SevenStar

I agree with that - when I was into bodybuilding, I was taking in 2 grams per pound. I was addressing jazz, who asked if she was taking in enough.

also, let us not forget that when you sidestep, you have that moment of time where his movement is still committed forward. capitalize on that. And, attack as you side step. As you are coming forward , I sidestep and as I am doing so, round house to your lead leg. Continue to follow up.

what would that be?

dangit... I started that post last night and fell asleep. I wake up this morning, finish it, and the read back and see someone already said some of the stuff I was oging to say...

See that is interesting, so in extent he was a MMA at the time of UFC. Trained by Royce in BJJ. UFC labeled him a "kung fu" expert. Again let a fighter use anything at his disposal, results would be very different. because he touted himself as a 5 animals stylist. That's what he trained when he fought Royce at his school. My guess is he'd been doing that style longer than he'd been grappling, so he touted himself as a CMA.

and for the record, that was his stint in UFC, but not MMA. he has fought plenty since then, and has a record of 33-19. But from what I understand, he doesn't train 5 animals anymore.

Delucia won his first and second fights in the UFC, then lost to Royce. That was his stint in the UFC. I have no respect in that he is an example of what makes money in martial arts, like his line of Combat Akido videos. Jack of all video trades. I'm interested in what errors of thinking you are refering to. He was already training in bjj by the time he was in UFC. He went to Royce's school and accepted the gracie challenge. Royce beat him, and delucia began training bjj, then went to the ufc. His error in thinking was his approach. He had no ground training prior to the challenge. Upon losing, he realized it's importance.

doesn't it though?

Anyone remember "Strange Days"? "Paranoia is merely reality on a finer scale"

I use both the side and front kicks. I used to used the sidekick offensively also, but since training in muay thai, I only use it defensively.

How about a knee pad and wrapping your foot?

your protein intake is fine for what you're trying to do. Even if you were taking in too much, what your body didn't use would only end up in the toilet anyway. I've got a question about your isometric training though... why are you doing it? Is it part of your shoulder rehab?

I just did a quick search... Here's an article about the "neck test" I mentioned. click on question #2 http://www.lifetimetv.com/reallife/health/features/sick_to_sweat.html#cold here's another: http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/1996/01_96/primospa.htm

as I said in my above post, it depends on the conditions. Working out while sick can actually be beneficial. Naturally, you don't want to be around others if you are contaigious, but what stops you from training at home?

side stepping is a beautiful thing.

good point. Now, let's think back to the beginning of the ufc.... How many mma guys were there? NONE!!!! there were savate guys, jkd guys, ninjas, grapplers, kickboxers, karate stylists, judoka, sumotori, kenpo guys, etc. What happened next? grapplers owned them all. Evolution begins to take place. people wake up and see that there really is something to ground grappling. The strikers started training in basic grappling. That's when the first MMA popped up. pure stylists got killed. Consequently, there are no pure stylists in those competitions anymore. That brings me to what I said above in response to iron arhat - unless trained properly (which means grappling is part of their regimen, in addition to other required training) they would get mauled. Why haven't there been more kung fu guys in MMA? Are they trying to save face? Will them losing discredit the skill they received from the style's supposedly undefeated grandmaster? Or, maybe they just don't want to - who knows. But the opportunity is definitely there. Heck, they can even enter their own sport of san shou.

Due to their training methods, most kung-fu stylists are not good golfers. I am positive that a kung fu stylist trained for such an event they would do well, using the tools that they have. It hasn't happened so far. All that's happened so far is a kung fu guy will enter, and once he loses, everyone complains about how bad his CMA was, instead of supporting him for at least having the balls to step up.

^ That's exactly the type of thing I just posted about. a story about takamatsu and hatsumi. I repsect them both, but seriously, who cares about their death matches? Who since then has had a challenge match to the death and won? Do you have any proof of these death matches? What was the skill level of the opponent? etc, etc.

ground grappling. About the only chinese style you will see with in depth ground fighting is dog boxing, and that is more of ground striking than grappling, from what I understand. certainly not as comprehensive as bjj, catch, greco, etc.

Not much different by the than some stuff that keeps schools open, that claim we don't train a "style", or use sporting events to claim superiority. you made a point worth addressing here. let's look at a kung fu school - not one in particular, just a vague example that many have seen/heard about before: "We are in the direct lineage of grandmaster wun dum gai. He is undefeated in challenge matches and has the ability to break boulders with his chi." Now, a sport school: "Our coach is Max Jock. He has trained several pride champions and a few k-1 fighters." Now, the differences: with the kung fu school, how many other students are undefeated in challenge matches? How many can break boulders with their chi? Do any of them compete in anything other than point competitions? There is way too little information, and nobody notable other than some past master. With the sporting school, we have proof that the coach is doing something right. He's currently training champions. THAT'S the very reason you see many MMA guys always referring to UFC, pride, etc. and alluding to ring competition. Obviously, those skills transfer into the street. Here, you have a guy who consistently trains guys to beat other mell trained MA. There's something good there. If the guy wsn't training people at such caliber, I'd move on. With many TMA schools, there is no such verification - most everything is just accounts of master wun dum gai that are transmitted via word of mouth.

I would greatly disagree. Should I go down the list of MMA fighters who have brown or black belts in bjj? Should I list the ones that have wresteld for years? what about the ones that were pro kickboxers before crossing over? Many MMA guys have a solid base in SOMETHING. They will branch out from there. you are confusing MMA guys with style hoppers and forms collectors.

you can with bjj. That's not necessarily true with tjj. That's why I asked.