SevenStar

jjj was made for war... in the event that the swordsman lost his weapon... jjj was merely a backup plan. The downfall of them was that most jjj schools did not believe in sparring. This is why kano's guys massacred them in competition. They beat the stroungest, most well known jjj school of that time fairly easy. Mainly because of kano's use of randori. as for ground grappling, it may be included, but if it's not a focus, then it's a weakness. Judo has striking, but striking is definitely NOT one of it's strong points.

it builds muscle endurance. It doesn't do much for strength...

I'm in the US too... if you want to see the thai version, get it off ebay. also, if you have a local anime shop, stop by there. The anime shop here carries it.

that punk kicked me in the face again tonight, lol. they are good guys to play with. it depends on the style as well, from what I've seen, angola is ALOT more passive than regional, and the angola guys avoid contact more.

I've done this. I've stopped a paper boy from being mugged, stopped a man from beating his girlfriend and various other things. I don't consider myself a warrior, as I've never been in a WAR. I just don't like seeing people mistreated, and I usually act on it. As someone else here has stated though - it's foolish and I wouldn't recommend it. that's just me though, so I can't help it.

whose gonna twist your arm? throws are done in combinations, just like strikes, and they are FAST. I am already holding your arm and have it secured if I did the shoulder throw properly. When you sink, all I have to do is turn into you and reap a leg for the ko uchi follow up. I have to make hardly any adjustment for the modified shoulder throw at all, thank you very much.... wrong. pain compliance is not the answer. grabbing skin usually won't accomplish much - especially in a high adrenaline situation. depending on how he's bear hugged you, his groin may not be reachable.

from the context of a ring fight? stamina.

lesser skilled? yes. there have been too many advances since then in the realm of exercise science and training methodologies. Also, the fact that someone was on a battlefield doesn't mean they had any skill at all. if someone attacked, the village would send ALL men to defend it. peasants, farmers, etc. were just given a weapon and thrown on the field. Similar to today - do you think everyone we sent to iraq is a fully trained soldier? of course not. I think people read too much into the whole "the old warriors were on the battlefield" argument. sure do. They also learn bjj. and some branches have MA programs, like the marines MACMAP program. But like I said above, no, I don't necessarily consider them skilled either. *. not every soldiere was trained. the MILITARY had some training, but the villagers that fought were untrained, and were soldiers nontheless. Also, they didn't want close combat. They didn't have all of the guns we have now, but they had swords, horses and spears. those were their long range weapons. hand to hand was a last resort. The reason the samurai were trained in jujutsu was a LAST RESORT in the event that they were disarmed. their primary fogus was weapons, not hand to hand.

not where I am. they can hold their own. I've been kicked in the head by one of them - doesn't feel good. and they are very comfortable in the clinch.

school? lol... work around it. we all have lives, but still find time to train - if that's what we really want to do. I work a full time job and have a family... split the time. For example, if you spend two hours on the bag, do an hour on the bag and an hour on the weights. two back to back bag days aren't detrimental to anything. you can train ANYTHING daily, if done in the right context to do so. I lift weights daily. The key is lack of soreness. If the lactic acid buildup is so great that you are sore, you need to rest. if you're not sore, you're fine. the problem you will run into by doing bagwork everyday will be time and variation - if your time is limited and you do bagwork everyday, then you may not have time to spar, shadowbox, etc. you need to lay out a training program based on what you are wanting to train and the time you have available for it.

bagwork won't get you big. If you are doing serious bagwork - it will actually do the opposite, because you will be burning lots of calories. However, lifting 2 days a week is fine - you're only 15... what is your current bag schedule? why don't you combine them as opposed to keeping them separate? Then, you can hit the bag twice a week and still lift 4 days.

yeah, in kali you work backward, compared to most arts. You begin with weapons training and eventually progress to empty hand. When kali was created, EVERYONE carried sticks and knives, so you needed to be able to fight with them.

I hate when people say that...most traditional guys are a jack of all trades as well. iron palm, weapons, hundreds of strikes, kicks, forms, qi/nei gong, chin na, shuai chiao.... you 're not gonna master ALL of them, but at the same time, you are familiar with them all. you are a jack of all trades, but within one style.

the same sub-categories would apply, but I would keep weapons separate from empty hand.

I don't think japan falls into that category... MMA is HUGE in japan. So is kickboxing, thanks to the K1. judo is huge all over the globe, not just japan.

japanese jujutsu covers all ranges - striking, kicking, clinching and ground. They do alot of standing joint locks - that's what many people say are hard to pull off in a real situation, which is true. bjj is focused on ground grappling and takedowns. there are more differences, but this is an immediate and recognizable difference that can help answer your question.

I've been kicked in the groin in a fight and didn't feel it until afterward. I know several others who have had the same experience. groin shots aren't always the finishers that people think they are, consequently, I don't advocate them as a means of quick self defense. I agree with the rest of your post though.

watch some of royce gracies fights. He's a perfect example of a guy who can roll with punches. If you notice, it's rare that you would see him get knocked down, and you never saw him get KOed. He rolled with them extremely well. it minimized the force of the blows, allowing him to continue fighting. boxers do it as well. I don't think it should be your primary means of defense, but it is definitely a good tool to have.

you don know that many boxing schools now actually advocate throwing the hook with a horizontal fist, right? when done that way, "boxer's break" doesn't happen. Also, I have known several MA trained in other styles that have broken their hand in fights. such is life... not in my experience. from what I've seen, there are some who "kickbox" but I don't know many that have actually had formal boxing training, or kickboxing training for that matter, other than modifying what their karate and sparring with it. you'd be surprised... yes they do. in class, they will spar whomever is there. It's in competition that they fight in their weight class.

filipino stick fighting - kalia, escrima, arnis... there are japanese sword arts - various styles of kendo and iado. I've heard that there are chinese schools which focus on the jian, but I don't know of any.

double post. they really should let us delete our own posts...

This is really nothing new. boxers and kicboxers have been categorizing fighters for years. It's not dependent on the martial art style, but on the boxers fighting style - agressive, mixed, tricky, counterfighter... each has it's own unique attributes, pros and cons. knowing the fighters fighting style helps you to determine the types of tactics you will use against them. this part is not as cut and dry as you make it seem. for example, the boxer may prefer to stand against the grappler, BUT, the boxer must be familiar enough with grappling to keep himself on his feet...in actuality, the best against a grappler, would be a mix of striking and grappling, as without grappling knowledge, he likely will not stay on his feet long. You haven't trained at all over the past four years? What all did you come up with?

why won't they allow you to cross train? As far as capoeira goes, the instructor here is also a purple belt in bjj...

during the jinga, one hadn guards the face - the other hand is used to scoop kicks as it moves across your body. you do seem to be unprotected after the hand has come across your body, but perhaps that depends on how fast you can jinga...

I agree, they are only forms of sparring. but that is as close as you will get to anything real. As for those benefits being taught during class sparring sessions - the intent is different. Even if I go 100% with a guy in my club, that knows me, that I train with all the time... the intent isn't the same as fighting against someone who doesn't know you, has no tie to you and wants to tear your head off.