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Jabbing to the face is very effective to set up other combinations whether you make contact or not. It gives your opponent something to think about and if you throw the next part of your combination right after the jab, the intitial jab blinds them from seeing whats coming. Again you don't even have to land it to achieve this "blinding" effect momentarily. Ingemar Johanssen, the former world heavyweight boxing champion from Sweden, had a light, weak, jab that he pistoned at his opponents almost non-stop. Opponents would quickly weary of this annoying and seemingly harmless punch. Frustrated they would charge past Ingo's feeble jab, into the path of his murderous right hand, nicknamed "the Hammer of Thor". He repeated this technique right up to dropping Floyd Patterson seven times in the third round of their first title fight. OSU!

At the top levels of competition it's not possible to win with just jujistsu as Royce Gracie did in the early days of the UFC. However, it is almost impossible to win NHB without a working knowledge of jujitsu if only to ward off opponents attacks. In my karate class we now alternate kickboxing style sparring evenly with jujitsu sparring because our fighters need to be confident no matter what the situation. Osu!

Last Sunday, I was rlling with my Sensei, a 56 year old guy who looks like he is made out of leather. I was feeling pretty good about myself. I had him in a zipper choke while in his guard and had defeated his arm bar and sweep attempts. Suddenly, he reach up and with one finger pressing behind each of my ears, he made my arms go numb. The next thing I know, I'm on the bottom and he is in the mount position, putting an armbar on me. Pressure point fever. Catch it. Osu

Ok, I live in Chicago and it seems like 95% of the martial arts coverage I see on cable are those "musical" forms competitions. I respect the skill of these athletes but it looks more like gymnastics than anything else. The last competition I saw was the '99 Shidokan replay on ESPN 2 in October 2001. I s there a channel I should be requesting from my cable provider?

ChangWuJi, is that Tai Chi story on another thread in this forum? It sounds familiar. By the way your application of Tai Chi post is very impressive. It certainly changed my view of that art. Osu!

Thanks, Thaiboxeren. Mentioning Judo Gene LaBelle males me think of another odd fantasy match: Judo Gene LaBelle vs Sakuraba Talk about your way out techniques and old scholl vs new. Osu!

Thanks for the reply Iron. I'm impressed with your impartiality. I admit I was hoping for some more rabid Leeophites. Oyama's years of solitude in mountain training, practice of inviting fighters of all styles from around the world to train with him and compete in full contact bouts, plus the bonus of being able to do fingertip rather than hand stands. What has Bruce got to compete? Or should the Karateka just declare victory right now?

Here's one of those unprovable debate topics. Who would win in a no hold bars fight, Bruce Lee or Mas Oyama? Despite Kyokushin's restrictive sparring techniques it seems that Oyama had as eclectic an approach to how he fought and what styles he learned as Lee's Jeet Kun Do only much earleir in the game. Who had the most fights against the best opposition? Who's training was more fanatical?Does Oyama's longevity help or hurt his case? Should he be disqualified for cruelty to animals? I'm a karateka so I'm going with Oyama Not 'cause I think I'm right . I just want to stir up some trouble. Osu!

Three jabs off a hook These are all excellent suggestions. I was recently on the receiving end of a well executed flying knee to the chest and ribs. I didn't know I could hurt that much. Hooks are great, particularly if they've been set up with an uppercut. Whether your opponent has been hit or is leaning back to avoid the uppercut, they're chin is hanging right out there for that hook to finish the job. Counters when your opponent is coming forward are always powerful. Even a front kick to the gut can be a knockout shot when they walk right into it. Osu

Thanks for the warm welcome folks. HappyNew Year! KSN Doug - my wife and I do theatre, commercials, voiceovers, training fims, and the occasional film or TV show that comes to town. Just middle class working Hams. I'll be doing a bit as a priest in the upcoming Tom Hanks film "Road to Perdition". You can hear me in Latin in a couple scenes but don't blink. Kickchick-you're very kind but if I hadn't eaten my way out of shape I wouldn't have had to learn to lose the weight! Osu!

Thanks Iron, Now I know why this stuff works.

Wow. lots of good possibilities. Any chance the King of Sanda promotion team in China would set up a Superfight with their reigning champion or is Cung too representative of a corrupt western power?

I want to start by saying I have no scientific evidence for this theory but it worked for me. When I was dropping weight I noticed that any time over an hour I did running, Nordictrak, or whatever continuous aerobic activity was like golden time. So the twenty minutes over an hour were a quantum leap in reduction over those first twenty minutes. I'm not just talking about water weight here. The weight stayed off. I have heard that is a point where your digging in to your body's fat reserves. If you have joint problems you want stay away from the twelve mile runs but of all those aerobic activities I have to say the running gave me the best results. Try cycling some non impact work in with running if you want to keep your legs fresh for kicking and guard work. Another anecdotal finding, if you can lift weights after your cardio the impact seems greater. Any thoughts on why this works or why I'm completely wrong and my good results total self delusion? :idea:

Osu! I registered with this forum a while ago but the events in the world moved fun things like this to the back burner for a while. Now I can introduce myself and hopefully interact with some committed, inspiring and a little bit nutty people on this excellent forum. I'm a 37 year old, married guy(11 years). I dropped about 65 pounds over the last two and 1/2 years, ran my first marathon in October2001, and took my first belt exam in Shidokan in December 2001. It's a pretty rough style, stressing conditioning and sparring (somewhere between Kyokushin and Enshin in grabbing). I did a fair amount of amature boxing from 10 to 22 years old and this is a lot more punishing. My wife and I act for a living. I'm looking forward to posting with you great people. Be well

Thank you Tommy. I appreciate the info. I'm glad to hear that he put on a good fight but I am not surprised at all. He will fight anybody any style any where. (Except I don't think he wants to box Tyson) Who's Cung Le's best challenger for the new belt?

Tommy Bee, did you work Shonie's corner? I was surprised that Shonie didn't try more throws. From what I've read it sounds like he stayed with striking. In the Shidokan he destroyed his competition with really frightening lookin throws. his second opponent (a really outstanding fighter who had defeated him the previous year) was completely intimidated by Shonie's throws alone. What happened? (Besides cung Le being exceptional)