MasterPain

Kwonkicker has converted to Ameri Do Te. Seriously though, that guy is impressive.

More interesting? I'd say more useful. You'd know exactly what the movements mean and what they are intended to do.

Thanks Alex. This thread is going to give me nightmares. It's like Krillan vs Bacterian.

Staph infections can be deadly. How are they prevented? By washing things.

You'll have to call it a gym. Dojos have rank.

I once had some aggressive negotiation with a drunk. Sucker punch, hip toss, arm triangle choke, made him promise to be nice and go home.

Sounds like standard movement drills to me. Though there is nothing wrong with a boxing shuffle. People use it because it's good.

Yep, stretching enough to gain flexibility before a workout is dangerous. Leaves the connecty parts too loose.

Around the age of 6, I became a nihilist.

Yes please. I have some idea, but that is a loaded word, like shugyo or shibumi. Even a definition does not convey the meaning without expounding. Let's not forget this thread was started by someone with no MA experience.

What do you see as some of the benefits? If the OP has karate and kickboxing available, what would be your reasoning for going with an art with kata?

As a fan of old kung fu movies, let me tell you that the real masters are always hobos.

It amazes me the way people keep their head in the sand about training at different ranges. Especially for someone whose job involves controlling another person or persons. Whats the thought process here? "Let's just assume we can get back to our feet, and when that doesn't work just attempt to maim, ineffectually, because we can't be bothered to learn a shrimp curl." This actually really bothers me. Why not just be incompetent at everything but shooting? Martial arts are obsoleted by gunpowder after all. We can just shoot anyone who doesn't put the cuffs on themselves. Because cuffing involves grappling and grappling is a bad idea. REALLY?! I don't want to grapple someone in the street. Neither do I want to strike them, or stab them for that matter. That's part of why I'm not a cop. I don't want to fight anyone. I want to know how to defend myself, anyway. If I were to be a cop, which DOES involve fighting people, I'd want to be even better at it. Especially grappling.

That's the way it should go with a new person, regardless of gender. it is better to start too light and build to a level where everyone is happy, than to start too hard and maybe hurt someone or seem like a jerk. Seeming like a jerk can be hazardous to the new guy's health.

This is from another similar thread. I also think men should be more respectful to women.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005I5M4KQ/ref=asc_df_B005I5M4KQ1854941?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=pg-1587-95-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395097&creativeASIN=B005I5M4KQ Try this, maybe? Says it's Miyagi's top students.

Ku ku cachoo, my friend. Start here.

That's why I stopped halfway through the technical stuff and started rolling. I even hit some of it. Cinco Teros tomorrow!

Kumite is a broad term. Any certain ruleset?

I think the phrase "hidden knowledge" sums it up. People are looking for something that transcends the basic human experience, and thus look to "other" cultures after not finding it in their own. Now, if we accept the basic human experience as concrete and real and complete, then all cultures may offer some deeper understanding of our nature. Then there is no "secret hidden ultimate truth", but rather different subjective perspectives on our objective existence. Then again, I'm just a seamless gutter installer from Podunk. Maybe you should ask a swami from the mystical East.

I am willing to place my left hand on a table, put my right fist over my left arm, apply liberal pressure and drag my knuckles across veins arteries and tendons. I will not do so with a knife. Different principles apply.

http://youtu.be/VffjDTfyhcg Clay told me I ate a flying knee somewhere on here, I found it. At 2:45 we see Drunken Redneck Mantis-Snake Kung Fu followed by a single leg takedown. Ate a heck of a knee on the way in. I'm sure I was bruised later. When jumpkicking opponents as they get up, always make Bruce lee noises.

Do a youtube search. There are a bunch of videos of him.

Someone said that Karate begins and ends with Rei. But Rei is a concrete verb and an abstract noun. A bow and respect, respectively. Which was the main meaning intended? "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" is in play, and etiquette should be followed according to the dojo rules. But I believe the noun was the real meaning here, and the verb is only a sign of the noun. I bow onto the floor, generally. Hand me a sword, I bow. Give me a stick and I salute with it before I put it upside yo head. Lay out mats and I'll slap hands before grappling. I touch gloves before boxing. In a hybrid art, I try to observe the signs of respect from the sources of our material, not in a formal manner, but in a manner of beginning and ending with Rei, whether it be a bow, a handshake, glove touch, salute or even a hug after a beatfest.

Pretty much the long and short of it, absolutely. This would only be if you had to fight an attacker with a knife though. My teacher once told us to run from a knife, and to a gun. Here's my big thing on this, you were told to run, but have you trained escape? Have you trained maneuvering around obstacles, using chairs or tables or random implements between you and your attacker to hold range? Have you tried getting out the door while someone is trying to cut you? How fast can you run? Can you outrun the majority of people? Where do you run to? What if your in your home? Do you have children that may be with you? An elderly person? Are you armed to the extent that local law allows? If not, why? These are HUGE questions when dealing with weapon defense training, and should be given serious thought by anyone who trains these things.