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Email 39. Other than being a part of the history of Korea, what connection does the 3 Kingdoms era have with TKD. I have looked through your TKD history but cannot find any connection? Reply. There is very little connection. All Korean martial arts claim an ancestry that dates back to the 3 Kingdoms era, but since there is little written record of how the martial arts were performed during ancient times, it is mostly speculation. After WWII, Shotokan karate trained Koreans returned home from Japan, mixed the karate they had learned with what some people claimed to know about the ancient Korean martial arts (which was very little if any), and came up with Taekwondo. Modern Taekwondo is basically an evolution of Korean Shotokan. Comments. None. Email 38. I noticed that your exemplar "Ripoff Agreement" seems to pan any school that attempts to insulate itself from liability for damages or injury arising out of the use of the school, "including those arising from negligence on the part of ROYA." I must totally disagree with that insinuation. There is nothing wrong or untoward about a school attempting to limit its liability from lawsuits, especially in today's overly-litigious climate. Unfortunately, many honest businesses, like many local TKD schools, are simply trying to share the benefit of their knowledge, passion and joy of learning and studying TKD with everyone they can. What they don't always realize, however, is that behind every smiling face could be the next lawsuit (and plaintiff's lawyer) ready to tear the school down. To do that, the claimant will argue everything is wrong with the school, from the instructor to the front door. Thus, as a lawyer, I completely advocate the inclusion of the above-referenced language in any company's disclaimer, especially on behalf of a reputable and honest TKD school owner. Reply. Martial arts are physical endeavors and, as such, accidents will happen and injuries will occur. Therefore, I certainly agree that martial art organizations and schools must protect themselves against frivolous or exaggerated lawsuits, especially those that arise from participating in normal martial art activities. However, in the agreement that I presented as an example, the organization is attempting to free itself from any liability, even from injuries associated with its own negligence. The red highlighted areas of the example are areas that should be of concern to potential members of the organization, and I underlined areas that seemed excessive. While I think the liability release section of any agreement should be of concern to signers, it does not mean I think the section is unneeded. From what I understand about the law, an organization cannot free itself from liability due to its own negligence by requiring its members to sign a release to that effect. Any organization that requires such a stipulation would be trying to free itself from any liability, even from unorthodox, dangerous teachings, an unsafe facility, unsafe or unhealthy conditions, or incompetent, unqualified instructors. The stipulation would mean the organization, in an effort to discourage any type of student lawsuit, was attempting to mislead students into believing they have no legal recourse if they are injured due to organization negligence. While such a stipulation may be useful in discouraging lawsuits, any organization that requires such a stipulation appears to me to be trying to mislead, and thus rip-off, its members. Response: Thanks so much for the thoughtful and comprehensive response. Understand that I am writing as a Pennsylvania lawyer who practices under Pennsylvania law. As such, I am unfamiliar with the applicability of that particular language under other states (I think some states regard it as contrary to public policy), but I can tell you that there are exceptions to everything. And as a lawyer, my job is often tied to finding exceptions where none readily appear. To that end, the language that I focused on, while seemingly invincible, also has its limitations. Any school that is grossly negligent (or fraudulently trying to cover up its own derelictions) will likely find no comfort at all in that language. Thus, as a lawyer, I strongly recommend clients who are comfortable with the language to use it. Now, as to the rest of your wonderful example, I can say that the remainder of the agreement would set off red flags from any discerning lawyer or hopefully, potential TKD consumer. It frightens me to think someone would actually try to pawn that off on anyone. Comments. None. Email 37. I'd like to commend you for your website as well as thank you for taking the time to create it. I wish I had found this site before I put my own son (14 years old) in Taekwondo classes. He had never had a Taekwondo lesson before, yet on the first day, he was put to spar with a green belt. My son was too proud to tell me what was going on so he took on every challenge that was thrown his way. Eventually, I noticed that his enthusiasm had diminished. I eventually found out that most of his classes were being taught by student teachers (green and brown belts). I pulled my son out before someone could hurt him. There should be some sort of accountability in the sport. I'm afraid that this experience has ruined my son's desire to practice the sport. Reply. Thank you for your kind comments about my TKDTutor.com web site. I am sorry about your son’s bad experience in Taekwondo. As with everything else in the world, there are good Taekwondo schools and bad schools. Now that you know what to look for in a good school, you should visit other Taekwondo schools and find one that does things correctly. Comments. None. Email 36. A strange email confrontation! The following is a transcript an email confrontation that occurred today. If you are considering starting a web site, be prepared for this type of confrontation because there are strange people out there just waiting for a reason to explode.
