Jay

Mentally the only thing I can think of is the old saying 'Train the body and the mind will follow' there more you put yourself in the position the better you will be handling it.

Alot of martial arts preach that size and strength does not matter and you can use technique to overcome them. Personally I think size and strength maybe more important than technique sometimes. I mean why do weight classes exist?

Was some nice kicks. Kyokushin has always had me wondering however why not let them wear gloves and allow punches to the head, I know originally this was not the way it was done but I feel in this day and age more and more people are doing this so to keep up, headgear and gloves should be allowed.

If you are quick at seeing, then reaction time doesn't matter so much. That 0.05 fact im sure as well that was not his reaction time but his speed from his hand at his side to hitting a target, a guy called James DeMill built the timer that measured this, its in one of the Bruce Lee books can't remember which one. From what I know, the grappling in JKD was never contested like in wrestling they just accepted the throw or lock as a finish from striking. So from this point of view it was under developed. His attitude was also along the lines of he won't let it go to the ground and if someone is lying on the ground trying to fight he would just walk away from them. Shame he never met the gracies im sure he would have refined and invented alot of new stuff, it was just the way he approached things.

Or you move area alot and have to deal with what you can get which is kinda my situation.

Congratulations Brian. I have to say I always enjoy your posts and look forward to many more in the future.

In shotokan I was taught both. I prefered the behind the leg version but I learn't both. Interestingly now I do mine the JKD way which I believe came from Jhoon Rhee who was a TKD guy.

For arm size which appears to be what you are after work the triceps heavily all versions of pushups will help. Triceps contribute about 2/3 of our arm size. As always eat lots for calories.

Interesting when you look at it this way, is punching any more a martial art? What makes a martial art? Now this is a very individual thing the word we are describing, maybe running could be part of someones individual art if involved in the self defense aspect of it all. I can go on forever with philosophical points of view, I think most would agree that for it to be a martial art it would have to involve combat, but for an individual a definition of a non physical thing, can never really be a fact, unlike say water which we know is hydrogen and oxygen. For me personally I would say no, but if someone thinks martial art is how they live and embody it everyday then I can't argue otherwise. I have always said parkour and martial art are like cousins, I think for self defense they compliment each other very nicely. There are certain times you may have to fight and certain times you may have to run.

Hi guys Haven't been on in a while but I can say that I can definitely see where your coming from now. It was very interesting to see the perspective from law enforcement. In the UK police don't carry them but you guys do have to consider protecting your weapon as well. I can now see how you utilize the clinch and body locking to neutralize your opponents attack. From that position you are in control. Thanks for the very interesting video, its always good to learn new things.

My Condolences to the entire wado ryu family as well as anyone else he impacted upon, may he rest in peace.

I watched it and enjoyed it tallgeese. His combat philosophy is very much similar to mine. I think what he was saying applies to stand up aspects as well as the grappling. It reminded me very much of the Bruce Lee Lost Interview actually.

Very Happy Birthday!!

BJJ and Sanshou

Just to add something in, if you want to lose weight and fat you don't have to just do cardio, weights can be just as effective in trimming you down. I lost a noticeable amount of body fat on the stronglifts program without ever doing cardio. Im not recommending not doing cardio because its very important just that its not the only way. As long as your outgoings are higher than your ingoings you will lose weight.

There are a couple of good books that have things in them to do without gym equipment. Most people think that if there isn't any equipment you can't train. Well thats not true. You can obtain a good standard with no equipment its all about the hard work. Strength, Muscle Endurance, Power, Cardio can all be trained with bodyweight. Parks are excellent places to train. Never Gymless by Ross Enamait Naked Warrior by Pavel Tsatouline There is also a website I sometimes use for resourses I think its called bodyweightculture you may have to google that term.

I like the back against a wall one. Pretty damn realistic and you can also do it with multiple assailants.

Now in JKD there is an interesting concept of when entering your guard your strong hand should be at the front of that guard. Of course we train to be good with both left and right leads but most often we will go with the strong side forward. Bruce Lee decided he wanted his lead hand to be as strong as his rear. So the theory is you have 2 heavy guns rather than one light weapon and one insanely strong weapon. What does everyone think of this theory? It was based on the idea that to intercept your lead hand is closer and should be the primary striking weapon, so it may as well be strong.

This is a good point and its difficult for instructors because then they must remember to teach all methods, because particular students may find them better.

Thanks for that, I understand from which direction you are coming from, I especially liked the sample you gave. Im working on my ground fighting im terrible but I will get there eventually. Just one small thing, from where would you deploy the single or double leg takedown, I need to train them more obviously but im interested in the circumstances and range they would be deployed. Plus like Tallgeese said anyone else that has some insight please go ahead.

Pavel Tsatsouline has many plus any of his people that are certified by him are also very good, like Mike Mahler who does some BJJ stuff I believe. I learned from youtube videos mainly in terms of technique so you may want to just check them out, a quick google search of their name can give you an idea of the videos credentials, proper technique is a must to prevent injuries.

Hi Tallgeese I saw this post of yours and I was just wondering if it would be possible for you to elaborate on a couple of the points. I could have sent it as a pm but I thought it would be good for others as well. I know that you have a fair amount of real world experience as far as your job goes and I have very limited experience as far as real world defense goes. I also hope it stays that way. So I would just like to draw on your opinions as far as certain things in this post goes. Im interested that you say controlling postures are critical in self defence and I may have missed the debate of deliberately taking people to the ground. Although I do grapple my view from my limted view point is that I want to spend the least amount of time on the ground as possible. I approach self defense with an escape mentality, I do not want to be close to an opponent controlling them due to the potential of a weapon being pulled on me. My view is to strike and escape. That is why I would not think of pulling a takedown unless I ended up in a holding position with the other person from which takedows are effective. In my opinion something like a leg throw or a shoulder throw would be more natural than a single or double (I have not really trained singles or doubles much , but I know off the techniques) plus the opponent would hit the ground harder. This would then allow me to get outa there, unless I get pulled down as well, which can occur. I understand your points about being better balanced and not turning your back to the opponent with the single or double though. Now we may be talking about similar things but in a different way which can often happen but I reckon I could learn something so I thought I would ask.

Tallgeese offers good points about the merits of ground specific training. OP-You mentioned JiuJitsu but what type of JiuJitsu was it because they train differently, I just assumed you meant Japanese. Thats why I suggested Judo because in my experience in a typical class Judoka tend to Randori more on the ground.

Particularly with instructors that no longer teach me, I have realised what they meant after I have left. I have continued to work on things that were emphasized to me and now I can do them. So I try to keep the lessons in my mind even when I may not be doing the same art.

Nah not at all hows this for inspiration As long as you are healthy and have no immediate health concerns its only going to help you in the long run. Fitness is until the day you die, look at jack lalane worked out on the morning of his death, very impressive.