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Not really. After Helio began teaching, Carlos Sr. began delving deeply into nutrition and eventually developed the Gracie Diet. He ran the school finances and did managerial type work. But the fighting and teaching were handled by Helio first, then Carlos' and Helio's children after that. But Helio trained all of them. The differences between what Carlos taught and what Helio taught were that Carlos taught what he had learned from Maeda. It was Helio that modified the art into what it is today. Obviously, I was not present for any of this. My instructor Master Pedro Sauer, who trained with Helio and his son Rickson directly, is the one who gave me this information. He trained in the Rio Academy and said he never really saw Carlos train much. This is not exactly true either. What Jigoro Kano recognized in the Koryu Jujitsu systems he had studied was that there was no coherent strategy, rather just a bunch of different moves without and governing concept or doctrine. It was Kano, as he developed Judo, that came up with the principle of maximum effect with minimum effort. Any technique that did not fit that principle was dismissed. He (Kano) didn't totally remove all striking, though it's certainly not practiced much anymore. He simply put the focus on the techniques that could be applied efficiently without serious injury to the opponent. Hence, throws and joint manipulations became the techniques of choice.

Ask your mom what the gender of someone who wants to rape you will be. Then ask her if she wants you to be able to survive the encounter. That's a very morbid yet appropriate question. BJJ is the ultimate art when it comes to rape defense being that a great deal of it takes place between your legs in the guard position. You are fortunate to be training with guys and learning to deal with their aggressiveness now, when it's only training. You don't want to have to learn once he has you on your back with his hand at your throat.

Gracie combatives is taught in three phases. The first phase focuses solely on staying on your feet and avoiding going to the ground, along with weapons retention skills. This includes sprawling, breaking the clinch, stacking multiple opponents and so on. The second phase focuses on learning the ground escapes and control techniques with the focus on getting back to standing. The third phase involves actually training BJJ and earning a BJJ blue belt.

I agree. In a previous style I studied, a child could earn a black belt, demonstrating all the same techniques as an adult. Then they were called a Junior black belt. If the requirements are the same, the rank should be the same. Afterall, we don't call them junior green belts or junior blue belts. Just black belts are labeled in this way. Either they are a black belt or they are not. Don't give them some superfluous title just to keep milking money out of them until they turn 16, get their own car and stop coming.

I'm sorry for your loss. Best Wishes

I believe it's important to practice at full go from time to time. Otherwise, there is no way to know if what you're doing actually works.

Welcome. The whole "never wash your belt" thing is very debatable. That is, not everyone believes that way. However, if the belt is bleeding onto your uniform, and the stains are unremovable, you may want to consider washing it.

It sounds to me like you had 20 in there with Martial Arts training. Boxing and Wrestling both count, don't they? I generally agree with you bushido. But for the purposes of my example I needed to separate them out to illustrate their numbers.

Water Polo is a tough sport. But you can keep it. I take the wrestling any day

This is good info. I never quite knew exactly how he worked things. It's a sweet deal. I can see why someone would want to do it.

Wrestling is the 6th most popular school sport in the united states. There are over 9500 sanctioned schools. It's actually quite likely you may come across people with a wrestling background. While you're right about the rankings. I wonder how much there is of a drop off between the big three (baseball, basketball and football) and wrestling. For example, if football got 40% of the athletes, baseball got 35%, basketball got 15%, soccer got 5%, swimming got 4%, and wrestling got 1%. That means that wrestling is the 6th most popular. But it's still only going to get only 1% of the student athletes. True. But you're really forgetting that many students are multi sport athletes. Wrestling is common for football players because of the type of training it requires (physical, strength and speed oriented, good stamina ect...). Of course the degree to which students do this depends on alot of factors (school size, skill level, cuts or no cuts). All I know is this. When I first joined the military I went through basic training. Of the roughly 60 people in my platoon, I was the ONLY one with any martial arts training. Three had boxing experience. We had 16 who were wrestlers. This number was much higher in my Reserves platoon where almost 30 were former wrestlers. Though I believe that had to do with the fact we were in PA (a huge wrestling state). That's a big percentage.

Wrestling is the 6th most popular school sport in the united states. There are over 9500 sanctioned schools. It's actually quite likely you may come across people with a wrestling background.

