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I looked up SPAZ and found that guy's picture Again, I'm making fun of someone who had the guts to get in and fight. That is pretty hypocritical of me but he sort of invites it. Fung Ku, was he doing those forms well or were they as bad as his punches?

A. I've never fought a BULLY who wasn't a pretty good fighter. The one's I've encountered have one thing going for them. Being tough. They do not give up the one thing in their life that gives them self esteem easily. In my experience if you take one on bring your lunch. Of course what I define as a bully might be more readily described as a THUG. They have usually been beaten since childhood and have the comfort that comes from having been in physical confrontations and survived. You have to hurt them badly to shake the confidence this experience gives them. You cannot let up or it will be seen as a sign of weakness. It is actually very sad but you really can't show any mercy because you will not get any. B. TKD is just a victim of prejudice. One of the best fighters to win the Shidokan tournament is Richard Trammel. He is now a Shidokan blackbelt but his original background is TKD. Take a poke at this guy. When they take you off the ventilator you can tell the nurse how TKD doesn't work. TKD is popular and has attracted a lot of diletantes. They do not reflect well on the style. BJJ is getting more popular. We are already begining to see fake BB's in BJJ. If it gets as popular as TKD you will see the same decline in it's reputation. It's the fighter not the style.

Building on what the others have said - Draw his lead. Since he likes to attack. Step into his range with the idea of stepping out again. When you step in leave yourself intentionally open where you want him to attack. Bait him into throwing a technique. Step out of range, preferably to the side, as he kicks out of his chamber, then step back in with your counter, hard. Then step out again. As Monkey girl said. Give them something to think about when you are retreating. Pumping your jab as you slide to the outside will keep them honest. Enshin Karate or Sabaki technique has some great tactics for staying in the blindspot of a larger opponent. In boxing we just call it lateral movement and playing the angles.

Among many things - 1. To never quit no matter how tired, defeated, or outclassed I feel. 2. To judge people by what they do not what they say or look like. I have encoutered many friendly, selfdeprecating, shy, physically unintimidating people who are extremely gifted fighters. I have also met some loud aggressive muscle headed tattooed Road Warrior wannabes who can't strike or grapple their way out of a paper bag. Just the tip of iceberg.

It is really popular lately to bash kata and other forms as being useless in relation to actual fighting ability or real combat skills. It's not hard to follow the argument, most popular in grappling and MMA circles, that forms are just anachronistic dances. However, I have noticed that in our dojo, where kata is not as emphasised (it isn't planned that way it's just how it seems to work out) as kumite, most of the best fighters are also very proficient in kata. Have you noticed in your schools & gyms that your best fighters also excel at forms?

Squat kicks. Front, roundhouse, side. Makes the kicks stronger & helps my thighs build up to take punishment.

Thanks fung ku, that sums it up. Hey I don't know anything about Chinese forms. I have to say that the forms as demonstrated by that fellow on the McDojo site don't look very committed. I'm not saying the forms aren't good if done well I'm trying to say that he doesn't look like he is putting much "heart" or "spirit" into them. Can any of you all who practice Wing Chun tell me if his form looks like he knows what he's doing? His fighting looks the same as his forms, a lot of motion without much strength or conviction.

If you all want to see a trailer for the movie I was workig on in L.A. this summer and early fall go to - https://www.dreamingdogent.com and check out the trailer for - "Zen Noir" I play the Detective and I got to play opposite KIM CHAN who played the ANCIENT ONE on "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" and Uncle Benny in "Lethal Weapon 4". Kim is known as the Adorable One and he totally lived up to it. He is between 82-89 years old and extremely fit. Joking with me about martial arts he said his with his style of martial arts - " I can kill a man in 4 seconds. You. You not so big. I kill you 3 seconds." Amazing stamina, clarity of mind, and keeness of wit. We should all be doing so well at his age. I hope you check it out and enjoy the trailer.

I love playing Shakespeare. My favorite roles I've played are: Richard III in "Henry VI part 2 & 3" - Great challenge speech towards Clifford. He's more of a straight up fighter until the second half of part 3 when he starts turning sneaky. That's the setup for Richard III the play. Until then this role is the closest thing to a cross between a Bond villain and a professional wrestler that I have ever played on stage Pandarus in "Troylus & Cressida" - This guy is such a conniving adorable bisexual rogue and has so much fun matchmaking and causing trouble that it is almost heartbreaking when he is overcome with the pox by the end. Polonius in "Hamlet" - I could play this character a hundred times and still come up with more reasons for his mix of pedantry and wisdom. Plus he is a household favorite because my wife played him in an all female version of the show.

Sheesh, the Shotokan fighter came in with his hands down and relatively stationary. He couldn't have made it any easier to shoot for the double leg. No knees, front kick, uppercuts, overhead elbows, just one tentative punch. He must have been super tense. Kudos to him for getting in there though. And he hung in there against that armbar a pretty long time given he had no idea how to defend it.

"Dude that was so coooool how you choked him out." "Yeaaaahh" "Dude? DUUUUUDE! He's turning blue!!" "Whaaaa? C'mon man, wake up" "Dude I AM OUTTA HERE" "Hey, wait. Someone call 911! Damn, I'm outta here too"

Hey Arys, From what you are saying it sounds like you are in the Chicago area. I f so you want to inclde the Shidokan and BJJ schools in your area - there are a lot of good ones. Is the Hapkido dojo Hyun's? Ask me about any of the schools in particular if you have any questions after you visit them. If I don't know about them I can find out fast.

