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I'd like to believe that there's a counter to every lock, throw, or strike. Am I being foolish? What lock do you think has no escape?

Well hitting with the body means different things to different MA's. I our art the body creates the strike as opposed say, hitting by putting the body into it. My straight punches are stronger with my left, but my upper cuts are stronger with the right. Some strikes are better on my left and some are better from the right. None of the strikes would be any good if I wasn't using my body movement to create the strike. First the body moves, then the strike happens. That's the way we are taught. The reasons why we are taught that I won't go into here.

In a real fight my adrenaline goes up for a little while I'm just telling you the truth. I can stay calm in pretty hairy situations. Also, I've kickboxed and never got so pumped with adrenaline that I froze. Actually since it was a sport I thought of it like a game and I function quite well. So basically everyone's different and reacts differently to different situations, so what you are saying has some truth, not absolute truth. So what if they evolve faster, they peak out faster as well and rely way too much on strength which fades with age. Not everyone in sport oriented MA's compete you know.

No, it happens all at once. It's kind of hard to explain without showing you. As I step off line on the 45 it kind of looks like I'm retreating, but I'm not. As I torque back into my new line the strike happens, because of the realignment and the strike is hard enough to rock someone pretty good. The least it we give me is time distance myself and restart, and the shooter will not be so eager next time. Also if you've got me, well I just have to relax into the fall. Controlling the fall is very important as you already know. I'm not saying these things are fool proof, but at least will reduce your chances of getting caught everytime.

Actually JerryLove is right.

Yeah you can when you are moving back on the 45 you are wound up so that when you untwist you can let a good strike out. So basically as you step back to the 45 to the right your upper body is twisting because you are leading the movement with the elbow. Kind of like your arms positioned to guard your face. This a very common strike in our art that is surprising very powerful. It's like the back fist from hell. It's also messes you up because it looks like we are retreating and that's when you will get popped.

If you are going down go with it and use it.

So I can drop to one knee and elbow you in the face or throw you towards your balance point. If your right knee is down I throw you to the left, if your left knee is down I throw you to the right. Try it. Don't just discount this as babble.

Then hardwiring more techniques may take more time. If I have 10 now, I will have another 10 in a few years and so on. My adrenaline goes away right after I land a good hit. Then it gets fun.

If you learn how to use your body to create the hits you will be more ampidextrious than one sided fighters. What's to stop people from training the weak side as much as the strong side. My right side is stronger, but I can do certain things with my left better. Train for both and you will improve, you can't get worse. When I say the body creates the strike you may be interpreting it from the way you've been taught and that's where the disagreement comes from. Budo Taijutsu is very much about being ampidextrious. It may not make you ampidextrious, but it does make me ampidextrious.

Go there and see if you can sit in. Or pay for a month and see how you like it.

That makes no difference in Budo Taijutsu, lead with left, lead with right, depends on where you want the attack to come from. Hit with the body, not with the muscles in the arms, this will make you ampidextrious. We switch back and forth during a fight and it freaks people out.

I think a type of randori is good in San Soo which I did when I studied it. I don't think you want to go full contact with this stuff. You'll loose a lot of training partners due to injury. You can go full contact with the striking aspects of the art and maybe some of the takedowns, but some of the stuff is too risky to do full blast. I'm not trying to hype it, I know first hand. There are no submissions in San Soo. When I was studying it I got into a fight outside a club and the drills we practiced just came out without thinking and in 2 hits it was over. I moved to the inside of his right, kicking him in the groin with a driving front ball kick, straight right to the bridge of his nose, he stumbled and fell. He got up and walked away holding his family jewels. It's direct and brutle and I was nice to him.

Budo Taijutsu has everything you can think of and probably things you haven't thought of. It is right up there with Arnis and Krav Maga in many ways. The difference with thisTMA is that they teach you the traditional way of doing it and the modern use for it. I can't speak for all Budo Taijutsu schools, but this is a pretty common in the Bujinkan.

Take 2 years of ballet, 2 years of gymnastics and then you can do all those useless flashy dance fever kicks your little heart desires.

Sorry bro, It's been out for a couple weeks now. I suggest you see it soon before someone gives more away. I was being sarcastic, there is no Ninja scene.

Yeah well there are many things you can do with your hands as you move on the 45. The person is already sacrificing their balance for you, just let them go where they want to.

Buy some pepper spray and big stick.

Bottom line is more options the better.

Tell him that you will give him a dollar every time he doesn't push you.

The anime scene was one of the best parts of the movie. I love that movie. I can't wait until it comes out on DVD.

No you are not. It's really a good story. I especially liked it because they were doing stuff we do in the dojo. The Ninja scene was awesome!

Well I think that any and all things you can think of in "REAL" situation that gives you an edge over your attacker is all good. Anything goes, and it's up to you to figure that out for yourselves. Always keep your options open and train how you live.

I don't like fighting with the ground myself.

TJS wrote: So would you consider this to be a boxer's kata.