Shane

Danielson you will learn the answers to the questions you seek in the Chinese Section. Now wax the car

Never heard of this group your talking about. Let us know if you find out more information, it sounds interesting. I would like to see what type of system their developing. You said you think they are cutting about 80% of the tkd moves out. Well then it would not even be a system based on TKD, so I'm wondering where they are pulling these techniques from. Maybe Sambo, since you did say you think its getting popular in russia anyways let us know.

since this is posted in the kickboxing section I'm assuming your talking about in the ring. Best advice is work on side steping, but moving backwards can work for you as long as your aware of your suroundings in the ring and dont allow your oppenent to get you against the ropes or in a corner. Either way move back or side step and answer back with your own attack. Good Luck

Well it is to bad that you cant have him come attend a class.

I dont think anyone is forgetting these other styles/sports that your talking about. I think that they are not as popular as some OR they are not looked at as much as a self defense art. Dont get me wrong I'm not saying that you cant use the techniques within them. Now Savate is trying to grow in the USA but it is going to be awhile before there is a good amount of training locations. Trust me I have looked and wanted to get into savate. Boxing and Wrestling are huge sports but if you look at them, they are limited due to rules. Now you take a wrestler and put them into a grappling arts class, watch because once he/she breaks the bad habits of rules and learn some basics they get rather good fast (normaly), take a boxer and put them into a stand up style once again break some bad habits they also can progress quick, but I think it is the rules of these sports that hold them back from other styles. Now if you look at Judo, it is a sport with rules, but Judo players can be a mighty force, especially if you teach them how to strike standing and on the ground. Anyways just my thoughts on the topic

I think you need to attend a few different classes and see what style fits you best and you have the most fun with. You might even want to try finding a school that offers a mixed arts class and see if thats what your looking for. And if your just looking to better your fighting abilities for street fights and thats it, then it really wont matter what style you choose because you probably wont last long. The Instructor will either kick you out or you will loose intrest very quick. Getting into the martial arts is easy all it takes is you wanting to join, Continuing your martial arts training is the hard part. It takes passion and a self motivator, Even the best Instructors out there can only motivate you so much, self dedication and motivation is the key to continuing training, so think about that before you go spending your money.

kickboxing vs. muay thai You really need to check out different kickboxing schools because a lot of kickboxing programs are using muay thai techniques. Muay Thai is so awsome that a lot of schools have included some thai techniques and training methods into their training. You cant really say which is going to work better because there is so many factors to take into consideration when looking at a question like that. But I will say Muay Thai is a prime choice but look into all of your option you might find a program that uses muay thai techniques and then some to give you a even more well rounded program good luck

As far as going from the stand up to try and shoot in and pull this technique off I would not suggest it. I know the technique your talking about and it works BUT it is trained for if you end up on the ground somehow and your attacker is standing, there is to much at risk to try and go for the technique unless you somehow end up on the ground with an attacker standing over you and he gives you the opportunity.

The whole idea of breaking down the ranges is for training purposes. It is an important process in building the foundation for individuals new to the combative arts. Okay so lets look at Infantry school, so you mention CQB and learning basic techniques only. That is correct you learn just the minimum to prepare you for your unit and it is there you recieve your intermediate and advance training. It is the same with the different styles and systems. You need the basics (above all) prior to even trying to move forward. As far as limiting yourself with ranges and the weapons, I can see that you might have read to much into my post. The post of course did not go into training methods, it just listed basic techniques that would be a good idea to cover to form a well rounded combative art. And if you read the end of the post it states that the those techniques would be a minimum to form a well rounded combative art. And we all know that most techniques out there have several variations for various situations so what some might think is limiting others would think well rounded. But we all have our opinion and our ways and thats the great thing about combative arts is that they allow us to develop for oneself rather than ones instructor. Good Post JerryLove

YOU SEE WHATS GOING ON HERE. All of these different uniforms and all the different uniform standards for all the different schools is just to much, that is why we train nude and my dojo. Of course I'm only kidding, I want you all to know this so my private message area doesnt fill up asking where we are located. We have always worn black uniforms, but now that I have my own school we train mainly in thai shorts with my schools t-shirt for kickboxing and our jujitsu class trains the same but sometimes with gi top and belt.

DEFENSE - Guards and Blocks are very important, because for every attack there is a defensive move. With all defensive moves there should be an immediate counter attack. OFFENSE - When you attack you open yourself up to getting hit yourself, you need to realize this and not be affraid. Use combos and try to attack with atleast 3 techniques at a time. HIGH AND LOW - Keep your opponent thinking, Throw techniques to the head, body and legs and keep mixing them up. It keeps your opponent thinking. FINISH YOUR COMBINATIONS NO MATTER WHAT!

