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I doubt he could bench 400lbs, but I'm sure he was in shape. Physical fitness and martial arts go hand in hand.

I understand. My old high school has a strict no fight policy. If someone were to attack you, you had two options: 1. Run away, or 2. Stand there and take your beating Self defense was not a viable defense of your actions. You could get suspended or even expelled for fighting back; I kid you not.

I neighbor of mine used to teach hapkido before he came to college. He can snap someone's wrists like it's nothing. It seems to be an amazing form of self defense.

Perhaps literally. If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em.

Bob Sapp looks like a nut. Why does he have that ball in his mouth? http://www.prowrestle.tv/bobsapp/photo.html

Aren't nunchuks, katanas, tonfas, etc. illegal street weapons? My first instructor is a master with a 3-section staff; however, he was careful to point out if one ever used an exotic martial art weapon, like a 3 section staff or nunchukus, in a fight, he'd go to prison for 10 years. The only two choices I'd have in my room would be either my nunchukus or a baseball bat. I'd prefer to use my nunchuks b/c they swing faster than the bat and I could use them in a closed in space more effectively.

Is there a difference b/t how the two nunchucks perform, or is it just a matter of which nunchuck feels most comfortable in your hands?

Suppose a larger opponent decides to bully you, shoving you and calling you vulgar names, for whatever reason. You, being the bigger person try to walk away, but you adversary follows you insisting on getting a reaction from you. Finally, you get your fill and say, "Okay, tough guy. Bring it on!" The bully throws the first punch, a wild haymaker, which you easily deflect. Immediately, you deliver few deft strikes, leaving him on the ground with a broken nose and jaw and a black eye. In the end, you end up serving some jail time, paying the jerk's medical bills, and paying punitive damages. A fellow martial artist used the preceding scenario to explain to me the type of legal ramifications you could suffer from even if the fight wasn't neccessarily your fault. As it turns out, the instant you said, "Okay, tough guy. Bring it on!" you immediately forfeited any claim that you actions were in self defense b/c you played a part in provoking the incident. I'm curious as to what other kind of laws and policies exist regarding self defense? How would I go about learning my local laws regarding self defense? It's easy to win the fight but still lose in the long run (in court).

Is it true the maker of https://www.realultimatepower.net, Robert Hamburger, was sued by a woman, Marjorie Evans, b/c he was encouraging children to misbehave? The articles on the website appears to be linked to the MSN-NBC web site. You can find them under the [News] link. Check out the article under [News] at the date of 06/28/03 entitled court decision. It says he took a dump on the middle of the court room floor after he won. Is that true, also?

What are the differences b/t the two styles? I saw a show on the discovery channel about San Shou, and I wouldn't have known it wasn't Mauy Thai had they not said otherwise.

To be concise, there are only two possible courses of action: 1. Evasion. Ultimately, your'e dodging in attempt to avoid getting hit, or your running away as mentioned in one of the previous notes. Running away is my first choice. It might not look very tough, but whenever you find yourself about to be entangled in a physical confrontation, your basically considering a gamble. There's a chance your training will enable neutralize your attacker, but there's also a chance they won't. When you throw a weapon into the mix, the stakes get a lot riskier. I'm not a gambling man. As far as dodging goes, if your good and lucky, you can dodge a few swings, but you won't be able to do so forever by sheer probability. Eventually, your one of your attacker's swings will make contact unless you run away, or do #2 2. Jamming. If you must take on an assailant with a baseball bat, jamming is probably the simplest and, therefor, most effective technique. You basically get in a range too close for the baseball bat to be swung effectively. I could go on in a vain attempt to describe what I'm talking about, but http://www.totalwarrior.com/jam1.html will do a better job.

I believe Rick Tews gives a very good answer to this. http://www.totalwarrior.com/kuji-kiri.html

I don't speak Japanese, so I don't know if "Shuriken-justsu" translates to "the art of projectiles." Perhaps the art does deal with throwing blades, but https://www.uga.edu/ksr states that Kashimas Shinryu takes projectile punches from Shuriken-justsu. See the second line of the second paragraph.

The title pretty much explains what I'm looking for. I've been looking into this art called Kashima Shinryu. It's a warrior's art from midieval Japan that is primarily built upon swordsmanship, but it also combines other weapons (bo, knife, spear), jujitsu for grappling, and several other unarmed arts. One of the arts it includes to make it well rounded is called Shuriken-Jutsu, which is allegedly, primarily composed of projectile punches. Perhaps I know what they are, but I'm unfamiliar with the term. Anyways, what are projectile punches? How are they different from the punches of and art like, say, TKD or Karate? How effective would they be in a street defense situation?

I'm considering joining the Kashima Shinryu club at my college when it starts up again this fall. I was wondering if anyone here studies or has studied KS. How would you describe it? It appears that the art puts a lot of emphasis on combat for training as opposed to katas, so I was thinking it would be a good art for self defense. However, the descriptions I've read about KS have said that it preserves the techniques and martial insights of medieval Japanese warriors. Isn't innovation the key to building your and your martial art's potential for effective defense? Does preserving the old techniques detract from the art's ability to teach effective self defense? Also, the art is said to encompass fighting in all ranges (weapons, striking, and grappling techniques). The websites I've looked at said the striking techniques are primarily composed of projectile punches? Perhaps I already know what projectile punches are and I'm just unfamiliar with the term. Anyways, what are projectile punches? Thank you kindly for any answers. https://www.uga.edu/ksr https://www.kashima-shinruy.us

*clears throat* I've been training on my technique via books and such. Sorry.

Since I changed schools a few years ago, I haven't been able to go to a martial art class. I have, however, been going to the gym to lift weights and training on my via books and such. I've made progress, but the only problem is that I I've been spending too much time on the weights as I have been neglecting perfecting technique. My recent training schedule has been as such: Monday: Upper body, cardio, and stretching 1) 25-30 minutes of cardio 2) Isometric and active stretches 3) Pull-ups 4) Shoulder press 5) Dumbell curls 6) Decline press Tuesday: Lowerbody 1)Squats 2)Calf raises 3)Dead lifts 4)Shoulder Shrugs Wednesday: Upperbody 1) Pull-ups 2) Shoulder press 3) Dumbell curls 4) Decline press Thursday: Lowerbody (See Tuesday's schedule) Friday: Upper body, cardio, and stretching (See Monday's schedule) For the most part, I do supersets (1st set x 10 reps, 2nd set x 8 reps, 3rd set x 6 reps, and sometimes 4th set x 4-6 reps) with a 2 minute rest b/t sets. Needless to say, it can be very time consuming, and when I'm through my body is often unable to focus on technique training. Of course, I'm also balancing this with college classes and work on the weekends, and I'm currently unable to spend a good deal of time learning and developing technique. I was sparring a heavy bag in my gym today and it was depressing. I could definitely see how technique can do things sheer force cannot. Anyways, I need to change my training regimen, and I also need to put some time into muscular endurance, which I've also neglected. So I'm curious as to what everyone else's day-by-day training schedule is. How much time to you put into developing muscular strength, muscular endurance, aerobic endurance, and plyometrics and by what means do you develope the preceding attributes? How much time do you spend in the dojo? Any advice and tips would be much appreciated.