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I watched a tournament like the one in the movies here in Hawaii in the seventies. Full contact with no gloves. Mas Oyama was present and Sonny Chiba fought in the event. There were no broken teeth but a lot of red bodies.

Hi Manabimasho1 and welcome!

For your info, White Warlock, John Bishop is a well known ranking member of the Kajukenbo family so he'll be able to provide good information for you!......and to you, John Bishop, welcome and I'm glad to see that you've joined this forum!

The original style is advertised as such, Kajukenbo, original method. Most have websites. I would suggest doing a search on the web.

The founder of the Kajukenbo system, Adriano Emperado, was one of the first to break out of the one style only mold. He told his students that if they found techniques from other styles that worked, to add it to their system. His word of advice to Kajukenbo instructors was "Be Creative" and this is why there are so many different branches of Kajukenbo and each a little bit different.

Royce Gracies' dominance of the first UFCs certainly influenced me to seek out a BJJ school to add groundfighting to my training.

I concentrate on defense #1 blocking with hands #2 blocking with legs Secondly, I work on counter attacks!

I was personally influenced into training in the martial arts by Bruce Lee's movies. I loved his quickness but I didn't care too much for his cockiness.

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I'm wondering if anyone has read the "Bodyguard" magazine?....and if so, how is it?

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Hi Steve and welcome!

White Warlord, I agree that it i s important to analyze your emotions and seek a solution but what I am saying is a rash decision based upon your immediate emotion may not be the best decision.

Fighting yourself is simply a definition of self discipline..... Not to quit when you feel like quitting To try something even if you fear failure To remain calm when you feel angry etc. To be a good martial artist, you must have self discipline or in other words, you must learn to defeat yourself.

Never give up in your training(discipline) and always show respect to others. Waht about beating your worst enemy ? FEAR Yes, that would count as one! You must fight your emotions. As my old sensei told me, a decision based upon your emotions will normally be the wrong decision.

Never give up in your training(discipline) and always show respect to others.

Hard contact sparring is fine if this is your school's style but hitting after the sparring has ended is unacceptable in my opinion.

Before you learn how to defeat others, you must learn how to defeat yourself!

I agree that the only person who FAILED was your instructor as he failed to intervene!

Hi sdargie and welcome!