Jeremy Stewart
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16 hours ago, Oliver said:
He just said one word in his usual stoic demeanour. "Attitude".
He forgot..... Vodka.
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13 hours ago, Coach James Poidog said:
Yes this, oh lord. Always confuses me.
I usually pander to their egos and say something like, look I know you can fight but let's sharpen you up a bit. Some stay but most go. I've rarely had someone who reckons they can fight have the one thing that I look for balance. It doesn't matter how ugly your style is, if you have balance you got it made.
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7 hours ago, Coach James Poidog said:
Yeah not the video game unfortunately, the usually douchey dude that comes to the gym for the free trial and wants it to continue because (gasp) he has so much experience in street scrap. Also usually, is exactly like the video meme. Curious as to whether this is only a thing in the west. I cant believe it only exists here, but I can believe it looks slightly different elsewhere. Its enough of a thing out here, that my peers both laugh and sigh at this meme. Sound off on any funny stories of your experiences.
AHAHA. Generally I find they have NO balance, can't throw a punch to save their lives and well, kicking, that relates to balance. But I give em a go because even some fuckwits can be redeemed.
Oh, I forgot to add the, "You can't teach me how to fight, I know how to fight.", line. Well, what the fuck are you doing here then?, is what I really want to let go with.
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3 minutes ago, Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu said:
But...I will say that it makes sense that if you dive deep into kokoro you might discover the keys to the void, or that the void and fear in front of you is a key to your heart or consciousnes
That is the key. At least as I comprehend Kokoro. I saw similarities to caesura in a more abstract way. The metrical pause as a simily to dropping into kokoro. This connection helped me fully appreciate what you wrote you about. As I could relate to it way better. I looked at the gap as it's own kokoro.
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22 hours ago, Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu said:
wow, interesting. Do you have any kind of links to where I can look through that word? I did a quick Google and wasn't sure if I was finding the right stuff. I'd love to follow that path a bit.
I'm sure you'll it fascinating. I've been aware of the concept for a long time now. My understanding of it as it relates directly to me grows a bit year by year, little by little.
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22 hours ago, Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu said:
wasn't
One is how the concept relates to Kendo. I put it there for a martial aspect. The second one is far more interesting. For me, the concept of kokoro relates to the void or gap. It's in this place you find your fears and fight ( the fight can be any form ), you use them to your benefit. Your kokoro can be many other things as applied to life in general as it in it's simplest form is a meld of mind, heart, body. You can view life from kokoro, the centre of things, the void and decision making becomes more of an intuitive thing, where right or wrong in the conventional sense, may not be the answer you come out with. I think in the second link if I sent you the right one, Japanese apply their view aided of course with an innate understanding of kokoro to such as robotics.
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55 minutes ago, Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu said:
relating to the void, the caesura between them and their fear, in going through endless training of absolute rigor, and being broken again and again, in doing all the things that I've described above in the first post, they are somewhat like the Hunger Artist
If I'm correct in my understanding of what you wrote, with your usage of caesura and it's implications to the context. The Japanese concept of kokoro seems similar. Not the literal meaning as to kokoro but the concept of, which is really hard to explain in English, as we tend to deal with absolutes.
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My advice would be lower the intensity of your training.
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On 6/16/2019 at 8:38 AM, cinematic_loop said:
Hey. I have a question regarding sparring.
What is the best way to progress in sparring? Sometimes I feel overwelhmed when an aggressive fighter is coming towards me. I try to step to the side but then I kinda get stuck in my guard taking shots and when i try to answer back they dodge my punches . I feel like my footwork might not be good enough or too slow.
An easy question sometimes doesn't have an easy answer. Relax a bit more. Stored tension doesn't allow freedom of movement. Breathe, if you're not breathing it'll lead to tension. Improvement also depends experience. Become more familiar with what works for your body type e.g. are you long and lithe? Or are short and stocky? Nimble and quick or slow and ponderous?
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34 minutes ago, Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu said:
That was a very painful fight to watch, at a personal level, because I do pull for Stamp and cheer for her. You can make all sorts of technical arguments for who added up the most rounds (points) for either fighter, but a fighter should not win a close fight with the kind of emotional performance Stamp had in that 4th round. She was not gassed, she was defeated and showed it, not even returning to her corner. That was a serious dis-qualifier to me, not her best performance. Hopefully it makes her stronger and she grew from it. Alma won that fight in my book, mostly due to that 4th round, and I suspect that Stamp also felt that in her heart as well. But, unusual decisions is kind of par for the course in the world of fighting. What can you say.
