that sounds like a pretty good explanations. How long is the sabbatical leave?

Master Gihm

The sabbatical leave can be as long as 2 years It all depends on the work , if things gone ok , it could be less than 2 years. Frankly I really miss the dojang training, nothing replace that. The personal practise I do is to keep all the SSGB , Shimshang Gumbup and Gyukgum are well entrenched in my mind so that I wont forget. Plus I add a goal for myself of doing SSGB 1-12 five times without wavering, so far I managed to 2x, still working on it. Again sometime I missed the Sabomnim's coaching to push it to the limit.

Master Gihm, I am trying to practise Kimase stance where you put your hand right in front of you, my best record so far is 3 minutes. In order to increase the stamina, does this has something to with breathing or just pure legs strength ? Kindly advice

Regards

Johan

Try taking some yoga classes if that works into your schedule. Also, be sure to check your leg alignment so that both parts (thigh and shin) are rotated to the same degree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_bEmPZ0ORE

Oh, no....lord....my eyes.....it burns (must be the smoke and lasers)

Thanks for finding the video, Brad. I just watched it. I'm really not sure of what to say at the moment, though I wonder if they'd be willing to repeat the performance with jingum.

*vomits*

Sorry...

(Pardon the geekyness, but is that the theme song to "Xena: Warrior Princess"!?)

I was just thinking...if some guy spins the sword that fast in front of me, it would make me bit confused of what to do for a second. Let's imagine that you ran into a guy and he started spinning sword like crazy. What would you do or where would you attack? well...I can sort of see an obvious target point but I'm curious of what other people would do.

It would be confusing unless you are Indiana Jones, then you would just shoot him!

If it were a high spin (head level or above) I'd probably try for a leg attack.

However if it were a mid-level spin I'd try a stab straight in, slightly offside the axis and higher. If I were quick enough, and the spin of more than one or two rotations, the stab should connect and deflect the blade in the opposite direction the spinner was expecting. Since my attacker was nice enough to disarm himself for me it seemed the nice thing to do to ensure it stayed that way.

I used to play around with those spin sticks the buskers use to do tricks. You use two control sticks to spin/twirl/flip a center stick.

Let him tire himself out. Eventually, he'll stab himself or lop off his ear. Also, since my attacker is using a dull, tin foil sword, I think I may even just grab the sword and break it over his head.