Chucksmanhood

Only advice is to not count on friends and your husband to join. So many people say they want to or will say they’ll think about it just to humor you. It’ll be great if they do, but from personal experience, don’t hold your breath. Oh they never join.

Thats just common sense.

This is more than likely correct. Plus there is something about him which I find a little creepy.

One steps can be taught properly?

Guy is a black belt in BJJ under Renzo Gracie.

What is the rule bias? As I already mentioned, the rules of early UFC ONLY banned striking maneuvers, while giving grapplers a no-hold-barred mat to test their skills on. I don't think that's clear at all. Which rules do you think made the early UFC events biased against strikers? If you are a striker up against a grappler and have no good takedown defense, you're going to be playing the grappler's game before long, and that's a game you'll lose. It seems to me that that is what happened in the first few UFCs. Once strikers started picking up enough grappling to stay on their feet, or to get back up failing that, striking did start to become much more successful in MMA. Now, fighters need to have solid skills in all ranges. Every single rule in early UFC banned some kind of strike, normally pretty effective ones. Not one rule on the limits a grappler could go. UFC was no-holds-barred, but had no qualms barring all kinds of strikes. When they did start banning grappling techniques, they started with small joint manipulation and standing joint locks, the kind easiest to transition from striking and most effective in a clinch. By the time everything stating leveling out, BJJ was already a staple of every MMA training regimen, and there is such a demand for BJJ, they're giving teenages with blue belts their own schools!!! You are quite wrong. Small joint manipulation and standing joint locks, though not impossible are the most difficult techniques to pull off against a live opponent. I dont think many, if any would be pulling them off, even if they were allowed. But you can believe what you want. First of all, the point of my post was not how effect this moves are, but that they were the first to be banned by UFC. So if you are correct, it doesn't make me "quite wrong" but only strengthen my point that the rules are created to favor ground grappling. But on top that, I strongly disagree. In the scenarios I listed (in a clinch), with opponents whose hands are not wrapped or gloves, small circle is extremely effective for a trained Martial Artist. Hey I got no heat with you. I do however strongly disagree with you and will leave it at that

I don't think that's clear at all. Which rules do you think made the early UFC events biased against strikers? If you are a striker up against a grappler and have no good takedown defense, you're going to be playing the grappler's game before long, and that's a game you'll lose. It seems to me that that is what happened in the first few UFCs. Once strikers started picking up enough grappling to stay on their feet, or to get back up failing that, striking did start to become much more successful in MMA. Now, fighters need to have solid skills in all ranges. Every single rule in early UFC banned some kind of strike, normally pretty effective ones. Not one rule on the limits a grappler could go. UFC was no-holds-barred, but had no qualms barring all kinds of strikes. When they did start banning grappling techniques, they started with small joint manipulation and standing joint locks, the kind easiest to transition from striking and most effective in a clinch. By the time everything stating leveling out, BJJ was already a staple of every MMA training regimen, and there is such a demand for BJJ, they're giving teenages with blue belts their own schools!!! You are quite wrong. Small joint manipulation and standing joint locks, though not impossible are the most difficult techniques to pull off against a live opponent. I dont think many, if any would be pulling them off, even if they were allowed. But you can believe what you want.

What is the rule bias?

A few of the guys I train with along with myself will once in a while do a lickle Sumo at the end of one of our sessions. Make a lickle circle with a few belts and try and push/throw each other out. We do a lot of grappling, ground grappling and takedowns from standing. Sumo is a little different, as we implement different techniques, pushing and pivoting one another rather than pulling and shooting for the legs and what not. Good conditioning too, as the bouts only last a few seconds. Good for muscle balance too. After our first session of doing this, the next few days my triceps were super sore, Never before had my triceps been sore from regular grappling. Id recommend folk to try it. Not saying we are expert Sumo Wrestlers but we pick up a few decent techniques along the way, how to make oneself heavy and difficult to move around, lifting folk up and moving them around etc..

Gracie Barra - Carlos jr (not Carlson) I'm sure it was just a typo but I thought I'd point it out for the newer folk to the Gracie family.

When i first started boxing, the first few weeks my hands were also shaking quite a bit. It was from all of the bag work which my hands were not used to. There's nothing to worry about, it'll go away soon.

Agreed 100%.

Have any of you guys tried 'spiderman pushups' they work the midsection a lot more than regular and hindu pushups in my opinion.

Jet Li is great in the movies etc, but does any one know what real martial arts he has studied in the past and how he would fare in a real fight. I heard somewhere that Jackie Chan said that in a real fight a decent boxer or wrestler would be able to defeat him. I also heard Sammo Hung say (in an interview on telly a couple of years ago) that on screen he can beat up many people at once but in real life he would struggle to get past one.

I agree with ps1, looks like a bit of a Mcdojo, but i can't really say that for sure just by the website.

£18 a week, four lessons a week. Once you add in the gym membership, most of my money goes on training.

GSP, Kyokushin Karate Black Belt, not TKD. (sorry to be so picky)

Chris Eubank, his fights were televised here in England when i was younger. He was also a bit of a character and still is

I read on another forum (judo forum) that he was a big fan of grappling and one of his favourite moves was the juji-gatame (arm bar). I also read on another forum that Bruce Lee thought the most 'realistic' fight scene ever shot for a movie was the fight scene in the film 'BLOOD ON THE SUN' which starred James Cagney (Black Belt Judo).

We started of by warming up together, then we did some drills in pairs such as defence against jab and defence against the cross. We then moved on to the bags and did two minute rounds for about 40 minutes and i also had a short one on one with one of the instrutctors just working out on the pads

Had my first lesson yesterday and am glad to say it was fantastic. I've been practising martial arts for many years but i've never felt as tired as i did yesterday. There were plenty of rounds on the bags, they have somewhere in the region of twenty bags all different sizes and weights. I even managed to throw in a few kicks on the bags but only when the instructors weren't looking.

The ability to defend myself

Thanks for the reply Bushido Man. Busihdo Man i've been viewing these forums for a long time now and have to say i admire your love of the martial arts and i can't think of too many threads in which you have not put across a very thought out view. You are my favourite member on these forums. (no joke)

I want to start boxing training after many years of TMA's. What i would like to know is how are the classes run, generally speaking (ofcourse different classes will be run differently). Will i be working with a partner doing drills whilst the instructor looks on or will i be left on my own working out on a punch bag, etc.... Thanks.

Yes Rich Franklin, pretty impressive i didn't even know it was possible to escape the way he did.