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Excellent tactic from this position. And one that is probibly underrated by ma-ists in almost all situations.

I couldn't agree more about training under a qualified instructor. On the second point of cross training, I do disagree a bit. I think a good base certainly makes learning new combative skills easier. However, I think cross training could esialy occur prior to bb level considering most systems float around 4 yrs or so to bb. Not to mention, tons of mma focused schools are cross training almost immediately with excellent results. I think that the training methodologies used for mma comeptitive purposes can eaily be adapted to serve sd focused students as well. Thus allowing them to progress along quicker and more efficiently.

What bushido man says if very true. The responses are genserally dictated by physiology. I've always noticed it in joint manipultion arts. There are striking similarities between tutie based Japaneese arts, aiki arts, and chineese chin-na forms. Let's face it, there are only so many ways to break a wrist.

Yeah, thanks. I had gotten used to the other one so it was surprising. As for the cals- yeah, they can be a great asset. anything that ttrains as much of the body in a coordinated fashion at once is ideal.

Bushido man got around to asking those questions before i did. Nice. For me today- 200 m run dead lift by 5- 195 lbs 200 m. run dead lift by 5 200 m run dead lift by 5 200 m run dead lift by 5 200 m run dead lift by 5 200 m run

Might be hard to find...I know that shotokan is pretty popular in comparison. I have to be honest, most goju I've heard of or been exposed to is Goju Ryu. I'm assuming that the -kai suffex dnostes some kind of shared heritage. You might try searching for the -ryu suffeex and see if there are any cross-references.

Naturally, that's both is the best case . You said elsewhere that you were in college. It's my experiance that there are ma clubs of all sorts all over campuses everywhere. From 4 yr. institutions on down. A buddy of mine runs a great program out of a community college he teaches at. Groups like this are more often than not, less bound by tradition and willing to train with different methodologies. They are more often than not free as well, or accessable with only the college rec program fee. Such a search may or may not pay off for you, but it's worth a look.

Ok, wow. Just, wow.

Movie trailers will never be the same.

Today- 4 rounds of 1/4 mile runs- 2 min rest between sets followed by- back and bis Glad to see others jumping onto the log. It's a great source of new ideas. Bushido man and I have swaped a few training methods along the way.

I'm thrilled to hear Randy's coming back, even against someone who probibly dosen't deserve a title fight at this point. Let's face it, Lesner is an awesome force of nature. He's a supurb wrestler, and he's learning. He looks better each time he's in the octagon. All those together are a scary combination. He's definalty bound for great things if he keeps on this track. However, Couture has been there done that. He's fought the best and bigggest in the division and beaten them. He's also shown the ability to adapt his training camp and game plan around the strenghts of his adversary. This is a man you can't count out. Granted, someday, his camp won't be as intesne as it needs to be and his age will start to catch up. But, if he wants this fight (and I can't imagine that he wouldn't) he should be able to take it. His skill in the overall game is better. Period. I will say, that Brock's sheer physicallity is something that Couture hasn't ahd to deal with to this extent. But like pitbull, I'm not betting agianst him. Now, if I were one of the other heavyweights with a bunch of bouts on the big stage and had been waiting for a shot...then I'd be pretty upset to hear about Lesner getting a crack with so few fights. Still, Dana White knows how to sell his product and right now, people want to see Brock fight. So he'll give it to them.

There are plenty of guys around here that do Shotokan that can give you a better heads up than I can. I can say that the ones I've been on the mat with hit very hard and are tough to move. The style is pretty hard and the blocking schemes are rigid. Gojo systems, which I have more expeiance with and h ave been on the mat with alot more guys from, do encorporate softer movments in their defensive aspects. I tend to like this better from a blocking stand point. It allows you to flow away from power more prior to initating your own attack. As for the use of elbows and knees, you'll probibly get about the same out of each would be my bet. Outside of MT, the use of these weapons is really predicated more on the range preference of the instructor rather than style.

To each their own, but I really enjoyed my time doing this. In stark contraxt to when I was competing, there are several smaller venues in which to try yourself now. More importantly, there are plenty of clubs that have training session specifically designed towards the amature competor. Find one and roll with them for a bit and see if it's what you want to try. You don't have to give up what you're doing to give it a go. In fact, I found that time spent doing the mma thing was very valuable to my sd skill set.

I tend to agree with bushdo man here, but I'm not really happy about feeling that way. Admittedly, by my strictest interpertaion, it would not be. Still, the meaning of the arts has fractured so much in recent years it's really hard to say definitively. I think of ma's as methods of learning to fight. If you're training as put forth ealier, are you really doing that? I don't know that you are. I wouldn't want to take methodology like that into the ring, let alone my job where the stakes can be signifigantly higher. I think that if you boil down an art to it's essance, it should be about fighting. At the end of the debate, that's the litimus test. If, realistically, you can't say that it is, then maybe you're not doing martial arts as they were conceptualized. Just some ramblings.