I agree. Alma had broken Stamp. I'm not saying this just because she's from my town. I was worried Stamp would clinch her up. Alma doesn't like that. But she nullified Stamp's attempts really well. I'm a fan of both women. Unusual decisions do indeed happen.
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May favourite Aussie girls are Yolanda Schmidt, Sam Brown and Alma Juniko. Maybe a rematch with Yolanda and Chommanee. I think Yolanda is under rated. It would be great to find a big promotion/gymto sponsor these women. There maybe opportunities for them, given the right circumstances, kind of like the early male muay thai fights here in Australia. In Queensland in particular we took them like fish to water. Everybody wanted to be a Muay Thai fighter. Maybe the same could happen for Thai women. Yolanda Schmidt is my fave by the way.
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21 hours ago, Patrick VALOR said:
Hi "Coach" Jeremy, (great way to be referred to if you don't like "titles". ---it helps clarify what you do and what they are there for...
When you say "Mentally Challenged" kids, have they been specifically diagnosed with a condition?
Do they have Down syndrome or do they have ASD--Autistic Spectrum Disorder? or both?
They're all autistic. I'm just gonna go with the first name option. Just like any normal class.
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Whatever fits my wallet.
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20 hours ago, Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu said:
Attempting to bend the thread back to it's general theme a bit, for those reading across the posts, the concept or critique of patterned training in the west is perhaps, from the position of Self Organized Criticality, one in which the notion of error and correction produces a real ceiling on development. It causes us to view errors as broken pieces of a machine of techniques to be repaired or replaced. I've elsewhere made the connection between patterned fighting, and the more broad commercial requirement that patterns facilitate promulgation. Meme-ishness below.
In many ways this isn't really something so much to blame, as to simply recognize as a phenomena. For things of one culture to promulgate in another culture there has to be some sort of grafting of the one onto the other, very often including extreme translation. People are going to experience this as a bastardization, or a distortion. Perhaps, but it is almost an necessary one. In the widest view we just need to recognize it.
On a more personal level, when dealing with one's own Muay, and thinking about the patterns within it, this thread is about maybe thinking about one's progress not in terms of Bell Curves, but instead in terms of possible Power Laws, where exceptional leaps are expected as part of the process.
I fully believe you're correct. When I first attempted to get back into training after my injuries, surgeries etc, I had a lot of cognitive problems, I couldn't remember jack shit. I mean, I could be shown said combo and literally 30 seconds later, poof, it was gone from memory banks. They way I remedied this was literally just to random shit in shadow, not imagining a fight or anything. Just throwing any shit I could. To anyone watching I must have looked like a mental patient. The other thing that was helpful was those hidden picture comparison games. You know the ones where something is slightly different and you pick the difference, like the one's we played as kids.
What I'm getting at is, for me patterned fighting no longer worked. It had reached it's ceiling with me and my mind and I was forced by necessity to change. This experience overall has made me so much better at many things. No third eye opening kinda stuff, but definitely more open to attempting things from a different perspective, instead of writing your Latin roots 1000 times each, ahahaha.
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21 hours ago, Oliver said:
That's actually a really good idea, teaching people how to hold. Sounds ridiculous but this is actually the reason I left and went to live in Thailand, just to have someone to hold pads for me. Like... legit, it was worth it just for that.
Yeah maybe it was just bad luck on my part - there was 1 decent gym back home that wasn't so bad, but the rest I tried were cults. And yeah, usually those trainers would spend more time trying to seduce the new hot chick than taking care of fighters. One was a semi crook, lied about his fight record and never sparred with his students.
Actually, the funniest one? Never had the misfortune to go as this was in another town, but there was a dude teaching classes while wearing a monkol and armbands.
AHAHA..... that last sentence, man. I lost it.
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15 hours ago, Coach James Poidog said:
In everything we do in life too if its going as it should. At 48 I dont train like I did at 30 or 15. My style "evolved" from a take one to give one, tank style fighter to more muay Femur out of necessity from too much damage in my youth. Seeing these fighters turn coach and evolve is like sipping fine wine. Makes me excited for all the fighters I love watching now and where they will head in the later years.