This is sequence of events was started by a person who initially thought enough of TKDTutor.com to want a link to his organization placed on the web site. The following transcript is verbatim except any identifying information has been replaced with XX. FROM REQUESTOR Would you please list my site as well under TKD Organizations. I have already listed yours. Thanks in advance. SENT BY TKDTUTOR Sorry but TKDTutor only associates with legitimate organizations that are not certificate mills. FROM REQUESTOR Sir, what are you talking about? I am by no means a "certificate mill" and I am an XX with the XX. I was one of the first XX at that! I am also affiliated with the XX. Where in the world do you get that I am a "certificate mill"? What is your criteria for such as well? I have been in the martial arts for XX years and I have never been so "insulted" by someone that could not possibly know me, and no where on my site does it even imply such. I liked your site for the fact that you are a military personal! I have been active duty XX since XX and that is one of the reasons why I like your site. I have the two clubs on military post and three other clubs with two full time schools. Now if you are referring to the fact that as part of my service I "design" school certificates, that is in no way in any sense a certificate mill! My certificate service is designed for those school owners that want a more professional looking certificate, and I am able to provide that service because I can read, speak and write in both Korean and Japanese (a little Chinese as well.) Being a "Master-at-Arms" and a fellow martial artist I would expect a more professional response then "Sorry but TKDTutor only associates with legitimate organizations that are not certificate mills." So please sir, tell me how you came to such an insulting conclusion. TKDTUTOR COMMENTS Within a couple of hours of receiving this email, while I was drafting a detailed response to the email, I received another email from the same person FROM REQUESTOR I have emailed you as a professional, and you have elected to ignore it, because you cannot answer my question or won't. Again, I "liked" your site for the general information provided. It is not 100% accurate however, considering your TKD back ground that is understandable. The short comings on your site I was able to over look due to the fact that you were military, however now in hindsight I feel I made an error. However, as a service to my members and other martial arts I will not remove your link, however, I will make a note to it listing what I find as a short coming and of course your email where you liable not only me but my site! You have received an email from one of my associates and you have listed their site or at least indicated that you were listing his site. He is a member of "my" organization so in essence you have called him a "certificate mill" etc. I will also email your schools instructor even though it appears you may be running that site as well. Look the at XXth ITF dan testing's and you will see not only am I "legit" but I hold it from the ITF and not the "ITA or TA" which "could" be considered certificate mills as well. However, to be fair, since I don't know you and your organizations, so I can't say for sure! TKDTUTOR COMMENTS While I was in process of responding to the email, I received another link request. I went to the site and checked it out. It appeared legitimate, so I linked to the site and sent an email to the requestor wishing him well in his new school. This second requestor was apparently a friend of the first requestor. SENT BY TKDTUTOR Sorry that I did not answer your email as quickly as you think I should have, but I do have other things to do.
