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I think you would have a hard time adapting to the rules of wrestling, I know that wrestlers have a hard time breaking the bad habits that HS wrestling has given them while trying to learn Grappling Martial Arts. Its worth a try, if you want to try out for the team I say go for it. But remember you are dealing with two different things.

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I think adding some BJJ training would work wonders for you. I think once a martial artist has their ground foundation built and has an understanding of the basics then venturing out and adding to your training is awsome. For you already training in a more stand up art, adding the ground work is going to only make you a more well rounded person. Good Luck

Fat Donkeys right, if your looking to read about the history of the Martial Arts and other information like that then thats a great idea and you have almost unlimited online resources to choose from, just by going to a good search engine. Visit several sites because you will start to see that they differ in opinion and in other ways. BUT, if your looking some some type of instruction prior to getting with an instructor then thats just a bad idea. That is how people build bad habits and it will make your learning more difficult once you get with a real instructor and it also makes his/her job a lot harder because now they have to try and break the bad habits that you have aquired. anyways good luck in your searches

I've seen his ad's in some of the magazines, just crazy trying to sell his product. I cant believe he sent e-mails to your instructors students, thats just going to far, obviously there is a RESPECT ISSUE here and this guy must not have respect for other martial artists and thats a sign right there that should make some red flags start poping up about him and his so called distance learning black belt program. I wish his long distant students luck in their martial arts training, BECAUSE THEIR GOING TO NEED IT!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a total of 5 tats right now and 4 of them are martial art related and the other one military related, all things that had a major impact on my life for the better. I even have the crest of one of the styles I studied. My Instructor and I got permission from the head instructor to do so, its my favorite one. Anyways go for it tats are pretty cool, I have placed all of mine so I can hide them if needed for some events, shoulder blades, shoulder and bicept area. cool

Judo came from Jujitsu. Jagaro Kano was a Jujitsu practictioner from my understanding a Jujitsu Master. He wanted to develop a method of training that would be more safe and allow for sport. Back then Jujitsu was in no way for sport it was developed from combat and was brutal, just training it was brutal it still can be today hahahaha, Anyways Judo came from Jujitsu, and you can totally see that its roots are jujitsu orientated, they have cut out the leg locks and dont train with strikes and kicks its about the sport, but can be very useful in self defense. anyways Judo came from Jujitsu as did BJJ. They are simlar but different in many ways. Heck there are so many version of Jujitsu out there its just awsome. Back in the day of the Samurai warrior when Jujitsu was used as the secondary art of the warrior next to the weapon arts, there was over 700 versions of Jujitsu in Japan. So think about it that was before it was introduced to the rest of the world. So now there would be thousands of versions out there all with similar techniques, traditions etc. and some very different techniques, traditions etc.

I'll tell you a great way to build strength in your arms while training, start holding the thai pads. Between your regular pad training if you are also holding you will start to build that strength. The shadow boxing with weights is another great training technique that others have already brought up here, so after your mitt drills and your holding time pick up the weights and do a few rounds of shadow boxing. I have not had one student tell me it was not hard to hold the thai pads for others, so trust me about adding it in with your regular mitt drills.

different variations THATS CORRECT basically its like that all around the martial arts world, people are basically training different variations of combative training. Its nice to hear people admit to that I see a lot of people in denial.

You want to make every strike count, so dont waist time throwing punches that you are not going to be to effective, you tire very quickly on the ground, and striking will really take a lot of energy. I run my students threw mitt work on the ground to help build good technique and power, and it also conditions them for these types of situations. I like to have the striker get in the mount position while the one being mounted is holding the mitts, from here work hard lefts and hard rights, then unload left right left right etc. Once the striker builds good technique with these, the mitt holding can attempt to buck the striker and move around some, remember SAFETY is a major issue here so dont jump into the moving around part to fast. Next place the striker on his back and have him get the mitt holder in his/her guard, from here work the same, hard lefts, hard rights and the unload. Use the mitt holder to steady your position(with your legs around them), and once the striker is getting good start to move a bit. These are great drills and you will see how fast they tire you out compared to regular stand up mitt drills. REMEMBER DONT RUSH INTO IT OTHERWISE SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT. good luck

I will never forget when I had to be sprayed with OC (pepper spray) inorder to carry it on duty. That stuff is no joke, it effects some people worse than other. I'm pretty much finished when sprayed hahahahaha

It can be hard to compare because there are so many versions of Jujitsu out there. BJJ for sure is one of the most ground dominate jiu jitsu out there, but some Jujitsu programs include more than just groundwork and locks, for example our jujitsu program you learn techniques from muay thai kickboxing within it because these techniques work and Jujitsu originally was whatever worked in combat in was the art for the battlefield. Be careful when choosing a jujitsu schools because some I have seen work a few good throws with some finishing locks but are not applied as realistic as I've seen in other jujitsu programs. Jujitsu being basically what ever works in combat and from tradition you have a lot of locks and throws because back in the day of the battlefield warrior in Japan they had a lot of body armor on and it was pointless to punch and kick but the armor usally had openings at the joints so the warrior could move more easily, so Jujitsu used this to its benifit and developed techniques attacking these openings with locks throws and chokes. But now days we dont wear armor so techniques need to be added to fit a more modern day combat (self defense),without this armor you can deploy strikes and kicks more easily so they should be added to a jujitsu program inorder to maintian its effectivness in combat (self defense) Now I'm getting a bit of off topic anyways your going to find some things are similar in most jujitsu programs but a lot will be different jujitsu is a ever changing style to keep up with the times and changes.

