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I dont have any info on this particular company. I have owned a couple of gis from the Juka company and I have had good experiences with them. The gi's and the company! https://www.juka.com The Company is now located in California USA so it is a bit far for ya anyways good luck on your search

Yes keep training and you will get it back, I know when I opened up my school and started teaching about 8 classes a week I was home each night in a HOT!!!! bath soaking it up hahahahaha, but after about 7 months of my intense schedule I'm feeling great and not in a lot of pain, we all know that pain is part of the game so some is okay but I know what your talking about.

Attending 2 or more schools at once for someone who has not built a good foundation would be very difficult. Now some schools have programs that include more than 1 style of class, or they offer a program that has a pre-mixed curriculum these styles are mixed martial arts or mixed arts. If you find a good school it is very easy to build a good foundation while learning a mix of techniques that can be applied from all ranges of a self defense situation. A lot depends on the school, instructors and student. But trying to study at different schools when first starting off is in no way a good idea and I think it kind of works against new martial artists

Well said Rich67, I have to agree with you on this. One thing to add to this is FEAR, being able to accept fear and using it to your advantage. To harness this energy and use your own fear that will sometimes work against the non-trained is such an awsome power when used for you.

I think the best way for you to figure out if you should take it or not is to decide yourself. Others are always going to have different looks on things and thats good but you need to do what you want with it. If the teacher is good and you feel you are learning techniques to defend yourself and having fun while doing it then I say go for it!!!!! Remember being able to strike and strike hard is big plus for self defense, a few hard strikes to the right areas can HELP decide the outcome of a fight. Actually some kickboxing techniques (non fancy crap) is awsome for setting you up for other techniques such as throws/takedowns locks/chokes etc. We do a mix of Jujitsu and Kickboxing so the class is now MIXED ARTS but the two go together great.

If you could rocket to the moon, then so could others so I'd use the time I had to train to kick some butt when the others arrived so that I could be the dominate one on the moon and anounce myself King. Okay so thats a little far fetched but so is the whole moon thing you started in this topic hahahaha. Self Defense is a must in a martial art otherwise your not really doing a martial art. You have to look way back and how these techniques were developed majority of them on the battle field or in preperation for the battlefield, a lot has been implimented into the different arts for tradition and ways of life but never forget the battlefield application that is part of these traditions etc. My Thoughts

I had not heard of this particular form of Jujitsu but that means nothing, I found a web site http://home.earthlink.net/~heikeryu/ If I was you I would check it out and see if they offer a free class and take it. There are so many versions of Jujitsu in the world today and every Instructor is different so the only way to determine if it is a good school with a good Instructor is to go check it out yourself. Dont pay to much attention to a name, pay attention to the quality of Instuction you yourself recieve and then go from there. GOOD LUCK

I would not try to compare the Instructors because not one martial artist is the same and thats whats so great about the arts. He is showing you his version and if mixing it up a bit with kickboxing is his way then great, now if your not enjoying class and you feel your not learning anything new or realistic then you might want to move on, but if you like the class and feel your learning then thats wonderful and stick with it.

I was not aware that so many injuries came from aikido. Thinking about it I can see how beginners might rush into their training before knowing proper technique and falling techniques. Anyways thanks for the INFO!

I think that either a form of Jujitsu or Judo would be good for her. I have a friend who's a Judo black belt and he comes in to work with our Jujitsu class sometimes well I found out awhile back that his Instructor is almost completely blind. Judo works a lot off of grabs and holds so that would be a major bonus right there. Jujitsu in my opinion would also be good for her depending on the school.

