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It's hard to do some judo and jujitsu techniques without a gi.. Well.. that's the point of trianing without a gi. So you don't rely upon it when the time comes to defend yourself and a person isn't wearing a gi or heavy jacket.

http://www.fighttraining.com has clips of MMA type of events. There are some really nasty KO's and submissions being done on it.

I know training in the Gi is great, but training without the Gi is sometimes a bit more realistic in my area. I live in a hot desert climate where most people wear T-shirts. So I feel that training without the Gi is more important. Of course we train both methods here. I hope other people out there are training this way so that they will learn not to rely on the Gi.

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That would be the world champ of that particular sanction. I'm sure there are other "world champs" already out there in different sanctioning bodies. "c. Violent or vicious attacks are NOT permitted and may result in Disqualification. d. The competitors are required to control their tempers, as well as their techniques, in order to distinguish the Sanshou competition from other forms of full contact fighting competitions." What are these rules about? It's illegal to throw a really vicious punch or kick? You can't get angry in competition and beat your opponent silly?

I don't think I ever said that Karateka injure each other in training or anything to that extent. We train serious, but we also keep it fun. I can't stand the military type of training that many "dojo's" want. It's not as productive as training that is fun. Valn: Karate is a complete martial art.. kickboxing is just a set of rules and a competition. Muay Thai is a complete martial art also, but does have a set of rules in the ring. Outside of the ring, there are many aspects to Muay Thai and techniques that are taught that are illegal in the ring.

Guru Inosanto has put on the white-belt over and over again in more than 50 martial arts. I think it's great to put the white-belt on in other martial arts and learn from the beginning. Even a different school in the same system will teach or emphasize different techniques and concepts. Nothing wrong with being a white-belt again, you'll just be a white-belt that really kicks butt.

Who are "they"? Aliens? Ninjas? Huh? Just go look on the internet through some knife catalogs and maybe you'll find one. Try a little research of your own before asking advice, you might find that you are capable of figuring things out yourself.

"Karate as ALWAYS dictated that you use your hip extension in a front kick. " I agree.. I didn't say that they didn't use the hips. Well.. many of the McDojo karate schools here don't, but good karate does. I didn't say anything about karate people not using the hips in this thread, did I? As for the effectiveness of the front-kick. It's can be great. It's one kick I use for a counter-defense to keep people away, and not so much to knock people around. The round kick is more effective, in my opinion, and it's just apparent from seeing in almost all forms of martial art competition. The front kick rarely KO's a person, but the round kick does often. Each are tools for a purpose. I use the front kick as a stop-kick to keep a person away, or to set them off-balance for a real power kick. "Get a life Ken, Get real, Get KARATE" I have a very good life, thank you. My training is as real as it gets without injuring people all the time. And I don't like Karate in general, but that doesn't mean it's not good. I have never been a serious Karate student, and I really don't see that I will be. But I train in several martial arts that I feel are more effective compared to the McDojo Karate I see throughout the USA. I don't think I ever said that my way is the best way. But I'll tell you this, it's the best way for ME right now, but I'm always learning and always will. Maybe I'll find a "real" karate instructor that will peak my interest in it, but so far, that hasn't happened. Keep training, and keep it real.

It's all in the hips.. it's all in the hips.. it's all in the hips. Hehhe. It's fairly easy to parry or deflect a straight line attack, but a round attack is hard to parry and easier to block. But.. blocking the Muay Thai round kick hurts. The front kick can have the power of a freight train, but a simple strike to the side of it will veer it off course. Both are useful attacks, but I think the Thai kick is more versatile as it usually can't be veer off course, it has be be moved away from or blocked in most cases.

I don't care where a person came from, or their training. I'll start them from "white belt" until I see that they are above that level, then I'll move them up to a level (belt) that is more suitable. I'll get "black belts" from other systems that will turn out to be totally ignorant in training. You never know what McDojo a person came from.

I haven't seen it in direct corrolation to Kali.. although there are many "knife fighting" and "stick fighting" seminars that are doing the same thing. Basically they just don't call it Kali, water it down and give it a cool name. I see this type of thing starting to happen to Brazillian jujitsu also. It's hard, but in a society like we live in, there will always be those that just want to make money more than teach good things.