First, you contacted me. I had never heard of you until your email. I regularly receive email requests to post links and I have neither an obligation nor a desire to do research on each request. I merely evaluate the information presented to me and, based upon that information; I make a judgment as to whether or not to post a link. TKDTutor receives over 2500 visitors a day. While I appreciate it when other sites add links to TKDTutor, I do not need the links nor do I request the links. When I a request to post a link is send to me, if I think the link may be useful to my visitors, I post the link. As with most link requests, the only information I received from you was your web site link. I went to your web site, viewed all the pages, and made my initial decision based upon the following. - The “Home” link returns a “Cannot find page” error. Problems occur on any web site. - The “Products” link is to a page to sell books, nothing wrong with that. - The “Services” link is to: - Sell memberships in your organization, which according to the web site will get you a certificate and a “wide verity [sic] of services and products.” I can send money from the page but there is no information on the page as to what I will receive for my money. - Advertise your certificate design service. You are correct in your assumption that I interpreted what I saw on the page as being a certificate mill. Upon scrutiny, I can see that you intended the page to present information about your certificate design service. I was wrong in my initial assumption. - The remaining links are to some useful information. - The site appears to be newly established and in the processes of growing. - The site told me nothing about you or your organization. From what was presented on the site, it appeared to be no more legitimate than the hundreds of other backyard martial art “organizations” one may find on the Internet. While writing this reply, I was about to apologize about my initial remarks and to request more information about your organization, but then I received your third email. Now, I do not think I care to know your organization, or you. You know all about me from information presented on my web site, while I know nothing about you from your web site or from anywhere else. You contacted me; I did not contact you. You asked me to provide a link to your web site; I declined. Maybe I could have been more diplomatic in my response, but that should have been the end of it. However, instead of disagreeing with my conclusion and furnishing more information to rebut by remarks, you started attacking my web site and me. I have conducted many civil online discussions with martial artists about topics presented in TKDTutor. Sometimes I convince them I am right, sometimes they convince me I am wrong and I change the information presented in the topic, sometimes we just agree to disagree. If you read the “Read Me” page on my web site, you will find that I tell visitors that there are errors in the web site and that I will correct them if they are brought to my attention. I tell people that, when my information contradicts their instructors' information, that they should do research, ask questions, and decide for themselves, and that, until they decide, that they should go with the information presented by their instructors. I tell visitors to be skeptical of all information they find on the Internet, even information presented in TKDTutor. All my information is free, so, if you do not agree with it, you have not lost anything. While I was in the process of answering your email, I received a link request from Mr. XX, I went to his web site, viewed all the pages, and read all the information on him and his school. The information appeared legitimate so I added a link to his school. I am sorry that I took the time to evaluate and approve the link request from one of your associates before I finished the reply to you; I did not realize that you had priority. Before your emails, I knew nothing about you or your organization. Now, from the statements you made in your emails, I still know nothing about your organization, but I have learned a lot about your personality. I am sorry I offended you. I am sorry I even responded to your email. FROM REQUESTOR Sir, you are right, my site is new and in the process of growing. And I did take offense to what you said as I have always been one of integrity and honor. And in your defense your right, you don't know me from Adam, however, you are the one that "attacked" me with your statement and I responded as I honestly felt and saw fit. You are right, you can chose whom you add to your site or not, as do I. You are right, you do not need my link, and nor do I. And if from my three emails they tell you a lot of my "personality" then the exact same could be said about you. Did I take what you said to "heart" because of your attack upon me? Yes, I did, are you taking to heart what I said about your site to heart? Yes you are. That just goes to show that we are both passionate about what we believe in. I have 29 years in with ONE international organization and have experience in many others. Unlike you. However, I did not contact you and say, "Your web site is wrong and has a lot of misinformation" I politely asked to be linked to your site, your response was that I was a "certificate mill" and that you would not link me to your site. Which is totally your choice, yet you receive another email after I asked for a reply and you responded to him almost immediately, yet you claim you were busy and could not respond to me. So if you knew what I knew about that, would you not be upset that you were "ignoring" me and "responding" him? Of course you would! Your excuse is because you "knew nothing about me or my organization" yet, you didn't take the time to ask now did you? You sir are the one that "jumped" to some conclusion that was based on what you saw on my site. You further insult me further by saying your "sorry you even responded to my email." Sir, that shows just how immature you really are in regards to this matter. You claim you have had "disagreements" with others and you have agreed to disagree at times, other times you were corrected, others they were wrong, shall I "correct" you on all that I see wrong (and can prove?) Being a long time member of the U.S. Navy I would have expected you to act as a professional, yet you have chosen to insult not only me, but all my members! Sir, in the end I have grown to learn that while there are many professional martial artist out there, and like you, I agree there are many out there that are nothing but McDojangs etc. You have shown not only ill will towards your site, your current instructor, but your current association as well. While you seem to wish me some sort of "ill will" I will offer my sincere apology for "upsetting" you in this regards, that was never my intention, my intention was to promote ITF Taekwon-do, Taekwondo in general and the martial arts! And the fact that you don't want to link my site, that is your choice, and as a professional, I respect that, as a martial artist I respect that. I will keep your site on my links page so that all may see your site, and hopefully increase your traffic, as I truly believe in Taekwon-do and Martial Arts in general and feel while I may not agree with your site, I will leave it up to the individuals to decide for themselves. SENT BY TKDTUTOR You win. I will post a link to your site. I apologize for sending you the one sentence response to your request. I will be more diplomatic in my responses to future link requests. That sentence was not meant as an attack upon you, no threats were made. That sentence was not meant as an attack upon your students, for, from as could be ascertained from your web site, I did not know you even had any students. As I said before, I can only make judgments based on the information presented to me. I drew a conclusion about your organization from all I saw on your web site, but you drew a hell of a lot of conclusions about me from my one sentence.
