SevenStar

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somewhat... you don't want to eat a large meal right before bedtime. As a general recommendation, I would eat larger meals during the day and have them get progressively smaller as the day goes on.

the first thing you need is control... if you have to see a menu in order to watch what you eat, there is a problem - no offense intended. Next, do us this favor - write down EVERYTHING that you eat over the next three days and post it here.

muay thai, judo and bjj - I like to compete, and these styles are highly competitve. I prefer striking and therefore and more partial to muay thai. I also love standup grappling and love judo. bjj is cool, but I don't have the same attitude towards it as I do the other two. All three are competitive, no * styles, which is what attracts me to them.

I agree with your post. to address this though, it has happened at least twice, if memory serves correct - once in ufc and once in pride.

this is where full contact sparring plays a vital role. all of the mind calming in the world doesn't teach you how to deal with taking a hit, which for many people, is where they freeze in a fight. once contact has been made, they go into "wtf?" mode and never come back. In addition, there adrenaline is flowing and heart beat is racing, which is the cause of forgetting all movements that are not second nature. As far as emotins go, learn to use them. there is nothing wrong with fear - learn to use that fear. learn to use that anger. If it's not there, that's fine, but if it's present, use it.

Do I? I hadn't noticed. I just don't really mention it since I do bjj, judo and thai boxing now - most of what I post relates to those in some way. I did four years of longfist. I still work with a group of shuai chiao guys when I visit chicago. acsca - david lin's lineage. I've been doing that for about three years. That was actually how I got into judo - the two arts share a few similar principles, and there is no SC near me, so I took up judo. when I work with the SC guys, they will make corrections as per shuai chiao methods, show me different techniques, etc.

definitely

like i said - typical judo. one of my schools is the same way. it's $bucks a month (I posted that elsehwere in this thread) the head coach is 74 and is a three time national champ. it's taught in a local community center. the other school is a hardcore competition school - it's $75 for judo two days a week, thai boxing two days a week and unlimited bjj. these are younger guys, but the judo coaches are international and world level - one of them was ranked 3rd in the world a few years ago. there is one judo school here that charges $100 a month (wtf??!) but he's coached olympians, and actually coached the previously mentioned coach who was world ranked, so I guess it's justified.

actually, that's what a few of us have been saying - do both methods.

I know people that have thrown their back out doing cleans... ANY exercise not done properly can be harmful. next point...

I'll read the interview - he may use a funny definition of isolation - an isolation exercise is one that only invloves one muscle group. The bench press works more than one, and is therefore a COMPOUND exercise.

judo, right? that's the awesome thing about it - it's usually pretty cheap.

different styles do the horse different ways. some, as you, are taught to have a higher horse with the toes forward. I was taught to do a thighs parallel with the toes slightly outward. to be that deep with the toes forward places strain on the knee. satellite, RELAX into it. that's easier said than done, but you really have to get to the point where you are comfortable in that stance. Try this - break out a stopwatch and time yourself - hold your stance for as long as you can - that's your base line. for the next two training sessions, hold horse for that length of time, rest several minutes, then do it again. repeat this 3-4 times. The next training session, try to increase the time. keep this cycle up. Doing this took my horse stance from 1 min to almost 5 when I was doing CMA.

awesome post.

personal attack? what did I say? I'll give na ked warrior a look.

I only skimmed the article, as I'm running late for thai boxing, but it just seems to be talking about kazushi and the principle of yielding. Good stuff. It's not that easy though - that becomes apparent when you watch a shiai...

nah, it's not - it's him trying to prove an unprovable point. dude....I don't care what type of belts you strap onto yourself - progression stops. they don't make gear with enough weight to allow it. I would love to see someone doing a pushup with 300 pounds strapped to their back, lol!!! Even if someone did, it's too inconvenient and likely to expensive to do - you wouldn't see anyone doing it. Bottom line - if you want to prove that you will get stronger via bodyweight exercises than by lifting weights, show me some proof and post it here. You won't, because you can't.

basically. I'm open to anything when it comes to training, but when you say that you can build the same strength with bodyweight exercises that you can with weights - it's wrong - until science proves otherwise.

please show me something that staes foreman didn't lift weights...