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I would be interested in hearing what kind of luck G.V. is having with his bag but I can say that there is absolutely no worry of mine tipping over from punches, kicks, yelling at it, etc. You just need to make sure the base holds enough weight. As I mentioned, mine holds #250 pounds and its hard enough to tilt it to roll it out of the way much less actually kick it over.
I don’t know if it’s standard practice or just something they do at our school but all of the instructors phase training certificates are displayed in plain view where I train. You might look around and see if they do the same thing at your school. The certificate doesn’t necessarily tell you everything about the instructor but the NTC doesn’t just hand those things out to everybody so it might be a good starting place. As GV said, conversation is certainly an option too 😀
Hi Chris, and welcome!
I am no expert in this area but if it is the punching that is causing your arm pain my guess would be your punching form may be a little off. If your wrist and arms are not in proper position to spread the force from the impact through your arm to your body, it will cause isolated areas to absorb the majority of the force and will make that area sore. If you aren’t wearing wraps that might be helpful too. I’m sure Ryan and some of the other instructors here on the board could provide a lot more accurate and helpful info. Good luck!
Glad to hear the bag is working out Gene, I always dread people spending their hard earned money based on my opinion 😳 It would be just my luck you would be some 7′ 300lb. monster and would bust the thing in half on your first punch and then come looking for me for a refund 😀
Hi Gene,
I have a Wavemaster I use at home. Bought it at Oshman’s for about $100. It works pretty well, the base holds 250# of water or sand. I still have to chase it around a little bit, but that’s also on a slick ceramic tile floor. I’ve heard rubber mats help a lot with that but haven’t tried it yet. Other than that the bag works fine. Never had it tip over and it seems to stand up to punishment fairly well.
BTW, good luck on your test results!
Welcome Karl,
It would still be worth your contacting your school to find out what they are charging for classes. Our school in San Antonio charges $65 per month with a year contract or $75 with a six month. Our club doesn’t offer discounts for spouses unfortunately but judging from some of the other prices I’ve seen I don’t have anything to complain about.
As far as exercise goes, I’ve found my weakest link to be cardio. I was running 4 miles a day prior to starting and my first class had me sucking wind a lot worse than I expected.
If you sign up, I’m sure you will find it to be a total blast!
I agree, you can’t spend your life tiptoeing around. Sitting in line in the taxi was costing you money and there wasn’t anything wrong with trying to solve the problem. Sounds like you were trying to be perfectly reasonable, the two guys were obviously more than ready to fight, and you used the training you had to take care of the situation. Good for you.
Personally I’ve never heard of a notebook and the only DVDs I know of are the five that you can buy here on the KM website. I looked on the IKMF website just out of curiousity and the only literature I saw mentioned was Imi and Eyal’s book.
The potential is absolutely there for you to get in shape but your progress is going to depend on what you put into your workout. As far as the others in the class, it’s hard to gauge someone else’s progress unless you’ve been with them from the start. Just being able to do a couple of good push ups might be a lot of progress for someone who couldn’t do them at all to begin with.
Go about your exercises seriously, giving what you have to give, and I have no doubt you are going to be pleased with the results, and don’t worry about the others. 🙂
Hi mara! Nice to see a fellow San Antonio student. Welcome to the forum and see you in class sometime I’m sure.
Big ol’ pickup? In Texas? 😀 Seems like road rage is the rule and not the exception in most parts of Texas. It’s unfortunate that people can get so worked up over such small things, enough to kill people. We just had an incident in which a car with two couples in it accidently cut off a pickup getting off the freeway and the pickup driver followed them, pulled up along side, and shot and killed the driver. I guess that’s the only problem I see with brandishing your weapon. Chances are the biker dude is packing too and if he’s really worked up, you may well find yourself in a gunfight with the potential of innocent people getting hurt or killed. I would tend to take the \”chicken\” way out and call the cops and find a nice place with lots of people around. It’s just hard to know how to deal with psychos because you don’t know what they’re carrying or what they are capable of.
I’m just glad you and your family wound up safe this time.
I found the tapes to be pretty helpful, however after starting lessons I found at least for myself that when watching the videos I missed a lot of the finer points of the movements, etc. that were brought to my attention during actual training. I’m sure that was my fault and not the tapes. It certainly helps to have someone there to correct the things that you might have missed. I would definately have to say that the tapes are excellent as a suppliment to training. On more that one occasion when I’ve practiced at home I’ve referenced them to refresh my memory.
I’m sorry to hear about your job situation too, Los, hope everything goes your way!
Our head instructor got his Krav black belt a couple weeks ago and if I remember correctly he said it took him about 8 years. I believe he said he could have had it sooner but knee injuries set him back.
I agree that the tapes might be worth watching until you can commit to classes. I bought the Krav tapes about a year before I started taking lessons and while there is no substitue for hands on training, you can at least get an idea what you’re going to be learning.
Good luck! 😀