If possible try attending 3 classes a week if you cant do this, then it might be a good idea to get a heavy bag and practice the techniques that your learning in class. For now I would just stick to the routines that your getting in class and then down the road you can add some new ones to your training.

I have not had the chance to check it out. I cant even find any martial art mags. in my area anymore. WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO! HAHA

Take it one step at a time.

Learn both ways, and think of it as adding more tricks to your basket. But of course you will have the way that works best for you.

Sounds like this school could use a little adult supervision

I didnt read all of the posts so these maybe listed already. PAIN IS WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY TRAIN HOW YOU FIGHT, FIGHT HOW YOU TRAIN TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS IS A WAY OF LIFE, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS IS WHATS GOING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE! no offense to the trad. guys just a saying

Thats interesting, I posted a post about a month ago looking for any Savate Instructors in Washington State, but no luck. If you know of any let me know. I would love to take it up, especially if I could find one that taught the cane techniques. Thanks

Our master only invites the adult female students for in house training. This making all of us what to become a master someday!!!!! Just kidding, I have never had the chance

I know that some savate schools offer cane training. I dont think it is a regular walking cane with the crook. I think it is basically a straight cane that the french gentlemen started to carry after wearing swords was outlawed, and some of the straight canes contained a hidden blade within but lacked the crook (bent end). I might be wrong on this I do not study savate but have done some reading on it, I find if very interesting. Or maybe that was then and now they are implementing new training methods with crooked canes.

I agree with Shorinryu Sensei on this, if they do it to much they are out, I dont have time for it and the students who are there to really train dont have time for it. And one student isnt going to wreck it for everyone. Ofcourse you have to give everyone a chance, but I'm talking about if it continues. Most of the kids in my kids class learn pretty quick. You just have to make them realize that the dojo is not disneyland and thats what I tell them.

It is hard to change something that you have been doing for 20 years, I agree with that. I also agree that these individuals who are trying to cross rate need to perform technique to the standard of the art they are cross rating to, if not then they should just be given it right. Lets see most people who cross rate will tell you that they have a black belt it more than one art. With that I expect them to know more than one art, you know what I mean. Anyways just my opinion, if a block works then a block works but you are dealing with different standards and the rank requirements and thats why I think they need to perform it to the same standard as a brown belt in that art going for the test. Just my Thoughts

Yeah I know 7 months is not much training at all, but it is a good time to observe the beginners learning process and this whole topic came from me being so impressed with these two females. I think kbgirl and MenteReligieuse are tracking on this topic.

Karate Kid & Real Karate I have had a few guys in my Kickboxing class bring up the karate kid to me and the training shown in the movie. I can see that some people think that martial arts training is going to be like it is in the movies. I dont teach a traditional style but I use to train in one and I know that I had to do a lot more than sand floors, wax a car, paint a fence, hammer some nails and try to balance in the waves while playing at the beach before I was any good at it. Do you think that movies like this make people not like the martial arts as much as they thought they would at the time of watching the movies? This is not really an entertainment post its more of a training, moral question.

Do females make good Martial Artists? YES THEY DO! We do a lot of sparring at our school, and the other night I was having my students spar, the end match was two females. By the way We are a fairly new school so all of my students have 7 months or less training with me. So my male students are all getting awsome at their techniques and a lot of power, trust me I'm holding the pads hahahaha. Anyways my female students are just amazing me like crazy, they are progressing very fast and developing awsome power. Okay so we had about 10 different rounds of males sparring, the matches were pretty good they are starting to get really good, but the last match was between two of my female students, when the match started the guys were just trying to catch their breath from sparring and working the bag, but half way into the first round of the girls 3 round match up, everyone was watching. They were working combos like crazy, using everything that they have been working on automatically. Okay so here is what I would like to hear. Has anyone ever noticed that when some males spar their first couple of times all they want to do is forget about their training and hit their sparring partner technique out the window, of course not all but I've noticed it takes a few matches before most males are using their combos etc. But I'm seeing when I stick females in for their first few matches, they are more apted to use their training such as proper technique, combos, footwork etc. Is this because males have more of a fear of loosing so they loose control easier? Or is it because most females dont come into a school already feeling like they know what they are doing? Why is this? haha Anyways I'm very impressed with all of my students and how they are doing. When I was growing up training myself our school was mostly males and I think that it was due to the fact that our classes were pretty brutal, so I try to run the same realistic environment but with a bit more control hahaha and I'm having a great turnout of females.