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As far as street fighting, My JKD instructor says" "Rule number one, there are no rules."

Interesting. Thanks. We get pringles in my house fairly often.

A well trained K-9 dog will not be deterred by someone throwing sausages. they are trained to not accept food from strangers for this reason. they have demonstrated this with my k-9 dogs we have at work. If a dog get hold of a limb, such as an arm, drive that limb straight into it's mouth. This will cause a lot of pain and force the dog's jaw open. Using a knife to flay it open or shooting it will work often, but unarmed against a well trained attack dog, let's just say you are in real bad shape.

Thank you

Tuck in your jaw!! Keep your head down slightly and protect it at all costs.

In JKD, we do quite a bit of grappling but mainly for the purpose of being able to get back to your feet, not turning a self defense situation into a long, drawn out wrestling match.

I know what you mean. What's worse is losing when a guy scores a take-down and then holds you in the guard and holds on for dear life for 5 minutes and wins that way. It happened to me in my last tournament. I don't mind winning or losing by points, providing I am at least actively looking for a finish. Not just scoring a few points and then holding on till time runs out.

my favorite so far was snake eater, I could play that game over and over again. haven't played 4 yet. How is it? Is it much different from MGS3?

A good friend of mine does golf. For me, I can't see the fun of it. Maybe I am still too young but just not enough action.

Maybe so, but not at my school. At least not at the moment. Competitions are still required.

No Royler doesn't have much. He stresses the importance however since you mentioned it, of taking your time and working drills slowly, no always running at 100%

In BJJ it is usually an average of 18 months from white to blue, about another two and a half years from blue to purple, 2 and a half from purple to brown and then an average of three from brown to black. That was from my instructor just today. keep in mind this is just average and that is for RGDA. Other BJJ schools, it may be different, it has a lot to do also with documented mat time. In Judo it has a lot more to do with competitions at least where I train so set times is difficult to say.

I will say this, David Adiv's ears look like someone held them in a meat grinder.

Royler Gracie was at my school today (31st of May) to give a two hour seminar. The man is very knowledgeable and a very friendly person who seems to really enjoy what he does. We worked a lot of different submission as well as some street self defense tactics, worked a lot on position and he also near the end took questions from the students and when they had a question regarding guard passing, escapes or whatever, he demonstrated the techniques. he is very patient and a great teacher. Just wanted to share.

In case I haven't mentioned it before, You all may want to check out The Iron Circle: the True Story of Dominique Vandenburg. That Book absolutely rocks! Goes into his early life as a Judo fighter, up to his professional fighting days, into his time in The French Foreign Legion and so on. Great read.

Yeah i have that one too. That's a good book.

Basically, how to control people and situations and how to also avoid being victimized by power or manipulated. It helps give you historical examples of how to attain and maintain power, whether in politics, personal relationships and so on. Examples of ancient Chinese battles, Napoleon and others. How to bring your enemies to you, how to turn the tables on them. a World of information that helpes in everyday life. Some of it is downright ruthless.

Just started "the 48 Laws of Power. I recommend this book to anyone. If you read another book this year, make it this one.

I agree 100%

Agreed!

I thought my first instructor was somewhat intimidating. I went there to study full contact kickboxing and Moo Duk Kwan. He was very much into conditioning and I liked what his classes did for my body as well as my confidence. He was someone who believed in a lot of sparring and was very into discipline. He was also a Viet Nam veteran. He still teaches today. That was 14 years ago. I guess you can say overall the experience was good, but over the years he has built a reputation for also having a rather shady character.

Yes there were two guys from my school taking pics and video. I have my NAGA fight from April taped from the same guy so hopefully i can get these as well. Still waiting to hear back from him. If I can get them I plan on putting on on my myspace.

Yes and that was the way it was intended. Yes PS1 they were inteded for RGDA only although they did make an exception to the rule for women since there were only two RGDA women BJJ students and they were both from my school so two of the girls from the Judo club I also attend competed as well. And they took first and second place

Just wanted to share. My school in Hempfield, Pa. https://www.lfmac.com hosted The Red Rose Rumble RGDA BJJ competition. I managed to make 2nd place in men's master's division. Ist opponent, I won with an Ezekiel choke, 2nd, I won with an armbar, lost my 3rd match, then had to go again with guy from first who also lost one. Ended up winning just barely by a decision. ( we were actually tied on points but I was ahead on advantages) and lost to the same guy I lost to the first time in a match for first place due to a triangle. Overall it was a lot of fun.

Taylor. You put that very well and made a very good point. That's the whole point of this thread, to get some really good discussion. I haven't even thought of that the way you put it.