On the battlefield, no. But, according to Ratti and Westbrook in Secrets of the Samurai, since this was a common sitting posture back in the old days one had to be proficient from defending from here. You could be eating away at a state function and some pesky assassin would try and off you right over your rice. Since it was used in all sorts of formal and informal settings, it made sense to do iai forms from there ans such.

I agree, not a bad thing at all. People who survive assults are typically those who maintian kind of a "condition yellow" attitute towards their surroundings. It is important to have some "condition white" time as well. Usually when your in a secure enviornment. This keeps you from over-stress levels that can actually hurt you emotionally and physiologically in the long run. I always try to think thru scenarios prior to worst case things happeninig. What's the plan if I get awoken in the night by an inturder? If some tries to force entry to my home. Carjack me (unlikley considering my car). What if my kids are in the car? Mentally rehersing a plan can drastically increase your chances in this situation. Bear in mind, I'm not talking about whacking away at ninjas here (although I do sometimes catch myself doing that as well ). I m ean realistically approacing the problem and working thru details to survive it. In some cases, you can work through these in drills. For instance, it's a lot to ask of hte body to get out of bed with a possible intruder in you home, access a weapon and deploy it if you haven't walked thru the scenario without the stressors of reality hindering your ability to think. So, practice going from bed, to your weapon, to deployment. I know where the angles are from my bedroom from which I can engage an intruder via my hadgun without putting my kids rooms in the line of fire. I go from bed to gun to these spots every now and again just to keep them in mind. If there is a baddie between me and my weapon, I know where my back up knife is so I can cut my way to the gun. This is just an example, your own response will dictate what you need to work thru ahead of time. Proper preperation and mindset will go a long way. Not sad at all. I think it's a marine saying- "be nice to everyone but have a plan to kill everyone you meet". Not bad advice.

It's an interesting bout either way it goes. Personally, I see it going to Franklin due largely, as you said, to his experiance. He's also look exceptionally good in his last bout or two as well, as if he's taking his training camp to a new level. That can make a ton of difference. It just seem that he's "dialed in" right now. Still, it's a fight I'd like to see. Even if I turn out to be wrong.

God one today- modified crossfit/conditioning 8, 2 min rounds (30 sec rest intervals) of -heavy bag -push jerks, 95 lbs -double ended bag -ring work that works out to two rounds on each of the above free sparring- 8, 3 min rounds everything on break chest/tris superseted

I really don't know if there is a way out of it or not. Unfortuanly, this is starting to become an industry standard it seems. I can see how it's good business but life has too many varibles to lick in for so long, espically with the cost of training these days. If you're lucky, you'll find a school that offers it as an option. That way you can train month to month for a while, see if you like it and later move to a full on year to save coin.

I think it's probibly just a matter of perspective and what you're in the arts for. If you want to learn the philosophical and cultural nuances that make things like karate a uniquely oriental activity then it is probibly very important. If you are on the mat for purely combative reasons, then things like seiza are probibly less likely to be a concern for you. I'm certainly not suggesting that the two are mutually exclusive. Nor will I go so far to say that you must have one to have the other.

Which brings us to a good point (at least from a free fighing stand point), the less you leave in teh judges hands the better. KO, TKO, submission, it's hard to call these th ings wrong (not impossible, but very hard). Anytime you leave a fight in the judges hands you take the chance of it going the wrong way.

I agree, Throwdown, that competition can be benifical to developing sd skills. Also, I think contact is important on for this to actually work out for you in the totality of things. My problem with competion is events based on limited or no contact principles that can do more harm than good to not only your physical skills but your mental preparedness.

10 min of angle drills, then to takedown 4, 3 min rounds of free sparring 4, 3 min rounds of stick work 2 rounds of defending vs. knife 2 rounds of defending vs. takeaway attempt submission drills from full mount 4, 3 min rounds of free roll

Congrats, Tiger. Well deserved.

Yes, sport training can have some cross over effects like you mention. However, the ability to defend yourself will get better infinitly quicker training in a combative fashion. Also, we have to look at the potential harm to you sd skills that sport mindset training can do, in particular, limited to no contact sport practice. This kind of training 1) make people start worrying far too much about hurting people, which is actually the whole point of this thing, 2) gets people to not regularly hitting a human being hard enough to hut them, and 3) never actually gives you any idea of what it is to be reeally rattled by a shot. Let's be clear, I'm not advocating a lack of control. I just hate to see schools do nothing but severly limited contact. It really jacks up the confidence level of partidcipants but never lets them get the feel for a real fight.