MartialTalk.Com http://www.martialtalk.com/forum MartialTalk.Com is one of the Internets premier martial arts communities. Our growing discussion forum is dedicated to the friendly discussion of all martial arts including Ed Parkers Kenpo, and Remy Presas Modern Arnis. We welcome all those seeking information on the martial arts. To visit the forum, go to http://www.martialtalk.com/forum en Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:08:43 GMT vBulletin 60 http://martialtalk.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg MartialTalk.Com http://www.martialtalk.com/forum 2011 US Open date and place http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90041&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:46:19 GMT http://usa-taekwondo.us/news/2010/09/02/2011-u-s-open-dates-announced/38349 Glad it will not be in Orlando like I heard it would be. If it were, we would not have gone. Just too darn expensive to do...]]> Looks like the US Opne will be in your back yard next year Master Terry. Click for details -> http://usa-taekwondo.us/news/2010/09...nnounced/38349

Glad it will not be in Orlando like I heard it would be. If it were, we would not have gone. Just too darn expensive to do so. Texas is not that bad. ]]> Tae-Kwon-Do ATC http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90041 Use Your Power Wisely http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90040&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:27:55 GMT *Use Your Power Wisely* *Just because you can arrest someone, doesn’t mean you should* http://www.lawofficer.com/article/training/use-your-power-wisely ---Quote--- Today, I woke up in a pleasant mood. Then my Crackberry exploded. That’s typical, but today one of my many... Use Your Power Wisely

Just because you can arrest someone, doesn’t mean you should

http://www.lawofficer.com/article/tr...r-power-wisely

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Today, I woke up in a pleasant mood. Then my Crackberry exploded. That’s typical, but today one of my many spies sent me an article about cops arresting people for videotaping them while on duty and in public. This particular spy didn’t think the cops should arrest for that. He was exactly right.


I could write volumes on why this is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard, but I’ll just touch on the high points. We’re public servants entrusted with awesome power. We have the power to use force, even lethal force. We have the power to take away freedom. We’re allowed to kick down doors in the middle of the night and rush into people’s homes with machine guns. Maybe you non-thinkers don’t realize that all of these things, although necessary when used correctly, are also the things we’ve fought to defend against in every war we’ve ever fought. Don’t think so? Go study some history. You’ll find we were either protecting ourselves or someone else from the very things that police are allowed and expected to do when crooks cross the lines drawn by our society.


When we swear to uphold the Constitution, it’s the whole thing, not just the parts we like. Any cop who whines about the Bill of Rights standing in the way of making arrests should have their door kicked in by masked officers in the middle of the night. How would they like to get beaten until they confess to something? Or jailed without a fair trial? That’s right boys and girls, Ol’ Bullethead just hit a bunch of them—4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and the 14th amendments for good measure. My point: We must operate from within these laws. When we do, why wouldn’t we want it on video?
]]> Law Enforcement Bob Hubbard http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90040 Another offshore gulf oil platform explodes! http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90039&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:47:23 GMT Pray for the workers, and please let this one not be another oil leak. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03rig.html *Offshore Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Explodes* *By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON... Pray for the workers, and please let this one not be another oil leak.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03rig.html

Offshore Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Explodes

By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and JACK HEALY

Published: September 2, 2010 ]]> The Study Bill Mattocks http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90039 <![CDATA[Ohhhhh boyyyy I can't breath!!!!!!]]> http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90038&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:35:49 GMT Today I've got my satin black belt form eosin panther, I am too exited, I opemed the box with care and ...... ohhhhh boyyyy!!!! what a nice looking belt, it's worth avery single penny I paid for it.

It's a plain black belt without any embroided cause I already have two of these and felt the satin black shines on a well ironed white gi.

I can't wait to use it, definetively I will wear it at the self defense course I will impart next saturday.

Manny ]]> Tae-Kwon-Do Manny http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90038 Steven Seagal in Machete http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90037&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:47:56 GMT I thought this was a funny review. I remember the buckskin jacket too! http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/09/can_machete_make_us_like_steve.html I thought this was a funny review. I remember the buckskin jacket too!

