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Basically it's old school isometric weight work. Hold a stance with heavy weights in your hands ect...

Boxers throw hooks with a vertical style fist. This is to avoid hitting with the pinky first (which can result in a "boxers fracture"). In Chuan Fa we were taught both methods for use on various targets. For example, the horizontal fist would allow for slipping under the chin and punching the throat while a vertical fist fits nicely into the solar plexus. Not totally sure I buy this theory because fights are too chaotic to allow for those kinds of decisions. I honestly feel the reason for learning both was to allow the practitioner to be exposed to both and decide which he likes best. Frankly, I've seen people successfully use both methods quite well. I feel the faster and stronger argument is nothing more than hogwash. You should punch how you feel comfortable, as long as your making contact with good alignment from knuckle to wrist to elbow. That is, the wrist should not be bent. With enough training, it's gonna be a fast and strong strike.

The water is one of my favorite places to train. You get added difficulty with less joint stress. Try it out.

Get some schooling or at least read alot about how to own and operate a business. Your instructor should be able to help you with the karate related things. What hurts most instructors is not their technical knowledge of martial arts, rather it's their ignorance of how to run a successful business.

Hmmm. Bull whip meets car antenna meets sheleighly. I choose to be on the side of the person who has it.

There is only one answer to this. Do it more. You can practice all the drills in the world but your body will never learn the timing until you do it over and over. Only time on the mat can make you better. You should take any opportunity to practice it if you really want to get better. Two issues here. First, it's important you realize now that MOST students will never have a burning passion for martial arts. To many, it's a hobby. Becoming a true martial artist is a lonely and difficult road sometimes. Second, make your expectations clear to your training partner at the start. That's the only way to be fair to both him and yourself. It sounds like you did the right things in this regard. You spoke to your sensei and were totally honest with your conversation. Now it's your turn to make the tough decisions. Either go somewhere you can get what you want, or honor the wishes of your Sensei. I was in much the same position when I competed often. I didn't ask Sifu for permission as much as told him my plan. I can't say he was thrilled about the idea, but he accepted it. Why? Because he had as much respect for me as I had for him. He understood that my goal was only to reach my full potential. If your sensei respects you and is comfortable with his coaching, he will accept your decision one way or the other. Don't put off college just to earn a black belt. The body follows the mind. Not the other way around. As for the sparring, there are several answers here. 1. Things like the floors and contact points are all out of your control. You simply have to deal with them as they come. 2. You need to realize that superfoot was kickboxing. IE...he could knock the opponent out. You don't have that advantage. By not changing from the back stance, you are severely limiting your options for movement after the opponent gets by the kick. Hence, you get hit. This is common for people who are newer to point fighting of this type. 3. Learn angles and watch your opponent's posture. Most of your attacks were straight into the opponent. This is especially problematic when the opponent has even base (which yours did) and simply backs up alot (which he did). He was able to see which linear attacks were coming and just place his counter punch. Figure out which combinations you like to use on which types of stances. Then drill the heck out of them. For opponent's that attack hard with rushes or kicks, learn to angle outside and enter from there. 4. Know where the judges are. A few of your points hit (his too) and were not counted due to positioning of the judges. Keep the center ref and one side ref (a majority of the refs) where they can see the major target areas. By doing this, you can eliminate the head hunting and start targeting the body, which is usually not counted as much because refs don't have a good view. Hopefully this was somewhat helpful. Let us know how it goes.

Yes, what MasterPain said. Any fight, be it real, tournament, or otherwise should be reviewed for learning opportunities. Perhaps you should begin looking for the opportunity where you could have prevented it from happening, based on the fact you've been in several.

I've found various elements "click" and become "unclicked" at different times. That is, different things are important at different points of your life. I can say I've had a few of these "clicks" already. I anticipate more will come as life requires them.

I feel he should/could have acted a little sooner actually. The minute the guy said he'd bite his nose, then got close to his nose...it's on. Could have done his takedown right away. Always great to see how effective jiu-jitsu is though. Nice vid.

It's not you being old school and cantankerous. It's you wanting to do more than just win on advantages; which is what usually happens when two decent competitors get locked up in 50/50. It's funny. At our most recent seminar with Pedro Sauer, a very skilled and competitive brown belt (pan am champ) friend asked Pedro what he would do with it. Pedro just looked and said, I would just pass you my friend. He then demonstrated how to completely shut down the 50/50. Bottom line, it has its place, but a 4 stripe white has way bigger fish to fry than working on an advanced guard position like that.

Same with me. I learned alot of these names just from watching things online.

