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If you follow the above advice, which IS sound in my opinion, you've got to be the kind of student that doesn't just "do what the class is doing," but pays attention to what the instructor is saying and what actual concept they're trying to convey. It's quite difficult to just "understand" the...

A technique is "taught" in a certain way to white belts and other people in the beginner phase a certain way, so they develop certain things from that training which will continue on. Some of those things are "training wheels" so to speak. Probably necessary in the beginning, to get started...

For the Tomiki-ryu that I came up training in, that assumption would be incorrect, but to be fair, we didn't do the competition side of things as it was so rule-based that it no longer made sense at all from any objective measure. Well, I guess in any sense at all except to set up some rules...

You do realize that Oregon is just to the North of California, don't you? The reason folks seemed to like the Oregon Trail, once it was made, as you had a trail wide enough for two wagons to pass each other going the opposite way. Gasp! That's progress. Then, I suppose if you've already done...

Got it. I'll go with my industrial espionage of the Cotton Gin noted above, I think.

Now you're just being ridiculous. I'm pretty sure that's your intention. Sure thing... no train of course, not even wagon trails west past the Mississippi River (i.e. the Louisiana Purchase bought the States that) area... but there was this little issue of Spain controlling the westernmost...

If you think getting a jump on the Gold Rush of 1849 would be "easy peasy" a full 130 years before it actually took place, I shudder to think of what you might consider to be "difficult." Especially considering the Louisiana Purchase didn't take place until 1803.

Actually, I'd probably ind up selecting a Mom & Pop pub serving food from around the Toronto, Canada area. We went there a couple of times to visit some friends, and found this one place that had a menu with, I am not exaggerating SIXTEEN pages of options. Can't find that at home in Texas.

I did my TKD and HKD poomse with my eyes closed for years, specifically to work on my spatial awareness, staying on the line, distance. All that stuff. It's effective.

300 years ago... so 1720? Colonies in full swing during the South's not so proud heyday in the US. Side question, do I have the means to "get back" when I want, or am I stuck in 1720 to live there until done? Probably changes the strategem. I'm sat here thinking about "get rich"...

Illuminating.

"Judges... score! 1 point, Gerry." Just for the "zing" not for the content, y'all know I'm not "in" on masks as being an efficient method of doing much. Some studies make me want to swear by 'em, some seem to indicate they are dangerous to continue to wear (Legionnaire's disease making a big...

Sorry... I almost sprayed my drink out my nose for some reason when reading the end of the post.... Indeed. That IS true! Who woulda thunk it... lol... Ignore me... it's time to go eat.

Bet you learned that lesson... MUCH better to "no be there" when a knee strike is inbound...ouch...

Move from your center. Same hand- Same foot. Play at shoulder level. Keep your hands in your center. etc. etc. etc.

My guess would be because practicing that stuff can be a lot of fun for the OP, and fulfilling. It's quite meditative, at least is for me. No argument with the usefulness point, however. We have a kata (basically the testing/demo kata for 3rd Dan) that begins with the initial 8 techniques...

Translation, "Rusty B, how old are you?" Sorry, too easy. I wanted to ask, in the very interesting nature of these boards, how Did we get onto the current twisted subject?

I wouldn't if I could help it.

I think you just hijacked the OP's legitimate question. Granted, I agree with the statements you made... but you didn't even make an attempt to answer the question. I can attest from reviewing my first TKD instructor's class bookings/schedules, new student intake and testing forms (The ATA is...

Pretty much.

I just handled a case for a guy who literally had this type of thing happen. It was sad, the guy literally had no idea what "he'd done." Found out during the case off a standard background check of previous addresses... she'd lived in about 10 different states and had done this same thing to at...

Agreed. However, it is the world in which we move around every day. Strive to be better, the world isn't. Young men (guilty back in the day) do dumb, and oftentimes cruel, things to young women. Young women sometimes do make decisions and choices which boggle the reasonable mind (I've a 28 y/o...

For "mat" type classes, i.e. judo, bjj, aikido stuff... I start out sitting on the mat, legs spread (V-sit), just a bit of groin stretching going on, non-ballistic. While doing that I run through a bit of neck and wrist/arm movements for range of motion (as OP said, "activation"). Once done...

Freakish thing, you got that right. Judo class, working on "opening (or turning) the turtle," y'll probably know the drill, was working with this bad-assery 3rd dan who probably should have ranked up higher thant hat who was trying to explain to a bunch of dummies, me included that it IS...

If you cross your legs/feet while engaged with a standing opponent, you open the "sweep-me" door VERY wide. Will they det it? I dunno, I don't know if the other guy has that tool in his bag... but why disadvantage myself?

Yup. Sometimes when this has happened or even when it is happening right there on the mat in front of me before I can get over there... I think that some folks enjoy the power for an instant. They might feel bad later... but I've had small/petite women in class seriously damage a big guy...

Martial arts 42 years now and the worse injuries I had from that training are: broken nose, separated elbow, dislocated fingers, knee sprains, busted toes and a torn rhomboid muscle in my back. That last sucked the most and took the longest to "heal." Still bugs me from time to time. Also had t...

I never called them pop locks, but that's how I typically perform my aikido locks when moving at some speed. If they are "there" both people know it really quick and you "could" continue until... let's just call it conclusion, but as happens often the opponenet feels it coming on and they avert...

Or... training in the wrong "stuff." I noticed, coming up, that the "prettier," "cleaner" and/or "less sweat-stained" the art I was going at that time... it garnered more... um... fans, let's just say. ATA TKD was notorious for it where we were in the midwest, especially in the college club.