It happen to my Instructor in the mid 90's, I was pretty surprised I did not think that stuff still went on and that was 10yrs ago. Lucky for the guy my Instructor pretty much laughed it off, My instructor didnt care who was teaching what or who had another school in town. He was not about that at all, we were all about intense training and having a good time doing it. Now I have my own school and last week another school opened up in town here and the Instructor came in and talked to me, it was great we talked about working together for community functions ect., similar to when I opened up and contacted the Instructor of the local Karate dojo. Thats how it should be showing each other respect. I know some might look at each other as competition but I guess I'm lucky here because the 3 of us offer complete different training programs, and we all know everyone out there is looking for something different. So instead challenging other schools to duals you should go challenge them with the task of working with you to help the local community. My thoughts

Now days I see JKD being taught as a name of a style, but I also see the JKD concepts being used with other styles, this is where it gets tricky. We use some of the JKD concepts, but in no way do we claim to teach or even train JKD as a style and I think this is where some are claiming to teach JKD when really they are just using the great concepts. I know their are legit schools who can rightfully claim to teach these concepts as a whole, but be careful selecting something that says JKD taught here.

You might want to look into Akido since it sounds like you could easily get another injury. Dont get me wrong akido can be very brutal, but a lot of the akido schools I have seen have very good training methods that I think could work with your injury

We always train low kicks, especially side shin kicks to the thigh I like to partner up my students and have one do the kick while the other one uses a shin block to defend agains the kick, I then allow the kicker to mix it up from left to right not letting the defender know where the kick is coming from and then they must use a shin block to defend against it. Mix it up a bit and have the kicker sometimes use a higher side kick (ribs) so the defender has to block with their forearms, sometimes throwing low front kicks in is also a good idea and having the defender shuffle backwars out of the way of the kick. Good training exercise for the kicker and defender, then once they have done if for awhile switch the kicker to the defender and the defender to the kicker

Hard situation, talk to the instructor

It just seems like the schools are getting worse and worse rather than better with ensuring these types of things dont happen. I know they can only do so much but it almost seems like they have just gotten use to it and dont do much to prevent it. Anyways I would for sure keep taking appropriate measures at the school and getting your child into the martial arts would be wonderful. Its going to be hard to find a school that will teach your child real self defense, I'm sorry but to many schools out there say their stuff works but its really not that effective. Our Jujitsu program does not let a child in until they are atleast 12 this is due to the brutal techniques in the program, I would suggest trying to find a Jujitsu school if possible. It would be great to find a Jujitsu school that also trained some muay thai for their stand up. Over 80% of male fights end up on the ground, so you for sure want grappling training. Give him the skills needed just incase! Those are my thoughts

For sure dont let this stop you from starting up training, there is something out there for you. Go visit some of the local schools and talk to the instructors and see what they have to offer you.

Look into some Jujitsu and BJJ schools, find one that will work with you, a good instructor will work with your challenges and make the style work for you. I allow my students to wear wrestling shoes in class so see if that is possible. In the ground grappling arts you spend atleast half your time on the ground that might be a bonus for you right there. Good Luck

I think that Jujitsu would be good for you. Judo is also a very good style and it is similar to some forms of Jujitsu since it was developed from Jujitsu, but it can also be very different from a few forms of Jujitsu out there. Even a Mixed Martial Arts school that uses a program based off of Jujitsu would be excellent for you. Good Luck in your searches

Good Luck with your fight 115% all the way

yeah let us know if you have a good link with some more information

Monkeygirl pretty much said it, the combative aspects of it was hidden in the form of a dance mainly by slaves in Brazil, also from my readings the reason you dont see to many large hand movements is because usally the slaves learning to defend themselves were in hand restraints or there would be a good chance of being in hand restraints. I have also watched a pretty good history video on the art, very interesting style, but I agree once you get past some of the more flashy techniques it could be a pretty brutal art

1 Boxing 2 Vale Tudo 3 Kickboxing 4 Krav Maga 5 Thai Boxing 16 Jujitsu Well its not to bad of a program, Jujitsu was #16 so that was off, but the other styles all would intrest me and a lot of my training is similar to the list that the program gave me. COOL

Kickboxing is just a more common word used now. Also a lot of Kickboxing programs use muay thai techniques since they are proven to be so effective, but theyalso train other techniques from various styles that apply to Kickboxing. For example our program uses muay thai techniques and a few karate/kung-fu techniques to spice the program up a little.

Its hard to tell what people will do in the heat of the moment. You would be surprised at some peoples reactions while under stress.