Hoped you enjoyed the oblique "O Sensei" reference. I train Shidokan (Bareknuckle Karate, Thai Kick Boxing, Grappling) I also do some boxing sparring and roll BJJ at least once a week. I still find time to adhere to my intense high fat / no cardio program whenever possible. Hey this is the second recent reference to Tomiki on this forum. What the heck is it and how does it work?

Boxers cut weight by severely limiting food and liquids prior to the weigh in. The weight you see listed on HBO as their fight time weight is mostly liquid re-gained by them rehydrating themselves over a 24-36 hour period and eating a couple reasonable meals. It's amazing how much you can cause your weight to fluctuate with some aerobic activity and restricted liquids. A lot of folks think that his extreme weight cutting practices contributed significantly to Gerald McClellan's late round fatigue in his tragic boxing match with Nigel Benn tha left McClellan paralyzed and brain damaged.

Geez Kensai, That's pretty pathetic behavior by those sifus. Nice to see the Gracie's don't have a corner on the arrogance market. However, all Boztep has to do is enter one of the MMA style tournemants that the Gracies frequent. I don't want to hear any spurious crap about how he can't eye gouge and bite in those matches. If his whole style can be undone by losing a couple techniques that anyone can easily reciprocate then I don't think much of his system. I have to say that has been one of the best parts of competing in kickboxing and grappling this year - meeting the teachers and students from other schools and befriending them, particularly the one's you compete against. That's the way it is supposed to work. You compete with each other, you learn from each other, you respect each other more. I think I saw some competitors leaving an aikido competition once. All of them were either in traction or their wrists were broken. Except this one old guy who was around five feet tall with long white hair, legs like tree trunks and the nicest smile I think he beat everyone but he denied ever competing May be I just got hit too hard sparring

Azim is most correct.

Thanks Kensai, always interesting. Do you know any of the backstory on this "duel"? As for the challenge on his website, he might want to push it alittle bit hard than an e-mail if he wants something to happen. P>S> Kensai, I recently won my first jiu-jitsu match. Whoo-hoo.

Also make sure your partners clip their nails when you grapple with them. Once I got some "tiger claw" marks on my head from a guy who didn't. Nasty looking.

Kensai, could you clarify your opinion? You confused me a little bit. I don't know any particulars about the attack on the sifu from behind but it sounds interesting, if lurid. As to the Gracie challenge, there seems to be agreat deal of debate about whether they replied or not. After all their fights in Pride, UFC, Vale Tudo, and challenge matches against all sizes, shapes, styles, and nationalities, it's pretty hard for me to swallow that any of the Gracies would be afraid to take on this guy. Helio challenged Joe Louis back in the '40's and "the Brown Bomber" never took him up on it. Was he scared? I doubt it. He probably wasn't even aware of it. If he was, he probably didn't know what jiu-jitsu was but he knew there wasn't any money in it. Same thing here. Boztepe challenging the Gracies is a nat challenging a battleship.

Actually CKD you can find angles when you have someone in an armbar. If your opponent can still effectively strike you when you have a particular submission locked in, abandon it and transition to a more advantageous position like back control or full mount. Good grappling like good striking favors postion over submission or in the striking version hit without being hit. In all styles your physical makeup is what you make of it as far as advantage. Heavy = Strong but usually not as quick or mobile. Tall = long reach & leverage but not so good on the inside, has to drop hands to punch at opponnent and high hips that are easier to get under and throw. Light = not so strong and durable but usually good wind and possiboy speed Short = Short reach, hard time working from the outside but hands are up even when punching and shooting for take downs and hip positioning for throws is superior. The principles are the same whether striking or grappling.

I'm an actor. This summer I was on hold for a commercial. That means I was in heavy consideration but they hadn't firmly booked me yet. In one of the dumbest decisions of my life I took a kick boxing match the weekend before the shoot was supposed to happen. I won but I got a serious cut along my left eyebrow and two black eyes. It was pure luck that made the booking for the following Friday or I would have been majorly fired off the set. Unless you are famous, producers and clients do not care that makeup can fix it, they don't want the hassle. All week long I put on makeup to go to auditions. I filled in the cut with baby powder and layers of base. Immediately after the audition I washed it out and prayed to St. Genesius, patron Saint of actors, to help me heal. I don't advise messing with a cut that way but you've got to do what you've got to do to make a living when you have the added burden of being a functional moron. I drank gallons of water, put on vitamin E and K on the bruises, and slept as much as I could. By the day of the shoot, there was just a thin pink line along the eyebrow. This was lucky as there was no makeup artist on the set. A national commercial for a major client and no makeup. The director wanted a "real" feel. He almost got more than he bargained for. The result of all this is that I now have to clear every fight through my wife and she does not have to apologize for anything for a year for the stress I caused.

Monkey girl - A combination of Wushu and TKD would give you MAD exhibition and fight choreography skills. I would love to see your version of a Matrix style fight scene.

Like the rest of you I love my style - Shidokan - the triathalon of martial arts (bareknuckle karate, thai kickboxing, grappling) but I also take BJJ and spar boxing. I could work a lot more on Judo for throwing and pure wrestling for takedowns but there's only 24 in every 1 of the 7. Plus I have a mutant ability to be lazy.

The "fighting katas" referred to are from Enshin karate, which is famous for the Sabaki method. It is linked to Kyokushin by the heritage of it's founder and it's famous"Sabaki Challenge" knockdown tournemant held every year in Denver. Kyokushin is an outstanding style. If you want to learn how to really fight in the karate style under intense conditions. If you would rather learn the principles under less stressful circumstances and study point fighting to perfect the form of the technique without heavy contact, there are a lot of excellent systems that would be more appropriate.

Kickchick is MOST correct.