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Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The Internet's premier discussion forum devoted to Korean Martial Arts. 2000 members. See the Korean Martial Arts (KMA) FAQ and the online search engine for back issues of The_Dojang at http://MartialArtsResource.com Pil Seung! Today's Topics: 1. Re: Jye nigma's Hapkido Video Clips (Jye nigma) 2. RE: Support (michael tomlinson) 3. Re: Sparring Speed Drills? (Jye nigma) 4. Re: Gladewater SooBahkDo (Dewitt, Garrett) 5. Stovall on Speed (Stovall, Craig) 6. RE: Coming to America to teach TKD (Howard Spivey) 7. Polymetrics on the web (ryanmcpherson@bellsouth.net) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:53:17 -0800 (PST) From: Jye nigma Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] Jye nigma's Hapkido Video Clips To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net bingo bango! i think that was him too. jye Gordon wrote: I thought I saw GM Timmerman at the end of that first clip. Was that you sir? Gordon Okerstrom _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list, 2000 members The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "michael tomlinson" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: RE: [The_Dojang] Support Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:07:45 +0000 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Mr. Yates. Sorry I've missed you at Mike McCarty's training up in Hartford the last two years...this year..just had my knee surgery...the one before...you had a prior engagement....someday in the future hopefully we can meet, train, sweat, laugh, and just get that Sin Moo Hapkido enlightenment from Doju Nim Ji...take care sir.. Michael Tomlinson >From: "s. yates" >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Subject: RE: [The_Dojang] Support >Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:47:06 -0800 (PST) > >"Some people want to be leaders in the Hapkido world through their talking >and theorizing...but Hapkido is like any other activity in life....people >respect and follow leaders that are doing what you are doing" > > Well put, Mr. Tomlinson. To many talkers, not enough "fallers". > Respectfully, > Scott Yates > > >--------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. >_______________________________________________ >The_Dojang mailing list, 2000 members >The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net >Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource >Standard disclaimers apply >http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:10:29 -0800 (PST) From: Jye nigma Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] Sparring Speed Drills? To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net get yourself a notebook and jot down some combos for your hands, then kicking combos, then kickin and punching combos. Actually do this, draw a box that takes up the whole page and make 4 quadrants. the top left quadrant should be titled punches/strikes, the top right quadrant should be titled, kicks, the bottom left should be titled, punches/strikes and kics, and the bottom right quadrant should be titled kicks and punches/strikes. Now in each quadrant jot down some techniques you can stream together smoothly...you know techniques that flow. So for instance in the punches/strikes quadrant you can write something like front punch-cross punch-upper cut. (I left out which hand as I want you to practice with both). try to come up with as many combos (no less then 3 techniques per combo) for each quaddrant as you can. then, start practicing these combos...this is your drill. first you train each individual combo until you memorize them, then practice with speed, then once you can "flow" with your combos...ALL of them, start mixing and matching combos from the other quadrants. so for instance, let's say you flow quickly and nicely with the punch-cross-uppercut, and in the right bottom quadrant there is a combo like knee strike-front kick-roundhouse, now what you do is begin to put different combos together so that combined combo would be punch-cross-uppercut-knee-front kick-roundhouse...you see what I'm saying? So when you practice these things you'll have countless combos, that will all flow nicely, and they'll be second nature. so what this means is this....you ever see how when people spar and the gap has been bridged they punch and pause or only throw a few techniques and that's it? or they punch crazy like just trying to hit something? this will make it so you wont be one of those people. so what will happen is your techniques will flow endlessly! see even when you start this, you'll have no less then 3 techniques in one combo, which you could start over once you finish unleashing the first set. for instance, you got a guy on the run, he's backing up, you can do that basic combo I mentioned (punch-cross-uppercut) on one side and then go right to the other side giving you a total of six techniques done in a fluid motion. so imagine combining other combos to that, you'd be launching alot of stuff if you needed it. so practice that first, get everything to the point where no thought takes place you just launch that stuff naturally and then focus on speed and accuracy...and trust you'll notice a BiG difference. jye Erik Brann wrote: Hi all, I am trying to find some drills to be used to increase foot speed and reaction times when sparring. I was thinking of some plyometric exercises, but I can't find any on the web. Could someone give me a hand? Thanks, Erik Brann _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list, 2000 members The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:29:15 -0600 From: "Dewitt, Garrett" To: Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: Gladewater SooBahkDo Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >From Gladewater SooBahkDo "I have about 100 active students, for me it is about the art. I teach very hard, and in a way I believe will strengthen the character of the students and the art, as well as leave my students with a realistic understanding about their ability to defend themselves. If they don't like the strict, hardcore methods, there are other schools." Thank you for your post Sir. These are the exact words which I too verbalize each and every week at my own sincere "old school" Korean martial arts dojang. The training is hard, the standards are very high and thanks to great instructors, Mrs. Keppers and Mr. Dahl, total responsibility and accountability is placed solidly on the students shoulders. Excuses are