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Sonny Chiba has a black belt in kyokushin and goju ryu; however, I never knew that also has ranking in ninjitsu.

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I picked a jun fan jkd studio that also teaches kali, silat, and muay thai. Kids are given padded sticks instead of practice knives. My cousins will begin this summer since they have many other extra curricular activities right now. I can get free lessons from the jkd instructor for referring my cousins. COOL! Silat looks like it will mesh well with systema.

I just found a cool krav maga/crossfit place for my two cousins! http://sdcombat.com/ I am going to check it out!

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I am looking for something geared towards self defense and not sport. Please tell me the advantages of shito ryu, iogkf goju ryu, and wing chun. I think goju ryu is best for conditioning because of all the uncoventional exercises and joint mobility that these karatekas do. I know nothing about shito ryu accept that it is mid range/long range and has 46 katas. Also wing chun has a really awkward stance, but it is really straight forward and deadly. I found two close bye jkd studios, but I think kids are too young to be fighting with weapons. I don't like the idea of my cute cousins using weapons yet.

a 1956 marine corp martial art called american street combat survival or defense360 is karate without katas. ALso an old navy seal martial arts called scars is basically san soo without katas. I don't have first hand experiences in these styles though.

systema's sensitivity drills reminds me of tai chi push hands, but you are allowed to do all types of dirty tricks like pull hair.

The only things I am skeptical about in systema is hypnosis used to make people fall down. That aspect of systema confuses me. ROSS, kadochnikov systema, homo ludens, Ryabko Systema, kaizentao, systema siberian cossack systema are different takes on systema. Homo Ludens is pretty cool. One of my classmates in college used to take classes in it. It is mma mixed with systema.

THe style looks wierd, but its real. It is even more free flowing than jkd. The only thing you cannot do in systema is block since you can only parry or deflect to conserve energy I think. My systema instructor Ken Good is an ex navy seal and he is friends with sonny puzikas ( he was on spike tv's the deadliest warrior spetsnaz vs green beret). By the way Ken Good teaches at san diego systema http://sandiegosystema.com/ and del mar crossfit http://www.crossfitdelmar.com/schedule. I will return back to training this summer after I travel to taiwan and thailand.

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I like R.O.S.S. because it is similar to Systema.

Does anyone know if there are any R.O.S.S. instructors in san diego? I checked out the Ameross website, but I couldn't find a dojo locator.

Nevermind I think elements of systema would work in mma. Systema could be meshed with combat sambo seamlessly. Systema is awesome for escaping from certain posiitions, and having a level of relaxness in the body seems to make striking more effective. I shouldn't have a preconcieve notion about sysetema in mma by just watching a video on youtube. I saw a systema guy that kept on slapping an mma guy and it looked pathetic.

I would pick combat sambo and catch wrestling since systema looks terrible under mma rules and systema isn't really effective with gloves on.

The master I am currently training with didn't mind when I asked him about training in two different places; however, I don't have much money because I am just a student. I will train with one instructor until I finish school and get a job. I will pick the instructor that is most convenient for me and my school schedule.

Systema is unique because there is no right or wrong self defense move unless you do not adhere to the systems principles. There are no systema students that fight the same way.

Sad news! I've been surfing the internet to find out about master Cohen and I found out that he has Parkinson's disease. Maybe he just instructs all his students instead of participating in the action.

Is there a flaw in the Bruce Lee Mindset. He studied primarily wing chun in Hong Kong; however, he also traded cha cha dance lessons for northern shaolin kung fu training. Perhaps he had a strong foundation before he learned northern shaolin training. I find it quite humdrum not being able to train often since martial art is my favorite hobby. I used to be able to play softball and two hand touch football very well, but now my motor skills suck due to a condition. Hopefully martial arts can improve my reaction time.

I don't plan on switching styles because I shall train under two systema masters.

My instructor said that non contact fighting is advance systema and he has no idea how it works.

I don't know if hypnosis is real or fake but it is suppose to be similar to systema no contact fighting according to this blog. http://montrealsystema.blogspot.com/2009/04/10-common-misconceptions-about-russian.html

I will stick with systema, but systema masters also demonstrate non contact fighting. I believe that the art I am learning is legitimate, but I hate the fact that systema is tied to mystical nonsense.