I do not have, and did I express any “ill will” upon you. As you can see from my writings, I do not have any problem in expressing myself, so if I meant any ill will, I would have clearly stated as such. I do not think it was immature or insulting to say, “I am sorry I even responded to your email.” It was true, I was having a good day until I responded to your email.
If you wish, I will be glad to debate martial arts related issues with you. I enjoy a good, clean debate. You learn nothing new from talking with people who agree with everything you are saying. As you can see from reading TKDTutor, I present all views of Taekwondo, and either show support for them or present reasons not to support them. There are over 500 individual web pages of Taekwondo information on the site not including all the other pages, forums, etc. That is a lot of information to deal with, so I periodically pick a topic upon which to concentrate. My latest concentration has been on the punching topics since there seem to be more disagreement as to punching methods than to any other methods used in the martial arts. Let’s start over and be friends. FROM REQUESTOR Thank you for your response, however, do not feel like this is a "win-lose" situation. Yes, I did take it as an insult, yes, my web site is not at 100% as you well know it takes some time to get a web site up and running, it is not just a matter of doing everything in one day. I add more and more each day! And my MOS is not computer programming it is as an XX. Will my site ever be at 100%? No, but, that is the thing about web sites, they can and should change with time.
You are right, I did draw a "hell of a lot of conclusions about me from my one sentence." And I sincerely apologized for my unprofessional behavior. But, just like if I were to "step on your toes" you would I am sure stand your "ground" and at the very least request a response. I am sorry if my email upset your day. That was not my intention, however, if the roles were reversed would you have responded much differently? Yes, there are many ways both of us could have "changed" this or that, and while we are not perfect it is this very same exchange that actually creates and fosters friendships, and long lasting ones at that. So again, please accept my heart felt apology for upsetting you in anyway. And please feel free to call on me any time TKDTUTOR COMMENTS My instructor emailed me that he had just received an email from a strange person. He said he emailed the person and told him not to be so angry. This person then called my instructor and made more strange statements. My instructor has also had to deal with strange people during his years in the martial arts so it did not bother him. SENT BY TKDTUTOR Whoops! I just got an instant message from my instructor. Seems as if you sent him an email about me. I will see him later at class to see the contents of the message but I will jump to another conclusion and assume it did not say anything nice.
