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go with judo. you can prolly already strike.

That's one of the styles of influence. I wrote "viatnamese ma's" cause I couldn't remember how to spell it. But yeah, its about 1/7th of the system. Maybe less. Most nights prolly resemble a shotokan class. The other styles seem to be integrated into that. Our hand tecniques are cross, jab, etc. We learn basic judo takedowns. Sometimes we do groundwork.

Weaknesses: 1) Cuong Nhu is comprised of 7 styles: Shotokan, Boxing, Judo, Tai Chi, Vietnamese ma's, Aikido, and Wing Chun. I consider that a weakness. although it takes a minimum of 3 years to get a black belt, I don't think you can be effective at all of those styles in that time. Obviously, one should train past bb, but you should be effective by that time. 2) Too much kata. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think kata training is very realistic. You learn 50 ways to counter a right punch. Why not learn 1 counter(defence) for 50 attacks? 3) Ki training at every level. Of course it works, but white belts need to be learning the basics. By ki training I mean apllying special magic pressure points. Strengths: 1) Although hard to master, Cuong Nhu provides a great "springboard" for beginners. They get to experiment with several styles at once and decide what they want to pursue. Cuong Nhu students are very open to cross-training. 2) Timed sparring, no points. 3) Great full-body conditioning. 4) Some full-strength grappling.

Hey! I just became a yellow belt! That means I'm a deadly warrior, right? But not like "kill-a-thousand-other-warriors-in-three-seconds-deadly": that's for black belts.

Montana rocks. Beautifulest state I've seen so far. I think I'll move there. But- who will I train with? ........Aha! Mountain Goats! (Be well aquainted with your lower-X blocks: those horns come up fast!)....Or, I might just stay here.

Not at all senseless. Its a challenge to do multiple things you love, but very satisfying. I don't like people without ambition. People who want to work at old stuff + try new stuff are ok with me.

I don't want to discourage anyone, but I've got to share some things. I spend time on this forum because I feel ya'll have basically the same aspirations as I do. Prepare ourselves. Become better people. I can talk to ya'll. I recently got back from a closed-casket funeral of an old aquaintance of mine(sort-of friend). He was killed in Iraq after a couple tours. This guy left on bad terms with his parents: they didn't even attend the funeral. I didn't think that could happen. The soldier's sister cried more than his wife and young children. As many times as I've cried by myself, I've never wept openly as I did that day. The papers have printed many good things about him. As I am speaking about an anonymous person, I can witness that some of those things weren't at all true. Of course I have never said that to anyone that knew him, and I never will. He died a war hero, and we will remember him as such. But now this war has hit a lot closer to home than before. I'm now changing my workout routines. More cardio, less machine weights. I haven't enlisted yet, but it seems inevitable if I am to mantain a stable mind. Thanks for listening.

I've just always wanted to better prepare myself. I was never inspired by movies(Ok, maybe Rocky) or by parents or friends. Even now, they offer no encouragement whatsoever. Training is just something I have to take the initiative on. I first started official classes after my girlfriend broke up with me. You know, left sort of an empty space. Plus, I had always wanted to do this: the timing was there. After studying my options in the martial arts, I located a dojo I liked that was close enough. I found their website and attended that very night.

Oh, you don't really think its over do you?

Quote:How do you explain chi gung arts such as Iron Shirt and Golden Bell Cover, which ARE documented? What are those?

Always assume that each new belt you earn is exactly the same length, breadth, and width. Don't worry about remembering the correct way to tie it: you'll remember, even if the Grandmaster of your style and everyone else is watching. No pressure.

There seems to be a lot of disregard for TKD's street effectiveness, both on this board as well as what I've heard from talking to individuals. I consider this very understandable for the art (as well as for most kata-oriented arts) based on its nature. But, to say the least, not all TKD schools are ineffective. Although the following are not "end-all" arguments for TKD, they're just some things to think about. A friend of mine is a big guy, a ferocious "street-fighter". He knows about neighborhood-baseball-bat-fights, etc, and is an accomplished boxer (from what I understand). Yet he considers his small amount of TKD training to be valuable. He had only trained in it for a little while, yet he had a good deal of respect for it. He claims his daughter( a small woman) defeated 2 other women with it. Most of what this guy says is reliable. I read the book by Bernie Kerick, the Police Commissioner of NYC. He, of course, grew up in a tough New Jersey city and got into over a hundred fights before he was 18 (according to his book). He finally reached a level where the fights became rare: to what does he attribute his new success? TKD. I myself have only sparred with TKD people a few times, so I'm just throwing a few second-hand accounts out there. I'm not trying to say that all, or even most, TKD dojos are highly practical-I honestly don't think they are. But these accounts make me step back and take another look at least. Any knowledgable opinions?