The front kick is very easy to defend.. it comes in a linear path so it is easily deflected off-target. Now a good Muay Thai round kick is very hard to defend against.. either get out of the way or block it with your own shin/knee are the 2 best methods (there are more but they take very good timing to do). Of course a Karate person will prefer the front kick, it's easy to do, any fool can do it. The round kick takes practice and a little mastery. I think the round kick is the most effective kick in all of martial arts.. it can be used for all occasions. If you watch Muay Thai bouts.. it's very rare that the front kick wins the fight.

You can usually find one at a flee market or pawn shop. If you want a really high-quality one, you can order them thru Cold Steel or other magazines. Be careful.. balisong is a highly illegal weapon in the USA to carry.

It's really sad that some people are taking what they know and marketing it and selling it like hot-cakes. A weekend seminar to become an instructor is just silly. Oh well.. Vunak is one of a few people that Dan Inosanto will not speak of, because Dan lives by "if you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all". If you get my drift. Vunak has been alleged to give "certification" for other things besides money.. IE.. illegal drugs. It really is sad that people do poor things like this and drive Inosanto's name down. Oh well, the best I can do is to teach "JKD" the way I think is proper and hopefully this will rub-off on my students.

My opinion... find something better. Then again, I really don't like karate or kata, so maybe I'm not the best person to ask.

The legs too can be used to control and off-balance an opponent, in Silat there are many techniques that use footwork and kicks to control the opponent so that the hands can be used to strike. Wing Chun uses mostly hand trapping.. other systems use leg-trapping. It's all good, if done correctly.

San Shou in recent years has become to look very much like Muay Thai. The difference today is that San Shou allows take-downs but not elbows and knees. Muay Thai allows elbows and knees but not take-downs. Both arts used to have "no holds barred" type of competitions before the safety factors took effect.

Yep, allergic reaction to a pain-killer. All of the other rumors are just that.. rumors. I was told by a kung-fu practitioner that Lee was killed by an Iron Palm fighter. LOL. It's sick how people will use the death of a legend to promote their own art.

A real warrior trains for the battlefield and will find a way to avoid war. But when the battle has commenced, the warrior will fight and never give up until victorious. A real warrior knows what battles are truly important and which ones are a waste of time. Warriors know the enemy, know the terrain, know tactics and a warrior never enters a battle he cannot win.

Bruce Lee moved to the USA, that's why he stopped learning Wing Chun from the Yip Man. So he tried to find some instructors in the USA, but there were mostly just Karateka in the area. Well, instead of stopping the training, Lee decided to find the truth of combat himself. I'd say he did a pretty good job. He realized that Wing Chun didn't have all the answers.. no art did. Bruce Lee trained in all sorts of martial arts and he was "grappling" long before BJJ opened the eyes of the world to it. The "centerline" concept is in many arts and not just Wing Chun. I know Silat uses alot of centerline theory and so do many Karateka. Control the centerline, control the fight. It's not always true though.

I think it is essential to learn Jun Fan because it lets a person know where Bruce Lee's philosophy came from and why he thought the way he did. Jun Fan Gung Fu has elements of Wing Chun in it and there are many JKD people that train in that also. A person should be able to "blend" Jun Fan or any other art with their own. There isn't a system out there that I could not cross-train in and blend into my own personal "JKD". There is structure in "JKD" and that is Jun Fan Gung Fu. And there are many principles that people don't understand simply from reading the books. The concepts of JKD apply to all martial arts and can help a person from any background. Really.. JKD is just a marketing tool anymore. When the majority of the population think "JKD" what they are thinking is Jun Fan Gung Fu, and that is one of the few arts I teach. But what JKD really is is a philosophy of fighting and training that all arts can benefit from. Take the best from everything... but the best is always subjective to the martial artist.

The only structure in "JKD" is the knowledge of Jun Fan Gung Fu. So basically, if a person claims to be teachign "JKD" they should have be skilled in Jun Fan Gung Fu at the least. Also, there are many people that claim to teach "JKD" and are frauds, many haven't even heard of Jun Fan Gung Fu. Scary eh?

Whoa momma! Yet another beautiful woman in the Karate Forums. I'm coming to CT to grapple with ya! Hehe

It's up to you. Of course training in other systems will change your sparring sessions. It should. Keep in mind that there isn't one system out there that wasn't crosstrained at one time or another. It's good to get different perspectives on the science of fighting and pick the one that suits you most, or to create one of your own. I don't do Muay Thai the same was as my instructor does, but I am still every effective at it. There are better ways to do things, but there isn't really a "best". Heck, if you are toying with your karate buds, then you should realize that something good is happening there.