Forget my last email! I removed your link. We are both sorry for what we said, but you are not someone I wish to know. FROM REQUESTOR I never said one "un-nice" thing about you. I shared my information with your instructor out of concern for the fact you, while not directly claiming to be his representative, you do in fact reflect upon him and your association. I at no time ever demeaned you, liable/slandered you or defamed you in anyway. Please see what I have sent XX. If you read my previous responses to you, you will see that he was added to them, and the other emails were in direct response to his questions. Sir, I am now quite concerned. Are you well? And I mean this with the utmost respect, but you have gone from one extreme to the other! Having been to many theaters of war, I have seen this in soldiers. And while by no means am I an expert in the field, you are clearly showing some signs of "mental stress" and I wish you the best! TKDTUTOR COMMENTS As stated in the above emails, I could have been more diplomatic in my initial response to the link request but does anyone believe things would have been any different had I said: - "Sorry but I have decided to decline your request for a link on TKDTutor." This would probably have led to a demand to know why I declined. - "Sorry but I have decided to decline your request for a link on TKDTutor. Here are the reasons for my decision: the site does not identify you and it does not explain what your organization is; it is basically a offer to join your unexplained organization for $30 for which one will receive a certificate and some unexplained benefits. If you purport to be reputable, legitimate national organization, your web site should be complete before you put it on the Internet." This would have probably triggered the same outrage. Had I not responded at all, I may avoided the confrontation but this probably would have also triggered an outrage. You cannot reason with an unreasonable person. Comments. None. Email 35. In your opinion what are the advantages and disadvantages of Isshin-ryu karate as compared to Taekwondo? Reply. Isshin-ryu is one of the Okinawan karate styles and is similar to other traditional karate styles: Hard, linear style. Stresses hand techniques. Basic punch uses a vertical fist. Kicks are usually to the middle section and uses a snapping motion. Uses standard karate katas that stress hand techniques. Uses some ground techniques. Uses point free-sparring but it is not stressed. Uses weapon katas. Uses small motion, precise, quick, complicated hand movements. Uses simple footwork. Uses traditional karate concepts and stresses traditional karate etiquette and procedures. While not immensely popular, it is widely practiced. Not an Olympic sport.
Taekwondo is one of the Korean karate styles. Since its roots were in Shotokan karate, it is similar to traditional karate styles with some differences: Hard, linear style. Sport version stresses hand techniques; traditional version stresses hand and foot techniques. Basic punch uses a horizontal fist. Uses high kicks and a thrusting motion. Uses various pattern sets, some of which use standard karate katas. Uses little if any ground techniques. Stresses free-sparring; traditional version uses non-contact free-sparring while sport version uses full-contact. Rarely uses weapons or weapon patterns. Uses large motion, powerful, simple hand movements. Uses complicated footwork. More modern in its concepts with less stress on traditional karate etiquette and procedures, especially in the sport version. The most popular and widely practiced style in the world. Sport version an Olympic sport.
Both styles use widely accepted techniques and concepts, not some weird, secret, mystic techniques and concepts in which only a few gullible people believe. Both styles are suitable for all ages and genders and do not have any religious connection. A basic difference between the two is that Isshin-ryu uses strict traditional values and methods and is more a way of life, while Taekwondo is uses modern training concepts and is more of a sport, especially the sport version. Which style you choose a personal choice, depending on what is available where you live, how much importance you place on sparring, whether you prefer precise, complicated techniques with little movement or simple, powerful techniques with lots of movement, or whether or not you have Olympic aspirations. If you are interested in a traditional combat martial art that places stress on the “art” and concentrates more on self-defense techniques, choose Isshin-ryu. If you interested in a modern combat sport that may be used for self-defense, choose Taekwondo. Comments. None. Email 34. I'm an adult first degree black belt and certified instructor and have been the senior student in the adult class. In our organization you must be at least 18 years of age to test for certified instructor status. Recently, a 13 year old second degree black belt moved from the children’s class into the adult class and is now considered the senior student. I have a problem deferring to a child and having to call him sir. Does rank out rank instructor status? Does age out rank seniority? Reply. First, let us deal with instructor certification within the rank structure. Traditionally, when lining up for class, students line up by rank. Instructor certification does not matter when lining up by rank since instructor certification status is a separate entity from rank. This make sense since it is quite possible to have a 