Control Point

I just want to second the kempo comment, ( because im a kempo type guy)

HAIL FULL CONTACT WHERE THE VICTOR IS NORMALLY BRUTALLY OBVIOUS!

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if yopu go to the ufc or pride website they both have a page dedicated to this topic, tells you everything you need to submit for consideration. i know they want a profile and mms record at the least and im sure videos as well although i dont know its required, they also have to have contacts for references 9 name of instructor so forth.. thats where i would start 9if i were ready)

im a whopping orange belt in an eclectic form of EPAK Bow to my blazing orange and all its glory!!!

that sight is awsome, being a ninja myself i can attest to the validity of the whole thing, all i do is flip out and cut off heads, me and my three ninja buddies cruise back yards at night stabbing anyone that comes across our path, then we fly home, i love being a ninja!

I know what you mean about the show me a move thing. people seem to think any martial art has some jaw dropping jet lee reverse kick over the shoulder while spinning 540 sideways, heres my advice, if the person is persistant on seeing one, show them a few groin techiques, that should satisfy thier curiosity

I'm 5'9 175, my normal sparring partners are about 205 to 235 what ive found best is pull guard, relax. im pretty comfortable in the guard and big guys wear themselves down quick, especially with a smaller opponant because they think it should be easy for them. 90 % of my submission wins are from the guard, mainly triangle chokes/armbars and armbar variations, dont forget your wrist locks, they are very easy from guard because you can bury them against your chest ( or better yet thier chest) regardless i just say relax as much as you can then explode with a submission, if it doesnt go, relax again and wait for the next opportunity. this is just my opinion of course and what works best for me. id much rather be the size i am fighting bigger people, the increase in speed is a great advantage especially when it comes to escaping submission and bad positions.

I just wanted to add one thing if you go for the double or single leg takedown. these are my two favorite takedowns because i find its easiest for me to get on, the problem i had was ending up in a guillotine choke, so just remember when you shoot for a single leg to take whatever hand isnt grabbing the leg and grab high around waist or side level on him so that your bicep is pretty much covering your ear, this will stop the guillotine if they go for it or atleast render it non effective. for doubles just remember not to put your head to the side whee the can get ahold of it easily. Not much is as aggrivating is ending up in a choke the first 20 seconds of a match because you didnt protect yourself when you went in.

Ok so i had a hard time thinking of the right title for this post. What im talknig about is striking while grappling in class. I hear alot of people talk about full contact but i get the feeling they are talking about hitting hard with gear on. during my classes we go full out groundwork with strikes, no gear this includes closed fists, elbows, and headbutts. of course we dont do them full force like we are trying to kill the other person but enough you know you are leaving yourself open. not everyone does this and its not required but most of us do as well as the instructor. I think this helps alot because i feel if you practice grappling or submissions with no strikes you tend to not think about them, and wether in a real fight or a nhb comp the strikes are going to come, not preparing for them could prove most harsh. I was just wondering if anyone else trains the same way and how people feel about it. when i try to explain the cuts and bruises on my head to everyday people they look at me like im psychotic.

I had a hard time deviding these up because we practice all so often, but if i had to by most employed in sparring i guess it would go like this.. groundwork (3) trapping (2) infighting (3) punching (2) kicking (2) weapons (0).. (we do weapon defense but no attack) American Kenpo (Hybrid)

ok as a practitioner of kenpo i have to say go atleast watch a class. I take American Kenpo and love it. at times i think its best not to judge a school by the style they teach but rather by the ideals and technique they can provide, I knew nothing about kenpo when i signed up, to be honest i still dont, I did know i wanted a school that would teach me no nonsense defense and striking as well as ground work, but i didnt want solely ground work, The Kenpo school i found teaches a hybrid form incorporating greco roman, Judo, aikido. grappling/submission. For the most part they took whatever works in each of those and threw them together into a dynamic form. i couldnt be happier, some nights we run technique, some we spar standup, some its all ground work, its a wonderfull mix. basically just check it out and tell them your goals before you rule someone out because of thier name. Man i feel like a salesman now LOL

we do full contact with head gear only and ground work full contact no gear, a few ko's here and there but its rare, but you were talking about people with no control or timing.... try people running takedown/ arm bar or wrist lock or so forth techniques when they are more concerned with doing it fast than doing it correct. there nothing worse than being the sparring partner of a person more concerned with his appearence as the throws the shoulder crank on you than wether or not hes doing it right (eg. stepping on your face on the way down repeatedly) in sparring its fine if you stomp my face, running technique... lets try to be on point with our movements please

in regard to john G's comment..... Ive had an experiance like what your talking about in real life, but it went the opposite in some ways. before i started sparring witrh contact and got involved in a fight i was more leary of my oponnent and when he landed a good blow it threw me into a bit of a disoreiented feeling, i guess i panicked. Since the contact sparring has started i was involved in a situation with a friend (basically i was trying to help in out while he was getting jumped at a club) this time i went in much more confidently and when i was struck with a pretty good blow to the head , instead of panicking it seemed to just fade and i could react to counter. I have to assume that the change came from being desensitized to strikes through sparring with contact. Trust me for no minute did i feel like it was a sparring situaton. I'm not saying that would never happen, just stating my experiance on the matter.

one of the things i like best about my school and instructor is that they tailor the sparring to the individuals needs or desires, there ar those that are there to learn the form and get in shape, when they spar its pretty laid back and for points mostly, then there are those of us who want to compete NHB, when we spar its full out someones going to go down or tap I personaly went home bleeding two of the three nights i had class this week and i have one more to go. But its my choice and my partners choice to do so and the instructor allows and guides us individually. I tend to believe any good instructor thats a fairly decent person would allow consensual contact sparring if thats what his students want. But then again, im not an instructor