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Welcome to the Forum!! Ankle locks, heel hooks and knee bars happen to be something I love! They are almost always available if you're looking for the quick submission. Especially when passing the guard. The other nice thing is that they work both with and without the gi rather equally. This week I'm pretty busy. I have to go paint my mother's house But I'll put together a few more next week and try to have them posted by Christmas! I'm likely to post one or two half guard sweeps and two really sneaky ankle/ heel attacks.

Right you are here. I think the myths still grow, too. It's interesting to think about the myths that will exist about him when all of us are dead and gone. Some of the claims about him on wikipedia.org are unbelievable. I suggest going and checking them out for yourselves though.

Not at all. It's just that most wives (and girlfriends) work under the golden rule. "No matter who's right, you're wrong." Hehe, that is where my terribly stubborn nature comes into play. It's clear you don't give up easily Bushido. Afterall, you are a Chiefs fan! That takes alot of character and patients. So, a_ninja. How have things turned out?

This is more than possible. In fact, highly likely. Afterall, they trained together. Sparring was virtually inevitable. But there's a difference between sparring and fighting. According to Wikipedia.org, Chuck Norris does consider Bruce as being a superior martial artist. I must admit though! It's amazing how much credit people give him. Even after being dead for nearly 35 years his name raises eybrows. That's longer than he was actually alive, by the way.

So how do you block a roundhouse kick? Do you also block front kicks differently than other traditional Karate styles? Lower kicks get blocked with the legs or countered by stepping in deep on their center of rotation (for roundhouse kicks). Front kicks are avoided by moving side to side, angularly, or drawn in by stepping back and allowing the attacker to over extend and then countered with sweeps, catches, or take downs (or strike of course). Higher kicks can be absorbed by the arms or, again, moving out of range or into their center of rotation. Higher (head height) thrusting kicks are handled the same way as lower ones. That is, move off the centerline or attempt to get the kicker to over extend. This is how I learned to handle them in Karate training, before I ever studied BJJ. I think it's an unfair generalization to say that all Karateka handle kicks the same way.

I'm one of those "freak" kids that started training at 6 years old and never looked back. However, if memory serves me correctly, I only went to one class a week for a very long time. This allowed my mom to give me other activities as well (cub scouts, playing with friends ect...). I advanced very slowly as a result, but now I can boast 22 years of experience in the arts. As I got older I began to go more often. Once I was able to drive, I was there anytime class was going on. I guess my point is that you may want to cut back the number of days he goes (assuming it's more than one). Reinforce him by telling him he does well. But the simple fact is that it's not uncommon for children to quit things. Even though you want him to stay with it, he may just be changing his mind.

I was especially turned off by watching his students defend baseball bats by catching it with their hands.

Good question. Here's all the connections. He and I study BJJ together. He isn't "athletic" and doesn't do "XMA" stuff (Jumping spinning kicks, barrel rolls, kips and the like) very well. However, he is a 5th degree in the ATA and they now require an XMA class (or so I'm told). One day He saw me practicing Unsu (a karate kata) and was impressed with the 360 jumping movement at the end of the kata. Since he liked it I demonstrated a chuan fa form for him (the system is a mix of Indonesian Poekoelan and Southern Kung Fu). The system has some very dynamic elements that he thinks would work great for his XMA classes.

Thanks Patrick, Happy Holidays to you as well! And to everyone else.

I was being a little sarcastic about the challenge. Several of his videos have him claiming he can't be hit.

This is an excellent point as well.

It's difficult to tell. Your best bet is to go in and see. As for the knees, that often a trial and error type of thing. See if it hurts to do it.

I agree. I must admit, I wouldn't want to get hit with that kick. And with the way you duck your head to the ground, you're not likely to get countered with a punch to the head. My main worry would be attempting to use it on people that use the low line roundhouse as a kick counter. You may catch it in the head.

i no but they claim Bruce and Chuck fought before Lee died and Chuck won,and/or did not want to use is right leg cus he felt hed kill lee. i never understood why sum1 would ever train under sum1 for years if they thought they could beet them, i would not. so i cant believe that chuck has ever beaten his old master, but maybe im wrong There was never a fight between Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee. It just didn't happen. Additionally, Chuck Norris did not train "under" Bruce Lee. They simply trained together from 1970 until Lee's death. The difference is that one means that Lee, taught, promoted and developed Chuck. The reality is that ideas were shared between the two. Both Lee and Norris developed their own systems based on what they thought was the most effective for them. That said, Norris himself was quoted as saying he thought Lee was the superior martial artist. Out of curiosity, why does it bother you so much? Bruce Lee is dead and Chuck Norris is nearly 70 years old. Your friends are probably just saying it because they know it gets you worked up.

