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Two weeks left eh? Maybe you should've thought about endurance/stanima like 6 weeks ago. Anyway, you can run to build up stanima, you can also kick and hit pads. Check out the endurance thread for my Muay Thai style kick workout, that will get you going.

I think a person should start teaching as soon as they have as little as 6 months experience. It helps a student grow if he is teaching also. As far as becoming a "full instructor" then that is something subjective to the school. My instructor gave me the thumbs up right after I got black belt, but then there are those that have been black-belt a while that he doesn't let teach. I guess it has to do with teaching ability coupled along with technical skill.

I disagree. A person that cannot control their emotions is not truly in power of themselves. Why is a person angry? It's because they choose to be. How you react to a situatoin is all a product of your own interpretation. If you can control your own thoughts and emotions, you are truly a master of yourself. If you are angry because of what a person says or does, then you are no longer in control, that other person is and they have power over you. Don't give in and let another person control you, you decide yourself when you want to be angry and when you don't.

Hmm.. it shouldn't matter how sick you feel, you should be able to do the technique. Maybe not as fast as normal, but you should be able to do it. Break it down and try to figure out why and when you would lose balance when doing your spinning kick. Many movements are very easy if you use momentum and feel good, but that's not the correct way. You should be able to slow it down and still do the technique with good balance. Heck, i think the best time to learn technique is when you are tired and worn out, then you can't rely on muscle and momentum to make things work. Just a thought.

My test lasted about 1.5 hours. We just had to choreograph several fight demos. It was basically a show for our family and friends. The "pre-test" is where we had to show all of our skills to our instructor. We didn't spar or get beat-down to gain our belt. Then again, we are sparring all the time when training, so I don't see a need for it. I personally don't think a person should get beat-down in order to become a black-belt.. that sounds more like gang initiation to me. Oh well, different strokes for different folks.

This guy sounds like an IDOIT. Quit training with him, much of what he does is probably BS anyway. You are probably learn nothing practical and real. People that are WANNABE fighters sometimes just try to intimidate others into thinking they are. The guy is insecure and arrogant. Quit training and find something else. Better not to train then to train in BS.

Yes.. all of that. Striking, grappling, locks and chokes are all done with and without the weapons. You'd be amazed how much more effective the grappling is when you use weapons for leverage. There are 12 areas in Kali which includes weapons, missle weapons (firearms), grappling, kickboxing and spiritual developement.

Right on! You can use them heels like a knife too. I think the stiletto heels are the sexiest. Can you model a pair for me ladies?

Kali and Silat are both Indonesian and Philipinno martial arts. Both have emphasis on weapons of all types, including knives, sticks, swords, chains, ropes and clothing. The arts are very, very similar. Kali and Silat are general terms of the indonesian arts.. there are several thousand systems within each art. It's like saying Kung Fu or Karate. These arts are still actively used for life/death fighting in indonesia, as the countries there are 3rd world and fighting happens alot.

This just adds to the fact that black-belt means nothing outside of the Dojo.. and sometimes id doesn't mean anything inside the Dojo. Honorary Black Belt is BS... they should've given a Certificate of Appreciation instead.

If you train in Karate.. just remember, those karate techniques don't work in the ring. You probably won't get away with lunge punches with one hand on the hip. Try to keep in mind where you are when you do technique. As far as cross-training, go ahead. I have always cross-trained from the beginning in 5 different arts.

WTF.. I posted a long answer to your question and it got deleted.. Hmmmmm... Somebody doesn't like me

I've never seen Trevor fight, but maybe he is really good. It does take a good coach to train a good fighter, usually, but sometimes there are those that are good despite the coach. As for Mike Miles, he does technique video clips at http://www.fighttraining.com and I really dunno if I like his "style" of Muay Thai. Have you seen Alex Gong in the ring.. now that's a good fighter!

Nope, not competitively. I don't have the time to train for ring fighting. I do spar with the fighters though, and it's lots of fun. Alot of my training is geared more towards things that are "illegal" in the ring. If I could train for fighting and still make the big-bucks, I probably would give it a try.

