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Are you guys serious? You think Sylva has a chance of winning a boxing match against Roy Jones? He may be past his prime but he is a top notch boxer, not 1-1 semi pro boxer. Come on guys Jones would mop the floor with Sylva in pure boxing match.

Oh yeah I have to add Van Damme as well!!

I'd have to say Steven Seagal and Chuck Norris are my two main martial arts inspirations

I just mean that their technique of punching differs a lot from say a boxer or another martial artist. And I believe this technique does develop speedier punches although maybe not as powerful.

Wing chun guys do have fast hands with their unorthodox way of punching.

treebranch wrote: What many people don't realize is that St-Pierre is a better wrestler than most of these guys, he trains with olympic level wrestlers here in Montreal (many of these wrestlers are from europe). St-Pierre was on the brink of the olympic try-outs if the Hughes-St-Pierre fight didn't happen. So he is a great wrestler. As for ying yang, I'm not saying it can't be true, but beating Couture 8 times out of 10 seems far-fetched. This guy is a proven warrior who can take a punch. I know the streets is different, but in my opinion couture's strategy wouldn't be all that different than in a cage. Take you down and beat you (one on one). These guys have talent, experience, and toughness. These three factors can overcome many 'street lethal techniques' that they may not be aware of. But as I said before, anything is possible...although I strongly doubt it.

ying&yang wrote: You really seem to underestimate wrestlers. They have done very well in MMA competitions. Randy Couture has beaten BJJ practitioners before so it could happen to you also.

I'd have to say lie down or move to one side as soon as you hear the gun

Wow great training you have there! Wish I could do the same, keep up the good work.

Good post Shorikid, enjoyed reading it.

YoungMan wrote: I agree with your points, especially with the last one. What goes around comes around.

I'm still surprised at how many people carry weapons. In general do you mean in your car when your driving or even at shopping malls the movies, restaurants, etc.? In my case the only weapon I carry is a buck police knife which I keep in my car at all times. I do have many knives at home (I don't mean kitchen knives) but that's it.

I don't where you heard it only takes a few years to earn a Judo black belt, but here in Canada it's a minimum of 5 years if my memory serves me right. Anf if you don't compete up to 8 years. So it's no quick fix.

Well I see nobody has responded yet, so I will. I did boxing for a few months and you really need to be dedicated. It's very tough training, plus coaches tend to want to train those who really are enthusiastic and want to compete thus neglecting you. Hapkido is a korean art where wristlocks and kicks are used often. I wanted to try it but never did (perhaps the video out there where a gracie cleanly beats a Hapkido practitioner repeatedly did not help - although the gracies did this to so many styles). kyokushin Karate I have never tried but would like to. Is phyically demanding since punches to the body are tolerated (not to the head) increasing toughness. This is Goerges St-Pierre core art (can't be that bad!). Ninjitsu I know nothing about. However I have heard that there are a lot of wannabes in this ninja style so I'd be careful. As for various other karate styles I don't know. Fencing I know nothing about. I believe it is sword fighting no? The one I would personally choose would be the free style jujitsu class. It looks like an MMA dojo so self-defense practibility is surely high. Hope this helps.

Two great styles. I did Judo before and now am doing BJJ and love it. Purely self-defense wise I'd say Judo has the slight advantage because you start on your feet and once you throw him you can run away while in BJJ you will go to the ground which is not the best place in the street in my opinion. But either way you can't go wrong.

The guy does seem to block well. However his style doesn't seem revolutionary to me. Wing Chun uses extensive blocking as well. Maybe the guy can really fight, but I'm pretty sure he'd get destroyed by a real MMA guy like Georges St- Pierre for example. Oh yeah, I also don't like their blocking bats with their hand technique.

There really seems to be bad blood in the TKD world between federations. As an outsider I find this kind of silly. People should be free to to join as many dojos as they like. Too much politics is involved here.

Like I have already posted in another thread somewhere, you shouldn't need to ask permission to cross-train. It's your life after all!!

If your partner was smaller than you (height) it may be harder. O goshi is easier to do on taller people because of the center of gravity.

Actually you don't need to use a lot of strength at all. It's all your hips that do the work and those are powerful. You really need to get your hips in right.

I'd just leave it as it is. I mean the guy made a mistake, apologised, end of story. It looks like you've been training with him for some time so he isn't just some bad guy. The poor guy thought something was going on, probably has nothing in the sac at home and thought you were cute. Looking for excitement at his age. Now I understand you leave the class and all, but don't tell his wife or the police this will only make it bigger than it really is.

I also take semi-private classes with a purple belt who ways about 155 and I weigh 225, he submits me whenever he wants.

bearich wrote: Thanks for the info. This is the reason why they don't use it. For I'm sure if allowed it would sometimes be used. There's a video on the net somewhere where this karate guy knocks out a pimp using a chop. seemed pretty effective.

I have always wondered why the chop isn't used in MMA. I still think it might be useful if applied to the neck region where knock-outs could occur.

For the person who asked before, Paris is not a violent city.