Himokiri Karate

Im not sure about training books or videos but make sure you go to a raw boxing gym thats where they teach you the real stuff!!!! BE WARNED!!!! Although the prices are cheap ( like 50 dollars a year or so) There is lots of gang bangers and shady characters the good thing is once you do good against them in sparring they will become friendly to you like brothers but make sure you keep them on acquainted level and not get involve with them on a personal/social level just be nice respectful and let them do there thing outside of boxing and make sure they don't bring any of that gang violence in the gym. Keep it professional and your all good

I was reading a newspaper about mma fighting and trying to make it sanction in Vancouver Canada and there is a group of traditional martial artist that are trying to keep it out of town and are against it. However with the same token there are some martial artist that enjoy it and feel that is very good common ground to test ones ability in the line of fire. I personally am torn in to two sides. I have met many type of mma fans mostly ignorant and seem impatient and others are very nice respectful and open minded. Oh and check ignorant in the sherdog forum an mma community I see mma as a sport and NOT!!! a fighting style so it really really bugs me when people mma is better then boxing which is crap. The thing I learned in boxing is that fighting is CHAOS and you need a fighting style to keep you in there without turning it in to a chaotic mess. There are Great Artist in the mma known as Karo Parisyan ( judo master) Anderson Silva (striking god) and machida ( an undefeated karate ace) For me these guys give me hope but the ones that half-gassed everything and just look like GARBAGE standing and on the ground are the ones that martial arts warns people when they say have patient and learn correctly and etc... So share your thoughts on the mma I am sure this topic has been done but I am a new guy so forgive me if its redundant and feel free to post an archive if no one doesn't want to talk about

I have been boxing for sometime and although striking wise I am primarily a boxer I am trying to incorporate some muay thai kicks and eventually karate/kungfu ( but thats a different story) anyway back to the main topic How many of you have had success combining boxing with the muay thai kicking technique. You see in boxing conventionally speaking you have your weak side forward sideways and some space open for the back leg to open up for powershots. So I am wondering how do you incorporate them kicks,knees and them elbows in there?? Do you modify it? or do you switch back and forth from a boxing sideway stance to squared up muay thai kickboxing?????

Greetings from canada... Heres a little introduction My name is Dan I have been in martial arts all my life and tried some kungfu/karate,wrestling,judo etc... But two years ago I discovered boxing and overtime I was able to express that traditional martial arts through the art of boxing. Which made me realize that boxer that dont practice martial arts are missing out and vice versa. Martial Arts gives boxers a good flexibility ( VERY IMPORTANT!!!! ) not for kicking but loosening the hips and taking your power to new heights. Also you become more creative and less prone to injuries and better sense of thinking and etc... Oh and boxing gives the Martial Artist some serious weapons and fitness great cardio workout and dealing with punches in self-defense situations and etc... Thats pretty much it here to introduce my background boxing/general martial arts and have some good talks. Thanks Best Regards Dan