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bjj ;o

In my dojang, we used alot of english terminology, but nak bop always meant breakfalls in general, which included rolling.

Here's to hoping Royce by submission

"could you kick MY butt?"

so there were 100's of times when your life was in danger and you had to fight?

I previously studied Hapkido under the Jin Pal Federation, but recently switched arts because I moved away. As of note, some Hapkido styles have forms, though its not nearly a focus. of training.

http://www.comegetyousome.com/video/cry%20baby.wmv ...rofl lol

http://www.comegetyousome.com/video/Surf%20fight%202.wmv And everyone doubted the street applications of the wrist grab!

Hapkido- twice a week BJJ- once a week Plus added training at home and weight lifting

Thanks for all the replies guys! When I'm doing crunches, I have my arms crossed over my pec area, so I"m not pulling on my neck. I've been looking at my form, and I think the pain just stems from a bad habit I developed along the way. My eyes are definitely focues on a point on the ceiling, but at the peak of my crunch, I seem to tense my neck forwards...as if I'm replicating the movement of a turkey, if you can imagine. You know...when ppl mock turkeys, they move their necks back and forth? It feels like I"m doing that motion at the top of each crunch...and I"m not sure why, but I can't stop myself from doing it heh.

Hey all, my ab muscles are getting stronger and stronger, and I'm able to do about 300 crunches daily now. However, it seems as if my neck just can't keep up with that many reps. Whenever I get to about 150 crunches, my neck begins to really hurt, and the hardest part of my ab workout is overcoming my neck pain! It's not doing the crunches that's hard So my question is, has anyone else experienced this? Is it just me, am I doing the crunches wrong? Anything I can do stop having neck pains when doing crunches? Thanks!

hmm, while you're training, are you thinking about unrelated things? If so, unfortunately, I don't know what advice to give. Since I've started, the moment I step into the dojo, my mind is fully concentrated. I think it stems from how much I want to learn...I WANT to focus on my technique, because I love doing it. Actually, I'm the opposite. I need to know how to STOP focusing on martial arts, even at school or at work hah. I'm always thinking about it!

hey there pocoloco! How interesting, I'm from Richmond BC myself, and I have some sort of experience with each of your options. I actually take Hapkido at Lok's Hapkido School, and I enjoy alot. I really like Hapkido and all the aspects it has to offer. In addition, I also take BJJ once a week at the Creative Fighter's Guild. Trevor (my instructor) is an awesome teacher, and he really tries hard to make you improve, not to just make money. As for Kyokushin, I have a great friend who does Kyokushin, however he goes to the Sea Island Dojo, which will probably be closer than the Vancouver one. There are pretty much 3 Kyokushin schools in the area I think...Richmond (South Arm), Sea Island, and Vancouver. I've seen both the Richmond and Sea Island one train, and I personally think the quality is much higher at the Sea Island Dojo. It trains you very hard, and makes you a very strong fighter. What you pick is up to you...what do you want to get out of your martial art? I love all the different things I learn in Hapkido, so thats why I do it. However, I feel the ground aspect lacks a bit, so I chose to crosstrain it with BJJ. Kyokushin is great at conditioning your body and teaching you how to be a strong, agressive, solid fighter. Anyhow, my advice would be to check them all out, as each school has quite a different style of teaching. See what you like, good luck with your choices, and I hope I've helped a bit! Lemme know how it goes.

True, but my comment also spawns from his fight with Chris Leben, if you happened to catch it. Chris Leben is noted as a heavy striker, and Kenny is supposed to be a BJJ blackbelt...but yet he decided to slug it out with Chris instead of take him down. He didn't even TRY to take him down. So based on that, and the last fight, he hasn't proved any worth on the ground.

Holy smokes, did any of you watch this tonight? I just wanted to say that it was pretty awesome. The fight between Stephan Bonnar and Forrest Griffin was simply INCREDIBLE. The most amazing fight I've ever seen. I was also impressed with Diego, I think he'll be a solid fighter. His opponent was supposed to be a Blackbelt in BJJ, but he didn't look very solid on the ground during the series, or during this fight. I must say though, I was quite disappointed with Shamrock...he fell twice lol. But all in all, it was a good show. Some of you may be wondering why I made a thread out of this...but if you saw the Bonnar vs Griffin fight...whew, I'm still thinking about it haha.