2nd degree certified instructor in a class that has 3rd or even 4th degree students. When instructing, the instructor runs the class no matter the rank of the instructor and other students. In most organizations, students line up by rank with age have priority within the same rank. This makes sense, except when it pertains to children ranks versus adult ranks. It appears that your organization moves students into the adult classes at 13 years of age and considers them as being in the adult ranks, even though a child does not legally become an adult until 18 years of age. Contrary to this policy, your organization does not allow instructors to test for certified instructor status until they are at least 18 years of age. I think it is degrading for adults to have to defer to children. Children are taught, or should be taught, throughout their childhood that they should respect their seniors, that adults are much wiser and should be obeyed, and that adults have certain privileges that children do not have. Adults should never have to defer to children. However, your organization, and many others, considers it is okay to have adults call children sir or ma’am and to give children precedence over adults. The current “politically correct” view is that teenage children should be considered young adults and should have the same rights as adults have. It is now considered improper to do not give the same respect to a teenager than you would give to an adult, since it may impede the teenager's emotional growth. I first earned a black belt in Taekwondo over 35 years ago but, when I joined my current Taekwondo organization, I had to start over as a white belt and work my way back up the rank structure, so had to line up and defer to children for years. I outlasted other students until I gradually became an instructor and the senior student. I am now a 3rd degree and can still perform at a level at which most much younger students cannot perform, but, due to deterioration of discs in my neck, I cannot free-spar at the intensity required at a testing. Therefore, I will always be a 3rd degree. Due to this, students that I have taught since they were white belts are now being promoted over me. So now, some of my students are considered the senior students in class. It is good to see my students progress in rank, so is not a problem for them to be senior to me as long as they are adults, but it I have a problem with deferring to children. I don’t know of any other sport or organization where children have precedence over adults. The highest ranked Cub Scout does not have precedence over the lowest ranked Boy Scout; the two groups are considered separate entities. While the Navy, as the highest enlisted rank, I called all officers sir or ma’am and I was junior to the lowest officer rank. This was not a problem since the two rank structures are separate entities. In the martial arts, children should not be considered adults until they are at least 18 years of age, and children and adult ranks should be considered separate entities. When lining up for class, the adults should line up by rank, and then, behind them, the children should line up by rank. Until enough discontented adults put pressure upon their organizations to change the policy, we just have to accept it. Don’t get discouraged. Keep pressing on and maybe someday you will be impetus for change within your organization. Comments. None. Email 33. For training practice and/or a real fight, can the Taekwondo walking stance be used to momentarily stand still while doing any basic Taekwondo block with either the left or right hand and forearm for a punch or kick that is aimed directly and squarely in front? Reply. Actually, any technique may be performed from any stance. However, some techniques are more suited to certain stances. When you stand still, you become a target. When you stand still while squarely facing your opponent, you become a big, inviting target. The walking (front) stance is a good all around stance for stability and it permits maximum application of power in an attack, but, to use it, you are squarely facing your opponent which exposes a lot of targets, so it is rarely used in sparring except maybe in traditional karate style ippon sparring. When sparring, or for self-defense, the walking stance is best used with the finishing blow when the opponent is weaken or off balance. When fighting, stances are rarely stationary; they are always in transition. Stances only exist for a instant while you are in the process of moving from one stance to another or while you are executing a technique. Stationary stances are practically useless in a fight. Watch boxers fight. The sluggers stand in stationary stances square with the opponent, they plod when they move, and they try to get a knockout with every punch. They bob and weave to try to slip punches, but they are hit a lot. Their only hope is that they are able to knock the opponent out before being knocked out. Boxers who are constantly shifting (dancing) are difficult to hit, So, unless you like pain, it is better to keep moving. If you are standing still, any movement you make will be detected by your opponent. If you are constantly moving, any new movement that might signal an imminent attack is camouflaged by your other movements. When you execute an attack, for it to have maximum power, at the moment it makes impact, you must be in a stationary stance. Power comes from a force acting upon an object. For maximum power, that force must push against