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.

I'm used to wearing non-preshrunk gis myself, so I always wash them cold and hang dry. It does minimize shrinkage (or at least delay it substantially). Thats what I do, wash on cold and hang dry. It keeps the shrinage down and the gi last longer too.

Ease back into it.

Possible bone spur, I have one and my foot doctor said I also had plantar faciites. You might want to get an x-ray to see, at least see the doctor because they would be better to ask then someone on the forum.

I'm still going to do judo but cut it back a bit and foucus on BJJ.

Chest and shoulders, they'll move before anything else will.

On the money, distraction techniques is what is needed for a smaller weaker person to play their techniques.

Make sure you do some back work or you could have an imbalance which can result in shoulder problems.

I agree, I've seen some gifted people take their skills for granted and get lazy. I've also seen people not as gifted and with hard work come back to be just as good as the gifted. Its not always how you start out but how you finish.

With any art you are essentially at a disadvantage when against multiple people. I also don't think a particular 'art' claimed anything, the fighters did. There are good and bad practitioners in all arts. Also people may disagree with me but most street fights don't last 3 rounds of 5 mins. In the street a fight is generally over within a few shots, or it should be your tools are unlimited. The UFC is a good measure of skill but practically it is still limited. Some of the best weapons are not available. Fighting for your life is very different to organized competition. That is so true.

I plan to start BJJ sometime this year hopefully if and when I get my shodan in Judo. I agree, judo is hard on the body also.