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment...ike_steve.html ]]> The Rec Room (Sports and Entertainment) Bill Mattocks http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90037 hello http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90036&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:44:47 GMT hello all, Just joined the forum and wanted to stop in and say hello. I have been practicing hapkido for over 7 years and have my 2nd Dan BB. good to be here. hello all,
Just joined the forum and wanted to stop in and say hello. I have been practicing hapkido for over 7 years and have my 2nd Dan BB. good to be here. ]]> kiddk1 http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90036 Woman ab area http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90035&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:40:46 GMT Hi, is it more problematic for women to get hit in the ab area? With the way women are built, can blows or pressure to the stomach area cause damage to the reproductive system? Hi, is it more problematic for women to get hit in the ab area? With the way women are built, can blows or pressure to the stomach area cause damage to the reproductive system? ]]> Women of the Martial Arts (Women Martial Artists) Tiberius http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90035 What do you mean by Liberal? http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90034&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:24:01 GMT A most fascinating article on the BBC website that touches on something that I and other English members here have talked about in past discourses:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-10658070

I confess that even I was amazed by just how malleable a term "Liberal" has been over the previous couple of centuries! ]]> The Study Sukerkin http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90034 <![CDATA[The Bast@&D Son of WING CHUN has returned...]]> http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90033&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:16:17 GMT No lineage, No Sifu....No Problem! Questions, comments or insults are welcome! SLT drills 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is2B76uRVj8) SLT drills 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9S4bzmS19k) SLT drills 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO3_c0myAWk) No lineage, No Sifu....No Problem!

Questions, comments or insults are welcome!

SLT drills 1

SLT drills 2

SLT drills 3 ]]> Wing Chun graychuan http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90033 2 cops killed in Alaska. One right in front of his wife and children. http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90032&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:20:44 GMT http://www.policeone.com/Officer-Saf...ne-cops-family

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Matt Tokuoka was off duty at the time of the attack. Matt was with his wife Haley, their six-year-old son, and their two-year-old daughter. The family had just left Matt’s father-in-law’s home, where they had spent the evening with his wife’s family. Matt had stopped his car to talk with Wallace, who was on duty. Wallace and Tokuoka were engaged in a conversation, when John Marvin approached and opened fire on Wallace without warning. As Wallace went down, Tukuoka exited his car in an attempt to assist and told his wife to “get away!” Marvin then shot Tokuoka in front of his wife and children.

To add to the outrageousness of this act, Wallace’s mother, who was up from Florida visiting her son, also witnessed the shooting. Sgt. Wallace died while in surgery in Juneau, which is 40 miles to the west of Hoonah. Officer Tokuoka was pronounced dead early Sunday in the clinic in Hoonah.
http://www.adn.com/2010/09/01/143567...e-brewing.html

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Like Wallace, the police chief had sensed something bad was coming, he said during an interview this week in which he recalled his conversation with Wallace and the months leading up to the shooting. "I just had this sick feeling of dread, of inevitability, deep down in my stomach."

But Millan was no psychiatrist, and you can't arrest someone for seeming crazy.
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Marvin's recent tangles with Hoonah police began about a year ago, when a woman said he appeared in her house, unwelcome. Wallace and Tokuoka went to Marvin's home to talk about it.

Police say Marvin attacked the officers, who stopped him with Tasers. Marvin would spend more than three months locked up in Juneau following the arrest, but Millan said the police officers had little taste for pressing charges.

"My officers had come to me and said that they weren't aggressively motivated to throw him under the bus of the court system. They had some compassion for him," Millan said.
]]> Law Enforcement Archangel M http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90032 Multi Sparring Class http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90031&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:35:56 GMT Today was multi sparring class for the Black Belts. It was pretty fun and I even joined in with the youngsters (18+). We did 2 vs. 2 as a warm up. Then it was 3 vs. 2 and then 3 vs. 1. We did only 60 sec intervals with 15 second rest. Does not seem like much but when you get to 3 on 1 you find... Today was multi sparring class for the Black Belts. It was pretty fun and I even joined in with the youngsters (18+).

We did 2 vs. 2 as a warm up. Then it was 3 vs. 2 and then 3 vs. 1. We did only 60 sec intervals with 15 second rest. Does not seem like much but when you get to 3 on 1 you find out quickly how difficult it would be to fend off an attack with just 3 people.

