Time On Your Hands

[Silentmonk]

So say you had a spare 4 weeks on your hands where for some reason (say for instance knee surgery) you couldn't physically train. What would be the areas that you would spend time studying??? And does anyone have some interesting links to articles that might be an interesting read?? :)

[Unknown Entity]

I'd work on hand conditioning and no I don't mean the type your thinking of!!!!

I'd also study all the terminology and history of the art in more depth to gain a better understanding of it.

Maybe even look at the areas of Kuk Sool that you don't spend much time on or are weak at and cover the theory on it etc.

If I think of anything else I'll let you know mate.

[Silentmonk]

I'd also study all the terminology and history of the art in more depth to gain a better understanding of it.

Maybe even look at the areas of Kuk Sool that you don't spend much time on or are weak at and cover the theory on it etc.

If I think of anything else I'll let you know mate.

I've only got 4 weeks :D :D

[Gi Ma Ja Se]

hey monk, hows the knee....? hope all the surgery went well??? missed ya holding the kick shield of tuesday night LOL :D

[Silentmonk]

hey monk, hows the knee....? hope all the surgery went well??? missed ya holding the kick shield of tuesday night LOL :D

Yeah thats what did it!!! :D

Have to say my ribs didn't miss holding it. :D

Doc says my dancing days are over. Not cos of the surgery but cos i have no rhythm lol :)

[Gi Ma Ja Se]

Im glad the doc got the guts to tell ya cos weve been wanting to tell you that for years...... :D

[KSW_123]

How about learning the Korean names for the pressure points. That'd keeep you busy. Here is online source of numbered diagrams, http://www.yinyanghouse.com/acupoints.html

They use the same numbering system as the Kuk Sool book.

[davefly76]

So say you had a spare 4 weeks on your hands where for some reason (say for instance knee surgery) you couldn't physically train. What would be the areas that you would spend time studying??? And does anyone have some interesting links to articles that might be an interesting read?? :)

i could give you a list of *educational* websites worth viewing but i don't think they would be suitable on a family forum like this :p

hope all is well mate.

:)

[Silentmonk]

How about learning the Korean names for the pressure points. That'd keeep you busy. Here is online source of numbered diagrams, http://www.yinyanghouse.com/acupoints.html
They use the same numbering system as the Kuk Sool book.

And the prize for the most sensible answer so far goes too......

Thats not a bad idea i always forget those :)

[Silentmonk]

i could give you a list of *educational* websites worth viewing but i don't think they would be suitable on a family forum like this :p

hope all is well mate.

:)

Entity has already sorted those sites out for me dave ;) :D

[rex00]

Do one legged squats so you have one big leg and one small leg? Or you could learn to do handstand pushup or you can do normal push ups just using one leg (I don't know how bad the injury is so im guessing). Work on a six pack by dieting and stomach exercises? There quite a bit of training you can do with one leg.

[Silentmonk]

Do one legged squats so you have one big leg and one small leg? Or you could learn to do handstand pushup or you can do normal push ups just using one leg (I don't know how bad the injury is so im guessing). Work on a six pack by dieting and stomach exercises? There quite a bit of training you can do with one leg.

Handstand push-ups i like idea of,haven't done those for what seems like a lifetime. :) Already doing most push ups you could throw at me one legged or otherwise. Now theres a chalenge lol :D Six-pack is practically there. :) Yeah i know theres lots of training i can actually do,I meant instead of my traditional martial arts forms and kicking as opposed to general fitness sorry i wasn't specific my fault, though new ideas there too would be cool. I was just looking for ideas on the more academic and internal bits really i spose. One legged squats would be funny though to end up with a big left leg lol :D

[rex00]

Well learning the numbers would be useful as well as the korean names for all the kicks and hand strikes, or learn the miridian lines that the "pressure points" are on e.g lung 3, heart 9 ect.

[Silentmonk]

Well learning the numbers would be useful as well as the korean names for all the kicks and hand strikes, or learn the miridian lines that the "pressure points" are on e.g lung 3, heart 9 ect.

Hehe the meridian lines are doing my head in already lol now i remember why i ignore this area of my education lol :D

[You Won Hwa]

So say you had a spare 4 weeks on your hands...Watch the KSW training DVDs, looking for detail and variation, intersperced with MA movies, and attempt to ID the Korean name for every kick and punch. Learn any forms or techniques you don't know from the textbooks, handbooks, or videos. Discuss differances notices in the training DVDs with fellow practitioners or instructors. Write a book/article on "Changes in Kuk Sool Won over the last 25 years."

You probably wanted more fun suggestions. Get pretty examples of the appropriate gender to come over and demonstrate, and offer detail or feedback. But then, if people are coming over, talking may be more fun.

The pressure point idea sound fun: memorize the Korean names and the English equivalent. Write a novel/short story based upon the poetic descriptions of the points, maybe set in medieval Korea. Write a humerous dictionary based upon mispronounciation of the poetic names, in English or Korean.

I hope you are feeling better.

[CJ]

I would work on ki breathing

[Silentmonk]

Watch the KSW training DVDs, looking for detail and variation, intersperced with MA movies, and attempt to ID the Korean name for every kick and punch. Learn any forms or techniques you don't know from the textbooks, handbooks, or videos. Discuss differances notices in the training DVDs with fellow practitioners or instructors. Write a book/article on "Changes in Kuk Sool Won over the last 25 years."

You probably wanted more fun suggestions. Get pretty examples of the appropriate gender to come over and demonstrate, and offer detail or feedback. But then, if people are coming over, talking may be more fun.

The pressure point idea sound fun: memorize the Korean names and the English equivalent. Write a novel/short story based upon the poetic descriptions of the points, maybe set in medieval Korea. Write a humerous dictionary based upon mispronounciation of the poetic names, in English or Korean.

I hope you are feeling better.


Oh yeah!!! Maybe I should write my book, hey AirNick!! But am I ready mate?? Am I ready?? :confused:

[rex00]

brush up on nun chuk sylabus?

[Silentmonk]

brush up on nun chuk sylabus?

I'd be in hospital again :D With head injuries lol :D no another valid idea :)

[JSun]

If you don't mind me asking, how did you injure your knee?

[Silentmonk]

If you don't mind me asking, how did you injure your knee?

Playing senior level football (soccer) in the semi final of a county cup :cry: Tackling one person as another slid in and tried to send my knee in the opposite direction messed up my medial ligament. Of course if I had stopped then it would have probably been fine, but playing the next 2 seasons on pain killers so that i could go out on the pitch probably didn't help either. :bang: I gave up football and the pain subsided a bit but it was affecting my training so it was time to get it sorted. And no I don't mind you asking at all :) Lesson for everyone there. Stop and allow recovery when it happens rather than let pride make things worse i guess.

[KSW_123]

One thing I did when I was stuck somewhere for 3 weeks with nowhere to practice was meditate on my forms. I retaught myself some of my forms by number and then ran through them in my head by the numbers. Then I would test myself by thinking of a number and then as quick as I could, visualize that piece of the form. I found this kind of practice to be a huge time sink, which was great because I had a lot of time to kill.

[Silentmonk]

One thing I did when I was stuck somewhere for 3 weeks with nowhere to practice was meditate on my forms. I retaught myself some of my forms by number and then ran through them in my head by the numbers. Then I would test myself by thinking of a number and then as quick as I could, visualize that piece of the form. I found this kind of practice to be a huge time sink, which was great because I had a lot of time to kill.

Again not a bad idea since KJN is making us teach the forms by numbers to the kids, I could do with refreshing that in my head. :)

[AirNick]

Oh yeah!!! Maybe I should write my book, hey AirNick!! But am I ready mate?? Am I ready?? :confused:
Hehe, you could write your knee op in to it :)

[davefly76]

may i suggest, not sitting on the sofa stuffing yourself with pizza?

LOL :)

[Silentmonk]

Hehe, you could write your knee op in to it :)

This is true but how can Noah do that??? Maybe in the fight at Alice Springs?? hmmm will require reworking it could be how they find out where he is. This might work :)

[baubin2]

Run through stuff in your head. It's good for memory and it helps you get the moves down.

[rex00]

One thing I did when I was stuck somewhere for 3 weeks with nowhere to practice was meditate on my forms. I retaught myself some of my forms by number and then ran through them in my head by the numbers. Then I would test myself by thinking of a number and then as quick as I could, visualize that piece of the form. I found this kind of practice to be a huge time sink, which was great because I had a lot of time to kill.

Why would you do something as useless as meditating when you could be doing pull ups or push ups? Seems like a complete waste of time all the best fighters never meditate, they stick to things that have results. Meditating is for the lazy.

[You Won Hwa]

Meditating is for the lazy.Maybe if all one did was meditate, as an excuse for not doing anything else. But meditation is in the KSW curriculum. It helps calm the mind and solidify the material, probably a dozen other benefits

Another forms idea is to do them still (kneeling or sitting) with just the handmotions. THAT will give you some insight on the forms!

[KSW_Martley]

Why would you do something as useless as meditating when you could be doing pull ups or push ups? Seems like a complete waste of time all the best fighters never meditate, they stick to things that have results. Meditating is for the lazy.

I disagree with most of that post. Probably obvious why.

[rex00]

I disagree with most of that post. Probably obvious why.

Your lazy? :)

[Unknown Entity]

Your lazy? :)

Think you're being out of order here rex!!!

Your comments reflect that of someone who doesn't respect the art and that of someone who lacks the maturity to understand that there are deeper areas of Martial Arts than just the physical aspects.

If you're only interested in the physical aspects maybe you should go and sign up at Tae bo...lol

With any luck you'll soon realise that physical training alone won't get you as far as you think. To become a complete martial artist you need to mental aspect as well.

[rex00]

Well i don't want to steal this guys thread so ill make a seperate one to discuss this.

[ember]

I'll second this:

Run through stuff in your head. It's good for memory and it helps you get the moves down.

You can also read up more on Korea's history and culture. Here's a website I've enjoyed:

http://www.koreanhistoryproject.org/Ket/introduction.htm

Or language:
http://langintro.com/kintro/

I also found a couple of books at the campus library, of Korean short stories translated into English. If you have the same luck, I'd suggest it. It was after the fact, but my "Cultures of Asia" professor had recommended this sort of thing for the class.

[davefly76]

With any luck you'll soon realise that physical training alone won't get you as far as you think. To become a complete martial artist you need to mental aspect as well.

and respect! :bang:

[rex00]

and respect! :bang:

You don't just get respect, you earn it.

[davefly76]

You don't just get respect, you earn it.

very true.

[Choiyoungwoo]

I'll second this:



You can also read up more on Korea's history and culture. Here's a website I've enjoyed:

http://www.koreanhistoryproject.org/Ket/introduction.htm

Or language:
http://langintro.com/kintro/

I also found a couple of books at the campus library, of Korean short stories translated into English. If you have the same luck, I'd suggest it. It was after the fact, but my "Cultures of Asia" professor had recommended this sort of thing for the class.



Korean is easy to learn to read and write. 3 weeks of diligent practice only 1 hour a day and you will read and write with ease. If thats what you want to learn.

[Silentmonk]

I'll second this:



You can also read up more on Korea's history and culture. Here's a website I've enjoyed:

http://www.koreanhistoryproject.org/Ket/introduction.htm

Or language:
http://langintro.com/kintro/

I also found a couple of books at the campus library, of Korean short stories translated into English. If you have the same luck, I'd suggest it. It was after the fact, but my "Cultures of Asia" professor had recommended this sort of thing for the class.

Thank you that is a cool site :)

[ember]

Korean is easy to learn to read and write. 3 weeks of diligent practice only 1 hour a day and you will read and write with ease. If thats what you want to learn.

That may cover the alphabet, but not the vocabulary or the grammar. I know what you've posted about needing the Koreans, but languages are another of my hobbies.