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  1. #31
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    Your cousin should expect to be swept, thrown, locked, pushed, pulled, kicked and punched... challenged physically, mentally and emotionally.

    If the teacher is good she should also expect not to get hurt often. Maybe one minor injury a year .... jammed finger or tweaked ligament in the wrist from a lapse of focus while striking (it happens), bloody lip or nose from a training partner who lost control for a second, ect., etc.


    Sore muscles and bruises will be common.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RUFNTUFGIRL
    Originally Posted by Ray Pina
    If you're not hurt, get over it. He respected you as a ma


    I am not upset about it and I am physically fine, I can handle it, but I didn't think it was normal for an instructor to do that.

    the instructor for the lack of a better word was being a pr*ck, sometimes they try to show off to new students, by doing or saying things to impress them.

    heres a story, a friend of mine, she went to check out a school a long time ago, dont remember which style, but it was kung fu, anyway, after class the sifu spoke to her and said, i m trained to kill, all my techniques are killing techniques. she told me that she shook his hand and said thank you and left.

    i think it was ego on his behalf

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    That has nothing to do with sweeping someone who could be sweapt.

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    My "instructor" tried to throw me yesterday. He was trying to prove that his long-long-(like next postal code away) style of boxing was superior to the tighter, shorter stuff I am used to. So when I closed he tried throwing a sidekick at my face and when I brushed that away he went for a shoot... considering that he speaks no english and I speak crappy Putonghua he didn't warn me. I sprawled and went for a guillotine choke and the other adult student in our class split us up. I'm becoming rapidly dissilussioned by this particular instructor. :s
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    I never took to the long style of boxing .... even the long-long ... always wondering, what happens when the other guy is long-long-longer

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    with all that you're saying, we still don't have alot to go on. On top of this, each poster is trying to push their opinion, and not really listening.
    I think the bottom line is you need to trust your instincts. What kind of feel, or vibe did you get from the guy and the class? Is this a place where you feel safe leting your younger cousin train-alone?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SimonM
    My "instructor" tried to throw me yesterday. He was trying to prove that his long-long-(like next postal code away) style of boxing was superior to the tighter, shorter stuff I am used to. So when I closed he tried throwing a sidekick at my face and when I brushed that away he went for a shoot... considering that he speaks no english and I speak crappy Putonghua he didn't warn me. I sprawled and went for a guillotine choke and the other adult student in our class split us up. I'm becoming rapidly dissilussioned by this particular instructor. :s

    it is my experience that compact structure and shorter frame tactics will succeed almost 99.999% of the time over larger frame and longer motions where the body is opened up to wide.

    I've completely retooled everything into a tighter frame and spnd a lot of my personal one on one practice time working the angles inside from rim shot to clinch range. It's improved my actual ability to apply 10 fold.

    Keep working that Simon and you'll be dissapointed in more than one instructor along your path.
    Kung Fu is good for you.

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    Yeah, there's just so **** few of them over here.
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    Exclamation

    Quote Originally Posted by MasterKiller
    The first thing I show people is how to fall properly, so that entails me throwing them around a little while they practice.

    Masterkiller is one of the short and "smiley" people, who are often prone to falling involuntarily. He thusly wears a helmet on a regular basis.
    I dont know if you should particularly subscribe to his brand of "falling".
    "i would show them 8 hours of animal porn and beheadings in a single sitting then make them write a paper about italy." -GDA
    "he said there were tons of mantids fornicating everywhere. While he was there, he was sending me photos of mantis porn regularly." - Gene Ching

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    She has decided to go to his house and practice. There are other people taking the lessons, but she is over a bridge away from me. We shall see? As far as the throw, he did not place me down and I did not come across superior or challenging. I haven't given attitude to a teacher in years. As far as him showing off, that could very well be or he is not experienced and/or insecure. She wouldn't let me ask anything and I didn't see any licenses or photos of him?

    Ray, Thanks for that info on your Master!
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    forwarned is forearmed. Too many stories, news articles, etc about sexual misconduct for me, way too many stories of schools run my egomaniacs, or just plain maniacs. As a tMartial Artist with over 30 years experience, instructor for over twenty,, and especially as a father of two teenaged girls to allow my daughter, niece,friend's daughter, son, etc to go there. Of course there are many good quality teachers teaching out of basements, etc, and there will always be predators-even in the well-known established schools.
    I am simply looking at the red flags. He sounds young, inexperienced,showing off his "skill" on a nephyte, for what reasons?
    1-he is trying to imopress you with his skill, because you are a new student-bad sign
    2-he is trying to impress you with his skill because you are a woman-bad sign
    3-he is trying to impress you with his skill because he senses you have experience, and he is threatened and needs to show his superiority-bad sign
    4-he simply throws a neophyte without knowing the skill level-bad sign
    If he is young-then he's too young. If he is older, then he's unstable.
    =more bad signs.
    Everybody wants to be a Sifu, Sensei, Master, whatever. Too many people teach for ego gratification.
    Frankly, I would look for another school.
    Last edited by TenTigers; 07-25-2006 at 10:18 PM.

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