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Here's one thing my GM taught me that you can do to improve footwork. For any technique (wrist grabs and such) that can done with one hand, take your free hand and tuck in into your belt behind your back. As humans, we use our free hand for balance all the time, like a kangaroo uses its tail...

My Grandmaster is JR West, 8th dan, based in Jackson, Miss. I don't work directly with him because I live so far away but have gone to several of his Hapkido seminars and worked with him there. He's a great role model and a great teacher. He can break the techniques down into terms that make it...

i guess i should have said that as a white belt we just lift our partner off the ground not following throgh w/the throw

Yeah Matt, but you've got to admit that Herman was in serious trouble in that fight and was saved by the bell. The other fight was pretty good too, I think that Bisping deserved the contract and looked to be the most technically sound fighter there. He could standup and brawl with the punchers...

I once borrowed a Bong Soo Han video from my teacher and it was mostly striking and not that many SD techniques. I was disappointed because I wanted the son mok sool and not all the kicks. I can't remember exactly which video of his it was but I remember it being brown belt techniques. Hope that...

For white belt I first learned self defense from wrist grabs (about 8) that included a takedown and a hip throw. Also in this belt were about 5 other defenses of clothing grabs. We recieve several kicks for white belt including the difficult spin heel kick. The logic here is that while many...

I'm back baby! My throat injury knocked me out of the HKD game for about 2 weeks and was a bit frightening at times but I am back. Yes Paul that is exactly the technique, wedding or gooseneck lock that we focus on for our escorting techniques. Nice extension of ki fingers in that picture! One...

Paul, for some reason I wasn't able to open the file attachment you posted but im sure that we're talking about the same techniques. I currently am nursing a throat injury and haven't been to class in almost a week and probably won't be there for another week or two while I heal. I love Hapkido...

I think that his ribs must have been pretty painful for him to quit on the fight. Shamrock seemed pretty sure that they were not broken but now since Kalib is off the show we might not ever know. Nothing I saw out of him in the first couple of rounds told me he's a quitter. Kendall worked very...

Thanks all for the advice! I think it is the classic sore throat from an overexuberant partner putting a choke on. I wouldn't be mad about it normally but the guy who did it is a huge guy and a second dan. He should know his own strength by now and not be hurting the lower belts in class.

I wouldn't say it hurts to look over my shoulder but I feel a little soreness in my adams apple region when I do. I wouldn't say that i'm in pain (I went to work today and can talk and breathe fine) but I feel some discomfort.

Last night's TUF fight was pretty damn good. Kind of a shame that Kalib couldn't finish though. Both fighters showed a good well-rounded game I thought and looked like semifinalists. What do the rest of you think? Predictions for the other matches?

Last night in my Hapkido class someone clapped a choke on a bit too hard for my liking. My throat feels pretty sore and it hurts to swallow and feels like a have an ear infection. There is no bruising visible on the outside but it's pretty uncomfortable to swivel my neck around. Anyone have any...

Yeah, the hard rain series sounds intriguing. Let me know what you think of it cuz I might pick up a copy for myself.

Hapki: Try "Angry White Pajamas" I think you'll enjoy it since you've studied some aikido. It is written by a journalist who trained with the Tokyo Riot Police. It's a quick fun read!

What really surprised me was that the guy did keep dropping his head and swinging blindly. I'm no MMA fighter by any means but this show shouldn't have anyone who does that on it. That is a very ugly habit for someone who aspires to be a professional fighter.

Paul, we learn these techniques at our school and have learned them as Yun Hang Sool "carrying or escorting techniques" the same as you. Again, our teacher gives most instruction on this to black belts as he doesn't want a lower belt trying to escort someone around when they should be...

I think it seemed that way because the other guy wasn't listening to Shamrock AT ALL. I don't like Shamrock as a coach or fighter but he was shouting very sensible advice to his guy and was being ignored. How many times did Shamrock yell to the guy to throw his knees. I really thought that guy...

You are forgetting one group in there. The guys that are both barkers AND biters. A lot of guys that are big, drunk, and shooting their mouth off can fight. They may not have a nice fighting style but can win a streetfight with a sucker punch or by just brawling. I would never, ever assume that...

Wow! A Liddell vs. Hughes match would be awesome! I think that Chuck has maybe the best sprawl in UFC and maybe the best standup to go along with that. Hughes could get frustrated very easily not being able to slam him and eating punches while trying to do it.

Hopefully Andrei won't get caught with a garbage, phantom punch this time and will drop that big oaf Sylvia!

Well, that's it for the first round of fights on TUF. With last night's fight it ended with a whimper and not a bang. I thought that fight was terrible and that neither Matt Hamill or tattoo guy (forgot his name) looked good at all. Lots of respect to both guys doing the show and getting into...

Yes Shadow, that was part of the point I was trying to make. Thanks!

I have a decent understanding of the human anatomy and its limitations. The Hatsumi techniques are not so different from Hapkido techniques and there is no reason why they would be ineffective. I don't know why there is so much doubt surrounding this man and his system (perhaps because ninjas...

We spar in class as a way of training for real situations. We don't have anyone representing the school in competition and I'm not sure that anyone in our school is even interested in that. We have a demo team and that's it for that kind of stuff.

Blotan: It is my understanding, and I'm a student of HapKiDo so I'm no expert, that Hatsumi is the last living person to actually be trained by the last living ninja (who is long gone now) So, Hatsumi should be teaching the NON-watered down techniques from the combat ninja repertoire (unless...

Hughes backed up all his trash talk so there was no more need for any more talk. No one is even talking about a rematch it was so one-sided.

I'm not saying that this shouldn't be allowed but I'd feel awfully stupid if I died or was crippled in some guys garage with his son's hockey mask on because I thought I was a tough guy. If you want to be a tough guy then go to UFC or Pride or K-1.

There is a bit of tarnish on Royce but not too much. There were enough asteriks in the fight (no gi for Royce, age difference, new rules for Royce, etc.) that Royce leaves with his legend still fairly intact. He does seem a lot more human now though, huh?

This thread has gotten ridiculous already but I do have to add this: Would thousands and thousands of Japanese ninjas in feudal Japan over hundreds of years PLUS all the people that study budo-taijitsu today waste their time studying an art that as ROnin says "doesn't work"? Does Hatsumi have to...