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You should ask your "sensei" if the all night sessions come with fries and a coke. Sometimes a student will learn quicker than other students, but I feel that it makes all the other students feel cheated if one person moves faster than the others. Now there are always exceptions, like if a person from another school starts at white-belt just as a trial and then moves up quickly to a level that he is already trained at. But these things should be made known to the other students. In your case, though, I wouldn't doubt that there is some fast-food martial arts being served. If that's the case, it's time to find another place to train. Go up and ask the instructor why it is that this person is moving up so fast and also see if this other person is at the purple-belt skill level.

But not when it comes to street fighting.... uhm, what other reason is there to train in martial arts aside from learning how to fight? Sure we do it to get in-shape, build "discipline" and all that other mumbo-jumbo, but when it comes down to it, if we are doing things that don't benefit fighting, then it probably isn't a good training method and is wasting time.

I'd have to go against the "sensei" here. C'mon, is it the military or is this a martial art class. Pushing students above their expectations is ok, making them do lots of exercise or whatever. What is wrong is singling a student out and making them do more than the others because he didn't believe that she ironed her uniform. What's even worse is that he made her do more because she questioned him. That is ridiculous. She is paying for the lessons and is a customer, not some soldier that doesn't have a choice of being there or not. Your instructor needs lessons in humility and customer interaction. The proper way for him to handle the situation would've been to talk to the lady in private about her uniform. He should've explained to her that he wants to maintain high standards in the uniforms so that she should try to do a better job ironing the uniform next time. The lady is an adult and if she said she ironed her uniform who is HE to question her?! Just because he's a martial arts instructor doesn't make him "right" all the time. How would he know if she really did iron the uniform or not? I hope the lady finds a good school to train at where the instructors are humble and skilled.

Yes there is stand-up techinique in Brazillian Jujitsu, there are throws, standing chokes and locks and also strikes. The Brazillians just specialize in ground fighting because they feel that the ground it the ultimate equalizer. The little guy has a much better chance of beating a bigger person on the ground because it gets much more technical. And that's, about the art

By winning.. sometimes just being a good-looking person. Talking big sometimes work.. being humble sometimes work. Really, what you need is to win the media, then you'll win the people. The general populous is a mob and will base opinions on media talk. It's just like Matt Damon, he's not good-looking at all, but the media says he is, so therefore most ladies think he's hot. Win the media and you will be famous.

Maybe your misunderstanding the meaning of one-shot kick.. it means that just the one kick is breaking the thigh instead of a wearing down of the thigh with multiple kicks.. Of course there will have to be a great setup to land the kick, but that's besides the point. A great setup can make your opponent just stand there like a dummy and take the shot. Savate kicks to the knees can be very effective and break knees if they have steel toed shoes. Even a wrestler has to setup his "shot" to take a person down, right? It's better to be well-rounded and able to fight where you want to fight.

Jab.. Jab-cross.. Jab-cross-hook work very well in sparring. You can also do double pak-sao, since you are a Wing Tsun guy, you'll find that doing the double pak-sao works very well, follow the double pak-sao with cross-hook-cross and you'll be very hard to deal with. You'll really have to find out what works best for you. I am short and like to stick with cut-kicks and body shots. I'll to a pak-sao low to pak-sao high sometimes too. Just play with it and try to learn while sparring.... if you try to "win" when sparring, then you'll never learn.

Bet you didn't know that Lee learned how to use the Nunchaku from Dan Inosanto. Inosanto taught Lee many things and vice versa. I'm glad to have learned from Dan Inosanto many things.

Uhm.. I know one person that could break a thigh bone with a Thai style kick to the leg. I'm sure there are others out there that can. It's more likely than you know. Many people just don't throw the kick in the correct way to get the most power out of it, even in the professional circuits.

Footwork. Everything else should be built off of your footwork.

1.) Train both leads, for the reason Iron said. Also, it will help you to figure out what the southpaw's game is more as compared to a righty's game. 2.) Ice in hot water just cools the hot water off a little bit, there isn't anything harmful about this.