Assuming we're on a 10 point scale. It's also important to realize that, when i judge, I use the middle of the scale as average. In this case, that would be 5. Above 5 is an above average performance. Below 5 is substandard. 1. Title was traditional weapons form: 7/10 -balance was lost near the 30 second mark and seemed to be faultering throughout -Didn't like the handling of the bo during the bow. This is more personal preference than anything. I don't like to see a weapon move during a bow. In rank and file, it would hit the person behind them. -I don't like toothpick bo being used in traditional forms, it makes the form less difficlut as the weight of the bo is less. -Movements were sharp and powerful -Difficulty of the form was high for the traditional division -This is a good score from me 2. Title was creative weapons form: 7/10 -Very small toothpick bo lowers difficulty -Good focus during flare movements -Also didn't like the handling of the bo during her bow. Same reason. -Throaty kiai -poor focus during kiai (looking away from strike and closing eyes) -some high difficulty flare 3. Title was traditional forms: 5/10 - music during a traditional form? - excessive yelling during a traditional form? - Many movements not sharp or precise, just throwing arms around - Focus not on movements being performed - low form difficulty - i would be ashamed if any black belt of mine ever performed a kata in this manner under the guise of "traditional forms." 4. Title was traditional forms: 9/10 - Great balance - in the middle he rushed a few movements and did not fully extend them. - Overall, great form with a medium to high difficulty

All my friends know I train. Of course, all my friends also train I never told anyone who didn't specifically ask about it. However, it's pretty much the only hobby I have, and I've done it for 25 years. So when I'm talking to people about what I do for fun...it usually comes up. Now that I'm starting my own school, I tell people alot more. Afterall, word of mouth is the fastest way to let people know about the school.

This may happen as well. Like I said, I'm not totally sure of the criteria

I'm not sure exactly what he does. I can only assume he sees someone he feels has potential and approaches them about joining his team. I'm not sure if he pays them or offers sponsorships or some other arrangement. Fact is, it's not totally his fault. The guys he approaches have the right to say no. So he must be offering something they want. I just don't like the practice of it.

Haven't purchased anything of his. I saw some of Hall's stuff on youtube and thought it was good stuff. I was at a tourney and saw Lloyd's guys competing. Specifically JT Torres. The guy was impressive. However, Lloyd was actively recruiting guys from other schools at that tourney. I just feel that's kind of wrong. He recruited a guy from a RGDA school near us. The next month, the guy won the mundials under Lloyds name. So, while his stuff and guys may be good. I don't support him because I don't agree with his ethics.

It would look alot like this: Seriously though, I think you're generally right overall. I remember a Pride fight when Renzo Gracie had his elbow dislocated. He simply shrugged it back into place and was upset that the referee called the fight. An unconscious opponent doesn't fight back.

Shotokan: White, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Green, Purple, Brown, Black Aiki Jujitsu: White, Blue, Green Purple, Brown, Black Chuan Fa: White Belt, Green Sash, Brown Sash, Black Sash BJJ: White, Blue, Purple, Brown, Black

What's your hurry? Get very good in your current style, then switch to the other school. On the other hand, if you're bored with what you are doing now, why would you want to be the best at it? I find golf very boring, so I don't golf. It's that simple. I don't drone on trying to be the best golfer. It just doesn't make sense.

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First, welcome to the forums! Thanks for joining us. As for your question, I'm a little biased in this. I have a 3rd degree black belt in shotokan and, therefore, lean that way. I find the art fun, somewhat challenging and a great way to spend time. Depending on where you are, the art can be very political however. You'll have to try it out and see if it is or not. The standard advice of this situation is always to try out both schools and see what you like best. After doing that, my choice would be the one that focuses mostly on partner drills, self defense and physical fitness. But that's what I like to do. Let us know how it goes and good luck.

I started reading your post with some hesitation. However, as I read on I might actually agree with it to some extent. The reason I say this is because of my own military experience. I remember what was taught to us (which was actually quite minimal). However, when i actually purchased the official training manual, there was alot of stuff in it that was not generally taught. Lots of psychological tactics and tactics for taking out a sentry and so on. It was quite interesting. It's also notable that there was alot of crap in it as well

Your question is not what you think it is. Nor is it easy to answer. We could all give you a myriad of techniques and opinions. But that's not really an answer. The answer is one of preference rather than anything else. Different people will handle this in different manners. As you mature in your martial art, you will begin to prefer one method over another. Either way, it's more about movement rather than the strikes. Footwork and protecting yourself are always the most important. Personally, I like to circle to an angle and strike to a clinch. But that's the BJJ and Karate coming out. Good luck in your endeavor. Edit: The key to my way of doing it is learning your range very well and keeping out of your opponent's range. As they move in, I take the angle. They will adjust, I usually leg kick here. I take the angle again, they will adjust, I strike into the clinch.

Assume a front stance. With the back leg you sweep through your partner's front low leg. Without putting that leg down you then bring the leg up and hook kick the side of the opponent's head. Front sweep (ashi barai): Hook Kick (ura mawashi-geri): Just practice each separately for a while. Then, when you're comfortable with them, just put them together. It's more about timing than anything.