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Ahh, go to bjj.org, they have a history of the art. I'm pretty sure Carlos Gracie was taught traditional jiu jitsu by a man in return for a favour his father did. He then modified this in hundreds of street fights and got 'brazilian jiu jitsu'..

I think anyone who has read some of my posts here would know I agree completely with Martial Artist's post.. I only take martial arts to learn how to fight

Would you say that to Master Billy Blanks!?!?!? Damn right I would.

ad, his methods of stretching will make you one flexible ***** in no time.

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If there were no rules which meant he could bite, groin grab and all that, I'd put my money on Tyson. He's an animal. By the same token, I don't think there would be many people willing to fight him with those kind of rules. However, the UFC has some restrictions and I think Tyson would be in trouble if he came up against a grappler, against another striker I'd pick Tyson.

Ok!! Stupid competition which is really no measure of skill, this isn't damn sumo wrestling. You unleash the big kicks, ie, kicks which move them off the mat and keep them off the mat (drop them). Feel my wrath biatch!~~~ On a more serious note, I think you can really afford to put in hard kicks here, go with the rear leg, if they don't go backwards/sideways, they'll get hit and most definitely move back the next time they see you winding up out of fear. If they go to the side, you can easily, rest your leg on the ground for a second to rebalance yourself and slam that side kick in hard!! I side stepped my instructor once thinking I had avoided his kick, then I felt this powerful side kick that he followed up with go into my stomach, I was lucky I had padding on (even if only thin), otherwise I would have been on the ground. Godamn that hurt, I still remember it as if it was yesterday. I'd suggest you make up your own plan, I went in a tourney about a month ago, I had a plan in my mind and a professional fighter told me a straetgy and I decided to go with that. Of course, it included one of my weaknesses in it didn't it ? ;p

Taikudo-ka, yeah, all good points. I'm probably gonna take up a kata orientated MA next year, atm, I'm just doing BJJ.

Tyson! I don't think Lewis is a good fighter.. Personally, I've nothing against Tyson.

I like fishing when I catch fish, other than that it's boring.. Hmm, haven't been for a few years, probably good to think without any distractions if you're not catching anything.

If your finding the pushups a little easy, you can use category II, http://www.sealchallenge.navy.mil/workoutcont.htm

Jack, I was only joking =p I couldn't even do the first week of cardio at this present moment.

'I have been told the modern forms of jiujitsu are better for self defense then Brazillian which tends to be geared more towards no holds barred competition.' I thought Brazilian jiu jitsu was modern jiu jitsu since it's only 60 years old ? If you mean traditional, I've never done traditional jiu jitsu, only brazilian. We don't do a lot of no holds barred training at my dojo, I guess it depends on how the dojo trains which is better for self defense.

I don't even know who they are ..

I love pain! I think it comes down to your mental state more than anything... If you want to transcend pain, you'll tend to thrive off it to a certain extent rather than someone who doesn't want to feel any pain at all. I keep quoting this since I've heard it off KickChick, Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class.

Heh, I find that hard to believe. How did he find out about these arts if they're so secret ? In this world where people will do anything to make a dollar, I'm guessing he's writing a product purely to sell the book & make money.

You're insane! I love going for a jog when it's raining, in fact, I go when I haven't been for ages just because it's raining and it's so nice and relaxing.. I do basically no cardio since I've started jiu jitsu, seems to build up your anareobic endurance which makes cardio a lot easier. I still in no way consider myself fit though.

hehe, Jack, great minds think alike ? Or, is it foolish minds think alike ? =p

You're all big wusses! I had to start on the last week and make it tougher myself because the weeks preceeding that were too easy for me! : D

Of couse my sparring was controlled... I could still walk the next day, even if only just =) Nah, I always wanted to go hard, so my instructor would hit me back hard as anyone would. You mentioned a quote before that sums it up nicely, pain is the best teacher, but no one wants to go to his class. That's what the gloves and shin pads are for I reckon, you can go full power without injuring the other person and the shots that get in hurt enough to make you realise your mistake. They have that, as well as the added benefit of getting your timing and combos going nicely since they're big and hard to get in a gap unless you open it up, or it's right open for you.

From what I've heard hapkido deals with a bit of ground fighting as well as striking, so it's a more rounded art... where muay thai has some throws and locks, but is focused on striking and an excellent striking art it is.

Heh, I really hope you take some MA training and aren't asking that with no training in the hope that the answers you'll be given work for you. Every situation is different, I obviously don't punch a guy's obliques when he's got his elbows tucked in tight blocking them. Strike first, strike hard. It's best to avoid the situation altogether though.

haha, how bad is it ?! I did knuckle pushups on a basketball court and my knuckles hurt for a week.. I, being a wannabe programmer can understand your concern, I'd probably stick to palm and do knuckle elsewhere if I still want to strengthen my wrist.

Gotta disagree with you here. Hitting the right target comes from being hit there and feeling it, or hitting someone else and seeing the effect the strike has. Breaking a board doesn't show you where to hit someone, only sparring can achieve this. You would never fully appreciate a target area until you have been hit there yourself and felt the pain, that's when you know where to strike and how painful it is. Everyone knows you can knock someone out if you hit them on the jaw, then most people know a kick into the thigh hurts. The people that have been hit there the most appreciate it a lot more than people who just 'know' ..

Isometric stretching doesn't have much use to a martial artist.. Good for a cool down and to build muscle, but other than that, isometric stretching doesn't provide many benefits for fighting Bottom line, as a student, is I want to be educated by my instructor, not doing stuff without knowing why.