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Not bad at all, and illustrated well. What do you guys think of the differences?

I haven't practiced systema myself but have seen a few people in my lifetime that have. They seem impressed with it so far, but isn't this the method the Russian military uses to train their soldiers?

For us we train in both, I'd say equally, but in terms of power I kind of feel that a backfist has more. But then again I think it can depend upon that the target is. If they are both aimed at, say, the face or jaw I thin the backfist may be just a little more effective in injuring an opponent than a jab. In our dojo we normally use the jab to distract an opponent.

That's very interesting, I've heard of Ba Gua before...I located https://www.pakua.org which contained a lot of information on it. A new instructor for this system has recently come to our local area, so I was interested in learning more of this style. It had a few training videos up, and it seems very similar to a dance.

I have taken a few breaks myself and I tend to come back to it all the more committed.

OK so let's assume for a moment that the instructor isn't coming back for a little while. If the dojo/school belongs to an organization perhaps you can inform them and request some help. Are any of the senior students able to teach?

Yes, we use it to attack the soft ab sections to the side as well...mostly targeting the spleen.

Yes that's it alright, thanks

As strange as it sounds, I've never heard of a self-defence (or women-only self-defence) class that didn't teach women how to attack the groin and/or public bone for both men and women.

Ah yes pain thresholds...I've done them before but we didn't have a name for them. For us it began like this: 1. Lay on your back, arms past your head with hands on the ankles of a partner. 2. Raise your legs up to about your head (make sure you don't bent your knees)...when it gets to reaching distance of your partner they push your legs back to the floor. This is repeated to get a total of 25 (35 for brown belts and 50 for blacks). 3. After performing the proper amount of lifts, you lower your legs to 2-3" from the floor. You then hold them for sixty seconds without moving...next you circle your legs without raising them past about 6" from the floor. Your partner observes this for you so you can focus on the movements. 4. Rest for 60 seconds. 5. Flip over on to your stomach, then life your body from the floor for 60 seconds. You're supporting yourself by your toes & elbows (if you don't have matts your forearms). 6. Rest for 60 seconds. 7. Life body again for another 60 seconds. 8. Repeat 1-7 but this time you're standing & watching your partner as they do the exercise.

I'm not sure about the NW1, but I have a Fox heavyweight gi. I'm very happy with it as it just soaks everything right up, but I'm not sure about the lighter ones if you're down south you may not enjoy the heavy gis.

That is useful information, I was able to get through to the students the idea by having them perform the techniques with a bag. So rather than moving through the entire kata they did all of the techniques in place, against a bag. So they understand now that while they aren't encountering opponents they have to assume they are. This type of mindset is allowing them to go full power when they are supposed to, so they can demonstrate they do have a mental and phyiscal knowledge of the techniques proper applications.

I have a Fox heavyweight gi.

When I was fifteen an instuctor for an internal art spent some time in our community, but moved on due to lack of interest. First let me start by saying I believe it is an internal art because of the nature of the techniques invovled. The internal he was teaching was based upon a concept of moving the air from your lungs to other parts of the body. This involved using your ki/chi to manipulate the air through to parts of the body which would be encountering a target (e.g. while punching) or in being struck. I was wondering if anyone has heard of this, and what it's name is?

Hello all, I'm just wondering if anyone has heard of Pa Qua? I believe I have spelled it wrong but it is definitely pronounced as pah-qwah. I can't seem to locate any information on this on search engines, mostly due to spelling I think. Anyone know of this style?

I tend to agree with the majority here in that it should be based on how much supervision that the children will be receiving. Maturity is a very difficult thing for kids because many of the simply do not yet understand the concepts of pain they inflict. So in my own opinion I think that they should start around 10-12.

In my own psych training from university physiology is a major factor of course. The method that a nerve transmits information as well as carrying memory is relatively universal from person to person. But one thing modern psychologists haven't been able to answer is why state of mind can prevent someone from experiencing something much differently than another. I think the discovery channel had something on about olympic weightlifters...and their state of mind when doing the lifting. If you had the weight in your mind you weren't going to lift it but if you were thinking about the action and the joy of lifting, you succeeded. So that said I tend to agree with that show in that the state of mind and what you tell yourself are major factors in allowing something to happen. Maybe there is something mystical (for lack of a better word) bout it, but right now I don't think we have any scientific equipment which can measure that.

It's very close, except for our system the thumb is inside the other four fingers as there isn't going to be a need for the finger tips to be the strike point. However we do use that particular fist for eye gouging attacks.

As you all know there is at least one technique where we trained and trained and trained and trained and just weren't getting it. Then...one day out of the blue for some reason...it clicked. Then you can do it every time, without fail. For me, I had two experiences: straight punch, and side thrust kick. What was it for you?

There's some memories bubbling up to the surface. Remember earning enough points to get another "heart" in Double Dragon? Then you can do those super-neat-o side kicks!

I think you have to take Mr. O'Reiley with a grain of salt, because he enjoyes polarizing issues. In other words he enjoyes a good arguement (debate, what have you). That said, it doen't belie the dangers invovled but one thing is for certain, there are less debilitating injuries because the fighters are much more conditioned. Perhaps one reason why many people are overly cautious of the UFC and it's "level of violence" is education. Someone who is properly conditioned isn't really going to be severely injured by a blow to the body, for example. However, I'm no physician myself so I can't comment on possible long-term effects of career fighters in UFC, boxing, etc.

In JKA tourneys I've participated in it is quick, about a second. If you leave your arm out there it's getting grabbed.

Somthing else to consider is your training routine. If you are training for short periods of time this can be a factor. You should give your muscles some time to warm up, loosen up, and get used to the repetition. If you're doing that already, then great.

Found this place. If you don't like it perhaps they can point you in the direction of others: West Sacramento, Champs Boxing Club, 2506 Rice Ave., suite B, West Sacramento, CA, 95691, Ph: 916.837.8874, 916.416.2618, or 916.233.5665

Now that is a good video, the good natured spirit and training, that's how to train a kid.