NOT tolerated. Regards to you and your martial arts school. Garrett Brainerd, MN. --__--__-- Message: 5 Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:59:08 -0600 From: "Stovall, Craig" To: Subject: [The_Dojang] Stovall on Speed Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net <<>> Boy, lots of thoughts on this... 1. Realize from the very beginning that strength and speed are manifestations of the same physiological process...muscle motor unit activation. In very simple terms, most athletes (and martial artists) can get a LOT faster by simply increasing one's max effort strength. Keep in mind, I'm not talking about bodybuilding...I'm talking about weightlifting protocols that increase and enhance not only the number of muscle fibers being activated, but also the speed at which those fibers are being activated. The Holy Bible of athletic training is Siff's 'Supertraining'. Very academic and hard to digest, but it represents one of the cutting edge tomes in terms of solving the strength/speed conundrum. 2. The use of bands is a very good idea. Reason being is that it incorporates one of the cornerstones of modern strength training...the idea of "accommodating resistance" made popular by power lifting guru Louie Simmons and his disciples at Westside Barbell. Using a dynamic effort barbell bench press as an example, the bar will slow down at the top end of the movement due to the fact that the lift gets easier at the top due to leverage (and the body reflexively slows down as a result of this). Using bands on the barbell causes the weight on the bar to increase as the bar raises (due to the band stretching) and thus allows the lifter to exert maximal force (and speed) through the bar all the way through the top end of the movement. Punching and kicking with bands will have a similar effect. Your strikes will naturally slow down toward the end of the movement for reasons similar to the bench press example. The bands will provide an accommodating resistance that will allow the striker to continue to accelerate all the way through the end of the movement without fear of injury. 3. Defeating antagonistic muscle tension is one of the foundational skills of speed. Too often we think of basic athletic qualities (strength, speed, endurance) in terms of "attributes". It's something that you either have or don't have, and to develop it takes lots of hard work and lots of time. This simply isn't true. Most athletic qualities have a "skill" portion to them and speed is no exception. One of the simplest things you can do is to identify antagonistic muscle tension that is slowing down your movements. This takes a lot of body awareness and the ability to stay focused on the task at hand, but incredible gains in speed can be obtained by simply discovering and removing the natural "brakes" that we put on our own movements. Volumes could be written on this one subject. 4. Body composition is a key factor. Look at sprinters...they're ripped to shreds. They have very high levels of lean muscle (specifically myofibrillar hypertrophy) relative to their overall body mass, and very low levels of body fat. The lesson is obvious...if you are fat you are not going to be at optimal speed. Assess your BMI and adjust accordingly with nutrition and exercise. It will allow greater increases in speed, and it's a good life choice (health and longevity). 5. Don't get caught up in the voodoo of "slow twitch vs fast twitch". Yes, it's a factor, but you can't control your ratio...it's genetic. The bottom line is that muscle fiber never did anything without the nervous system directing it, and modern research tells us that "slow twitch" fibers can act very much like "fast twitch" fibers when the correct neural signals are being transmitted. Which leads us to point six... 6. It's all about the nervous system, baby. 7. Plyometrics are cool (and I'm specifically talking Soviet style shock methods, not that "Donald Chu jumping over cones crap"), but they are not the end all be all of speed/power training. They can be very injurious if the sufficient base level of strength is not laid before undertaking them, and they must be carefully programmed within the overall training system. When in doubt, stick to basic strength training...your speed and power will increase concurrently with your increases in max effort strength for a LONG TIME. This is good news...it means you can be a stud at your dojang without having to worry about dynamic lifting and plyos (or at least until you decide to go for the gold in 2008). 8. Visualization and imagination are keys also. If you think you are slow, then you will be slow. You have to think that you are FAST. Visualize yourself doing the movements at which you are trying to get faster at...really try to FEEL yourself doing it in your mind, and try to get faster and faster at it. Believe me, your body doesn't know the difference between something real and imagined as long as the imagined experience is strong enough. A lot of people think this stuff is quackery, but I believe in it 100%. Whew, that's enough...I hope this serves as food for thought. --__--__-- Message: 6 From: "Howard Spivey" To: Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:11:17 -0500 Subject: [The_Dojang] RE: Coming to America to teach TKD Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net I don't believe this is accurate. For example, the university where I work brings people in as employees (faculty) in both H-1B and J-1 status frequently. We don't advertise the positions. We merely complete the prerequisite paperwork with US CIS as the sponsoring employer ("Sponsoring Organization", in their jargon). H-1Bs have to have specialized skills in a defined set of areas, but there's no requirement that we say that we couldn't find an American who could do the job. For J-1s, it's even more lenient, since the very purpose of that program is the exchange of knowledge across borders. What we find is that for people like this, the main thing they must be able to demonstrate is that they're retaining ties to their native country, so that US CIS is satisfied there's no significant danger that they'll stay here illegally once their nonimmigrant visas expire. Applying for permanent residence is different in that the applicant does not have to have a sponsoring employer. If they are accepted, they can apply for employment anywhere in the US, with the possible exception of some jobs requiring government security clearances. Having said all of this, "TKD instructor" is definitely not one of the specialized skills areas that one