My Martial Arts Training Diary 2017

                                    Life After 2nd Degree Black belt test                                                           By                                                  Barry L. Crouse  have just received my 2nd Degree Blackbelt in October 1996 and found a IT Consultant Job on day shift. I basically had to give my body about two-three months do to the injuries and intense training rest so this puts me up to the beginning of 1997. While still training in Lakewood, Ohio, Our instructor brought in some world class fighters and I had the opportunity to spar with a few of them. I can remember the opportunity fighting a guy who made the Olympics or so he said Arabic and I can remember he would execute a lot of high flying kicks so I remember in one instance a flying spinning kick I stepped back and cocked my fist ready to unload on him left fist ready My opponents hands were completely down after the kick  I  stopped and he looked down on the ground and I shook

                     The time is around fall of 1995. I was training at in Lakewood, Ohio under a Master who served as the Martial Arts Instructor in the U.S. Army in Korea at least that was what I was told.                         I was working on 3rd shift for a Multi International Corporation as a Computer Operator and getting out on the Internet with a 56k modem PC 8086 Dos based system. I was reading about Middle age and Irish History since I was curious about my roots.                          One day my Master called me into his office and asked me if I wanted to try for a 2nd degree Black belt. I was kind of surprised and did not think about it I lacked confidence but My master encouraged me to give it a shot so I said okay.                         I started my training in 2nd Degree Black Belt forms, self defense and employed some wrestling moves I learned in High School when I had to take a course coupled with Hapkido and lock joint moves this was to come in hand

                   Life after becoming a 1st Degree Black belt               The audience I am trying to reach is the common person. Once again this is not for rich billionare's , Hollywood actors, or super wealthy church officials who have no idea about hard lessons in life themselves.               I remember around fall of 1989 I began to have unexplained nose bleed's this was not serious this could be do to sinuses, getting hit in the nose, maybe loss of weight, lack of iron could have been a number of factors at any rate my body was sore and muscles were tired so I was compelled to take a layoff. My friend who opened up a Hap-kido studio closed it down around 1990 and I started a new Job and worked on 1st shift temporarily for a Multi International Corporation. This was a lesson in life because the next three years I learned about Corporate Office Politics and how this works.                At the end of 1993, I began to feel that hunger inside of me aga

                                                 September 2017 Training Schedule 09/02/2017 Completed 125 kicks completed with spinning inside crescent with outward Crescent kick also completed hook kicks with low round house. finished 7 rounds kickboxing  1 inch stick tied to a string. 09/04/2017 Completed Jogging, 65 Pushups, 15 Triangle Pushups, 75 Rock Granite Strikes shuto palm down, hammerfist, Palm heel, punch. ridge hand. 09/06/2017 Completed 125 kicks with 6 rounds kickboxing with 1 inch stick tied to a string. 09/08/2017 Completed Jogging 72 Pushups, 15 Triangle pushups, 90 Rock Granite strikes 09/10/2017 Completed 125  knee, punch, kick combos 7 rounds kickboxing with one inch stick tied to a string. Bag mitt strikes, 2 pillar post exercise great day with the techniques a little of accuracy today. 09/12/2017 Completed Jogging, 65 Pushups 2 Triangle pushups, 100 Rock Granite strikes. 09/13/2017 Completed 125 knee, punch, kick combos and 6 rounds kickboxi

              Today is 08/27/2017. I needed to discuss or go over my experiences back in the 80's when I was training for my 1st degree Blackbelt 1981 - 1988. The audience I am trying to reach is the common person man or woman this is not for Politicians, Celebrities, or rich billionaires.                 In the 80's, When you were up for your Blackbelt test this required mental and physical preparation and to drive home the point one day back around 1987 my master showed us a live training session on North Koreans training in Tae-Kwon-Do in the sea of Japan water temp. 50 degrees roughly. This made me think a lot about my training and how I want to train and had a year to get ready for this I was fired up and had dreams of after getting my 1st degree Blackbelt I would goto Japan and get the opportunity to fight for a world title shot or work at it . At the time, I was working on 3rd shift as a computer operator so I was saving money in the process.                Cle

                                                                 My Martial Arts and when I began                                                                    By                                                           Barry L. Crouse             I would like to discuss when I began my Martial Arts training.  I had a lot of factors that contributed to my wanting to study the martial arts and I can remember that as a boy in Hawaii about six or seven years I flew a kite off the lagoon and a kid about twelve years old asked if I wanted to fight I asked him what is fight he told me to roll my string in and bring my kite in so I did. I was backfisted in the nose and my kite busted and broken with a bloody nose.            In another instance, My Dad was in the Navy back in the late 60's and they were burning sugar canes and I contracted Asthma as a result my mother gave me yoga breathing exercises from her book and I learned how to breathe from than on.