wildman1717

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All styles would have to adapt to the street scenario, and I mean all styles. There isn't one perfect style out there.

I say try it and do it with an open mind. You might learn something and add it to your arsonal.

Boxed for two years TKD (ITF) shodan Judo Shodan Still active in the TKD and Judo, getting ready to jump into BJJ here this next year.

Weights, plyometrics, and flexibility training are your best bets. Staying relax helps too, helps explosiveness and help keep you from telegraghing your kicks.

I say learn the basics no matter if it is attacking or defending. If your basics are not up to par then everything else won't be as well.

It depends on your martial arts goals. If you want to get good at martial arts do martial arts. Weightlifting is a supplement, and should be treated like so. I believe in weight training and use it myself. Mostly for injury prevention, also I like being the strongest in my weight class. I feel a good big man is always going to beat a good little man. I make my lifting as brief and intense as I can because that is time I could be at the dojo.

I've been in judo for about ten years and agree it is a good compliment to any standing martial art.

If you don't wan to learn the art for things like weapons, kata, then you should just join a boxing or kickboxing gym. Because in a TMA your going to do kata and some dojo's weapons.

I'm a ITF TKD blackbelt, and TKD does have a Shotokan background. I'm glad of this because the WTF TKD just seems like another style.

If weapons are apart of your art, learn the art not just apart of it.

I've done judo to supplement my TKD and it was a good choice. Judo can help in clinch work and on the ground. At my judo club it is about 50/50 on standing throws and ground work. My TKD is the ITF TKD which allows hands to the head and my hands are better then my kicks. I would recommend a grappling base for additional crosstraining to supplement to your Karate.

I think that 'hitting girls' and sparring in class don't really fall under the same category. Maliciously striking females is not right, I agree. However, this is hardly what is being done under the supervision of an instructor in a dojo. It is a learning environment, and everyone in the dojo should be subject to the same learning experiences. I couldn't agree more.

I wonder what the guys where fighting for, probably something stupid?

I agree with algernon about the yellow pages. Also, google is your friend.