jeffrogers

It comes down to the situation. If you have to hurt then hurt. But if you can avoid it don't. but it also dependson teh scruples or lack there of of certain people who train also.

resistance trainging means. developing power by hitting objects example heavy bag. But for some of the hand postions I seen in Mantis I would use something little more softer and build up. Also partner scenrio work. Were he resists lightly. Or chages angles or such and you adapt to using those technqiues to make them work. For example I will use refrence to Jiu-Jitsu training. Some one gets yo in a rear bear hug pinnging your arms against your body and just hold you there not really going for next step. Or what there intent was. So you work off of that later on they put more reistance nad mostly when Peopel grab you its A. hold you so there buddy hits you or b. Pick you up and slam you on the concrete wrestling style. Idea is to change angles on an attakc or little resistance and then little more then it works out better. Alot of styles can work if you adapt stuff. Thats basically what fighting is abougt. Techniques are okay but they are for repes of moves seeing a possible way moves can go together and for getting across certain concepts. Just resistace trianigna nd changing things up just makes the person adapt more. I usually just sum it up simple terms of resistance training. But I know that can be kind of vague. -Jeff

lol! I was suprised because I alwasy use diffrent angles joint locks. I just thought it was funny experience. Your double jointed monkeygirl? You study throws and joint locks also? Must me in your style of phlyng-pu-do. No offense but I heard that style really stinks. -Jeff

I remember doing forms in my advanced class. and my back of my gi ripped so my buttocks was showing. Good thing I was wearing undewear. lol! that was embarrasing. I am just glad it wasn't at a tourment were there would be people I didn't know. Another time I thought was funny is. Well lets talk about something else in relation to this for a second. We have a sister school I go to some times to train for fun. Both Shaolin Kempo schools but some instructers have diffrent back ground with other instructors and training emphasis. Well any way back at my school I was up in the advanced class again doing form at my belt level. I was going through few of the moves and then I got stuck. We were getting ready for some tournment so I started making up moves on the spot and kept my composure. At the end every one was impressed even my instructor said is that some some form you learned from Sensei mike. I said no i just got stuck in the middle of the form and made up the rest. They just laughed. Our sister school the instructor comes from diffrent back ground line in shaoliin Kempo so some of the moves are done slightly diffrent as well as some of the forms. I thought the experience was funny. -Jeff

Oh okay I know that you told me that before. Just curious if you ever worked out with him or been to one of his seminars thats all?

I know some people that do cane fighting. Can't find the website just go to google search. Type in "Cane" and then "martial arts" I am sure you will find tons of web sites. -Jeff

I took my belt off so many times showing other poeple how to tie the belt. Little kids like four years old. there attention spand and remembarce is like a blink of the eye. So alot of times I tie it for them. Until they go up in rank a little more then I really push for them to tie there own darn belt correctly. hey steinhauers, what type of martial art are you studying? -Jeff

Same her most of mine was in elementry and junior high. Since being in high school I been in 2 fights in high school and 1 were I would sort of call it a fight in the army. Not that I really wanted to fight. Only time I wanted to was MMA event ones. I need more trianing on that though lol! But those are okay since both parties agree and for me its more of a test to see were I am at in my skill levels with other experience martial artists.

Very Interesting, article you wrote sai. It makes since both storys. Thanks for sharing. Also I think on the same lines as one of the poseters wrote about the hard one shot one kill type moves in Shotokan. Very straight on respesent the hardness or ferociousness of the tiger. I enjoyed this. -Jeff

soft blocks, center line theroy, and alot you mentionied aren't reallyt that big of a secret any more. yeah technqiue is what counts. But whe you get guys of simular technique the bigger guy with strength plays a huge roll in winning factar because of his body weight behind his strikes. Unless your angles of your body to your oppents are so good your going to get hit at times. Then again I am talking aobut two people with same close to same skills. Were it really counts is also on the ground. Sorry but no one in invincible. You can get taken there I hope who ever does knows how to deal with that. -Jeff

It really mattes when that big SOB is on top of you in your guard and your trying to make space to go to open guard or shift your hips to the side. What a pain in the butt. -Jeff

So true I remember a couple diffrent karate instructors saying that size don't matter bigger they are the harder they fall. I am thinking yeah sure they all on top of me. lol! But I thought the same thing after experienceing BJJ. I learned diffrent. Unless your highly skilled Size and strengh matter big time.

