aznkarateboi

point sparring has a chance to teach bad habits but i think that the positive effects outweigh the negative ones by a great deal

kensai how can i prove that they are arrogant by getting in the ring? also im not flaming them, and if i am i dont remember u accusing them for flaming other martial arts, hm?

actually i think you are writing about someone else... i honestly don't remember writing such a post

wait your confusing me, i've written other posts trying to rally support from other people? can you tell me what posts? i honestly dont remember making a post like this

not to flame the art of muay thai or the practitioners, its just something i've noticed. there is always an overly arrogant muay thai practitioner on every board. an example on this board is the membr "Muay Thai Fighter", as you probably all know. i think that many muay thai practitioners are too confident in their art because it's to the point and direct. they accuse all other arts(besides bjj and mma) of being useless. they seem to htink they can kick any other arts ass. what do u think?

any hung fut practitioners? im currently in a dilemma. after quitting my old mcdojang, im in a dilemma over whether to choose a hung fut school or a karate school(cuong nhu). can anyone tell me about the style of hung fut?(style, not history)

wait so you think that point sparring is detrimental to fighting ability.. that is kind of farfetched no offense

TJS you seem to think that i'm trying to compare mma and point sparring. if you read my posts carefully you would notice that i've never done so. so quit saying that a point sparrer will be worse in a fight than a mma fighter because i already know that that is more likely. my point is that a point sparrer will have a significant advantage over someone on the street who doesn't do martial arts

since some of you are referring back to the point sparring thread so will i. here is basically what im trying to say: -While MMA is very effective for training for defense on the street, it is still a game. a game has rules, fighting against a person who wants to kill you doesn't really have that many rules. and eye gouging and groin kicks can be quite effective and can easily change the tide of a fight against an unsuspecting foe.. i've seen the effects of groin kicks as most of you probably have -the main point i was trying to express in the point sparring thread.. if u read the quote that sevenstar put u would know.. but i'll repeat myself. MMA is a good way to learn to fight effectively, but point sparring also helps to develop attributes that are effective for fighting. if you bother to read the last few entries i put on the point sparring thread, you would find out which attributes that i think will be honed by point sparring. some are: speed, reflexes, skill, physical strength, ability to dodge, form, and ability to spot openings in an opponents defense. my main point was never to bash MMA, but the point of my posts was to list ways why a poitn fighter would have a good advantage in a real fight against an untrained foe. Feel free to beg to differ.

no one cares about early ufcs. how about groin kicks. and not to mention they wear gloves, which is not "real fighting" because it prevents the pain caused by punching(both the attacker and recipients). can UFC people eye-gouge now? i dont think so. also you can punch kick knee and elbow in most poitn kickboxing tournaments as well. the point isnt to bash MMA, but it is to say that it is foolish to believe that success in an MMA ring equates to success in a fight on the street where two people are trying to kill each other and are surrouned by obstacles. so basically my point is, MMA and street fighting for obvious reasons are extremely different. does street fighting have rules? no. does MMA have rules? many.

Yes i was afraid that that was true

i am afraid that my old school was a mcdojang(i absolutely detested it). it was a TKD school It ran for one hour every day.. each day was assigned one thing that they would teach. for example, every monday we would train with targets(only), tuesdays kicks and basics, wednesdays forms, thurs. and fri. sparring. For the first half of class, we ran around and jumped and stretched. this was for thirty minutes(first half). then we would do whatever was assigned to that day based on the above schedule. most ppl in the class were little kids, even higher belts sucked and were like in 4th grade and i can assuredly beat the crap out of them. by the way im 13 years old and currently a white belt. the class cost 100 dollars a month, no contracts but there is a late fee. there are also testing fees which u must pay every time you take a test. tests are incredibly easy, consist of doing a kata, some kicks, breaking a board, and sparring. EVERYONE including the shittiest people passed with flying colors consistently. testing is every 2 weeks and some brown belts have but a years experience.

vietnamese, mix of boxing, shotokan, aikido, other stuff. its really good..

cuong nhu

i dont think jkd is even used in competitions

can someone tell me some similarities and differences between the two arts?

yea, after punching with weights and you punch without weights... man.... it feels so cool how much faster it is

OH MY GOD i did punching exercises with just 5 lb. weights for a few weeks and my punching is SO MUCH FASTER its like a blur.. i seriously recommend this exercise

everything i've heard about wing chun involves hand techniques... does the wing chun style incorporate kicks?

i think this topic is getting a little off track. the question is which style is better for SELF DEFENSE

kicking in the balls is actually a very effective technique. my friend, who is very strong, was kicked in the balls (he takes no martial arts) by a much smaller person and was rolling on the ground almost in tears the next second

That has to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Have you ever even been in a real fight or seen someone use JKD in one? Learn some more about it before you talk out of your ass.

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

thats not true. objects on the ground can do much to turn the tables of a fight. some examples of objects are... sharp bricks, broken beer bottles, rocks, etc.

yea, i think that if there are no obstacles, muay thai will have an advantage, but if there are objects lying around... well...