something as it is applied to the target. That something is ultimately the ground, so all power begins at the ground and moves through the body to the point of impact. If you are moving at the moment of impact, there is no firm contact with the ground so the power of the attack is lessened. In patterns, we use stationary stances, not because we should spar that way, but because patterns are not meant to be depictions of actual fighting techniques, they are meant to display perfection of techniques. To appreciate perfection, it must be seen, so in a pattern each technique is held stationary for a brief Kodak moment. When sparring, the split second that a stance is stationary is barely noticed. Comments. None. Email 32. I recently had a grading and had to break some boards with a punch. All went well, broke all the boards and passed the grading. That was well over a month and a half ago and my knuckles are still hurting!!! Is this normal? Are there any ways I can strengthen or condition my hands for future board breaking? Also, is there any ways of treating the knuckles? Reply. Breaking with a punch is always risky. When kicking, you strike with large, relatively flat bones that are covered with thick skin and have some padding beneath the skin. A knife hand strike also uses the large, flat, padded part of the hand. However, a punch strikes with the knuckles, which are pointed bones with no padding, unless you have built up calluses on over the knuckles such as Mas Oyama, the founder of Kyokushinkai and great power breaker, did on his hands. In his later years, Oyama said he regretted the damage he had done to his knuckles. If you can use you hand without pain, then probably nothing is broken. Sometimes, the nerves that run between the knuckles get bruised and take time to heal. I used to have no pain after a punch break, but afterwards, when I stuck my hand into my pants pocket, the seam of the pocket would rub the nerve between the first two knuckles and cause a sharp pain. It sometimes took months for the hand to heal. Most of the time, the pain after a punch break is caused by a “bone bruise,” where there is a contusion on the bone. A bone break usually takes 6-8 weeks to heal, but a bone bruise may months or years to heal before it is not a problem. Some of the Chinese martial arts use ointments, crèmes, etc. that are supposed to toughen the skin. Okinawan karate styles use various types of forging to toughen the hand and build calluses on the knuckles. Unless you are dedicated to breaking, it is not work the chance of injury to break more than two boards with a punch, I am an advocate of using the first two knuckles to punch with, but when it comes to punching hard, flat surfaces such as the front or sides of the skull, or boards, striking with the last three knuckles is less likely to cause injury. When punching a flat surface with the first two knuckles, the two knuckles, and sometimes just the middle knuckle, strike the surface first and are injured. When punching with the last three knuckles, all three knuckles and the front of the fingers usually strike the surface together so they are less likely to be injured. It would be best to have the hand checked by a doctor to make sure there is not an injury that should be medically treated. Good luck in future testings. Comments. None. Email 31. My goal is to get rid of my "love-handles" and belly through exercise and diet. You mentioned a bicycle abdominal exercise, how do I perform this exercise? Reply. Abdominal exercises will strengthen and tighten the abdomen, but they will necessarily make the waist and love handles any smaller. Spot reducing is not possible; if it worked, tennis players would have one skinny arm and shoulder and one normal size arm since they only use one arm for hours at a time. Regular FIT (Frequent, intense, and long time) exercises and proper diet will cause fat loss over the entire body. Over time, the waist size will be reduced but the love handles are there for life. Once they appear, they never go away. You could lose half your body weight, but when you look in a mirror—there they are—not as big, but still big in relation to the thinner body. Moreover, to add salt to the wound, abdominal exercises make the underling muscle bigger, which adds to the size of the love handles. To perform bicycle abdominal exercises: Lie on your back. Interlock hands behind the neck. Pull both knees toward the chest. Push one leg out to full extension, parallel to the floor, as if pushing on the pedal of a bicycle. At the same time, twist the upper body and touch the elbow on the same side as the extended leg to the knee of the opposite leg. Repeat with the other leg and elbow. Continue doing reps with upper body doing abdominal twists as the legs pedal the “bicycle.” Fully extend the leg each time while touching elbow to other knee. Do not pull on neck with hands, use abdomen to pull elbow to knee. Pedal forward for half the time and backward for half the time.
Another good abdominal exercise is: Lie on back, legs straight and together. Extend both behind the head arms with arms beside the ears. Raise both legs together until they are straight up, body held in a 90 degree angle. Hold the legs in this position. Bend at the abdomen and touch the fingers of the arms to the toes of the extended legs. Lower the upper body back to the floor, while keeping the legs extended upward. Do reps while keeping the legs extended straight upward all the time.
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