Yeah that was on UFC's greatest hits and also on UFC's greatest knock outs. I know he really didn't train in that. But wasn't going to mention it.

Its hard also to catch joint locks if the person is just playing "Tag" Meaning point sparring with you. because they aren't really deciating the punch full power. Which if they do helps you out because its easier to stop the punch and grab it. But then again as I said before its hard if they have good pull back on the punch. Also just have your parner go real slow and just throw moves out there nad try to do it that way then slowly as you get better speed it up a little bit also good way is to hit him first then same time is stuned go for the lock. But remember they can be easily countered. So it isn't a "tap out" move as much as far as street self defense a quick snap and break it move so they can use it to hurt you.

Quite a bit when I was younger mostly I would get hit adn then cry. Pretty sad. Since taking martial arts at age 17 my last fight was when I was 17. I hit him he tried to hit back missed tried to grab me I took him to the ground quick and that was after 3 or 4 months of MA training. I was going to hit him again but I didn't his short but older brother said stop. I thought I was going to get jumped by him so I was ready for him. but he had his hands up and didn't want to fight. Later on the guy I faught we later became friends. Another time was when I was at my AIT (job training) in the army. I was in my barracks and guy was doing fire guard. He was being loud obnixous and I told him to get out of my room. I ended up pushign him out and he came to tackle me adn I but him in a gulitine and went to the ground and ready to choke him out. My roomates pulled me off hiim. It was dark in my room. The guy standed up and my roomate put his arms against my chest saying don't fight. my hands were blocked so I couldn't get it up in time for the other guy to stop his punch and hit me in the mouth. We went at it agian. he got me in a head lock I tried to get it off he had it in tight. PIssed me off I know moves to get him off. But we ended up breaking it off. Actually we ended up talking about it we appologized next morning then became friends. Kind of weird how all that worked out. Only other fights I been were MMA event fights. I lost both of them wasn't really trained for it. Of course I am going to make the excuse that the 2nd person they put me with was a seasoned pro fighter who has faught alot. I was set up as a tomoato can or record buffer for him. OH well its expeirence. Thats my fight history since I been training. Nothing really impressive. When I leave Korea and get back into the states I plan on taking back of BJJ as well as starating some boxing and learning wreslting take downs and sprawls and get back into MMA Events. What an adrinline rush it was. -Jeff -Jeff

Welll I took TKD when I was 11 for about a year. Wanted to do it because of watching Ninja turles. But I wasn't really into practiing the moves a whole lot. Eventually my mom took me out a year later. Also when I was 17 I had af riend who was a good street fighter. He gave me some weird advice. He said alot of football players take balet for better balance and controrl of there body.. So I thought I might do that so I checked out a Ballet dance school then on the way home on the corner of the intersection to are house. I see the Karate sign and stopped by there. I just was looking around. The instructor was offering me a free private I was hesitant at first but ended up taking it. Next day saw some hot chicks taking one and I helped out on it. During my private I learned how to get out of a double hand wrist grab by pulling against the oppents thumbs. I thought that was so cool. I didn't learn defense against grabs in TKD whe I was younger. I enjoyed the concepts of pulling away from the thumb. So i joined also due to the fact that I thought the cute girls were joining at the time. Sadly they didn't join. But I stayed with the instructor for a long time. Also along the way his instructor became mine and he was showking me a diffrent style and teaching mapproach that I enjoyed a bit better so I more or less went off with him and also found a BJJ instructor I liked alot and was with him for a couple years until I joined the army and left all that behind. Now I need to get back into training. I train on my own. but you can only improve so much with solo drills. -Jeff

saifights is the tekki kata's similuar same as the pinion kata's. I saw on your profile you do Shorin Ryu and Shotokan. I know in Shorin its pinion and shotokan is tekki. Same in robu kai karate. -Jeff

