JohnP

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Jul 23	comment	Quickly learning the full essentials of Krav Maga IIRC, the Marines introduced martial arts into their curriculum at basic training a while back (Maybe 10 years?) and have somewhere around 30 hours in basic devoted strictly to hand to hand, close combat, knife/bayonet techniques.
Jul 19	awarded	Commentator
Jul 19	comment	Why is Krav Maga expensive? I'd like to see what justification and case examples you have for this sweeping generalization. Are you citing market statistics or "seems logical"?
Jul 19	comment	Why do taekwondoists bounce so much? (And how do we help them stop?) mmm....somewhat true, and very heavily dependent on the style and how points are called in that style. WTF only rewards techniques that produce what they call "trembling shock", or basically a physical reaction from the opponent. Very rarely done with hands, and grabbing is not allowed. Other point sparring competitions, contact is not necessarily required for point scoring. All depends on the style.
Jul 18	comment	Can a Judo athlete compete in more than one weight class in the Olympics? x2 on that. I also read the qualifications, and it merely states that they are limited to one per division. No bar that I could find against one person being eligible in two weight classes. I would tend to doubt that it is allowed, but it's not specifically addressed.
Jul 17	awarded	Revival
Jul 13	answered	What is Grandmaster Park Bok Nam's Bagua lineage?
Jul 13	answered	Bokken and Jo restoration
Jul 12	comment	Shoulder brace for Judo? It wouldn't be much resistance, but there will be some. and X2 on not getting wpr suplexed from behind. :D
Jul 12	comment	How bad is kickboxing for your brain? @SirProgrammer - Kickboxing is not bad, nor is boxing. Head trauma is bad, as dave said. It's just a little more likely to occur in martial arts, it's the nature of the beast. If you don't spar or do competition fighting, then you're probably no likelier to suffer a traumatic head injury than someone that does kick box aerobics. Even light head contact can be ok, as the brain has a decent cushioning system. It's the brain impacting the skull or neural fibers tearing in the brainstem that cause the problems. My worst (only) knockout I ever suffered was playing flag football.
Jul 12	awarded	Editor
Jul 12	revised	Shoulder brace for Judo? added 34 characters in body
Jul 12	answered	Shoulder brace for Judo?
Jul 6	awarded	Critic
Jul 6	comment	Why do taekwondoists bounce so much? (And how do we help them stop?) Please note - I did not say to put weight fully on their heels. TKD practitioners generally spar from the balls of their feet, I merely said get them to drop their heels down from being on the ball of the foot all the time.
Jul 6	answered	Why do taekwondoists bounce so much? (And how do we help them stop?)
Jul 3	answered	Proper Toe Position for Boots with a Front Kick
Jun 28	awarded	Supporter
Jun 28	answered	How do I improve my attack speed?
Jun 27	comment	Looking for cheap cutting material for tameshigiri practice No, I've never practiced with it. I was just trying to think of things that could approximate the thickness/feel of tatami (Which I do have experience with :D )