Rory Alsop

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Have learned a bit of various martial arts (Judo, Shotokan and Shukokai Karate and Kuk Sool Won) but now mostly live vicariously through my kids who are 3rd and 5th kup Tae-Kwondo practitioners.

I'll never be competitive, but I enjoy martial arts for their discipline, fitness and self control.

I look after the Broxburn Tae-Kwondo website for Miss Redmond (IV degree) which includes some excellent pattern videos (not by me, I hasten to add - I just held the camera!)

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Jun 13	comment	What martial arts cultural remedies are there to avoid and relieve soreness? Astonishing what Eddie managed to do, considering he had never run a marathon before. I am in awe of that achievement.
Apr 26	comment	Why are firearms not part of the martial arts world? And for countries such as the UK - it isn't going to happen. We have to visit the US when we want to play with guns :-)
Mar 11	comment	Is Static Stretching Before Practice Beneficial, Harmful, or Something In-between? Anecdotally - every gym /dojo I have ever trained in works with light cardio first, then stretching before getting onto the serious business of training.
Mar 8	comment	What are the philosophical differences between the TKD Kwan? Have a look at the answers on my question or not entirely unrelated info: martialarts.stackexchange.com/q/56/57
Feb 22	comment	Value in Practicing Spinning Kicks They do put a huge focus on that 'sine wave' body movement, yes. Very ITF specific, I think. That guy won patterns in Scotland and the UK for a number of years.
Feb 22	comment	Value in Practicing Spinning Kicks Awesome bout @BobCross - thanks for the link. Will have to show it to my kids. As an aside - did you see the pattern videos I popped up on our local TKD website? tkdbroxburn.co.uk/patterns.html (that isn't me in the videos, by the way :-)
Feb 16	comment	What benefits (if any) are there when listening to music while practicing? And does it depend on the style? this effectively looks to be a dupe of martialarts.stackexchange.com/q/425/57
Feb 4	comment	What is a good age to introduce children to a martial art? (side topic - my daughter, at 4 years old, on the podium winning a gold after beating all the boys in a county competition, had the biggest grin I have ever seen. Kids love competition.)
Feb 2	comment	I have very little toe flexibility - are there other front kicks I can use? Sadly, no - have tried many things over the years. The problem is the bones just don't allow my toes to move up or down more than a couple of millimetres. Not sure whether it was caused by all the running I did when younger - can't remember what they were like before that.