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when....you watch ANYTHING on TV that may have a fight scene in! when.... you slap your mate in the nuts "because you were faster than him" and "because you can" (ok - so I was drunk at the time!) when....you bore the sh*t out of everyone you meet by telling them about your new Gi! I am so guilty of a few of the ones on here already: Practising wrist locks in lewctures at Univeristy! Putting mates in wrist locks when u should just be shaking hands/ high 5. Kicking doors open and shut making sure I can punch and kick in every outfit I own! Couple more too but they're on the other page and can;t remember them! lol

He is definitely a Capoeira fighter - think he has done lots of stuff - Like his fighting style! Him and Seagal have cool styles. Jet Li has a good style too but I don't really do the chinese styles myself! - More a Japanese style kind of guy if that makes sense!?

I have this film on DVD - someone bought me it for my birthday but I have just not had chance to sit down and watch it - but I really wanna watche it cos I am a big Jet Li fan!

I wasn't even a member when the original topic was posted! Unfortunately I have been too busy to get on here much lately! anywho - never mind! lol

I dunno if you are in Uk or not but I hear http://www.threadsembroidery.co.uk is a good site! - hope this isn't considered advertising - sorry if i have breached the rules?!

Trying not to be a useless post saying "I agree" but... I TOTALLY agree!!!! - Now go add this to the stupid argument I got myself dragged into in this part - the BJJ vs JJJ thing! lol

erm...... I was pretty sure that would be Oxygen!?! But i have heard good things about OxyClean!

I wash it once a week usually - basically after two sessions - unless one of them has been a real heavy session - then it gets banged straight in the washer - and when I am at home it tends to get washed more often - but it is harder for me to wash it at univeristy cos there's no washing machine in my flat! haha As for washing ur belt/obi then I have only ever done theat about twice when I got blood on it. Apart from that I just don't! One good reason not to wash a coloured belt with ur gi is that one guy that trains with us came in with an orange-tinted gi once cos his ran in the wash! lol

Fair point actually - I guess i should clarify what I meant - Just that a Ju Jitsu throw might be more effective - but then again - many of the throws are similar as Judo came from Ju Jitsu! Plus if youy dump someone on their back on concrete as many Judo players can do - then they may just have a bit of wind knocked out of them!

I'm talking throws in English cos I don't know the japanese names - I know striking in Japanese - but not throwing! lol (Plus thes are Ju Jitsu throws - which I know are similar....but here they are...) Top throws: Hip Throw (Simple but effective Spring Hip (Harder to do but even more effective) Outer Reaping (Which is Osoto Gari - I think) Knee Wheel (Takes out their knee and slams the back of their head into ur knee!) and my fave to do - although it is very "hollywood" is: Shoulder Wheel! (Cos it is devastating!)

I personally don't reckon Judo is THAT useful to learn as self defence mainly because it is a sport. BJJ is slightly sport oriented - so depending on the club - that idea is similar - TOO sporty. But if you get a good club then it'll be more rounded - Helio Gracie himself was attacked by someone with a gun and he managed to choke the guy out before he realised and didn't a shot off! Krav Maga is a good self-defence system. it is what the Isdraeli army get taught! Basically there is no full system out there in the Martial Arts - but there are some that are close - as in Ju Jitsu and BJJ. And some modern styles like Krav Maga won't steer you wrong either! Good Luck

I was just trawlingthrough old posts the other day! Simple as that! hehe

Thanks for the info but I didn't know he was the first american! He did * Ryu?! I do Shukopkai - which evolved from Shito! Cool - Thanks again mate - His fighting style is pretty cool!

Haha - Oops! No - I presumed it was THIS Wrestlemania!! haha Don't be so militant!

RELAX FOLKS!!!! They are just games - and Sagat fought slightly differently. Tekken is more accurate but basically pinmaster is right. Muay Thai is not kickboxing - not really. That is what Bruce uses. "American" Kickboxing or Kickboxing as non americans call it - is based on Sport Karate - that is what Bryan does.

IS this true or r u winding people up - that would be cool to watch!

Well - Spidey would win if he just started playing some drum and bass cos then daredevil wouldn't know what the hell was happening! lol

Erm....not really - not everyone goes to tournaments. - I have sbeen studying MA's since I was 7 - I am 21 now - I have been to three tournaments when I was about 10! I think that she oprobably just learnt some for the show!

Yeah - Mishima Ryu - made up. Bless you! hehe But I will be honest - I love the "Embu" Kata's they do - I learned the ones from Tekken 4 that Jin does and confused people at training with them cos they are very similar to different parts of different Kata's that we do in Shukokai Karate!

SO TRUE!!! It is movie-do - as most movies are but the fella at the beginning of this is correct - it is Kali and something else - not sure about boxing. That arm break in the embassy isn't THAT difficult. I love the style and was quite suprised that there isn't any mention of Krav Maga in it!

A Karate Movie: Best of the Best, and the three sequals. It is meant to be a Karate Film but it is kind of freestyle and the main fight is from two TaeKwon DoKa. It is a great fighting film and a lovely tacky 80's film! hehe

I like The Glimmer Man best as it is one of my fave fiolms full stop - but Marked for death is good too. Under Siege is good too. What tyope of Aikido does he study? Basically - anyone know more about his M.A background?! Cheers

I wouldn't worry too much about what the styles the tekken characetrs do - it is relatively realistic - but not totally - so just chill out and enjoy one of the best fighting games ever - the Tekken series rocks!!

KaiShin - do you mean Shito-Ryu? Because I know that Shukokai Karate came from Shito Ryu! Tani-Ha Shito Ryu - Shukokai

he was ahead of his time 25 years ago...dont be closed minded...besides JKD is a theory.. I know this is a very old thread by now but I wanted to comment on this...... martialartist1 seems to know nothing about JKD and reckons it is the best!1 Sorry pal but don't be a muppet!