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"Look cool, fall with style"

I agree with TreeBranch i have no problem with the Gracies, i think they've contributed alot to the martial arts. but if i hear another over zealous BJJ fool say TJJ would never work on the street i will hammer punch their clavicle.

sounds like * but it sounds so * that it could be true.... hmmmm maybe he's legitimate, but i wouldn't count on it

I looked into it further and i was partially wrong Sayoc Kali is taught to some military personel in the philipines, but it's not their primary style. it's more there to enhance and suppliment their other techniques. i couldn't find the name of the units that they taught to though anyway, nice clips. they are actually pretty similair to the things you would see in an early sayoc class (some of the first things we learn are unarmed tactics against an armed opponent) but the main purpose (or at least the area in which it shines) is a fight with another experienced kinfe fighter. if you watch any of the drills, they are continious and flowing. if the attackers stirke misses or is blocked they redirect the energy into another flowing atack from a differant direction or angle. i like this about sayoc because it makes you think about the best way to survive. if you block or evade a thrust, the attacker can come back around and slash you. anyway, this is just my opinion. i understand that there are differant ways to get the same thing done. this style just happens to work well for me.

im 6'2" 220 lbs. musculare but i could stand to loose some body fat. and despite my size im amazingly flexible and well balanced.

Lisenced by Tuhon Chris Sayoc. His family invented the style (hence the name SAYOC Kali). Only schools lisenced by Tuhon Chris are real Sayoc Kali school. and all the rest ARE imposters. there are few enough of the schools for them to keep track of all of them. did you even look at the site? and when i said extreme, i didn't mean the popularized meaning i mean it's not a style for the weak of heart. almost all of the cuts and techniques result in a kill (and a very messy one at that). This style is taught to military black ops in the pihilipines (not sure what they're called) and focusses on ending the fight with a kill in less than a few seconds.

Sayoc Kali is one of the most advanced and extreme knife fighting arts i've ecountered. My dojo is a lisenced dojo that teaches Sayoc kali. the other dojos in the US are in Denver, CO Ocean city, MD Manchester, NH (my dojo) East chester, NY Fresh meadows, NY Manhattan, NY Pleasantville NY Daytona, OH Upper Darby, PA Wichita Falls, TX Woodbridge, VA these are the ONLY liscenced Sayoc schools in the US. any others are imposteres and you should not take up training there. check out the site https://www.sayoc.com if you havnt already. if it's possible to join a school, do it. it's incredible

as mentioned before, there where many differant stlyes of traditional ju-jitsu it's hard to really explain them all. it's like saying kung fu is ________. there are really to many styles. all styles include throws. not all have strikes, but the majority do. unfortunetly much of it is routed in ceremony and sometimes you have to take a japanese course just to understand what the instructor is saying. in my opinion it's a very well rounded art. traditional jujitsu was the base for many other arts (bjj, aikido, judo). there are weapons in some styles. but traditionally jujitsu would be a seperate skill from kenjutsu (sword) or other wapon skills and would be taught seperately.

swords, not so much, but in certain parts of the world a bolo is a very common weapon mostly africa, south america and the filipines (or philipines.... stupid irregulair noun)

what i meant by "unsupported" are spins where one hand is loosley gripping the pole. the classic "figure 8" and helicopetrs are such spins. if you habe both hands firmly on the stick while doing a spin, you're doing it correctly and with support. a spin should be a series of circulair strikes with intent, rather than flimsy, fancy looking motions with no real purpose.

I absolutley think weapon training improves empty hand skills. a knife technique can be performed with a pen, which can but substituted by a boshiken or shitanken. Also i think working with weapons gives you a better understanding of the weapon in general which makes it much easier to defend against. if you know the most crutial part of a grip on a sword is the last three fingers, you can aim your attacks there for maximum efficiency. also you can gauge the limitations of a weapon if you've trained with it. then you can make descions about calculated risk like "i've used this kind of bolo before and i know a slice to my arm wont disable me and it would put me in a possition to slash his femural artery. is it worth it?"

believe me, spinning it around in an intimidating way is a complete waste of your time in fact it's probably detrimental to your training because if you where to try that stuff in a real confrontation you would lose. unsupported spins like the "figure 8" and "helicopter" look cool but if you hit anything while spinning the stick bounces off or falls out of your hand anyway, if you insist on wasting your time, here's a good site for staff spinning. https://www.homeofpoi.com go to the lessons section and choose "staff lessons"

