Shane

I've seen some of the vids before also, but not as many as the link that was posted. thanks again

Jujitsu has had a great amount of influence on most martial arts. Even though there are those who will disagree its true. Jujitsu can pretty much be found in most styles. This is because Jujitsu was basically a form of combat that had been designed from actually combat and for combat. Techniques that were not effective were usally proven in life and death situations to be not effective, so ofcourse when other styles started to form they would want to take from this combat proven style to make their art better.

Out of the two you listed and what you said your looking for I would for sure suggest KM

Okay I do prefer the Glock 23 but I really dont suggest taking it to that level, it might be something to get the local police involved in. These types of people need to have something done to them.

Start Training Gun-Fu I prefer the Glock model 23 its pretty compact but still accurate. (40)

not the best in my opinion but its a good Idea to sample all things in sparring prior to being faced with a real situation.

Your not the only one thats crazy, I think there are more crazy ones out there than non-crazy with this topic. My wife has had her share of watching me do this and then of course I move right on to putting my techniques to use on her and she use to hate it. Now that I have a school of my own she see's that I do that to all my students and just not her so now it does not bother her as much unless she is cooking dinner or trying to get something done. hahahahha

Its pretty much up to you, as long as you keep training hard, it does not really matter if you test or not at this point.

I also like looking towards the mid section, this allows you to view all. You just need to break any habits of developing tunnel vision, this habit is usally broken after some coaching on the mitts and after you take a few good un-seen strikes in your first couple of sparring mathces.

Only our females wear chest gear in our adult classes and thats for obvious reasons but I supply them with 3 styles to choose from, first a ringside female chest guard very non restrictive, and the other two styles are made from Macho, one is the regular old TKD style and then I have three of the macho Karate chest protectors they are made of a very light weight foam and are about half as restrictive as the TKD style. I would look into one of those they are pretty affordable also. http://www.macho.com/products.jhtml?method=view&section.id=1&subcategory.id=6&category.id=1&product.id=32 or possibly this one http://www.macho.com/products.jhtml?method=view&section.id=1&subcategory.id=6&category.id=1&product.id=17

cool vids thanks for the link

Speed, Power and Pin-Point Accuracy A lot easier said than done

Like everyone keeps saying here you see this all of the time, I had a guy come into my school who was probably one of the most closed minded martial artist I have ever met, he was an aikido practitioner (I have nothing against aikido) but this guy basically told me that because I dont charge for belt ranks that our program cant be good. I guess his school was charging around $1,000 for their rank exams and when he found out that I dont have a fee except the $5.00 for the belt he pretty much made up his mind about our school right then and there but he did stay and keep talking martial arts with me for about 30 minutes. I had a buddy of mine with me at the time and after this guy left we just kind of looked at eachother and laughed, we then started some training for the day and probably about 4 time during training we both brought up the quesition of how someone can be that closed minded, I would fill you in on the rest of his version of a true martial art but it would take up to much space here.

good luck

Delta pretty much said it here

Why I started: Well I always had wanted to do them but I had gotton into a fight while in the 10th grade and I barley won, it kind of scared me to know that I was the just the lucky one in that fight so I wanted to learn how to protect myself if I was ever faced with a situation like that again. Why I still do it today: Same reason to be prepared, and then there is the whole becoming a martial art addict thing. I just love doing it and a major bonus is that it is great for your health in more ways than one. Over 11 years ago I started training

It really depends on your experience level. I think its best for beginners to stick to one thing until they build a base foundation and then the learning process comes a lot easier. I wouldnt recomend learning from your girlfriend unless she has experience instructing. As far as the two working together I dont see why not. I personally think that mixing things up can make them better. A lot of people will tell you that their art is already complete, well in some cases that almost true, but there are so many styles out their that are incomplete in my opinion so to answer your question on how the two would go with each other I think just fine.

its the newest thing, its like thai boxing without the kicks, knees, elbows and punches. Obviously you do a lot of standing around but I hear its going to be the next super martial art!! Just Kidding

It would be nice if you could find a school with a Mixed Arts class. I teach my students a mixed program and they get punches, kicks, knees, elbows, locks, chokes, throws, takedowns, clinch fighting, ground grappling, weapons defense and some weapons training. I try to cover it all to best prepare an individual for realistic situations. I agree that looking into kenpo would be a good idea also, I myself have never studied it but I hear if you find a good kenpo school you will gain a lot from your training. Also look into some jujitsu schools, if you can find one that has added stand up fighting then you might be good to go. Good Luck

I let my guys pick up the pace only after I'm sure they have control with the technique they are working. I have never studied San Soo myself but from what I know from reading and talking with a San Soo instructor a lot of the techniques are similar to our program and a lot of these techniques you dont want to go all out on they are designed to finish your attacker and in training you can go combat speed with them. Now that does not mean staying slow forever you need to pick it up but thats in time. The story you speak of could be true, or it could just be the way the instructor chooses to train their students until they master the techniques and then letting them progress.

Dragon whips its tail, we use to do a kick that one of our instructors use to refer to as a dragon kick. Its basically a mule kick with both hands on the floor and the kick is shooting upward rather than straight back. Real un realistic kick in my opinion but it was part of the first kata in our purple belt. But as far as Dragon stance I myself have never seen or heard of it.

Groin Shots

Going toe to toe with a boxer is not something you want to do and I would give it to the boxer, but the benifit of most martial arts is they try to cover the BIG PICTURE and that includes taking it further than toe to toe. I tell my students that its stupid to go toe to toe because every dog has their day and every punch can effect you different. Get in get some hard strikes take them to the ground and finish them while trying not to go to the ground yourself, but train for the ground just in case. Boxing does not cover that

Use the least amount of force necessary to subdue your attacker and get the hell out of there.

I would take whatever works and then work with it.