first day of work today and still recovering a bit from the drive...
Haven't posted in a long, long time Heading to Everett, WA for a three month contract with Boeing...need a place to train for a bit
I don't get it. Other than for injury, there are no 'long enforced break[s] in training'; and even injury only modifies it. I train all the...
Mount that bullet as the hood ornament on a semi and drive it through a brick wall at two miles an hour. That's a different kind of power, but...
I never have but my instructor said he had and he talked to his instructor about it and apparently a) it's not too uncommon for everyone...
Yeah, I sorted substituted "power" with "effectiveness"
I've often said that people train in martial arts for one or more of five reasons 1) Self Defense 2) Fitness 3) Sport 4) Spirituality 5)...
Different applications. A sidekick can push someone away if it has more thrust than speed, or it can burst a spleen and leave the guy standing,...
I still compete in the sense that I haven't decided not to compete anymore. I haven't competed in over a year, mostly for financial reasons, but...
Just to help out, that's exactly what they are
NO! If it does not work, move on to something else. Not all techniques work for all people, not all techniques work on all people. As a general...
We look at all manipulation techniques as flowing between Pain Compliance and Joint Compliance. Joint Compliance is a mechanical positioning of...
Every technique has a counter. The trick is to get the counter in before the technique sets in. Once the technique is set in, it's usually too...
A poomse is not an end in itself. It is a training tool to teach, development, improve, something else. Improve flexibility, mechanical...
"You're belt only covers two inches of your butt, the rest is up to you"
Yeah, for my last test my instructor just went to Home Depot and bought the cinder block slabs and long lengths of 1" board that he cut down to...
All of this is second hand so take it for what it's worth. From what I've been told, GM P was testing for third dan about the time of my...
Yes, the hand is known as "live hand"* as is a part of many Hapkido techniques (well, all the joint manipulations, obviously you don't punch like...
Which is a shame in today's world.
Oh, yeah, that comes up a lot! :)
OK, this may sounds weird but, in a lot of ways, art or system may not matter much. Here's what I mean. We've been doing a drill called...
Ironically, it was just the lack of a closed tag (<title>, of all things). Fixed now
Separate names with a comma.
