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There's been a big push by the governments and food manufacturers for low fat, high carb diets.. Lots of carbs in the diet with little protein & fat is why most people are fat, stay fat & get fatter.. They become insulin resistant, also known as the X factor, I think. People go on slimming diets drastically cutting calories and eating three meals a day, which is the wrong thing to do. When they do lose weight, they generally lose muscle, not fat. Once these diets are stopped, the weight increases again, this time as fat and not muscle. They go on a slimming diet again and find it harder to lose weight.. It seems to be a pretty continous cycle.. I look at a lot of girls who are obssessed with being a size 8/10 and notice they're slim, but there's a lot of fat and not really any muscle.. I'm trying to achieve ketosis, I'm cutting carbs down to less than 20g a day to shed 5-10kg of body fat & body fat only. I have felt a little light headed and tired, but I'm only in my second day so far. After I lose the weight(hopefully), my diet is going to be 'insulin balance' so I can maintain my weight and don't become insulin resistant again. Insulin balance is supposed to be ideal for women with a body fat percentage under 33% & men with a body fat percentage under 22%. Mine is 13%, but I want to get it down to 6-8% or so quickly.. =p My question is, for a person who is very heavily active, training 6-7 days a week. Is a high carb & high protein diet still unhealthy compared to the average sedentary person ? Or are they better off on a diet like ketosis or insulin balance where they burn body fat for fuel ? I've started stepping up my training towards hardcore lately, I'm in danger of overtraining and I'm wondering which diet is the best once I get a toned figure.

Yeah, one kilo a month would be good. You'd have to cut down on cardio and eat up on carbs and protein to fuel your weight training which would have to be heavy. Also, you need at least 8 hours sleep a night.

wing chun was developed by a woman, and when Bruce Lee started training in wing chun he was made fun of because it was a 'woman's art'.. That paradigm seems to have changed though..

If the guy is only going to use the knife and neglect all his other weapons, then the person without the knife should win because he's going to be thinking with a helluva lot more weapons, he's gonna be thinking fists, elbows, knees, kicks, headbut. Also takes guts to stab someone, depending on the person I guess. A lot of people would be shocked when they actually do stab someone because they weren't really expecting a fight, they were expecting more submission and whatever they said complied with.

I haven't had any formal knife training.. always thought a crescent kick would be nice for knocking the knife out of their hand though.. If a guy has a knife like that, he's most likely only going to be thinking about one weapon - the knife. I'd try to avoid getting cut by the knife at all costs, then look for a way to disarm him when he's off balance, or hesitates for a moment.

I disagree.. Respect is earnt, not a right. I know the guy who comes once a month has no respect compared to the guys who are there every lesson and rightfully so. Someone's ability will earn them respect, but, effort and the will to learn also earns respect. Arrogance doesn't earn respect, it earns a longing for somoene to give you an ass kicking to humble you. Should we give respect to the rapist who comes along to learn techniques he can use to rape someone ? Respect has to be earnt through your dedication and training.. It's also propotional to how much respect you show. Should the person who shows no respect be given respect ? Some might say show more respect, but I disagree, I think it's their loss, not the person being shown no respect.

Hmm, I'm now up to 83kgs, or 183lbs. I'm trying to reach ketosis, I'm eating no more than 20 grams of carbs a day, which are coming from non-starchy vegatables. 50 per cent protein and the remaining 30 per cent fats.. I've got to shed 10kgs and I wanna do it fast!

Stick fighting is cool.. well worth learning I reckon.

Getting nervous is natural. Anyone who tells you they don't get nervous is lying.

I used a speed ball thing that has a rope going from the roof to the floor with the bouncy thing about head height. It was awesome, I was at a party and I must have stood there for at least half an hour by myself just hitting the damn thing. Good for reflexes and accuracy, you have to learn to react, not think about hitting it.

Taikudo-ka, a drunk person is responsible for their own actions. But, a drunk man has no coordination or reflexes and it's quite easy to kill a drunk person. It's like bashing up someone in a wheelchair, pretty lame. If you're in danger from a dunk person, hit them in the stomach or something, just enough so there's no chance of killing them.

We're likely to be biased and say BJJ, GJJ, JJ or whatever we do.. They all have the same fundamental principles, maybe different techniques and stuff..

Heh, YOU MAKE the martial art. The martial art doesn't make you.

I went to Sydney yesterday, and I 'lost'.. I got taken down by the other guy and put in his guard, which I tried to pass but I wasn't doing it properly so it obviously didn't work. He then tried to apply a choke on me, we struggled for a couple of mins with this, I sort of countered and held off, the counter wasn't too effective since I did it too late and my neck was really hurting afterwards, haha. I then tried to pass his guard again, which I again didn't do properly and I eventually ended up getting arm barred, which I tried to resist for a couple of seconds before quickly tapping. Reason I 'lost' is because I learnt A LOT, probably wouldn't mean too much if I wrote out what I learnt, but even though I was kind of dissapointed to get taken down by a grappler since I have better stand up skills and should have made use of them. I'm one happy chappy now and I can't wait to get back on the mats tommorrow and try some things.. =)

Yeap, I had akido at my last dojo where I did kickboxing.. I found the akido to be useless because it's so hard to apply and I don't consider it a grappling art.. All it did was make me realise how poor my grappling was and to find a REAL grappling art. I took a couple of lessons in Judo, but the emphasis is more on throws while you're on your feet, rather than fighting on the ground, which was what I was after.. I'm doing BJJ now and I love it.. when I get my jiu jitsu skills up, I'm gonna go in a MMA comp, no holds barred!

If I was you, I would be ashamed for hitting a drunk man..

akido takes a long time to learn, hope you have a lot of patience.

One of the guys at my club was talking about this today, not your one, but one for publicity here..

No, I don't have them..

Dutch, probably... =) Not for a while though, I'm only a white belt.. Plus, I could do with losing a few kilos to come down a weight class..

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Try amazon.com for books, as it has reviews and stuff.

eh, nope! Going to the state championships in Sydney tommorrow though. Chances ? Pretty poor since I've only been rolling for 2 months and I'll be in the weight division of 79-90kg I think it is since I'm 81kg. Older, heavier & more experienced guys.. As long as I learn something from it I'm happy. What about you ?

I do BJJ and kickboxing and it does not get confusing at all. It actually gives you more ideas and thoughts to work with. BJJ is nothing like kickboxing, BJJ is fighting on the ground, whereas, kickboxing is fighting on your feet. But, I have ideas where I could use BJJ take downs during kickboxing & punches in BJJ and so on.