I saw this one just the other day! I was so excited because the form of chuan fa I study is heavily influenced by silat! It's called poekoelan and comes, primarily from Indonesia. Harimau (the tiger form in the show) is one of the animals learned. I agree that they exagerated the deadliness of the kriss knife. But I was very disappointed by the "challenge." It was a simple rank test. Nothing more. It was very clear that he had to perform certain techniques and nothing else. In addition, his "attackers" performed certain techniques as well. I was hoping he'd actually get to do the circle of death where the attackers come randomly (in ones or twos) and attack randomly, actually trying to get you. I just feel it really did silat a disservice.

I train with a skilled greco roman wrestler that has used it in his MMA fights. Not my cup of tea however.

No direct experience here. But thanks for sharing the vids.

I have recently been approached by an ATA instructor. After watching me perform a chuan fa form he asked me to teach an XMA seminar. I've never considered myself an XMA practitioner. The forms in chuan fa are flashy, but there is a point to some of the flashier techniques. However, it's the subtleties that I have always considered more important. The unflashy (is that a word...i don't think so) elements are the ones with direct self defense application. Here's my delima: While I'm not against XMA per say... I think teaching techniques for the sake of winning tournaments and simply being fancy is pointless. This would lead me to decline teaching the seminar. On the other side of the coin is this: Despite the fact that I would be teaching them fancy techniques, it could have a profound impact on students. Perhaps it could motivate students who may otherwise quit. I know when I was young I thought being able to do all those moves was cool too (that's why I learned them afterall ). It would be a bit hypocritical of me to deny that to others. Maybe they would go on to become very accomplished martial artists. Here's my solution: 1. Agree to presenting a chuan fa seminar, not just XMA, focusing on some of the more dynamic movements. 2. Present my philosophy for these techniques. (Fitness, conditioning, mastery of the basics is required for many of them) 3. Present them as techniques, not gymnastics. I often see kicks that simply glide as the person performs them, no power. It was always a necessity for me to be able to make the fancy kicks powerful as well. Does anyone have any other suggestions or comments about this?

I must admit. I'm really disappointed as well. If you sort through the technique videos and found some....unique ideas. For example: they block baseball bats with their hands. Another claim is that over 80% of their content is not found in any other martial art. However, I can see similarities to several others. The school is only about an hour away. The instructor claims he can't be hit. I'm honestly considering calling him up to offer a challenge match. The videos of him defending punches are supposed to be spontaneous. However, there are clearly times when they just stop trying and he applies his technique.

Hey, check out this website and let me know what you think. http://combatexpert.com/ Be sure to check out the entire site and all the videos.

That's alot of sweeps. The halfguard is a very dynamic position. I think the best thing would be for me to have my instructor demonstrate those. Halfguard is his specialty. This one will take a while, but I'll get it for you.

In Chuan Fa we, generally, wore a t-shirt and black gi pants for practice. When/if we competed we simply wore a generic "chuan fa" uniform top with frog buttons. In addition, we wore patches for each of the animal forms we had learned up to dragon. In Karate we wore a plain white or plain black gi with only the kanji for the association. Black Belts were plain, regardless of dan. BJJ Kimono are much more elaborate. This is, I believe, a newer trend as old pictures of Carlos and Helio or even older pictures of their kids training reveal only the signature Gracie Triangle symbol. I think the patches for them started coming into play as they started forming various teams and associtions. Primarily because Rorion trademarked the triangle symbol. The other brothers started making their own symbols and the trend simply continued. Additionally, people of Brazil seem to like lots of color variety. I think that state of mind also played into the training uniforms. Truth is, I like it too. It's a way of showing who you train under or have trained with.

Another fellow instructor teaches the inside knee pass to our kids class. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqChqBTZ6c enjoy.

Here's a video of one of my instructors teaching a "2 on 1" pass and a sprawl during mma class! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L0yjH1CiGI Enjoy. PS, the pass works exactly the same with a gi on!

NEW VIDEO!!! Guillotine and guillotine/elevator sweep combo. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh3Ykk9W-wM More to come.