SevenStar

huh? what about judo? sambo? chin na techniques? WWII close combat? Taiji? bagua? There are many styles out there that don't rely on strength and speed. And even for the styles that do rely heavily on that, you must have technique, or the strike will not be as effective/efficient as possible. As for endurance and grappling, relaxation is a bigger factor than endurance.

You don't realize what I'm trying to say. If a Martial Art is effective when your old, it is effective when your young as well. Certain Martial Arts are only effective when your young, they concentrate on strength, speed, and indurance more so than technique. Krav Maga is a Combat Style or Street effective Martial Art, it is completely practical and realistic in it's application. I'm sure your instructor is a deadly guy, that's the point I'm trying to make. Sport Martial Arts age out, meaning they are no longer effecient when you get too old. Comprende? Sport arts don't age out - competing in them does. what is different between a boxer's straight right and a reverse punch? what about a willow palm strike? they all have similar mechanics, and those mechanics must be honed for the technique to be as effective as possible. you don't lose your technique as you age. with proper mechanics, you will still deliver effective strikes. you will not be able to hang in the ring with younger guys, and maybe not in the street, but that's just the fate of age, not the style you train in.

When I was in longfist, alot of people who were interested in full contact fighting would ask me for coaching, since I'd been in muay thai and have fought full contact before. They would also look to me for grappling help.

I help teach the kids judo. I'm like a mentor to this one particular little girl who has alot of fire in her. I didn't realize how much I meant to these kids until a tournament and they kept asking me to warm them up and give them advice, etc. Other adults would try to help them, and they kept coming to me anyway - makes you feel good.

agreed.

15 is as good a time as any.

If judo didn't work for you in fights, you needed more training in it... As for your question, some bjj schools will teach you strikes - try visiting the school and asking them.

do a search - there are several threads here already that cover this...

sure you can - you merely change the way you train. You can't compete, but you can still train. you work your stand up and your ground work separately. you will not be able to be taken down due to fragility, but you can practice both elements separately, and you can still do your takedowns on the younger guys. you can put judo into that same category, and my coach is 73... I can't do squat to him on the ground when he doesn't want me to. same goes for standing.

I have, several times. I've stipped two guys from robbing a paper boy and stopped men from beating women on several occasions. In both junior high and high school, I'd stick up for kids getting picked on

TKD can be effective, it's all in how you train it. Same goes for all other styles. As for differences, traditional TKD resembles Japanese Karate.

I see what he's saying - may not be the best way, but what he means is this: attacker has a heaven grip and stabs toward you you do an outside block and grab his wrist from the outside. If you pull him into you, you are in position to throw a straight or a cross with your other hand, as you are on his outside. He's hoping that the punch jolts the guy enough that he drops the knife (doubtful) and he will kick it away if it does.

some people view chi as merely proper breathing and flawless internal body mechanics - coiling, etc. I know of hsing-i exponents that believe this. I've also heard theories that chi is merely a reference to metabolism. I don't think you can make such a general distinction of art/science based on voting in this poll...

I work with kids.

but those are assumptions that you cannot make. the bigger guy may not be slower, and may be more fit than the small guy.

kick a heavy bag. that's what thai boxers do. not trees, not poles, no need to use a rolling pin to try and harden them - just kick the bag.

that will vary from club to club - some schools like ne waza and others don't...

I would say that you're not to familiar with judo

eventually, you'll run into grapplers who want you to do that. They go with your force, instead of against it. they will continue to go forward, and just attack you that way. This especially works great while standing.

I use that. I will also sometimes use my hand to block the person's leg, then push them in that direction - since I have the leg blocked, they can't base out. Doing this will usually result with you in their guard, but you can pass and keep going.

most sweeps, particularly hiza guruma. that's odd because I don't have the typical sweeper's body type - I've got they body type for torque throws, like uchi mata and tai otoshi, which I also love to use.

I would ALMOST agree with that one... you'd do better to fully sprawl and get both legs out of the way. if he's good with takedowns, that double leg will become a single, and he will take you down diagonally instead of straight back. As for the hammerfists, you wouldn't do any real serious damage before he got you down. you could with a knee, but that may sacrifice your balance greatly, since he has your front leg. As for the nads - don't count on them. They can do damamge, but aren't always fight enders. the funny thing about nads is that you tend to feel the pain AFTER an adrenaline rush has ended. I've been hit in the nads in class and it hurt badly - but there was no adrenaline rush there. I've been hit there in a fight, and I didn't feel a thing until the fight was over.

That's the thing about joint manipulations - not all of them have the same effect as soon. someone with a flexible wrist is less susceptible than someone with an inflexible wrist - that applies to all joints. I've got pretty flexible shoulders and can usually endure an attempted ude garami/ kimura/americana, etc long enough to get away and counter before the person can tap me. same with leg locks. but not everyone is like that. My wrists are inflexible though, so I am susceptible to those - it will vary from person to person, it doesn't mean that the guy was doing them wrong.

every wrestler I know uses small joint manipulation. pressure points also - it's diversionary - the joint manipulations hurt like hell and are used to force a reaction out of you - they capitalize on the opening to make their next move. same with pressure points, only most of them don't hurt as badly.