Harpoon

The Neo and Morpheous sparring music (from the matrix) is the best

I know theirs grecoroman wrestling, but other than that I dont think there are. There is something that medeival knights used which involved grappling along with sword play, but that doesn't really apply. In Europe when it came to fighting it was all about having something with a sharp edge with you.

This might have been posted before, but it has some kung fu/wushu movies and other martial arts related movies (check out the stunt people lol) http://shaolinwushu.tripod.com/movies.htm

Your not serious, are you??

Ok thanks... I just have a problem with snapping out my leg (front kicks, etc...) to full extention, especially with my left leg (because I'm right footed) Will the leg strech where you support your entire body weigt on one leg as you bend it to the floor and lower your hips down as far as you can while keeping the other leg extended help this? (Don't know what it's called)

Sort of a dumb question, but how do you strech them?

Ouch that sucks, man. Kocking out permanent teeth=bad. Do you get fake ones now or something?

Blocking is blocking: you keep your hands in front of you to absorb the impact of any blows. But all that stuff with bringing up your arm and doing a perfect knife hand block or intercepting and sweeping away blows is just something you see in the movies. It isn't used much in free sparring because the action (kicking, punching, etc...) is faster than the reaction (moving your arm to intercept that speeding fist/foot). And I know that it isn't used in a real fight either. So untill we can break the rules of reality like in the Matrix so we can see things slower, or unless your reflexes are really fast, blocking is going to have to stay in the reaction drills where the instructor counts and the whole thing is choreographed. One reason I don't like Karate... to much emphasis on those big sweeping circle blocks that don't work in an actaul confrontation where the guy is just trying to pound the crap out of you, whether your lucky enough to stop one of his arms or not.

. [ This Message was edited by: Harpoon on 2002-02-03 15:32 ]