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I think it's hard to look at lineage in a linear fashion. If I were to do so, it would go from Oyata to Mike Hurst to Tim Jones to myself. However, over the years I've had influence from a broad range of teachers and styles. While not enough from any one place to claim them as part of my lineage, I've taken concepts and techniques from all over.

I say yes. It may help to translate training to real life. They may also point out legal issues that you may not have thought of.

That won't last if his brother shows up.

Can said Purification Ritual happen on Sunday? Saturday is at Mom and Dad's.

Often when sparring, we just play the game. While this is fun, and does develop skill in a general manner, it is advantageous to have a more specific goal in mind. I'll give an overview and let everyone add their own ideas. Here are some things I work on a lot. HELPING THE NOOBS Give ample opportunity to use drills from earlier in class. Watch for bad habits and point them out: with words , then with fists. Gently. Ease them into things. Provide a challenge and a learning experience. Keep in mind that they have not had years to learn control, so be prepared to get hit HARD. MY (INSERT PROBLEM AREA) IS AWFUL My boxing is awful. So, on occasion, I focus on standing in the pocket and punching. Sure, my top game is good on the ground, but what if someone has great takedown defense? A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. PASS VS. SWEEP Or whatever.This is basically technique drills with resistance and aliveness.When one of you accomplishes your goal, reset. SURVIVAL This is shugyo. (I look forward to the article, GS) Have someone better than you turn up the heat. It should be safe, but enough pressure to be intimidating. It's easy to be winning, but our true spirit shines when losing. Face each training partner in their best area. Big fish in a small pond? Run sprints until exhaustion first or spar 2 on 1. It is good to know your limitations. DICTATING RANGE Pick the range you want to fight at and make it happen. DECIMATE THE WEAK The flipside of survival. Try to overwhelm your partner. Put them on the ropes, tap them a lot. Doing this often is rude and detrimental to the development of lower ranks. But on occasion, it helps them learn to cope with negative situations, as well as cultivating your own "killer instinct." Give fair warning and be safe. And don't do this to anyone who hasn't trained for a few months, or is otherwise not ready.

A bit of grappling advice: pretend you are small and weak. Don't muscle through anything. If things work because you're stronger, you don't improve your skills, and when you run into someone stronger than you, you won't have the skill to deal with it. Never feel bad about tapping.

Not to mention the huge windows at the storefront would be nearly impossible to fortify.

I don't know about there, but here, provocation legally negates any claim to self defense when dealing with the attack that you provoked. Also, these are not "just kids" They are ignorant people who have been taught hatred for most of their short life. With numbers or weapons, this could get deadly. I'd study up on the self defense laws in your area, and mentally and physically be prepared to do whatever is necessary to come out of the worst case scenario in one piece.

10/27 I've been yoga-ed, kempo jujutsued, aikijutsued, brazilian jujutsued and otherwise jutsued for 3 and a half hours.

15 rounds!!!, what brought that on!!? Other than your nose hurting, how did it go? And why do you wait till im not there to get crazy It's too hard to show anything technical without a third person, so I just coached while sparring. I think we made some progress on him not crossing his feet and got him to root his stance into the ground firmer. The thing about beginners is that you can land 50 shots that could have been a knockout, but when they hit you, you're thankful that you know how to take a hit.

10/26 15 rounds with a new guy. My nose hurts.

That's not really my point. My point is that you can take a person with no training, put him or her in a boxing or BJJ regiment for 6 months. And they can reasonably defend themself with what they learned. You can't do that with TKD or Karate. At 6 months, the TKD/Karate student is barely grasping its concept. Barely. I think this has more to do with training methods than anything. If you are shown technique, rep a technique, spar with said technique, and have the underlying principles explained to you, any good art should start to be effective in a few months.

The specific purposes of many weapons creates a paper-rock-scissors effect that makes it hard to determine one set as the "best." Much like how aikijutsu is of limited use against a boxer, but is great against someone swinging a crowbar.

And sorry, bad spell. MUGEN BUJUTSU I'm copying and pasting from the website. His name is Master Leo Domino. Of course, most of this means nothing to me now. I don't know much about the differences between any of the arts. I mean, a little, but not much. Founder of Mugen Bujutsu and president of the International Mugen Bujutsu Association. 8th degree black belt – Tae Kwon Do – Pan American Tae Kwon Do Federation. 8th degree black belt – Han Moo Kwan – Korean Han Moo Kwan Association. Vice president of Pan American Tae Kwon Federation – California branch. 7th degree black belt – Hapkido – World Hosin Hapkido Federation. Certified Master Instructor - World Hosin Hapkido Federation. 8th degree black belt – Kickboxing – World Kickboxing League. Grand Master Instructor certified World Kickboxing League. 7th degree black belt - World Tae Kwon Do Federation. Inducted into USMA International Hall of Fame as Most Distinguished Martial Artist of the Year 2006 8th degree black belt – Jujitsu – United States Martial Arts Association. Certified Master rank examiner – Jujitsu - United States Martial Arts Association. 5th degree black belt – Judo – United States Martial Arts Association. Certified Senior Rank Examiner – Judo – United States Martial Arts Association. Certified senior rank Instructor – Judo – United States Martial Arts Association. 5th degree black belt – Arnis – through the American Combat Arts Federation. Certified Master Instructor - Arnis – American Combat Arts Federation. 2nd degree black belt – Budo Ryu Ninjutsu – through Anshou Shinoichi Christa Jacobson Certified Tae Bo® Aerobics Instructor through the founder of Tae Bo® - Billy Blanks. Certified nutrition specialist. Where does one find time to train to such a high level in so many arts?

That's an awesome name for a hybrid art. What's the instructor's background?

I can't argue with the armor, but against a heavily armored foe, I'd want a halbard and spiked hammer.

Pankration developed for a long time in ancient times, we've had 20 years. i'll bet they were more refined then than you imagine.

I'd kick him, but that's not what you're looking for. Leaning is a stalling tactic, and I believe doing this for any amount of time costs you points in judo competition. It's hard to get anything on the guy, but he also can't mount any offense without straightening up. He's hurting his own training by not taking the risk and attacking. I'd just explain that to him.

It may be harder to learn to defend yourself using just kicks than just punches, but to more easily transition to mma, you need an mma skill set, which includes punching, kicking, and grappling. I would argue that you wouldn't necessarily need to be a good kicker, so long as you trained with someone who is, and learned to defend them. I'm reminded of a Royce Gracie quote regarding training in striking. "You just make a fist and swing it."

He was a fat guy with a rifle in a rural setting. Now he's a fat guy with a rifle in a high school full of zombies. His life expectancy is now much lower.

That is one good use. Another is simply mental reps of technique. It's a good supplement to physical training. I believe this is a major tool for cognitive and behavioral psychological therapists. It helps to condition a response before the stimulus is actually there. If you think about it, martial arts is just creating conditioned responses to stimuli until it is habit.

At 70 degrees feren.. farein... 70 American degrees, and on flat dry ground I give advantage to plate-armored knights.In mud and heat, advantage goes to lighter armor for mobility and endurance.

Something to consider with the European knight is his support staff. Given an equal number of people involved in a battle, you'd have 100 samurai against 50 knights and 50 squires.

The patch was designed by A. J. Advincula. Don't know much about his Karate, but he's an amazing Escrimador.

This is true. However, if your purpose is to fight in mixed martial arts, why would you want to spend hours learning gi grips? Also, traditional Judo will not give you any experience with striking in a clinch.