I think Jet Li would lose to Bruce Lee if we did a time-warp match of Lee right before his death vs Li. I just feel that the classical Kung Fu isn't nearly as effective as Bruce Lee's kung fu which is a mixture of what he found that works well. Plus Lee was crazy and trained more than most professional fighters.

Patrick is a bright young guy, but learning how to do all this computer stuff is not all that hard. It's just something you have to enjoy and do. Computer skills are great to have and will help with job opportunities. So if anyone wants to learn how to do your own thing, just go to the bookstore and get some books, or you can take classes. It's something that is easy if you enjoy it, on the other hand, if you don't like it then it can be a biotch!

If you are caught with any of these weapons on your person, there is a big chance you'll end up in jail. A pocket knife can be understood as a utility too, but can also be considered a concealed weapon. I wouldn't carry a concealed weapon other than a pocket knife and maybe a fire-arm. All other weapons will land a person in jail if caught. Here is a good weapon also.. the Cane. It is a walking tool that can easily become a deadly and effective weapon.

skipping rope is good for building up calve strength and a warm up, but it does not build good foot work. Training in footwork is the best way to get better at footwork. You should always be working your footwork. Try a couple rounds of "shadow boxing" your footwork, move back and forth, side to side and turns, try to imagine getting the angles on an opponent. You can also play "follow the leader" with a partner, your partner moves and you mirror him. When you are shadow boxing punches, kicks or anything, you should also be working on footwork. If you are doing bag-work, you should be training your footwork. Basically every drill you do should incorporate footwork.

Sounds like SCARS or Krav Maga to me. More marketing hype. Just because a person sells his system to law enforcement agencies or the military doesn't mean it's the most or even a remotely effective system. Now to become and "instructor" in 12 hours is just plain silly. Maybe if you've had previous training in the system and are attending a seminar to get this, it would hold some ground. But I think this type of program really shows how ignorant the general population of the USA is when it comes to fighting.

[ This Message was edited by: Patrick on 2002-08-02 16:14 ]

Eat high protien foods, drink plenty of water.. the banana's might help too. One thing, I wouldn't train hard with sore muscles if you want to increase power. Do some light training when your muscles are sore. Only go hard after you've fully healed from the last hard session. Also, you've just started training not too long ago and it won't be too long till your muscles will recover a little quicker so don't worry too much about it.

Cool dudes. Too bad we can't put our picture in our profile, eh? I still wanna see the ladies too.

We're talking about overcoming the natural reaction of closing the eyes when an attack comes to you or you attack. Many people will close their eyes if they think they are going to get hit. You can use this to your advantage by feigning a hit and changing the strike while their eyes are closed. Some people even tend to look away when they are punching and/or think they are gonna get hit. Same thing, they are blinding themselves to what is going on in the fight.

I think he's talking about the Wushu competition that is out in China. It's basically a forms competition with lots of gymnastics mixed in. Many of the things in that Wushu system are not of any use for fighting, it's just really cool to watch.

While it's great to sweat and a person in good shape should sweat alot. Sometimes a person that is unhealthy will sweat much more than they should when training. What a person should pay attention to is their heart-rate and breathing when they are training. Just watch yourself and don't over-exert.

As I understand it, kickboxing is a sport, not a martial art. So if you want to compete and succeed, yes you better become athletically superior. But to train in kickboxing for self-defense, anyone can do it. Personally, I don't feel kickboxing covers many other aspects that can occur in a defense situation. But if you want to learn how to punch and kick, go on and do it, you might found out that it is your calling and become a champion.

sounds different. I don't think I like that at all. San Da is probably the sport that would be the "blend" of Muay THai and San SHou, as elbows and knees to the face are allowed as well as throws. Personally, I think Shoot-fighting is the most technical of all MMA venues to fight in.

I would venture to guess that most of the fancy and flashy maneuvers have nothing to do with fighting. How often will a person have room enough to do all the acrobatics anyway? Also, it's very hard to do all of those things once the fight is on. Wushu is great for theatre and movies, but not for self-defense. If you're gonna take kung-fu, take something that is more for fighting.