SevenStar

I'm with jerry - use it with a knife in your hand. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. In the street, I want him down as fast as possible... don't have time for trying to hit the bicep. In a tournament, you have gloves. Also, punches can come pretty fast... you're focusing on a rather small area.

I would say the roundhouse is more powerful, or at least capable of generating more power... how powerful it is will vary from person to person. I've broken somone's ribs with a roundhouse before, never with a sidekick though - In my case, I generate more with the roundhouse. Also, since the roundhouse is a flanking kick, It may be easier to a wider variety of targets. I tend to use the sidekick as a defensive kick.

there's an old saying - "isn't that the post calling the kettle black?" Basically, it's saying "how can you say I'm wrong when you are wrong yourself?" (the pot and the kettle are both black, and you two were both wrong) ????

definitely do it, but you're gonna have train harder if you want to be a serious competitor.

It should work pretty well, as long as everyone is grown up about it and nobody has an overly huge ego. Our school teaches muay thai, bjj and judo in the basement. Upstairs, there is a kenpo school. None of us are particularly interested in kenpo, but they are interested in MT and bjj, and we let them train with us. There is no ego, and we know we are goos at what we do, so we're not concerned with losing students, nor are they. Also, for people interested in training both mma stuff and kenpo, it's only a few bucks extra. We're all friends, and it's worked great so far.

Depends on the ruleset they use. In the american rules fights that I've had, we had to throw at least 3 per round.

By the way, this person is iggnorent, and as u can see he's recieved abit of abuse, for good reasons. Wing Chun is renouned as an effective and technical martial art. Kickboxing/boxing wont get u anywhere for self defence, cuz there sports and all the techniques are based around rules and the condentdors wearing large gloves. They do however give u a good workout, especially boxing. and you called his post ignorant? Pot, I'd like to introduce you to my friend kettle...

bjj 101 is learning to escape a bad position. The next level is establishing a position. of control. the third stage is learning to submit at will.

we get our cardio just from rolling. In bjj we roll about 30 mins per night, in 5 min rounds. same thing with judo.

exactly. If there was full contact goju out there, and a venue for goju guys to compete against eachother in it, you would see similar things. It's not because of the art ifself, but because these guys are always fighting with it.

I wouldn't recommend jumping while in the ring.

both and neither at the same time...

isn't that a mule kick? As for the butterfly, when I was in longfist, I could do one. I did them counter clockwise, as tommarker described.

And why pray tell do you not think those are martial arts?

beka, check out this thread.... maybe he's in your age group. http://martial.best.vwh.net/forum/showthread.php?s=b89a3cb6cf2b9ec6bdef67e86653a9d1&threadid=28796&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

I would argue that you are wrong...

I don't find it odd at all... I didn't pick it either. below is what I posted earlier in this thread. The fact that it spawned other systems is actually kind of irrelevant, IMO - if four guys only had access to shorin ryu, then later created their own style, naturally, their base is shorin ryu - that's not a tribute to its effectiveness in any way. (I'm not trying to take a shot at shorin ryu in any way, just addressing the fact that you think it's odd that it hasn't bene picked.) At any rate, you really can't pick a top 10 - everybody will pick based on their frame of reference. I've got experience training either in or with exponents of all 10 arts I picked... How can I legitimately pick goju ryu if I've never trained it? everyone will be biased. I've got experience with wing chun, and I don't like hit, hence it's not on my list, but it is on the list of several others... muay thai shuai chiao bjj judo wrestling boxing krav maga - if you can find the good kind kali silat (bukti negara and kuntao) kyokushinkai

In addition to what I said above, keep in mind that bjj is a grappling art. one that has been used for self defense, which was taken into consideration. A grappler's philosophy is to take your space. If I control your space, you don't have the room to strike me. Against pure strikers, it works beautifully, as we saw in the first UFCs. When we do self defense drills in my bjj class, that's what we work - slipping punches, getting inside, putting them on the ground via either a throw or a takedown. It was desiged not needing striking - it's effective without it. The major problem arises when someone knows both striking and grappling. Then the grappler can be in trouble as the striker is familiar with his tactics. Grapplers who strike are on an even playing field. pure strikers (and strikers like jjj guys that grapple but don't focus extensively on it) and pure grapplers are at a disadvantage agaisnt hybrid fighters.

possibly...Catch is excellent. a wrestler's aggressiveness is unparallelled... catch, greco, sambo...plenty of awesome ground styles. Don't worry about which is best - pick an approach that fits your personal style and train it constantly.

that will go for anything. no one style empasizes all things equally. Take Matt's comment, for example. Judo doesn't need to improve it's ground game. It's got the same techniques. The issue is focus. Judo focuses on standup, at most clubs. There are clubs that focus on ground work, and also the kosen judo guys that are famous for groundwork. jjj - alot of standup, some ground. I would bet money a bjj guy would school any of them on the ground, unless they are at a school that empasizes groundwork. mt - awesome stand up, needs grappling. karate - needs groundwork. some things need more than others, but all need SOMETHING.

stepping can be too clumsy - think in terms of gliding or shuffling. different styles have different footwork. From the variations I've experienced, I like that of boxer/thai boxers and judoka. when punching, don't step with the rear foot - drive off of it. whichever foot you have in in front stays there. The punch you described is a power punch - you don't want to step forward while throwing it. you lung forward with a jab or hook to get you in range and from there, throw the cross. you can just pivot into the cross and sink your body into it, or you may slide your rear foot up as you strike, which enables some people to add more power to their cross.