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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.

oh yea, I have had that lots of times. Usually by friends or people from school who hear that I do MA. Sometimes even from family members. I usually show one of my favorite or coolest looking joint locks.

Not to be rude or anything, and I definitely do appreciate the replies. But, my question was not what was good for the clinch. I'm aware of what is good...however not everything is available where I"m moving to, and some things I don't want to do. So if possible...can we stick to JJJ opinions? hehe. I know about bjj, and judo, and wrestling...but for various reasons I won't be doing them ;o

I"m aware the clinch is a good place to be proficient at...my question is has JJJ helped you become good at that range hehe

hey all. I'm moving soon and will be going into JJJ. And I was curious, for all you JJJ practioners, does your training help you in the clinch? That's one of my weakest ranges. I realise that all schools/styles etc are different, but from your experiences, has JJJ helped you become a better clinch fighter? Thanks!

me and a couple of my MA friends train in big empty fields that ppl seldom go to

True, untrained people win brawls all the time, however, like you said, less than 1% train in martial arts. Thus, BOTH opponents are untrained, which is why untrained people win This happens because of the very issue at hand...many "trained" people don't fight with reasonable contact. So in my mind, they're not very trained at all. That's why they lose. The mere concept of non-contact sparring is a joke in my mind. I don't wish to offend anyone, but that's just my opinion. Even light contact is stretching it...If you want the best results, it is my opinion that you should spar hard. Not dangerously, but hard, there's a difference, and it can be done.

I'm right handed, but I play sports (hockey, baseball, golf) left handed, that is, with my right foot first. When I first started MA, a right-foot-first stance was most natural to me. But my teacher taught a left-foot-first stance, so I have gotten used to fighting like everyone else, so much so that it is my preferred stance. However, I can still fight with my right-foot-first, it doesn't feel uncomfortable at all.

One of the important points you made in the beginning is one that I have thought about alot myself. That being...the chances of my actually getting attacked or into a fight are relatively low. And when I compare this to how much I train (costs, effort, time, etc) then I guess in that sense, it's not worth it to train to fight. Lets go on to the next part of your post... Perhaps martial art training is good for the mind, as well as the body. Perhaps martial art training is a great social activity. Perhaps the techniques, kata, philosophy, focus, strength, endurance and health aspects are more important than the ability to fight. Perhaps the ability fight is merely a byproduct of the martial arts training. I think most people would agree with this. However, it is my opinion that much of the positives that you gain from martial arts...confidence, focus, health, spirituality, strength etc, are best gained when the focus of your training is the martial aspect. People always say that martial arts give you confidence, however the confidence stems from that fact that you know you can fight if it comes to that and that you can defend yourself. Same with health, if the focus of your training is martial, or to be able to fight, your health will naturally improve. As will your spirituality...when you posses power, you become more reluctant to use it, as you know the damage you can do. Plus, you have nothing to prove...you know what you can do. Many people fight to prove something...the martial artist doesn't feel the need to prove anything. My point is this...you said "Perhaps the ability fight is merely a byproduct of the martial arts training" My response is that its the other way around. If you focus and concentrate on the fighting aspect of your art, then much of the other things come naturally with it. Thus, they are byproducts of fighting ability, fighting ability is not the by product. Good article though

I've heard that advice alot, to do the kicks properly and slowly. However, when I kick slow, my flexibility is much worse. So when I'm practicing slowly, I can only really kick a little above waist height...but if I kick with full power, I can kick well above that, at head level easily. Basically, I'm wondering why I don't have the same flexibility when I kick slow, if this something I should worry about, and how I might change that, so when I do slow kicks I have good flexibility as well? Thanks guys

I'm pretty sure this isn't the response you're looking for, but I think most of your questions all point to you doing some research on your own. Karate classes will vary MAJORLY, depending on style, school, teacher, yada yada. Some schools will have big classes, some small, some with both on different days. Some schools will be cheap, some expensive. In my area, some go for as cheap as $25 a month for 3 classes a week, to some being about $80 for a few classes a week. Basically, I think you should start by finding out whats available in your area. From there, visit the various schools, talk to the teacher, ask questionsm maybe even try out a class, and then see if the price, class size, and everything else fits for you. Oh and about kiai's (the yelling), I wouldn't feel embarassed, most students will be doing it, and it will be encouraged. In fact, in some cases you'll lose marks in testing for not kiai'ing properly. Its an important part, and you shouldn't feel odd doing it.