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hey, I call women chicks all the time too. And I am often with more than one chick in the sack. Hehhe.. Not a lie either.

Hey, I have a kubaton also. I think it's a great weapon to destroy the attacking limbs of a person and to really smash the person. It's a great weapon to learn and is in the Silat, Kali system.

Hey, cool hat!

Competition is a great place to get a feel for how to perform when you are nervous. The adrenaline starts to flow and you have to focus on the fight and nothing else. Plus, if you win, you can flex and act tough.

wow.. he looks alot like an "X" inside a box.

Of course any distraction that works is a good one. A good Kali, Silat practioner is able to use anything as a weapon, from keys to a shoe to a car antennae. Why fight hand to hand if you can find a weapon anywhere? It's silly to fight a person on equal ground, always have an advantage.

Prodigy.. I wouldn't do that "touch and go" counter with a Muay Thai practioner.. You're just gonna get hurt. Against a TKD style round kick, I would do it though. Here is another one that takes timing.. it is a foot-jab. (front thrust kick) Do it as soon as you see your opponent's hip move and place it right in the belly or solar plexus. Also, if you really want to hurt the guy, you can foot-jab the supporting leg. Bruce Lee would call this a stop kick.

Shield. Nuff said.

You are not gonna find a simple solution to that question. But here are some examples of great self-defense oriented martial arts. Silat Kali Muay Thai (yes, it is effective) Brazillian Jujitsu If you want one art that covers all areas, Silat or Kali is it. The other 2 arts are mainly for hand to hand defense without weapons. Other people will post what they think are great martial arts for self-defense, but these are the ones that are working out great for me. Picking one martial art will be very hard, since cross-training is truly the best way to cover all areas.

Tim Greer is correct.

Good post Tim.

Karate.. Kung Fu.. doesn't matter. There are people from both China and Japan claiming to be able to tap into a supernatural source of power... Ki or Chi. It doesn't matter, the point of my replies still apply.

I agree with you fully. The only other way to test yourself is to get in a real street-fight, but that is a very stupid thing to do.

Have you ever heard this excuse as to why a certain system or style doesn't work well in the ring? I can somewhat understand, since many of the Silat techniques are just plain nasty and deadly. But!!! The difference is that Silat pracitioners don't enter the ring, lose, and then say "well my moves are just too deadly for the ring". There are other systems that tend to do this. Also, another point is.. if it's too deadly to spar or compete with.. how do you know it really works? What really gets me upset is when a person tells me that they could beat me up but they don't wanna kill me (only because they are the ones that pick the fights, not me). The "deadly technique" is used too often by idiots that couldn't beat an egg. What do you think?

You are too cool Diablo.

wow, we go from 44 to 16. what a range of people.

Nice. A more advanced move that takes timing, but is very effective, is the cut-kick. It's a round kick of your own timed just right so that you destroy the standing leg of your opponent as he throws his kick. To do this, you must step in at a 45-degree angle away from his kick and just smash your shin right into the thigh, back of the knee or back of the calve. If you do this really hard, they'll fall to the ground, or the legs will be spread out leaving them off-balance so you can attack them at will.

If you are good enough, guns and knives don't matter either. If you are good enough, your opponent can have 8 friends with him. If you are good enough, you can fight with your hands behind your back. If you are good enough, you can win while sitting in a chair. If you are good enough, you can fight blind-folded and win. Are YOU good enough? Size does matter, period. Yes, you can become skilled enough to take on the bigger person, but your strategy will be different than if you are fighting a 80lb weakling. What does this mean? Size matters.

Oh, I gotcha.. you are using footwork along with a parry to make the kick keep on travelling. That makes sense now. Sometimes a real good counter after that is to crash in with a thrust knee to their back. You may get DQ'd doing that in a Karate tournament, but in Thailand, it's legal.

The "chi" powers I've seen have always been on TV. Why is that? Bruce Lee may have believed in "Chi" but he did not rely on any "chi" powers for the purposes of self-defense and training. 800Celsius is extremely hot, the hand would've been glowing red and anything within 10 ft would've ignited. You may be able to control your body, but a person cannot defy the laws of physics. I believe "chi" can make a person stronger (although it is more about belief than chi) and endure more, but Chi cannot defy physics. What you saw on TV was an illusion. There is about as much Chi on there as David Copperfield has supernatural power. It's a trick, a sham, something to lure people into the "awesome power" of Karate.

Punch the kick? Well, I guess a snapping round kick could be punched. A Thai round kick will likely break your hand. I feel a good defense is to use footwork and get out. As the kick goes by, come back in with your own round kick right to the leg he is standing on. Also, if you are caught and can't use foot-work, you can "sheild" by blocking the kick with your knee-shin. From there, follow up with a cross to the face combination. There are quite a few ways to counter the round kick, but you have to drill and spar to figure out the best way for you.

800C? C'mon now. You are really taking the Ki thing too far. 800C would make the skin ignite and anything else for that matter. So now you are gonna say that people will be able to throw fire-balls with Ki. How do you know it was 800C?

I've seen the spinning kick land cleanly and not phase a person. I think the power of a good round-kick is much more devastating and can be delivered over and over again without opening up to your opponent. Spinning kicks have too many dangerous factors involved.

Put me in the guard Lori! I'll never pass you guard.

Hey Lori, I'll let you kick my butt any day!!! You are a sexy babe!! Whoo hoo!