SevenStar

I pay 75.00 a month for unlimited bjj, judo, mt and access to the facilities. to train MT alone is 45.00 a month. the mt coach is a friend of mine, so we train together alot outside of class, for which he charges me nothing.

hey, how far are you from herndon va? I know someone who's having a fight night there next thurs, and he's looking for a few fighters. He will cover your travel expenses if you go.

since you mentioned thom, le't's also mention a few others: queen suriyothai - killed in 1548 when she dressed as a man to aid her husband on the battlefield somet prachao suer - king who disguised himself as a peasant so that he could fight in the local muay thai tournies without bias. praya pi-chai dab hal - " count pi-chai with the broken sword" - peasant raised by monks who taught him muay thai. He went on to learn swordsmanship and join the military, killing a burmese general in combat even though his sword had been broken. muen plaan - in 1788, two frenchmen traveled two thailand to travel local thai fighters. the frenchmen had beaten several boxers along the indochina penninsula, so the king sent one of his highly skilled royal guards to accept the challenge. The thai fighter began to beat one of the frenchmen, at which point the other joined in. the guard held both of them at bay, until several minutes later, when other thai guards jumped in. The frenchmen suffered many wounds, and the thai king ordered that they be treated. upon healing, they sailed back to france and never returned. The guard had injured them so badly, he was given the name "muen plaan", or "knight of destruction" by the king.

actually, the glass thing was a rarity. and muay thai was around long before the hemp hands wraps. Along the the muay thai line, dhoi muay - a bare fisted version - preceeded the kaad cheuk that you are referring to. Also, the kaad cheuk had uses other than the glass thing - rough coils of hemp called gon hoi were inserted under the kaad cheuk to cause extra damage. The original intent of them was to add strength to their attacks and to prevent sprains and strains - the same reasons they are used today. The glass thing is a legend and can't actually be verified. the legends state that they would dip the wraps in either a flour and water paste, tree resin or some other sticky substance, then rolled in gravel, glass, etc. and allowed to dry, so that the materials became firmly embedded in the wraps. There is no direct evidence of this though - it's only legend. They also say the wraps were an indicator of position in battle. lower level guys, like pawns, used the wraps and only fought bare fisted. The higher level guys that also used swords and spears, did not use the wraps. muay thai has undergone alot of change since it's inception - muay dhoi, muay lopburi, muay boran, muay pra nakorn, muay chaiya...different names were used depending on the region it was used in and the area it was developed. The muay thai that is widely practiced today is what popped up post 1920, after introduction of the current sport format.

another thing is awreness - FEELING yourself being cut. I have several acquaintances who have been cut in fights...NONE of them even knew they were being cut! In the adrenaline rush and chaos, they couldn't feel the slashes. I'm sure they would feel a stab, but the slashes felt like nothing more than fingernails. Some didn't notice the blood (tunnel vision) and others, just figured that they were both bloody from getting hit in the nose or something.

the kicking he preferred was more influenced by savate and muay thai the grappling is more judo based than anything, from what I've seen in the manual. I have a marine friend who is in the MACMAP program, and his grappling is also judo-like. they learn some bjj also.

I wasn't that impressed with the kajukenbo exponent I met. His mobility was awesome - excellent footwork and movement, but he did odd things like lunging in with punches to the legs - that will get him knocked out...he had pretty good power too - it was the strategies that turned me off.

taijutsu translates to "body arts" and makes up the grappling side of ninjutsu. Back in the day, the term was actually synonymous with jujutsu.

To answer the first question - it depends on what result you are trying to get from the exercise. As far as punching strength, hit a bag. some trainers reccomend pushups to improve punching speed.

likely due to the gi factor. a lot of judo throws can be done gi-less, but due to the nature of competition, they aren't usually taught that way, and many people won't attempt to figure out how to do so.