Noone is unbeatable. But, yeah, sounds like a cool exerience.

Yeah, they told me I was welcome to. And, they seem to be friendly enough (if that matters). They recently invited the other judo club members also. It's kinda odd: the judo sensei teaching right now is afraid someone's going to get hurt, but the students seem very interested. And, yeah, training with other styles rocks. There's a few clubs around here who sometimes cross-train a little bit-I wish more. I got to spar with a couple TKD people; there very linear and light on there feet as contrasted with Cuong Nhu, which uses more hands and circular motion.

I just took my first judo class! My other style did a little, but this one is judo-only. I've never been confident in my grappling, so I wanted to try it. Most of the class is away right now, so it was only me and the instructor. This woman is smaller than I am, but she pinned me to the ground and I couldn't get up. That's a good thing: this class has a lot to offer that I don't know. She's been in judo for 12 years; the other teachers have been doing it for probably even longer. Also: I talked to some UFC wannabe's who are starting to get together and politely beat the crap out of each other. Most of them have grappling backgrounds, such as wrestling or ju-jitsu. I'm not an experienced grappler yet though, so I'll probably give it some time before I train with them. But...I don't know: I do sporadically like to hit and get hit. I couldn't beat these guys right now, but I can take a whuppin and keep going. It would be a great stress-reliever. Dose everybody else get that way when you haven't sparred or wrestled as you normally do? Anyway, I've rambled enough. Just wanted to share my enthusiasm with somebody.

Thanks for everyone's replies, especially to those in law enforcement. I'm open-minded to every training method; I want to find what works best for me. I have recently talked to a couple different groups here in my area, and I'll try them out.

Jesus may have said this (but I doubt it) but it is not scripture, not even pseudopegrapha nor in the gosple of Thomas. It sounds like a Muslim saying...Christians don't use the term infidel. 1Timothy 5:8 (King James Version) King James Version (KJV) 8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

In Pickens County between Clemson and Greenville. bout 2.5 hours from Charlotte.

Yeah, the two I was involved with-ok, 3 I just remembered another. In one, the defender grabbed the guy's head as he went down, which resulted in a pretty good headlock. I another, the defender just stepped out of the way, then jumped on the attacker's back and pounded his head into oblivion. The third one evolved more slowly: the defender kept stepping back-through one door of a room and out the other into the hallway ( while holding onto the attacker's head) untill he got control of his balance and swung the guy around into a wall. So in two of those, the defender never had to go to the ground.

Striking walls in my sleep, plus most of above. I killed somebody last night by pummeling their head into the ground and then felt real bad about it before waking up.

What's small circle jujitsu? I don't know think there's any of those around here. Other dojosI know of around here are: TKD( not really considering it), Hapkido, Judo, Kajukembo. I like the sound of Kajukembo, but the ones around here look a little bit commercial. The art I'm in does teach a wide variety of styles. I just don't want to waist any time in tecniques I won't use as much as others.

I really appreciate all of your advice. I am currently training in Cuong Nhu(hard-soft). It is based on Shotokan, Boxing, Aikido, Tai Chi Chan, Judo, Wing Chun, and Vovinam(Viatnamese Style). I'm considering a Judo-only class because I'm not yet confident in my ground fighting: they offer a litle more training against resisting opponents. I just don't know about all these Shotokan kata routines. Another thing I don't like is just being a dummy in grappling drills while the other guy thinks he's done something. After reading the responses, maybe I should just stick with what I'm doing due to the range of styles and the weapons training(short sticks). We do some competitive training and a lot of stand-up grappling. Any further advice is welcome. P.S.: Is Wing Tsun anything like Wing Chun?

What are the most useful styles to police? As a small person considering this as a career, I would appreciate any input,especially if you have any first hand knowledge. More specifically, what do they prefer for you to train in? What would probably be the most useful in encounters?

I'll work on this stuff. Thanks for the input.

If I land my chest on the ball, I'm going over top of the attacker. The drill where I kick my feet in the air: I kick back and land face forward on my hands-right? Same basic body movements for both drills.