SevenStar

technically, there's no such thing as tone...

people over estimate the speed thing when it comes to power. who do you think hits harder - de la hoya or tyson? I use bodyweight exercises and heavy weight training in comibnation.

Its a shame, Shorin Ryuu, that not many people know the application of hikite. Especially those who practise it without knowing what its for. I think alot of us inderstand that. I know that the chamber can be a grabbing hand. know that some of the movements are supposed to be breaks, or can be breaks, i.e. a high block and techniques like the second technique in heian nidan. A shuto block can be a strike to the neck, etc... BUT, as vito said, if you drop your hand like that, you deserve to get hit in the face. you should train the applications of the kata, but know how to integrate them without compromising your defense.

bingo. I was just getting ready to type that one.

it's an excellent way to practice uchi komis. When I do them, I do 300 reps. you can't always find a partner willing to let you do that many reps on them. For this, you can't beat the surgical tubing.

muay thai vs kickboxing MT allows knees. Not all sanctions allow elbows. And of those that do, they are usually to the body and not to the head. These are called modified thai rules. in thailand, elbows are allowed fully. kickboxing will allow leg kicks if you fight under international rules. If you fight american rules, it must be above the waist. in international and american, clinching is not allowed and will result in a break. kick catches are allowed in MT and in international, but, with international if you catch the leg, you must drop it immediately. In modified thai, you can take three steps forward (in an attempt to trip him) before you must release the leg. In thailand, there is no limit - you can push him all the way across the ring if you want to. you generally see a wider variety of kicks in kickboxing. thai fighters tend to stick with the teep and roundhouse. The next most used is probably the back kick. real thai punching involves angling the punches downward upon impact, adding a triangulation effect. This isn't seen in all gyms, however. thaiboxers don't bob and weave as much as kickboxers or boxers - they don't want to mistakenly run into a knee.

the long knee depends on drive from the hips. shoot the hips forward. keep the foot ointed, not flexed. you should raise on the ball of the supporting foot. the round knee is dependent on hip rotation. I see that you don't train muay thai... talk to your instructor. TSD may knee in a different fashion.

we use 16 to train, as the surface area is bigger - less chance of injury. We fight with 10 though.

kicking his arm hurt you? that's odd... In any event, the shin is a hard bone... I seriously doubt it's broken. there may not necessarily be a bruise, but is there some swelling? Hopefully, you iced it when you got home. Ice and tiger balm. after a few days, start applying heat as opposed to ice. If it persists, get it checked out. it could be nothing, but depending on what other types of impact or pressure your shins have encountered, it's possible to have incurred a stress fracture.

not really. where the hands are held depends on various things - which school you train at, who you are fighting, what you are trying to do, etc. For example, if I am fighting someone higher than me, I need my hands high. Why?, because he is above me. If my hands are low and close to my face, I have to reach up, THEN parry him. with the hands high, I can just knock his hands down. If I am seeking to clich and knee, I may have my hands out more, so they are closer to his head. BUT, Ihave to realize that if I do that, I will lose some power in my jab... There are several differences between thai boxing and kickboxing - I've posted some of them on the kickboxing forum before. I'll copy and paste them here. As far as which would win, just pick one of the three and train it as best you possibly can.

I use surgical tubing to practice my throws.

not necessarily... power training trains the neurological system - the goal is to make your muscles contract harder. If you are doing this training properly, you will not gain any bulk. even with bulk, you have to be huge to severely limit yourself in a way that prohibits your fighting.

skinny? no. In shape? yes. http://www.geocities.com/kalistawarrior/sevenstar.jpg that's a pic of me.... I am over 200 lbs. due to my genetics, I will NEVER be skinny - I'm a mesomorph, I can't get at little as an ectomorph could. On the same token, they will never be able to become as big as I am able to get.

most martial arts aren't particularly physically intensive. And actually - they aren't meant to be - they are teaching you to defend yourselves, not to get in shape. A street confrontation should last no more than 10 seconds, ideally. consequently, you don't have to be in shape to fight. I've seen some non-trained, overweight bouncers that could probably rip a hole in most people on this forum - because they fight. it's what they do and they don't have to be in shape for it. That said, if you want to be in shape, I wouldn't depend on your MA alone to get you there unless you are training in a competition MA - training in MT, for example WILL get you into shape - you are training as if you have a fight coming up - and if you fight, you will have one coming. You have to be prepared for it. sport fighters fight for durations longer than you see in the street, so they need to be prepared for it. Another thing to consider is age. Once you pass 32, your metabolism will begin to drop ( I hope I stay 26 forever! ) if your metabolism slows and your diet isn't proper, you will start to gain weight, unless your fitness regimen is such that you are burning more calories than you are consuming, which in many instances isn't the case.

try sinking the choke deeper. If it's not deep enough, you could be leaving them too much space. any type of grappling depends on you eating up all available space.

I dunno.... I think that's part of the game. It drums up a reaction from the fans. Have you seen how frantic some fans get over their favorite team and players? If you are a running back and you get in the inzone, when you dance, your fans go wild. It gets them hype. That will in turn generate revenue. I remember my first fight. I won, and afterward, I came out from the back of the arena to watch the rest of the fights. soon as I came out, a few people cheered. I raised my hand to say thanks, and they cheered louder - and this was an amateur event. Think of the reaction pros get... In high school football, they call it "showboating" and it's illegal. If you do it, your team will be penalized. In the pros, it's toleranted more....revenue generator.

in a child, maybe. As an adult, I'm not going to emulate much of anything, emotionally - I'm set in my ways. you being humble won't make me humble.

I haven't read this thread yet, but here's something that I've learned... people who fight are more humble when you talk to them. why? because getting your butt kicked keeps your ego in check. Anyone who has fought full contact, competed in judo, bjj, shuai chiao, etc. has had their * handed to them. In some cases, by people of a lower rank. When you are constantly reminded that people can beat you, you tend to be more humble. When I trained in CMA, none of them competed in any sort of contact venue. Consequently, they all had these elitist views about how good their stuff was. A guy I know recently did semi full contact, took some licks and got beat. He's since been way more humble and open. some schools say that they "teach" humility, but I'm not so sure it can be taught... it's something that literally gets beaten into you.

I do. In my early days, I did the point sparring and kata thing. Now, I only do full contact fighting and judo conmpetitions. I'm gonna start competing in bjj as well, and at least one sambo competition. Hopefully I'll have a pro mma fight sometime next year, we've been talking about it.

3rd brown in judo thai boxing 3 years bjj - testing for blue soon shuai chiao - no rank. I play with my shuai chiao friends when able - was the reason I started judo. I'm quite open to other styles - I previously trained in kali, which I did for 2 years, karate, which I trained for three under a friend of mine from japan and longfist, which I trained for 4. A friend of mine trains capoeira and we spar/compare info quite often.

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never plant and be still if you can help it- you make yourself a sitting duck. cover as you step back or to the side, jab out when you can. by sitting there, you are at my mecry, basically. you may not get the opening you are looking for. Or, you may get so hurt that when you do get it you can't capitalize. Ideally, you want to sidestep, not go backward. However, if you go backward, attack with it. As you step back, throw a jab. If you lean back, throw out a teep.

once again, it depends. The form for a long knee differs from a short knee, side knee, jump knee. slap knee, etc.

bjj consists mainly of ground work. it has alot of the same techniques as judo, but has developed a few of it's own as well. they are both completely different from aikido. Aikido involves locking of the wrist and arm. bjj will lock every thing. judo does now allow leg locks in competition, however there are some in the system.