I've noticed alot of people at my school (mostly "gangstas") talk about boxing and when they throw a punch to show what they were talking about they stick their thumb out is there a reason for sticking your thumb out while punching if you're a boxer? i also notice they do that little "whiping you nose" motion with their thumb out befor they strt throwing a combination. i see profetional boxers to this. they kind of move their gloves to their nose for some reason. what's that for anyway? can anyone explain this to me?

i just noticed my hanbo (3 foot staff) has a slight curve to it. i think it's just become warped over time. is it possible to straighten it back to the way it was? it's made of ash if that helps

well, in a formal duel a weapon is chosen before the actual fight. if the person specifies the type of weapon then you have no choice. if for some reason the person mearly says "swords" then i'd imagine that means any sword you'd like. generally however, duels do not include mixed weapons. if you battle with swords, you both use the same kind. etc. so basically you're asking what the best kind of sword is. specifically the rapier or the katana. i guess my preferance would have to go to the rapier. modern forging techniques mean neither is really that much better than the other technologically. i tend to favour speed over brute strength when it comes to blades because i single puncture wound that can be inflicted in a second can end a fight. Although there really is nothing cooler than a Bowie duel (i.e. a duel with Bowie knives populair in the south around the time of the civil war)

Thanks, thats exactly what i was looking for

hey, speaking of canes, ive been meaning to look uo that french cane martial art but i cant remember what it's called can anyone help me out? it;'s something like "le cane".

this is BY FAR the best balisong/ butterfly knife web site ive ever seen video, animation and still picture instructions for basic drills and openings. check it out: http://www.balisongxtreme.com/ watch some of this guys free style videos. the sounds are just sooooo cool

we have to do forms, demonstrate techniques on a live opponent and the ability to roll, fall and evade when holding a weapon (try doing leeping rolls and forward falls holding a Bo or sword, not as easy as it seems)

honestly, there are only two situtaions in which i would kick another male in the b**ls and that is if he had just kicked me there or he was about to kill me it's dishonorable. yeah yeah, im stupid and old fassioned, blah blah blah. i can think of some much more painful techniques that don't end in castration. a shot to the nuts can heal, a broken knee will hurt for the rest of their life. but at least they can still procreate

acourding to "The Martial Arts Encyclopedia" "Daito= long, Wakizashi= medium and tanto= short" a Katana is simply refered to as "the fameous long sword, the primary weapon of the samurai" im pretty sure they mean the same thing, but i've noticed some companies sell diatos and katanas as diferant things and the daitos are usually longer

hahah, yeeeeaaaah mushaidori is painful. hurray for Budo taijitsu i learned a counter where the person steps forward to relieve pressure on the shoulder and then you just sorta dive forward into a maie otosh with their arm still in the lock, dislocating their arm

ocassioally you meet someone whos either beeing tough or has a really high tollerance for pain and nothing you do seems to phase them. what do you folks think is the best way to inflict pain on such a person? (preferabley not breaking bones, i know it hurts, but thats not really what im looking for)

eh, the show was pretty neat. i liked the rope dart segment and some of the "cut away" CG scenes where pretty interesting. and that cat with the Katana in the end was really good (even if it was pretty flashy) i didn't like the fact that most of the emphasis was on weapons and striking and there was only about 2 minutes devoted to the softer arts. maybe if they make another one (which they probably will) they'll have some more jujitsu or grappeling related stuff. i also didn't like how every time they would show a weapon they would make it apear to triumph over the weapon it was facing. i thought it was stupid how it gave the impression that one weapon was better than another when really the winner of the battles simpley had a higher skill level. in ideal circumstances with two martial artists on the same skill level a Bo would not beat a spear, 1 sword would not beat 2 swords and a straight sword would not beat a katana if the skill level is the same, the only variable is the technological advantages of the weapons. a spear can be used almost exactly the same as a bo but it also has a sharp tip so it is more effective.

a finger spin may be just for show, but a wrist spin isn't. it's used to quickly change grips. my advice is to use those sites and learn wrist spins. then work on finger spins.