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Good luck with starting up, keep us posted on how it goes. And welcome to KF!

I think it's a test o will and conditioning. More a a matter of developing a fighting spirit than anything else when done for extended periods. Also, it's useful to put the body under extreme physical duress then train, it helps simulate the body's overwhealing reaction when confronted with combat. The last few rounds of dealing with an opponant after extended sparring might be the most important when it comes to prepping the body for intense, brief fight conditions due to it's response.

I try never to cross legs for the reason that it binds up the stance and you loose mobility. I shuffle which ever way I'm going starting with that leg, the other leg drags up quickly, this lets you be ready to close up or lift a leg for groin defense. It's not perfect, but I feel that it's better than crossing feet.

Very nice!

today- 1.5 miles on treadmill chest/abs rest 2 mile run outside

Seriously, can't be missing the new trek film....

I agree that you can't be trhowing anything full contact all the time. But training against a fully resistive opponant, as is often done in sparring, is critical to acutally preparing to fight against one in the street. There's no better training for adaptive response to aggression than sparring. How sparring is done can be debated, but you can't play it down too far in the grand scheme of training modalities.

That's not a bad theory. Even if its a Japaneese or Okinawan dojo, there are still schools that deal with the short stick (hanbo). It won't be in the same style as escrema might or othher Phillapine arts but it will be solid, espically on the joint manip angle.

Or up to the type of school you're attending. SOme school will have weapons on the sylabus very early and focus heavily on that aspect. Other schools may have little to no traditional weapons involved in the training. Something else to look at is what kind of weapons you want to train with. Schools that have origins in Japanesse or Okinawa will teach drastically different weapons than those originating in the Phillipines. Best bet is, as always, take a look at what you want to do then check out local schools and training groups to see what is the best fit. You might even stumble into something you were unaware of that appeals to you. Good luck, let us know how the search goes. And welcome to KF.

Yes. I really liked the first one, despite way too much of Bay's frantic camera work. Not everything has to be shot on Private Ryan-cam. You've got huge robats bashing each other to pieces, let us see them fight! Still, I'll be there.

Just forceable exhalations, much like boxing.

Very nice. Thanks.

today- 2.5 mile run legs

today- warm up for rolling 10, 2 min rounds of free roll starting from negitive position mount guard side mount scarf hooks in Focus on either holding good positon followed by submission, or obviously escape or reversal. 2, 3 min rounds of takedown work only 5, 3 min rounds of free roll from standing rest 2 mile run rest bis/tris/forearms The family out of town sure makes finding training time much easier Seriously, what kind of life an I running here when my family dissapears and the only thig I can come up with to occupy my time is train? That's it, I'm heading for the TV.

I'll second Justice on his recomendations. The handstand push up and pull up are great tools. If you can't get the handstand push up, you can use one of the many 'cheating" methods available. If none of those are appealing, start with a standing barbell shoulder press. Again, the standing variety, not the more common seated. Same thing goes for a straight spine. Don't overlook medicine ball throws and such as well, not to mention the more traditional weightlifiting protocols for the tris, delts, and back. Good luck.

I agree that the "why" aspect of ma's shold be more important that the simple memeorization of "how", I've written on training in prinicple based methods often. I just don't feel that the country of origin should effect those that much. Principles should be dictated by physiology and the tactical application of tools to destroy the other guys. But, again, that's coming from a totally sd standpoint, where I place little emphsis on cultural aspects of where things came from. For someone wishing to persue that side of an art, it should be highly important. However, choosing to disregard that side of things shouldn't impact the understanding of why things work or how they should be put into context. I will say, that I do try to keep track of the lineages that lead up to me and what those practitioners have gone thru, thus paying respect in that fashion. I don't think that the past should be forgotten, just that is shouldn't drive where you're going in the arts or why.

Usually roadway. Sometimes, based on the weather, it'll be the treadmill. I then to go further and work harder outside, but that's just me. Where the treadmill really comes in handy is forcing hill work and interval training. Some people can be highly sensivtive to the enviornment they are running on. It is important to remember to vary it up a bit so no single part of the chain gets over stressed. So, don't run corners on the track the same way each time, switch sides of the street so the crest dosn't impact the same leg on the high side each stride, things like that. Mainly, however, it's only people doing signifigant milage per week that are really affected by such things. Still something to keep in mind.

Congrats, always good to see your contributions.

today- off as far as qhysical training goes for ma's. i needed a break. I did get to the range, zeroed my new rifle and the holo sight as well. Got maybe 100 rounds in after all that for trainng rounds ant CQB distances using he eotech.

Glad you're getting the extra training time. yeasterday- 3, 3 min rounds-warm up rolling at 30% for position 15 min of review from the scarf, added some related material about scrambling from there 5, 3 min rounds of free roll from knees. Stopped early because training partner tweaked an elbow. back/abs

Usually 2-3 times per week, 2-3 miles each. A bit more right now because we have a grappling tourny coiming up.

No worries, Michi, no plans to ditch english anytime soon .

It might be designed around the idea that most people are right handed, and thus, rught footed for power. This lets you train predominatly with the side that you will be most likely to hit with and deleiver damage with. But that's just a guess. If you fight left forward, it also lets you keep the power side of your kicks loaded for best results.

This is why I don't use Japaneese terms . Each school probibilby has their own specific take on what each means anyway. It's easier to use descriptive english to denote each. For example, a thrust side kick. Then you just teach it to everyone they way you perform it, or give the options for a striking surface between the heel and blade of the foot. I know that the inside wrist lock we use, a koteagieshi (sp?) is performed slighly different in our system than many joint art to a minor variation simply becasue of our emphasis on striking while working joint position. That probibly means it's not auctually that lock. Oh, well. Terms can often get people tied up, as can the minute details of movements. If it's a good solid striking surface put to a target at the end of a solid movement and it does damage, it should be "right".

The whole series of steps, similar to those you're talking about, have been the halmark of police use of force levels for quite awhile. More recently, more progressive models have started to place an officer in the center of a cirlce of force options. Using this model, it breaks the officer away from getting stuck on working up a series of steps when jumping a few would be more approprite. I agree with bushido man on his point. Predetermining what you're reaction or response will be is asking for trouble. That's why you have to train spontaneously in drills, aside from the neuromuscualr connections that you create, it allows for flowing judgements to be made regarding where you are in the use of force model. This will create a higher likelyhood of a correct response level.