tallgeese

Nice work!

Depends on what you want. If you're into throws and the like, Judo is probably a better choice. Yes, it does have ground aspects, but it's largely a throwing art. If you want highly technical ground work only, then BJJ is your best bet. Yes, there are throws, but they are usually secondary to actual mat work. If you're referring to JJJ, then you're looking at high volumes of joint manipuslation, lots of reaping style takedowns and the like. If that's your cup of tea, then there's your answer. The best bet you have is to honestly look at what you're wanting out of the art you want to study. What are your expectations and probably use. Then, check out schools of each and see which appeals to you the most. Good luck and keep us posted.

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I broke the schaphoid bone n my wrist years ago. At the tie I was training for a fight and failed to get surgery. Now, it bothers me constantly. Regrets, no. I do wish I'd have been smart enough to take time back then (and the recovery to full activity is substantial) rather than have it hinder me the rest of my life.

I love night shoots. It really pushes your skill along. I've also gotten very used to having a weapon mounted light so it's good to drill with a light in the support hand when we go to these things just to keep the backup skill in mind. yesterday- BJJ nite: Warmed up with rounds of arm bar from mount, hip bump sweep, and rolling mount escapse. Moved into drillig of triangle from hand control. Drilled rounds from guard. Guard man focuses on submissions or sweeps. Top man tries to pass. If guard swept or submitted they start back in guard, if top man passes he gets to keep it. Free roll for 40 min.

I think it's almost mandatory that I check it out...

Elbows are a great tool. They are tight, cutting weapons that can be deceptively powerful and thrown from several angles. That's all good. I'm a big fan personally. However, it's a weapon for a close fight. Anyone at a distance you'll have to do something else. Now, if you dealing mainly with sd considerations that's probably going to work in your favor. Most conflicts end up right up in your face when we're talking about a determined attacker. They do take some training and can leave you exposed if you don't work recovery alot. In an all out fight for your life, the last thing on your mind needs to be what you will or won't use. Use what is at hand. Make him cross as many barriers as possible. That being said, you have to train smart for your goals. If that's the case, working heavy contact with the elbows might do the trick. Just realize that you're giving up some tools by neglecting more time with the hands.

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today- 3 mile run back/bis

Burn Notice Supernatural Castle- aways nice when the Firefly crew gets work V- has really impressed me Yeah, this is starting to look like Shori's.

I'm, again, one to not like them a lot. Still, I've given you an example of real world, fully resistive use of them, Z. One of the two mentioned, actually. You've not addressed that to date. Now, I'm the first to say that one should never judge a tool on one instance of use. Still, to ignore evidence and continue to point to ineffectivness is to POSSIBLY miss something of worth. Situationally, mine might not be common but in that instance, a tool I had learned and classified as a tertiary skill came in handy. It's application way made not by luck but by practiced skill in application. Not improbable luck. You have to look past the box of "most likely" to see the specific instances where these things can have value. One example of this type of thing I like to site is small joint manipulation. Not a tool I use, or give much credence to in most cases due to the cost/benefit divide. BUT when dealing with an armed aggressor they become fantastic tools. Even I'll admit it, because the situation change. Something to think about.

I agree with the others. There's no conflict at all. Sparring is a tool to help you learn elements of defending ones self.

today- 1.5 mile run chest/tris 10 min on Boomer drilling gi use escapes from cross side

today- BJJ nite: Warmed up with reps of armbars frommount, bump sweeps from guard, and rolling escapes from mount. Drilled escapes from the cross side using the gi. Free roll for 35 min.

It obvious that you'll be less comfortable with movements associated with worst case scenario events early in your study. However, now is the time to start purging the "freak out" factor from your thinking. The more you mentally prepare for the encounters you mention and rep movements to prepare you, the less likely you'll be to freak out when an encounter actually occurs. This will go great distances to keep you alive. The ealier you start "stress innoculating" yourself, the better. It's the more time you have to prepare for an event.

Agreed. In fact, all the aikijutsu I've seen is always heavy in strikes. I think that their methods could be shortened (and apparently others did to hence the off shoot backgroud I come out of) but the principle is there and that's where you start to make things happen.

I think average was the key word there. And on average, or at least when examples are controlled for experiance and level of participation in an activity (recreational, amature, professional, elite, ect), I'd say that this is a realitively accurate statement.

It's obviously not a reflection of anything to do with any study or commitment to the art. Personally, I don't much care one way or the other. Then again, I'm not a Korean stylist. I used to get way more worked up about these things. These days, it doesn't affect my training or my rank. Since reaching that little point of enlightenment, I tend to be in bushido man's camp.

"Back then" might, and I'd argue based on observation doesn't, equate the state of the art now. These systems don't stand alone in a vacuum forever. They evolve and move forward, or sometimes in unanticipated directions. While isolated pockets of the "original" form might exsist, by and large the art AS A WHOLE seems to have moved in a different direction and sidelined some of those aspects.

Thanks and congrats to all!

Again, we come back to two. Out of how many that don't. I'd be curious to know if they were part of another art as well, as in cross training. I have yet to see an aikido syllabus that devoted any SIGNIFIGANT time to striking, that's all I'm saying. Everyone has tertiary skills involved with what they do, aikido included. But its not, to my knowledge, beyond that.

Coming out of an aikijutsu based art, I've had a pretty good amount of expousure to their movements. I've never used it in competition, but I have used them, or modified versions of such on resistive subjects in actual situations. My japanese is horrible so I won't try to dazzle you with their names for things. I've used all sorts of leg reaps and associated takedowns, different variations of armbars and shoulder locks and the occassional small joint manipulation. Although primarily I rely on body contact takedowns, all of the above tactics have served me well at one time or another. Certainly they become less effective against skilled opponants, but this is true of many options. I do think that these types of things suffer more in application than more gross motor efforts, which is why I use lots of single and double leg movements to put people down. But they are still good tools to have if you've spent the time with them.

Welcome aboard!

today- 1 mile run legs/shoulders abs