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I disagree there. Have you ever trained the "ground and pound?" Guard is much better for defending against strikes from above than being mounted. The guard makes it much easier to sweep and regain the top position if the man on top over commits himself to strikes. Also is better to trap the man on top of you and makes it harder for "his friend" to hit you without risking hitting him.

Trapping we actually don't do too much of.

Sounds good to me

I do.. Have been for about a year and a half.

one of my fellow BJJ students has studied it and has used it well. He makes his guard game dangerous. He has long legs and is as flexable as a rubber band so it works well for him.

It's very useful because it teaches body mechanics, angles of attack, angles of defense, etc.

I used to have quite a bit of success with that submission. However, as your opponents get more experience, they know to defend against it. Remember, if you always go only for your so-called "bread and butter" move, you don't improve on many other techniques, so sometimes you should drop it from your arsenal and use only submissions you need practice on.

Yeah. I picked that book up a while back. It is an excellent read. Good stuff on the evolution of jujitsu into Judo and into Jiu Jitsu. Great work on the history and theories behind the style.

I really enjoyed the Eskrima and Savate episodes. The judo show wasn't bad either. I have been taping them. I unfortunately missed the Krav Maga episode so will have to catch a re-run. I wasn't too impressed with the one on Karate. Too much emphasis on just hitting things, didn't see much good technique. I do think that the fights at the end between the hosts and the "masters" are worked, but it's all in fun to demonstrate the style and to show they are willing to experience it. I like the show a lot.

In Krav Maga, We were mostly taught to kick below the belt, ( legs, knees, groin, ankles.) we didn't do much body kicks except front push kick or defensive side kick to create space when needed. Generally did more knee strikes to the body when up close and personal. Yes there is a danger of getting your leg grabbed when you kick to the body which is why you should start off with an aggressive punch combination as a distraction and then follow up with a fast body kick if you want to use them.

Yes, been hit bare-knuckled in the face in actual fights. not too many times in training although I have eaten more elbows in training than fists so go figure.

Ours is about an hour and a half.

It would take awhile. 3 times a week and it still will take anywhere from 18 months to 2 years. BJJ is not a style that moves up in ranks quickly. Regardless. I would put a white belt with a year and a half on the mat against any non grappler.

Very true Bushido. If you watch Pride, UFC, etc., you notice that almost all submissions with few exceptions are white to blue belt level submissions.

The white belt curriculum, First you will learn guard passes, Shoulder locks, chokes such as rear naked, guillotine, basic arm bars from mount, side control, escapes, basic sweeps, arm bars from the guard, kimura, hip escapes,top control drills etc. Just to name some of the basics. Those "basic and tiring drills" are essential to building a good, solid foundation and you will see that they will prove to be very valuable when you start free rolling.

I think learning proper use and handling of firearms is important. It doesn't have to be from a martial arts platform either. Lets face it, guns and knives are a part of the criminal element as well as in the law-abiding elements of our society. It is good to at least familiarize yourself with them even if you personally don't choose to own or carry one.

I was reading about the training methods of the ancient Spartans. From what I have read, they went a month eating nothing but honey. Now I can understand that this could really make your pancreas hate you and it could cause insulin levels to topple. Was it a different kind of honey? Maybe because it was unprocessed they could do it. What would be the health benefits and could it be done today?

I have used blocks also used evasion and parry. Really, it depends on your opponent more than anything. Is he coming in with a big "haymaker" punch? or is he using short, fast punches? Sometimes it is wiser to just get in and clinch.

I think that it is indeed going down the WWF path and it is disheartening. I really don't like to hear a lot of trash talk between two competitors. These are supposed to be martial artists and respect and humility should have it's place. Sure, i enjoy watching the fights, but I don't wanna hear them calling each other "punks" etc. It just gives the anti-UFC crowd more ammo.

I rarely go to the theatre I think the last movie I saw there was The Day After Tommarrow. On I recently saw THE GRUDGE 2 on ON Demand. What a major dissapointment!

My JKD instructor just attended a 2 day seminar with them and he said it was awesome and shared some of what he picked up with us, I thought it was pretty good stuff.

I had the same problem when I took up kickboxing. Joined a local boxing gym, that is the best you can do. Wanna learn how to box, train with the boxers.

Recently there was an instructor that came to our school and he began teaching it two times a week there. I havent taken it myself, but from what I can gather it's not really something that is a practical fighting art in itself, but rather as mentioned before it would go good with somethign else like BJJ. It is great for stamina and body mechanics but I can't see it as a practical self defense style.

You have made excellent points Baron, fortunately that is one thing in corrections that They have trained us in was de esculation I do find you get better at it with experience though.

Good point there... You could be in total control of your opponent, but his buddy could come up behind you and nail you in the head.Good point, but the same could happen if you were traing punches standing or standing in the clinch.