Umm... someone standing up can shoot you far more easily. As to the knife, you actually can feel and counter the actions of your opponent far better when grappling on the ground than you can when standing up. It may sound odd to you, but if someone has a knife, and i gain the opportunity to take him to the ground, i'll probably take it. agreed. In a grappling situation, be it standup or on the ground, I can control the arm and the weapon. If there is distance between us, I cannot.

The friend I mentioned. His name is joel gingrey. he doesn't do MMA, but was ranked 3rd in the world in judo and consistently does well in bjj competitions. He was a SEAL. As I stated though, his training didn't come from the military - he's been grappling all of his life.

he's right. Think abot it - elite forces sent in to destroy...the friend I referred to earlier in this thread told me that when they ran missions, he would have an excessive number of clips on him - like 25. the intent there is to NEVER be without your gun or ammo. Hand to hand isn't a major focus.

You're allowed to kick to the knees? I didn't know that. Thanks for the correction. I'm just suprised they don't try to take out the kneecaps and joints more often! (Maybe they do and I better start renting more fight videos.) I think this is because of practicality... the knee is a good target, as is the throat, damage wise, but practically, how easily can you strike the throat of someone with chin tucked, hands up, body moving, etc? Same with the knee. you have a man constatnly in motion, keeping his knee bent, making it harder for you to extend, and all the while, he's attacking you furiously. The knee is a fairly small target, and if you attack it and miss, you may be done. Now, I do see the practicality of a roundhouse to the knee, however, it's harder to damage the knee in this manner, making a leg kick to the sciatic more effective. (even though I am currently nursing a strained meniscus from a roundhouse to the knee)

http://www.geocities.com/kalistawarrior/sevenstar.jpg you gotta copy and paste...geocities doesn't allow offsite linking

I'm saying he's the best there is now, not of all time. All time, I would give to ali, because he had the total package. marciano really only had his power going for him. As for bruce lee, he only had 5 years of formal traiing in WC, from 13 - 18. AFAIK, most of his fights are unverifiable..

he is the best out there. However, even the best lose. It's not really that the guy was even better, from what I've heard (didn't see the fight) he slipped the wrong way - ended up slipping inside of a guys hook and ate it full on. He finally lost - it was bound to happen sometime, that's the nature of competition. Heck, it's the nature of any MA, when you are testing yourself. The only truly undefeated fighters are those who never fight.

"my method of judo" and "a to z of judo" both have a section on spinelocks - I did a search and found the table of contents for those books. Also, you can play with any wrestler, as they know spine locks.

I would seriously consider the judo school. What's most important to you, I would imagine, would be bettering your skills, period. That would be best done with live instruction. I know a kung fu instructor who has an awesome long distance program., if you don't mind leaving kenpo.

EVERYONE has that reaction. the difference is that trained people theoretically should retain more, as they are training more. This will not always be the case though, as not everyone trains corectly. you don't forget what you know, you forget what isn't second nature. So, if you know a roundhouse kick, for example, but it's not ingrained, you won't use it in a fight.

thai boxing allows use of knees and elbows - however, elbows aren't allowed in all states. some sanctions allow sweeps, although no points are given for them . They give an "advantage" to you, meaning that if the bout is a tie, you will win. different strategies. American rules kickboxing doesn't allow leg kicks ( international does though) obviously, this will alter strategy, as leg kicking is an integral part of muay thai different uses of kicks - you don't see many kicks other than the teep and roundhouse in muay thai. Once again, this is a strategic difference. those are a few you differences you'll notice.

I use flying knees and elbows

atama hisigi - Head Crush gyaku hisigi - Reverse Crush kesa gatame kubi hisigi - Scarf Hold Neck Crush kubi hisigi - Neck Crush kuzure kesa kubi hisigi - Scarf Hold Neck Crush tate hisigi - Standing Neck Crush tomoe hisigi - Rolling Neck Crush these are the seven illegal spine locks. In addition, heel hooks and any other leg lock are illegal. as are wrist locks. There are at least four wrist locks and six or seven leg locks.