In one of Sylvie's videos, I think it was with Sagat. His eye's just lit up, I can't do the feeling I got from seeing that with words that do it any justice. I'm pretty sure all I could come up with was, wow look at his eyes. But those eyes were a great insight to him at that very moment in time.
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15 hours ago, Coach James Poidog said:
Jeremy, do you teach a kids class? I imagine it would be a lot like teaching pre-teens and even younger. By strict (and Id get them to operationally define that) they might mean structured. So maybe 10 mins (play it by ear) warm up of basic exercises. Then maybe some balance work to help prep them, then 15 mins of stance and basic punching with focus on shifting weight. It might not hurt to find games that they can do that fit the sport. Coach Patrick feom Valor Muay Thai has a great kids program that works for everyone, he might have some suggestions. I know hes posted in the forum before. Kevin might be able to tag him.
No James, I don't teach a kids class. I've often been asked, but have always declined. I don't have any reason, other than I'd rather not deal with their parents, LOL. I've been giving a lot of thought and sort of come to the conclusion to interact with them as you suggested. I'm also going to ask the physical trainer that takes them for a class every fortnight how he keeps them engaged.
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19 hours ago, LengLeng said:
In my humble opinion, that you take the time to ask for advice and that you reflect on this task like you've done here, really shows how dedicated you are as a teacher. It makes me really happy. I'm pretty sure it goes well and I'm very curious to hear how it pans out. I have no experience whatsoever in teaching and I would look forward to hearing your perspective on this experience.
I will be sure to keep everyone up to date. I'm excited to give it a go. Thank you for the compliment.
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The ruminations of these great men are fascinating. You hit it in one. They have gone from journeymen to craftsmen and all the steps in between. Like everyone, as we age we don't see things or do things the way we did thirty years ago. Everything undergoes evolution.
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15 hours ago, Sean said:
It will depend largely on the group but I would advise to just be yourself and follow your own style of teaching.
Keep it very basic and fun. You will have to adopt as you go. Some guys will struggle to retain information, just accept it.
Teaching in karate style as in lines might help but or at least as a starting point.
Keep it enjoyable and keep your sense of humour.
Can’t think of much else as groups can vary so much and each will have additional issues to deal with, balance, coordination etc
Thanks,
. I'm going to play it out just as you suggested.
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11 hours ago, StefanZ said:
Re titles, in USA its very common they call the leader "SenseiKruSir" for prof. ie professor.
If you have in your country some usual everyday title for a teacher, you can use this instead, if you so want.
So for example, here in Sweden male teachers in children school are called for magister. Nowadays it have no connotations any longer its really an academic title... Its just what you call all male teachers. Its of course worse for female teachers - they are called for miss.... So it is nowadays a title of sorts this too...Even if once upon a time miss and magister were a mark the male teachers hold a higher status and also a higher salary - because they were male... Im digressing, but you see the picture: Its formal titles but none of them bears much formal weigh.
If the teacher by any reason dont want to be called by the first name, they use this title. But its common the swedish teachers use their first name.
YOU can of course use your first name if you are comfortable with it. Its usually the best, but the risk is some few students may misuse the privilege... Just be prepared for it...
Good luck!
In Australia, we're generally not big on formality. Myself in particular really only formal titles for those I respect. I'm gonna go the first name route. It's up to me to engender respect. I don't have any problems engendering respect in others. I think I may have been placing more emphasis on my concerns simply because of the demographic the group falls under. I'm just going to play it cool.
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8 hours ago, LengLeng said:
Not sure what you mean with mentally challenged (I think a more preferred term is intellectual disability, when I worked with issues related to disabilities, we called it 'people living with disabilities' in policy documents and legal texts) but I have a brother with a developmental disability which makes non-verbal communication and social interaction for him difficult. He also has problems with coordination and balance etc. Sports together with other people living with disabilities has been a great blessing for him through which he found friends and even his fiancee. He always calls his teachers by their first name. For him it's hard to get several instructions at once, a more first A then B then C-approach is better. But he can practice one thing for hours and hours and hours without getting bored.
My advice. Just be open and friendly and curious and patient.