Hmm.. I pick knife. It's easy to have a pocket knife with you at all times. Also, if you know knife technique, you can pick up a bottle and use it, a car antennae, a stick.. your shoe.. virtually any weapon. A weapon is no good in a fight unless you have it with you, right? Who here carries their Kama and Nunchaku with them to the clubs, or the Sai and Bo staff? Now... who here carries a little pocket knife? Get my point? (no pun intended)

I agree.. I leave my centerline wide open to invite my opponent inside. Once I let my opponent inside the door, I'll feed him some knees and elbows and let him leave house with a nice round-kick. Aren't I a nice guy?

What makes a black-belt? 2 years and some money.

Depends on the situation. In competition and the ring, wrestlers have the best take-down.. but wrestlers tend to take a person down into "the guard". If you train in BJJ, you'll learn how to take a person down and hopefully end up in better position. Kali and Silat tend to take a person down while breaking things on the way. Overall though, if a person doesn't care how he takes you to the ground and what position they get into, it would be the wrestlers.

The Art part of Martial arts is the "self expression". This is why martial arts are so subjective. Tactics of fighting change with the environment, culture, technology and even religious belief. I personally think that a person should be able to fight or defend themselves if they want to call themselves martial artists. Forms, kata and Kiah all look good, but unless the application is taught, then it is useless and a person might as well be doing ballet. Martial means "to do with war or military".. Art can be interpreted as "skill" or "self expression". Without the war or combat application, then all you are doing is Art, not Martial Art.

I like Muay Thai much better. You can have your opinions, even if they are wrong.

Shootfighting is a MMA type of event. It involves elements of boxing, thaiboxing, kickboxing and grappling (jujitsu). I've had the pleasure of meeting retired, Light-Heavyweight shootfighting champion of 5 years in Japan, Eric Paulson. He is the man. Shootfighting is like UFC on speed. They only allow 30 seconds on the ground before standing them up again. It's a great sport to watch and is more technical than other MMA venues.

The place I train at currently is called a fight gym. Personally I think it's getting old. They train just like competition fighters.. very few technique drilled over, and over, and over again. While this is great for the ring, it's not good for self-defense as far as other things that may occur, weapons and multiple opponents. Oh well, I guess going to a great Academy of martial arts then moving locations to a "gym" has a small price. But I hated Virginia!! LOL.

Foam chucks are good to train with. But don't spar or train with them at full power. They break too easy, and can still hurt if you smack you partner with them. BTW.. What the heck it this ---> :pony:

Exactly UnderTow, I agree with your post fully. Except for "learn to deal with straight punch and you learn everything". I feel the haymaker type of attack is dealt with in a much different way. So there are 2 types of attacks that a person needs to learn to deal with, straight (thrusting) attacks and round (slashing) attack, same with the kicks. Also, with "one-steps" you can become a little creative, but try to keep in mind the dynamics and speed of a fight. If you parry a jab, and return with a jab, that's a pretty sound counter. If you parry a jab, take 3 steps back, run and jump kick, that's probably not the most sound techinque. One more thing that I see way too much of.. One-steps where the attacker leaves the hand (or foot) out where it was blocked or parried. While this may be realistic toward Karate practitioners, many other systems snap the punch and get it back to their fighting stance ASAP. So have the feeder throw their technique realistically, but controlled. And also have the feeder throw the punch with the intent of hitting you. There is no use learning how to parry/block a technique that wouldn't hit you anyway.

One vs One.. the grappler will usually win. Many, many fights end up on the ground, even when both fighters don't want to go there. It just happens. Now, if a fighter decides that the ground is where he wants to go, it's very hard to stop him. Anyway, many martial arts don't even deal with preventing wrestling style take-downs because many martial arts don't even know how a wrestlers take-down works. So the "well I just won't let him take me down" strategy is in-valid and plain stupid. Realistically, to counter wrestling strategy, one must study what the wrestler is trying to do to you and then you can deal with them. My opinion is learn how to both wrestle (grapple) and strike and you'll be able to dictate the fight a little more effectively.