You get clocked from behind, then when you turn to defend against that one you get clocked again from both behind and right in front of you. After about 20 seconds you are dead tired from just running to get space that you end up just standing in a corner and taking a beating. Even the young ones got tired and did not know what to do.

The only good point was that I did manage to hit one person in the head and he staggered but that did not last long as the other two were on me quick, then the staggered guy got his faculties back and then joined right back in.

For those that think that they can fend off a serious attack from multiple people you better have your Nike's on. Cause running is the best thing.

My daughter did better than me as she axe kicked one person right on the nose right off the bat and then only had a 2 on 1 situation from there out.

My son is just fast and had great footwork as he was able to move about and make the others run into and hit each other as he also popped them as he moved about. But in the end even he got tired and got tagged quite a bit.

Even if you attempt to wrestle you get pummeled as you can only wrestle one and even that gets you dog tired.

It has been a long time since I participated in many on 1 but it was still fun, even at my ripe age. ]]> Tae-Kwon-Do ATC http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90031 <![CDATA[I'm back!]]> http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90030&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:17:10 GMT Just letting you all know I'm back from Iraq! Now I can post regularly again! ]]> General Martial Arts Talk Josh Oakley http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90030 Defensive Kane, walking stick, and baseball bat? Strongest out there? http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90029&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:04:31 GMT I am looking for a universal defensive weapon that I can carry in no carry zones or states that dont allow any weapons such as NYC and NJ. I came to the conclusion that a kane would be my best bet. Can I take it on an air craft? Figure it will make me look weak and give me a very good advantage. I... I am looking for a universal defensive weapon that I can carry in no carry zones or states that dont allow any weapons such as NYC and NJ. I came to the conclusion that a kane would be my best bet. Can I take it on an air craft? Figure it will make me look weak and give me a very good advantage. I am looking for the best regular kane that wont break. Not sure if I should go solid wood or some type of titanium. Who makes these things possibly with defense in mind? Something solid and legal that I can take anywhere. I am also looking for a crazy sword cane that wont snap. Finally, I am looking for a walking stick. What do you guys use for hiking? I notice alot of people use ski polls? Any ideas where to get kane training? Oh yea and figure I would get a good baseball bat for hotel room defense when im in a no gun state. Better than nothing by a long shot.... ]]> General Self Defense kip42 http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90029 Why no high kicks????? http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90028&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:03:02 GMT Today having a nap afther a good meal I had a bad dream, not a nightmare just a bad dream, I was in dojang giving a class when clasmate aproached me and speaking sothly asked...... Kyosanim why aren't you kicking high? can't you kicking high enough? if not why you do TKD?

I tried to explain the little boy because my age,etc,etc, I can not kick high any longer but that my kicks are good still and blah-blah-blah but the boy didin't get it!! He just keep asking why I do TKD if I can not kick high!!!!

Don't know if some post I read in the karate subforum about low kicks in Okinawan karate influence me a little, what but was very disconforting. I think I am becoming nuts because I am out the dojang.

Manny ]]> Tae-Kwon-Do Manny http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90028 The spiritual side? http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90027&goto=newpost Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:54:53 GMT Hello all! I’ve been training on and off for about 10 years in a system that is a combination of various arts, and is trained as a RBSD. It’s a blended system that include Western Boxing, Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do, Kali, Sambo, San Da. We’ve trained very realistically, against resistance, multiple... Hello all! I’ve been training on and off for about 10 years in a system that is a combination of various arts, and is trained as a RBSD. It’s a blended system that include Western Boxing, Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do, Kali, Sambo, San Da. We’ve trained very realistically, against resistance, multiple attackers, weapons, indoor/outdoor training as well.

Lately, I’ve been wanting more than just the physical side of martial arts. The RBSD is brutal and effective, but just isn’t giving me the spiritual side. So, I’ve been thinking about going out and starting a traditional martial art. My question is, given my background in RBSD, how hard would it be to pick up a traditional martial art, given the different training approaches/philosophies? I just have a feeling that I’ll be lost between them.

Any thoughts? ]]> General Martial Arts Talk Vertical Fist http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90027