Thank you for the advice. I'm very keen to start their lessons. I believe everyone can benefit from training. My biggest concern is how to keep their interest. I'm really stepping into unknown territory for me. I will just take it as comes and make the necessary adjustments to each individual. Their, (I don't what you'd call him), teacher will be participating as well so this should make things go smoother.
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19 hours ago, Oliver said:
That mechanistic structured way of teaching is also often the only way it makes business sense in the West. I mean come on, let's be real. You basically got a room with 40 people on the mat and only 1 trainer (translation: cult leader who wants to get his dick sucked), so people new to the sport are made to partner up and hold pads for each other. It's blind leading the blind - not their fault, they're forced to do it. How can you make someone who doesn't know something teach it to someone else who doesn't know it? Only by stripping the whole thing down and doing the rote thing you describe.
Which then becomes only one very structured, K1ish combo for the entire 3 minute round, then switch pads over. And in that 3 minutes, 2 of those minutes are spent by the pad holder trying to figure out how to hold and where, remember what side etc. And god help you if you're a leftie. Absolutely nobody could do it. Round over, and you haven't even broken a sweat. Fucking disgusting, makes you wanna cry. And if you fight for that gym, pay your monthly membership, and want the trainer to hold pads for you, you're expected to pay him 50 an hour to basically do his fucking job.
But usually that's the whole point. The highly structured thing you guys are describing? That's so he can spend *ages* talking and talking and talking when he demos the combination, more time than the students will spend actually doing the damn thing. Because in reality, that class he's running is in fact an advert for his personal training service, where he makes his real money. Basically from office workers with selfie sticks on the mat who are doing it for their Tinder photos. That's the Western gym's bread and butter, that's where the money is.
If that Western gym was to do it properly it would need to split that room between fighters and casual exercise ppl, then hire at least 2 more experienced trainers/former fighters to take care of the people preparing for fights. But why would he pay those salaries if he doesn't have to?
But then again this was all in my country, and from what you guys say it sounds like America does it way better than this.
Man, you must have some bad experiences. There are a lot of those places the world over, I would imagine. I personally don't have any bad experiences to relate that to. Although I do know one person who fits that bill. He and I don't get along personally precisely because of that. However, that being said his gym has produced some excellent fighters because of the instructors he employs. They are really good at what they do.
In defense of of combined classes, unless of course one has a full time premises, you generally only have an hour to get the most out of your students. I personally spend a lot of time with new students, and hold pads for them. I also teach pad holding as part classes as I firmly believe this is an art unto itself. My senior students also don't mind holding pads. All my students are welcome to come and train with me free on a Friday night in my shed. Usually only 2 take up the offer.
Some dudes and I would imagine some women would get off on that cult type thingy you mentioned. They must have some sort of deficiency in their personalities though.
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I have been approached to teach a group of around 10 mentally challenged young adults. I have never taught anyone who is mentally challenged. I would really appreciate any thoughts or considerations on how to conduct the classes. I have been speaking to the person involved in setting this up and the general consensus is they need a strict but vibrant session. The only way I know of to achieve this is to conduct them like a karate class. I have a few reservations with this. These being (1) I don't want to be called Sensei even though I hold that title and rank associated with it, I just don't get the idea. Never have, never will. (2) I hate unnecessary bowing and scraping, I consider myself to be very egalitarian. (3) I hate formality. Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of my karate rank, I've just never seen the point in being called a Japanese title when I'm not Japanese and my karate is not a traditional form. I much prefer being called Jeremy or Jezza. I guess it's an Aussie thing. I don't even let my Muay Thai students call me Kru. I'm not Thai, never trained in Thailand, my muay thai is Australian in intention and purpose and I have never pretended otherwise. Just a bit confused as how to approach the strictness thingy.
Any help to solve my conundrum, would be most appreciated.
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Street fighter - That Guy with 34 Street Fights All Won By KO
in Open Topics - men and women - General Muay Thai Discussion and News
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One of the really funny things I find with these kinds of knob jockeys is, they don't take the time to think about how ridiculous their bullshit sounds. Sure in a rough neighbourhood you're gonna have a lot of problems, but these wankers take talking shit to Mt. Olympus level. You never here about the times they got flogged up by the thin strip of pelican shit that they were picking on.