In BJJ it's easy. Every three years you are promoted to the next "dan." So a third degree in BJJ is someone who has been a black belt for a minimum of 9 years with no breaks in training. However, earning 7th degree (black/red belt) requires great contributions to the art as well as time in training.

I don't know where the name originated, but the "93 guard" is the knee up half guard. Same position.

The knee shield is an important part of a good Half guard. I use it all the time. People really over commit themselves trying to get past that knee.

It's a staple move that is taught early in training. Usually in the first few weeks, as they are taught cross choke, armbar, and triangle choke.

I agree with you. Kinda difficult to say how combat between two people who are currently dead would turn out. Even more so because the only fight footage of Bruce Lee comes from movies where he's doing moves he never really taught or used in his system. Is there any real footage of Ip Man? I think it enough to say they were both phenomenal at what they did.

Ok I've added some new videos. Also, you'll notice this i a new youtube account for me. Two escapes from side control and a defense against the baseball bat choke. (sorry, there is a swear word in this one) Enjoy.

To be totally fair to Eddie, it's not a full roll. It's more of a game of pass/sweep. Once Marcello passes, he backs off and lets Eddie start back in guard again. But it is a great video. There are several others too. Marcello vs. JT Torres and vs. Ryan Hall are two great ones that come to mind.

You're probably off balance because shin kicks require a different hip action and leg action than kicking with the ball of the foot. With the typical shin kick, the hip tends to lead the entire leg, like a bull whip leads from the handle. However, with the traditional roundhouse kick, while the hip motion is still instrumental, the knee tends to lead the action with the hip action unfolding into the strike behind it. So with a shin kick, you tend to have no bend at the hip joint during the kicking process. The knee is bent while the kick is en route and unfolds as you make contact. With a traditional round house kick, you tend to have a bend at the hip and the knee. As the ball of the foot begins moving toward the target, the hip also begins to unfold in order to translate the rotational motion into through the leg into the target. That may sound confusing. Sorry if it does. Just ask your instructor to go over the technique very slowly. Then, at home, compare the hip and knee action of the two kicks. You'll see what I mean.

I would imagine he'll teach you the very basics of the art. If you have no prior experience, you'll need to have a point of reference for everything he would want to teach. That's what the basics would give you.

I really hear you about takedowns. Always been my weakest section as well. Alot of good guys do well pulling guard. As far as being surprised by something...I get that too. I always feel like I learn a months worth of information in just one tournament match. Win or lose, I learn so much. The beauty of being surprised is that it only ever happens once. Next time, you'll know about it and will have an answer. I was hit with a baseball bat choke while passing the guard once...once. It will never happen again. lol. Good luck and congrats again.

The no arm triangle can be a tricky move. After seeing one of my blue belts get hit with one I started to slightly adjust the way I stack pass. You're right about the jaw too. My humble advice is to work your judo a little more. You had a great collar and sleeve grip set in your first match and didn't move. With judo, once you have your grips, you must move immediately...too much hesitation. In the second match, posture ruined you. When the opponent holds both of your sleeves like that, you need to bring the hips in. If he holds on it will begin to lift his hips and you'll easily pass. He's forced to let go or risk a pass. When he does let go of one or both, you have your posture back and can begin isolating his legs. Nice work and congratulations on second place!

Great fundamental move in BJJ. It's a rollng shoulder lock. Has multiple uses on top of being a submission in and of itself: All submissions are safe as long as the opponent remembers to tap.

Yeah. The stats were not "guard" specific. It was a paper written, in Ohio I think, about officers attempting to help their partners and accidentally harming/killing them. The basic idea of it is: -Partner approaches and sees a suspect on top of his partner. -Partner jumps into action and would often end up pushing the suspect onto the bottom partner. -In some cases knives were driven into the partner, in others they were suffocated. Most ended in injury only. Regardless, they were considered avoidable and corrective action was mandated. -SOP was changed/altered to avoid injury in this situation in many departments. It was back in the early 2000's that I saw it. Recently, I had a friend get his ACL torn in a prison scuffle in the same manner. He was putting a prisoner on the ground and three other COs did a pile on. My buddy ended up on the bottom. 6 months off work and jiu-jitsu because of it.

Unless they botch it True, but the same can be said of anything. What if they botch their overhooks? What if they're not strong enough to hold the guy's arms? There's always a what if. If they truly take their work seriously. If they truly treat it as serious as it is. They'll practice the skills necessary to survive. If they don't, they were probably a statistic waiting to happen anyway. I get chills every time I read about a LEO drawing their weapon and firing their entire clip at a suspect; only to find they missed with every shot. That's someone who wasn't prepared for the worst. That's the same person who's gonna botch an ankle grab sweep.