SevenStar

1. don't train so many different styles if you've only got 8 months of training under your belt. -A. you may get confused -B. how can you possibly become proficient in them ALL? 2. As for footwork, there will be differences. judo and boxing will be similar, but both will be different from karate. 3. see point #1. 4. only train two styles - one striking and one grappling. I would do boxing and judo, but karate and judo could work well as well.

naturally, most of them would have been. still, there is no way that the guy combined 700 styles into one...

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At one point in history there were over 700 styles of jujutsu... This guy is claiming he combined ALL of them??

what were you saying "Oh no...." about?

That's what I was hoping you wouldn't say... Is this stance akin to a scissors stance? If so, having your legs crossed at such a close distance will get you swept...

A lot of Taditional Chinese Family systems do not have ranking. One system that I had studied has ony 3 ranks (actually four if you count the highest honor) Black-In darkness, no "seeing" Green-Jade, having prosperity, "some sight" White-In lightness, having "sight" Yellow-Reserved for instructors, path of "sight" Yeah, I know alot of chinese systems don't have ranking. What's odd to me is the system where white and yellow are the highest. What is it? A 125 year old (or a little more) "ga" Chinese system that you haven't heard of. They had only adapted this ranking system in the past 30 years. To practice, is by referal only. okay - what's the name of it?

if you are into CMA, mattousek, you may know it as a scissors stance.

I would say no. Since you are in a TSD school and TSD has strikes, focus on them more. Trying to learn anything on your own is a no no - boxing is no different.

wha?

How fast he comes in... so you only do it from kicking range or so?

A lot of Taditional Chinese Family systems do not have ranking. One system that I had studied has ony 3 ranks (actually four if you count the highest honor) Black-In darkness, no "seeing" Green-Jade, having prosperity, "some sight" White-In lightness, having "sight" Yellow-Reserved for instructors, path of "sight" Yeah, I know alot of chinese systems don't have ranking. What's odd to me is the system where white and yellow are the highest. What is it?

exactly what ww said. In addition, knees shouldn't be much of a factor anyway. A proper bob should be just barely below the punch - it should almost graze your head. If you are low enough for him to easily knee you, you are doing it wrong.

tsd is a deriviative of shotokan. tkd came from political debates in korea because tsd looked "too japanese"

Okay guys, here's the deal on Chuck Norris - He holds black belts in both tkd and tsd. His school teaches tsd though - I trained at one. http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/calvin/223/vabchcnks.htm That is the one I trained at. He also holds a brown belt in judo. He was actually training in judo before tsd. He got injured in judo and never went back, but he wanted to continue his MA training and began tsd.

Now, that is different...I though that about Rick's also. Is it american kickboxing? Is it taught at a karate dojo?

you have to get certified under someone. Once again, this really means nothing to anyone, other than the organization that certifies you. It shows that you have some experience, which counts for something, but other than that, it's not really significant. For example, if I go to adjarn chai, he will certify me to teach under the USMTA, which is his organization. you must progress through the levels - level 1,2,3, 4 assistant instructor, etc. He has requirements obth in knowledge and physical ability that he will test you on.

It's not so much that as it is shin damage. The tree has no give - doesn't move. repeated kicking of the tree, if you are kicking it with at least a decent amount of force - can result in an eventual stress fracture to the shin. That can actually happen from kicking anything hard - I've had one, and I don't kick trees - but it seems like it's more probable when kicking an immovable object.

at what distance?

I've never experienced that... in what way did it limit you? why don't you think you could attack efficiently?

that's odd... what systems were those?

I think what we've stated so far is basically the gist of it - it's just another training tool, like anything else.

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