tallgeese

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10 min of mitt work, kick defense integration 10 min or adding takedowns and joint manip. to mitts 15 min of pure takedown work, focus on armbar/bent armbar series 3, 3 min rounds of free roll with strikes

crossfit- superset of shovel drills w 95 lbs and pushups, for time 30 reps, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5 chest/tris

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Yeah, bushdo man, that's a risk. You can minimize it by keeping your hands glued high. Movement will also help. The exits should keep you moving out of range, the entries will hopefully crash the gap quickly. Staying out of that kicking range has always been a priority of mine .

Today- 10 min of 30 second drills, we all rotated thru escaping the guard. Round robin style. 15 min of submission work from the side mount 6, 3 min rounds of free roll each

Mindset for what you are training for is highly important and will keep you devolving from a goal of sd training into a competive game. I've done some bare knucked training in my time, it is useful. However, now that I'm older and wiser, I also see the appeal to training with gear on to prevent excessive damage. This way, contact can go up without the concern that someone goes home really damamged. Again, training mindset is key.

Today- crossfit- 30 reps, 95 lbs power clean for time legs

I use this type of shot quite a bit. It can be easily stacked into a double jab combo by going l ow after a blip to the chin. This will make the counter kick slightly less likely. It's also useful for entry and exit striking. Often, I will utilze it after a string of high jabs to furter close distance. Then explode out with a cross to the head, hook series. This has worked for me and alot of other fighters as well. It's also useful in the reverse. After throwing traditional flurry, you can exit from your diastace by dropping you center and throwing low. It's espically useful in this manner if he starts countering high with hooking punches. Lastly, it can be used as a precursor to a shot or other takedown attempt. The natural mechanics of the strike lowers your body weight. You then simply slide forward and capatilize on your position to enter the takedown.

I agree with the last paragraph entirely. That's why I think we shoud just teach them as such. Unless part of your goal is to really be into passing kata along, then I can understand where you're coming from. As sd concepts go, I think it'd be more efficient to simply teach the movement and do away with what prettty much everyone is saying is a movement that when taught as it usully is, dosen't work.

I try not to block kicks with extened arms. It is a great way to get them hurt. Lower line kicks should be blacked by the legs themselves. Midle kicks, picked up by the elbows. Head high kicks, yes have to be covered by the arms. I still prefer to simply use movement to evade, but we all know that plans do have a tendency to fail you during a real altecation. Covering with the foremarms here is generally the way to go. I do use a tight pattern to do so however. This protects the arm better during the block.

9/19 was a rest day. and a well needed one at that. my neck hadn't been working right for days. Today- abs 1/4mile run 2 min round shadowboxing, focus on hand combos 1/4 mile run 2 min shadowboxing, focus on head movements and counters 1/4 mile run 2 min rounds, focus on close in blocks and counters 1/4 mile run 2 min round of integrating the above drills 2 min rounds of speed drills for the hands abs

I agree with bushido man on this one. I'd be suprised if that ever happened.

Most, if not all, of my parries are open handed in nature. This firstly creates less tension in the arm. This allows for faster motion to intercept. Secondly, it tends to lend itself to redirection and parry rather than hard blocking. when used in conjunction with body motin, this is much safer as a rule. Also, it allows for easy grabbing of the offending arm once the parry is conducted. This way, you can more eaisly instigate a joint position of some sort. Keeping the hands open also keeps your arms more fluid for striking and allows for faster strikes from your guard position. It will also tend to let you get off eye gouges and such very well. Just my thoughts on the matter. I rarely keep a closed hand for a block. The only regualr exception is a closed fist if i"m doing a boxing style block fo a hook punch close to the head.

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There you go, lookin out for me as always Z. Thanks. I still have trouble buying into the one punch one kill that this seems to put forth. I've always been a combination guy myself. Still, it's good to know what they're acually talking about.

Yes they will. Any rule set will. I think that's why it's important to forcus on what you wnat to do and train that way. Doing other kinds of trining is fine, just remember that your body will respond the way it trained. Different types of sparring should be used to train different aspects of the fight game. Just make certain that your doing integration training thru the whole process if you want a well round threat response.

Again, depending on the "cleanness" of the shot, the angles both parties are at, the stage of breath that the attacker is in, the amount of power actually transmitted due to distacne and timing...the list goes on. It can be a devistating shot. Or it can impact slightly off and do nothing. It still isn't the be all, end all target of sd. A good one I agree, but not necissarialy lethal.

If you are concerned with the purity of doing the Shotokan, then Zanshin is right. Goju might influence you to do things of a karate nature differently. However, if you are less concerned with stylistic properness (yours truely) and just want some alternate methods of karate based defense then learning something similar, yet with differnt tatical responses might be a good way to diversify.

All good advice...get the cookie too

Very cool. Glad you enjoyed it so much. Now, don't go getting all formaly on me...

It's a good point to ponder bushido man. I think some will split hairs about what's a "system" and whats not. What is just a dirivitive or a bending of a style to fit ones physiology. There is real vaule in that arguement. I tend to look at ma's as very individualized in nature. We are all a little different physiologically, therefore, our application of learned patterns of combat will be different as well. That's fine and necissary. I do think that every figher from every system should look a bit different. That's just the sign of a good instructor helping each student find the most effective path. As for a "system", I think that a new system as a work would have to deviate from the major principles of its root art. Those are truely what define the methodology of training and the overall strategy. In my mind, they are the art. Therefore, anything that dosent' radically alter these or deviate from the stated purpose of the art is probibly just a variation within the system itself. Again, not a bad thing at all. Interesting question.

You've summed it up pretty well. The question is what do you want to do more...continue with a karate based art, or delve into a softer art like aikido. It really is prefereance. You will do some joint work in Goju, but certainly not as much as in aiki. The joint manipulations will tend to be smaller joint as well. There is also a degree of "flow" involved in goju, which will be different from you previous time in the dojo. That may well be enough to get the best of both worlds for you. Either way, go to a couple of each of the classes, see which strkes you fancy more and dive in. Some face time with the people involved in each should make the decision easy for you. Then again, you could always do both given the time outlay you're will to do.

today- 6, 3 min rounds of mit work. Progressing from strikes and covers to takedwons and controls after said combinations. 4, 2 min rounds of spontaneous attack and defend drills in armor. All the way to control, all weapons on. 20 min ground review- mount escapes, sweep series, some submission chains from those escapes.

I'm good with the possibility that the motion could and probibly is one or all of the above, you both are far more versed in bunaki than I am. My question is this then- why not just teach those movements as a whole? As it is, now you have a whole generation of people coming up thinking that it's a block and only a block. Let them see the movement, practice it, and be able to utilize from the get go. They can then build muscle memory though reps of actually applying the tactic. Anyway, just my thoughts that come to mind after you're explinations of the movement. Which, again, I could totally agree with.