can use to apply for an H-1B visa. Regards... "The reason you saw the ad in the paper was that in order to bring a foreign national over on a Visa to fill a job in the US, you are required to advertise the job first. If and only if you cannot find a US citizen to fill the position can the foreign national take the job..." --__--__-- Message: 7 From: To: Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:21:24 -0500 Subject: [The_Dojang] Polymetrics on the web Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net I haven't really looked too much at this page, but I've had it in my bookmarked sites for a while. http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/plymo.htm It has a few exercises there. -Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stovall, Craig" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:59 PM Subject: [The_Dojang] Stovall on Speed > << reaction times when sparring. > > > > I was thinking of some plyometric exercises, but I can't find any on the > web. > > > > Could someone give me a hand?>>> > > > > Boy, lots of thoughts on this... > > 1. Realize from the very beginning that strength and speed are > manifestations of the same physiological process...muscle motor unit > activation. In very simple terms, most athletes (and martial artists) > can get a LOT faster by simply increasing one's max effort strength. > Keep in mind, I'm not talking about bodybuilding...I'm talking about > weightlifting protocols that increase and enhance not only the number of > muscle fibers being activated, but also the speed at which those fibers > are being activated. The Holy Bible of athletic training is Siff's > 'Supertraining'. Very academic and hard to digest, but it represents > one of the cutting edge tomes in terms of solving the strength/speed > conundrum. > > 2. The use of bands is a very good idea. Reason being is that it > incorporates one of the cornerstones of modern strength training...the > idea of "accommodating resistance" made popular by power lifting guru > Louie Simmons and his disciples at Westside Barbell. Using a dynamic > effort barbell bench press as an example, the bar will slow down at the > top end of the movement due to the fact that the lift gets easier at the > top due to leverage (and the body reflexively slows down as a result of > this). Using bands on the barbell causes the weight on the bar to > increase as the bar raises (due to the band stretching) and thus allows > the lifter to exert maximal force (and speed) through the bar all the > way through the top end of the movement. Punching and kicking with > bands will have a similar effect. Your strikes will naturally slow down > toward the end of the movement for reasons similar to the bench press > example. The bands will provide an accommodating resistance that will > allow the striker to continue to accelerate all the way through the end > of the movement without fear of injury. > > 3. Defeating antagonistic muscle tension is one of the > foundational skills of speed. Too often we think of basic athletic > qualities (strength, speed, endurance) in terms of "attributes". It's > something that you either have or don't have, and to develop it takes > lots of hard work and lots of time. This simply isn't true. Most > athletic qualities have a "skill" portion to them and speed is no > exception. One of the simplest things you can do is to identify > antagonistic muscle tension that is slowing down your movements. This > takes a lot of body awareness and the ability to stay focused on the > task at hand, but incredible gains in speed can be obtained by simply > discovering and removing the natural "brakes" that we put on our own > movements. Volumes could be written on this one subject. > > 4. Body composition is a key factor. Look at sprinters...they're > ripped to shreds. They have very high levels of lean muscle > (specifically myofibrillar hypertrophy) relative to their overall body > mass, and very low levels of body fat. The lesson is obvious...if you > are fat you are not going to be at optimal speed. Assess your BMI and > adjust accordingly with nutrition and exercise. It will allow greater > increases in speed, and it's a good life choice (health and longevity). > > 5. Don't get caught up in the voodoo of "slow twitch vs fast > twitch". Yes, it's a factor, but you can't control your ratio...it's > genetic. The bottom line is that muscle fiber never did anything > without the nervous system directing it, and modern research tells us > that "slow twitch" fibers can act very much like "fast twitch" fibers > when the correct neural signals are being transmitted. Which leads us > to point six... > > 6. It's all about the nervous system, baby. > > 7. Plyometrics are cool (and I'm specifically talking Soviet > style shock methods, not that "Donald Chu jumping over cones crap"), but > they are not the end all be all of speed/power training. They can be > very injurious if the sufficient base level of strength is not laid > before undertaking them, and they must be carefully programmed within > the overall training system. When in doubt, stick to basic strength > training...your speed and power will increase concurrently with your > increases in max effort strength for a LONG TIME. This is good > news...it means you can be a stud at your dojang without having to worry > about dynamic lifting and plyos (or at least until you decide to go for > the gold in 2008). > > 8. Visualization and imagination are keys also. If you think you > are slow, then you will be slow. You have to think that you are FAST. > Visualize yourself doing the movements at which you are trying to get > faster at...really try to FEEL yourself doing it in your mind, and try > to get faster and faster at it. Believe me, your body doesn't know the > difference between something real and imagined as long as the imagined > experience is strong enough. A lot of people think this stuff is > quackery, but I believe in it 100%. > > > > Whew, that's enough...I hope this serves as food for thought. > _______________________________________________ > The_Dojang mailing list, 2000 members > The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net > Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource > Standard disclaimers apply > http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang --__--__-- _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang http://the-dojang.net Old digest issues @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com/pub/the_dojang Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest