Hi Robert, Could you elaborate a bit about the alternatives? I think risk-assessing, and especially agreeing courses of action with all carers...
I'm trying to find out how people would deal with a person who posses a risk to themselves and the environment, but who is such a risk because...
So given that a person is not in control of their actions, you are advocating giving them an incentive to control their actions?
The bit I was having trouble with was that you seam to be saying that striking is bad because the person may not understand why - but you are...
Oh absolutely it should be a last resort - I am interesting in people's opinions about when an intervention is appropriate, and what steps are...
If you like I can change it to "it is not unknown that..." Thank for your reply, it you have made a number of interesting points. I am...
Hello everybody, I'm interested in people's opinions about physical intervention in a care setting. For example, when working with a mentally...
The problem with kata (strictly speaking one of the problems) is the combination of people not wanting to learn it and people teaching it badly....
No, I don't (although I will say when I ran a Judo club we did, mainly because as a university club it was much easier) I understand that...
no, that's kind of the point.... Again, this is kind of the point. What I worry about is instructors/organisations who take advantage of...
PS would be nice if people posted urls of the club webistes they are naming, just to make things like and, well, sensible....
Hello! I've become suddenly interested by the lengths some clubs go to in order to overcharge their students for equipment. Given that the...
What you say is entirely true but somewhat contrary to the ninjutsu religion. When training hard with a competent partner I find I'm often...
That's pretty much how most matches of that age group are decided - the kids generally only know kesa-gatame and generally matches between six...
Yes, and I've seen them fight competitively. No. My friend (who for the sake of being exact, is around 230pounds) is a much more technically...
Co-incidently i have a friend who refuses to lose weight because he feels that none of the taijutsu he uses will work any more. I confess...
I'm not sure that the comparison is particularly strong. I understand that pretty much everyone has a Shizentai stance, it being natural stance...
The only atemi taught is within the katas, same with wrist and leg locks.
he suddenly stopped posted a couple of months ago and I can't find his dojo online. Anyone know where he's gone? Joe
In my experience, yes absolutely In my experience, I don't think there's much of a difference - but I have a strong feeling TKD people will be a...
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