superfighter

im looking for some good chop socky entertainment again, anybody recommend some good films, preferably ones that came out recently

anybody here from the UK applied for it? i have, would be awesome if i got an audition http://www.fightfactor.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S61HkGN6CDc in fact just go there

Go to youtube and search for Mike Bernado vs Butterbean. okay butterbean isnt the greatest boxer that ever lived but he wasnt a slouch by no means this is how you take out a boxer

i think its a brilliant idea, i love my grappling as much as anybody. but im also a stand up enthusiast. the competitors are encouraged to get stuck in as soon as the referee says the word go!. the fights are frantic, no stalling, just action. Allot of the streetfights ive seen over the passed few years somewhat resembled what i saw here, with less technique obviously lol. A different approach and i very much approve

try looking for a jeet kun do school. youll find that many off them focus on wing chun, kali, escrima etc. Allot of them in the UK do anyway. worth a look

in my opinion, and there are always exceptions to the rule. Its the sport Martial arts guys, eg Judo, muay tai, boxing, BJJ that have less of an attitude than say the traditionalists. Reason being, the sport guys, spar on a regular basis. We know our limitations, our weaknesses, our strengths. Theres also something humbling knowing that your not as tough as you thought you were. theres always someone who can kick your butt Point sparing or no sparring, yes ive already said there are exceptions to the rule, but the traditional arts usualy involve one or the other. It is becasue of this that in my opinion. these arts lose a sense of reality. Ive heard claims of ridicolus feats which can only be achived in comic books. Karate black belts that are always looking for fights, walking with a swagger that can only be described as pathetic. Theres no point denying it, as martial artists, we all have a hidden desire to use the skills we have learned, to put it simply.we want to kick but. Sport martial artists have the best of both worlds, we get our butts kicked and we kick theres aswell. Yes there are idiots aswell, some guys know there tough, and do adopt that persona. Since traditional arts are predominatly point sparing, the question always remains what if?, what if i hadnt pulled back that technique?, would it have done damage? As a former student of Tae kwon do, i used to ask myself this everyday. In general, sport MA guys dont need to go around proving thenmselves the whole time, we do that everyday in the gym. who cares if the local tough guy doubts what we can do? the traditional guys dont always get that chance....

sorry to correct here but in response to your question Kosen Judo is more focused on newaza. This was the focus of what Mitsuyo Maeda handed down to the Gracie family which they adapted to brazilan jujitsu. As a result this style of judo is more or less obselete and very hard to come by. kodokan judo is almost the reverse which the emphasis on throws with groundwork coming second, and is what you are seeing in the olympics to this day

yup, gotta say. Definitely the best martial arts forum on the internet. makes a change when every individual isnt totally single minded like allot of other posters on "other" sites fingers crossed it goes for another five years, and beyond.

id reccomend everybody to read "Mastering jiu-jitsu" its one of the most comprehensive books out there and should be considered a bible to all people who love grappling. and for those people who want to get a big insight in to it also

after about 4 weeks of training i feel there should be a need to spar, it doesnt have to be anything advanced, just workin over the basic combo's youve been working on the pads, and working in a few counters. Its great to get a feel of what youve been learning, and this way it only encourages you to learn more. i dont feel that longer than a month is necessary, and like i said it only has to be light at first. and theres nothing better than thinking wow, so thats how that combo works, or i got caught with that, i better put my guard up next time. whilst hitting the pads is beneficial, no doubt about it, if thats all your doing your missing out

off topic i know, funny to think i posted this over two years ago, man time really does fly!

me personally i would say judo, my view is that since fights start standing up, what do you whilst standing is more important, and you use the groundwork as a backup, incase things go wrong, and for me judo teaches you you to be more than capable should you end up there.

that is the muay tai round house yes

i passed

muaythai boxer no offence, but he was plainly joking there. He even mentioned Karate kid

mines going great, got my 1st muay tai grading tomorrow, hopefully tomorrow night i should be a yellow band, cant wait:)

i rememeber my 1st tap out, rolled in to juji gatame, this was only with the other beginers, the higher belts are demons on the ground. But still nothing can beat the feeling

hell no! as this is from watching one personaly, this big guy randomly attacked a guy in the pub way smaller than he was. 6 seconds later, he upwards palmheeled this guy in the nose, smashed his nose in to his skull, and the big guy ended up in intensive care for months. he went to jail for it, but he proved that it worked

if your talking about the training being intensive then yes. we are made to work out until were exhausted before even doing our techniques. Which is due to the standards needed for a competant tai boxer. as to breaking a baseball bat on our shins, we condition our shins to take allot of impact, but we never practice with a baseball bat lol! nobody would ever come back i think thats something that ud only see at a demonstration where some nutter wants to impress the audience, and has a rock hard shin

what was the actual question though? lol

for all of you judoka out there, who has impressed you the most with how they have brought there judo skills to the mma arena. how do you feel a matchup between the two would go?

and dam funny to watch to . the peewees have no fear

i wish i could, i love going to the bigger competitions. Only thing i hate is the amount of waiting that i have to do. even worse when i wait until 8 o clock at night only to lose lol but saying that there always a thrill. just out of curiosity what sparring are they doing? continous or point stop?

theres kosen judo, which is found in schools mostly in Japan and focuses mainly in newaza, not many schools practice this style of judo owing to jigoro kano's emphasis on throwing techniques, which is moreless what olympic judo is today with limited groundwork