I remember working out with this girl who did aikido she bagged about her being double jointed. That she frusterated her Aikido instruter and other proctioners cause they couldn't wrist lock her. I took her wrist tried a lock. It wasn't working so I change the angle down she goes she taps out and was like "WTF?" "how did you do that?" I just laughed. I was thinking if all I did was change the angle to do that to you. I don't think I will be impressed with your Aikido instructor. but I didn't say that to her just thought it. lol! -Jeff

Gracies just exposed more of the importance of ground game. Granted I feel the same way they didn't invent sh*t they braught a good art. That maybe they modified moves that worked better for there body's but I agree. Some one at some time in history probably done the same move. But what they did do is expose the art and importance to understand how to deal with the ground game. As well as they helped push out with the event of the UFC of Full contact style VS. Style competion. Were before it wasn't a big or mainstream as it is today in the martial arts community besides point sparrint tournaments and a few underground fights and challange matches it wasn't really focuses on. Which also push off the idea and notion for more cross training. Which I feel really pushed the knowlege base or opened the eyes of the martial arts community. How woulda TMA do against a grappler. okay if he trained to stop grapplers or defend against them. By training with them. But if not and just went in there with his particular stand up style I don't think he would do very well. Reason I feel the gracies did so well in the mid 90's. They aren't a big force in the MMA fights now. There styles or Teaching methods of course are a big force. Royce started it all with UFC as far as the MMA Craze in the US. But they aren't as fighters they aren't a huge force now compared to top UFC fighters like courture, ortiz, liddel, hughes, syliva. or top pride fighters, Jackson, silva, sakaraba, henderson. Just my thoughts. -Jeff

Tournments are okay. I have done MMA/point sparring/ as well as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournments both gi and no gi events. They are all fun. Point sparring - Its okay. I got tired of it. I wouldn't even be close to hit some one maybe even hit there elobow that is down by there side. my body is back and my arm was out reached. But they gave me a point . I thought it was to hookey for me. Also its okay it does get you to be fast. But it doesn't help you as much for your distance because you don't get close enough to generate a powerful hit. All you need is to tap the person. but then again depends on what tournment and the critereia is for contact made in that particular tournament. Forms are okay and push you to train to make them look better. But thats about it. Its about Kata/form acting. With loud KIA's slow tenision moves there and fast explosive moves there. Its okay but I am not big on them. MMA - Awesome test of punching skills tactics for stopping strikers or grapplers. Really fun! BJJ - fun tournaments. Get to see people with diffrent technqiues. Same as training but pressure to win or pressure not to get whooped on by the other guy from diffrent school. Can get intense. Go more harder in rolling (sparring) Other then that justs good way to test your skills against some one from another school who may have diffretn take down knowledge or diffrent ways to pass guard or for setting up subs or what not. So good chance to test your skills. Over all one thing I like about competing is if your nervous it helps you with you to get over your nerves and fears with it and also helps you deal with the adrinline dump you may get. Especially full contact tournments. they get you more ready for physical confrontations then point in my opinion. -Jeff

Yeah, very true it can be excellent cardio. Good at focusing your breathing with the hits. Same as form training. Except you can m ake the moves more realistic for fighting and change the patterns. Shadow boxing is excellent in getting the repetions in for muscel memory. working on relaxing the muscles while you hit so you work on relaxed speed. Also good for working on foot movement with it and hits. And basic form.

I will check your site out thank you for your comments. When you mention so called masters and such. Same reason I am with Mr. Sandoval's group. I haven't another person like him yet that can teach such deeper level concepts and the functions of the human body. As well as the little details and cordination of it all he has. Have you ever met him or worked out with him or at one of his seminars? or just from video tapes? best wishes to you regards, Jeff -Jeff

maybe you have moe of a profound knowledge of it. From the way white crane conepts or theory of the crane is written and from what I get in Hakutsuru as far as concepts the concepts seem the same to me. As far as the particular crane style you do. I don't know any thing about. Weather it really is the mother of all white crane again that is up to debate because I have no knowlege of it either. So what concepts that is in the style you practice Ron and in the application that differs from Hakutsuru or other crane styles. Could you give examples of what your tlaking about that Hakutsuru or other crane arts hold little with the application and concepts of true white crane? That way I can better understand where you are coming from. -Jeff

Oh okay that makes more since then. -Jeff

I don't quite fallow your question. Could you pleaes rephrase it? -Jeff