I've had a chance to do some light sparring with a wing chun practitioner and it was not that difficult, of course that does not mean nothing but my Instructor has also sparred and trained some wing chun and had simliar results as I did when sparring just a bunch of slapping going on. Apply some muay thai (with that you get clinch fighting techniques) and some jujitsu and you should be good to go.

I hear where your coming from, but dont let it get to you. I run a small school and there are other schools near here with Master this and Master that, but I still get my fair share of students. You know I had a similar discussion with my Instructor the other day, and he told me if I ever was to call him Master that he would Knock me hard (those where not his exact words if you know what I mean hahaha). Also once the untrained public gets involved with these schools most will find out that their so called Grand Master is not that. My students know from the get go that I'm qualified to train what I train and they experience that, but if I was to call myself a Grand Master or Master they would probably head out the door just due to my age (late 20's), but I have seen Masters around my age and I just kind of laugh inside.

Its just keeps getting more fun! I really enjoy getting together with others who share this passion, its a feeling of teamwork. And ofcourse knowing that you are bettering yourself in many ways is awsome, selfdefense, confidence, attitude, health etc.

I'm not sure but I think you have some Savate schools down around where you are. Try doing some internet searches or check out usasavate

Here is two pretty basic but good technique tricks for a double hand push. As the attacker pushes, side step with Left leg to attackers ® side, at the same time as the side step you basically perform to open hand inside blocks, by doing this you are trying to cross the attackers arms (trapping), from here depending on your distance you can use your right hand to come up behind the attackers neck and pull them into a right knee, or you can simply blade kick the attackers closest knee. Next one is as the push comes in you step back with either leg, while hitting your attackers arms (elbow area) up, slap them up with the palms of your hands (hoping to jar the elbow a bit) then with whatever leg you steped back with deliver a forward kick, if not able to perform the kick then side step forward and deliver a groin strike, with opposite hand that you side steped with.

At my school its spelled Jujitsu, but from my understanding back when Jujitsu came to the United States, people were unsure of the spelling and pretty much just came up with a few possible ways and so today you see it spelled different but it means the same thing. For those misreading IT MEANS THE SAME THING I'm talking about the meaning of the word not the system behind it, I know there are a lot of versions of Jujitsu out there.

Its to hard to tell for sure, a couple of hard hits can really help decide the outcome of a fight. Boxers can hit, but some can the karate student, the only problem is some karate schools are not training as intense as they probably should be and most boxing schools are training intense.

I'm going with most of the others on this one, either she is not telling you the truth or she's from one of THOSE schools

I agree I would not focus to much on this, the more you spar the more you start to notice things that are going, things that at first there is no way your going to see them. I'll give you a tip about sparring fellow classmates, observe them as much as possible during class, when your holding pads for them watch and see what type of moviements the do prior to performing a certian technique. Once you see them doing this your going to want to of course correct them and let them know there doing it, but store it away in your head because you might be sparring them next!!!! Good Luck

YOU SAID BEST FOR MOVIES Jackie Chan all the way, dont get me wrong I like watching Jet Li and Steven S. also but Jackie Chan keeps me laughing. Van damne has had some good movies like Bloodsport, Kickboxing, Double Impact to name some but still Jackie Chan is just awsome to watch, he doesnt even have to be doing martial arts and he's funny hahaha.

First of all sex never has a negative on my performance, the more I do it the better I get. Anyways while conducting fight preperation you need to train hard but remember you can over train. Okay your primary focus is of course going to be working on your techniques, sparring, and endurance conditioning drills that are related to fighting, by this I mean mitt/pad drills sparring drills etc. Then once your working a good training routine thats all martial art related, then you start to include your weight training and road work(running, sprints etc.) Remember start off with about 4/5 days of training a week always give yourself atleast that 1 day break, trust me your body needs it. And the 4 days a week should be a minimum, never less than four. Now a couple weeks prior to your fight your going to want to slow it down a bit , meaning keep on with the technique training, keep sparring, but cuting back some to let your body recover to maximum potential. Dont just take a 2 week break because your going to drop below your max potential then. Good Luck

It probably was an elbow, I've caught a few elbows with my shins and it can kill. As far as a bruise being visable that does not really mean to much, a lot of people after training for some time dont even bruise a easily in spots anymore. I would for sure take it easy on that leg unti it is feeling better, just to be on the safe side. You dont want a small injury to turn into something big.

Maybe Karate is not for you!!!!!!! As most people who have been invovled in the martial arts for sometime know, that some arts are just not for some people. That does not mean that there is not a school out there with a program for you. For example I've had a few students quick because they are looking to stand around in the horse stance all class throwing blocks and punches, well we dont train like that here. So my program is not for them. If you enjoy training but not wanting to advance in your current art THEN I SAY YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. Maybe try finding an MMA school of mixed martial arts that does not train with traditional concepts.