47MartialMan

I like that..... Get rid of guns, people die from Dim Mak all of the time....

Yeah, I have seen a real samurai sword....it had a stainless steel blade.... Come on, it was real, but not authentic..........not and actual one. Besides so much for movies and TV...

What is the video called?

Yes, but it was a story and did not technically prove it.

I like this.....it makes sense and is not "complicated".

great explanation to me

Dying is easy, living is hard. I'll take the hard way.

The only Dan in one of the systems that I had studied was a guy named Danny. He hit very hard.

Did she pay him for the lesson and rank?

That's what my Master Instructor tells me every time I do my form (kata) wrong. Somewhere one had to "follow footsteps", how else would you begin to learn anything?

Yeah, Bull-Chi is practiced in the field....the cow pasture!!!!!

This discussion, like all of this vs that, is almost pointless. UFC and such maches have rules. Some of these rules apply to striking. It DEPENDS on the situation and people involved. I seen street guy wop the hell out of people. One my instructors says the victory of the fight is the one whom can take a hit(s). Against my advice, I had a JJ friend that though he was so well in JJ, went to one of these "show and fight" matches. This brawling guy knock him out with one punch! From my years seeing, (and beeing in) bar fights and street fights, not even half wound up on the ground! I put this to you....if it started on your feet, and it gets to the ground, then you had less skills to maintain from keeping off the ground to begin with. Because the confrontation did not START on the ground.

I agree.

Oh yeah, a constant pouring of water disolves a rock. To make this statement, you have a less "understanding" of many martial arts.

Actually, in a sesne, Karate did originate from China.

Yes, Hwarang came to my mind.....per Korean art.

How can you have a solid base once a hop is in full motion?

Been there. Done that. And it is done in P.E. (not the kicking part). Doing the "gym" fad, I had trainer. He was well educated on the structure on muscles and their movement. He also was a certified therapist in that field. He taught me a lot on the muscles. Thanks for the post, though.

Why do people, esp those fond of JJ, claim that most fights end up on the ground? My 40+ years on the planet, I haven't seen (or been in) even "half" of those "ground fights". This is not to state that it doesn't ever happen.

Funny!!!! Its deadly because when you get your credit card bill you "die"

What to you mean hopping around?

Yeah thats what I said, basically...

Yeah my hands are deadly, so are my wife's, and my nieces, nephews, etc...

True.....for surely rascism could have kept many of Orientals/Asains from coming to the US to teach

I agree, gear color is a silly worry.