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On the biting thing the art is called Kino Mutai. I did some research about the biting thing according to this article the human jaw is capable of exerting a hell of alot of force. Although inevitable this would be measured from the canine teeth as they have the smallest area. ttp://https://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/r_bites.htm Imo I think you would have to rip at someones neck to actually puncture their jugular http://l.yimg.com/a/i/edu/ref/ga/l/558.gif Here it shows its behind quite a bit of muscle and as our teeth are not made for puncturing would be pretty hard to do. So I think its possible but you would have to have several goes at it and the other person isn't just going to lie there.

I started when I was 7 in shotokan. I trained until I was like 11 and then quit. I decided to start again when I was 14 until I was 17 and then I had to go off to uni. Since then I have done a year of Hung Gar. And two years of JKD. These have really been the years when I have started to enjoy it I think. I think when your little you kinda just do it to blow of steam and don't concentrate too much on what you were doing. I have since been taking up judo and BJJ for a few months and hope to carry on.

Don't quote me on this but im pretty sure in the early days of kickboxing you were penalised for kicking a man when his knees were touching the deck. So no but im pretty sure the interent should help you out.

Not to be argumentative but to be good at striking you need a partner. Other wise you may just teach yourself to look pretty punching a bag or the air. To be good at any martial art you need partners and a good coach. Thats fine not argumentative just its hard to consider everything when you post, plus its also hard to convey meaning without mannerisms. Application of technique and correct technique are two different things depending on how you define them. I was simply trying to say that when you are on your own striking, you can at least work something. Be it power, speed, fine points like body position, hip rotation etc. Of course to be halfway decent you need application, you can have all the speed in the world but if you don't know when to pull the trigger your stuck. Good Point.

True story. My answer to that is the same as when someone says (to me about jiu jitsu) what about in an alley where there is broken glass and syringes? I say where the heck am I? Why am I there? Just not a scenario I'll find myself in. Because the first line of defense is common sense. Seems to me a lot of people have some scene from a Charles Bronson movie in their mind when it comes to self defense. If you live in one of these areas and choose to stay there (I didn't, I moved) you should probably carry a gun, a knife, have a couple BIG dogs and lots of friends and a curfew. I agree 100% the first line of defence is awareness. I mean half the time its not even worth getting in a fight. Its easier to ignore the person and just walk away. We are martial artists we are not thugs. Sure we may like martial art and may like fighting but that doesn't mean we actually want to get in a fight with someone. I think there is alot of speculation about whether so and so will work in a fight. Well people miss the point, fighting on the street is dangerous who knows what can happen, there are many variables. The best thing you can do imo is to get the hell out of there. You shouldn't contemplate going to ground because you shouldn't be there in the first place but you must also be ready if in case you do end up there.

I know that the original pankration wasn't a fight to the death but was wondering what it would be like if it had a more Roman outlook to it (i.e to the death) To me this would be the pinnacle of unarmed combat. You would really get to see who wanted to stay alive and thus who were the best fighters, like you did in the colleseum. ps1-I always thought he was wearing a cup in that clip I think the dude throwing the shots lost that match in the end I can't remember. I was actually reading about the Kimura vs Helio gracie fight when I thought about this thread. It seems gracies don't give up unless forced.

This is completly hypothetical as with todays PC world, and rightly so this would never be allowed. Im also not trying to come across as sadastic but thats hard But what instead of the ufc we had a modern version of pankration. Instead of mat we had dirt like ground hard and compact sort of like you find in a colleseum. It was actually a 'no rules' competition, I know the original UFC was billed as this but generally there was good sporting behaviour and most people refrained from gouging and groin shots. You would fight like the Roman Gladiators to the death but unarmed. No time limits or rounds I was wondering what effect do you think this would have on the fighting styles of the fighters? Personally I think it would be pretty similar to what we have in the UFC. I think chokes would be much more prominant as people with broken arms would still have to continue to fight thus rendering arm locks less important (as finishers) . Throws would also be of higher importance as well as neck cranking techniques used to potentially perminantly injure the opponent. I also think exhaustion, dehydration and blood loss would become important factors as im sure they were in ancient pankration. On another note I read that the spartans refused to compete in pankration because they couldn't bite or eye gouge

Which is likely why you prefer the palm heels, Rogue. I remember reading that when boxing was bare-knuckle in the US, body shots dominated. The danger of damaging your own knuckles (break your own hand?) was greater hitting the boney areas of the face, and if to the face, straight punches, not hook shots, dominated, protecting the outer knuckles. Exactly which is why its called the 'Straight' blast. Wing Chun has its reasons for punching straight

Im still continuing research on this topic because its interesting. Here is an article I found http://www.jiu-jitsu.net/history.shtml Its interesting to me that both Carlos Snr and Helio both claim they altered techniques to make them easier and maybe they did but its seems both want the credit. Although im definatly expert on the subject just interested it turns out most of the supposed BJJ developed techniques were in the original Judo but they were not named as such. 50/50 guard, rubber guard, gogoplata etc Admitedly though as I have not started BJJ yet I only know as much as I see in pictures and books.

I liked the reference by the demonstrator to the piston motion. You could see the power. The October issue of Black Belt has an article by George Ilyadis titled "Straight Blast: Punching Your Way Our of Imminent Danger," with a photo of Bruce Lee alongside the title. Lee's Jeet Kune Do is a combatative art. From the article on p. 66: Bruce Lee told his students, "When in doubt during a self-defense situation, straight-blast." . . . It's a series of alternating left and right vertical fist strikes intended to overwhelm the opponent . . . [T]he barrage relies on short-range punching power and speed . . . [it's] like the difference between going to war with a semi-automatic rifle and a machine gun. Looks like a solid self-defense technique. More info on it can be found in Tim Tackett and Bob Bremer's Chinatown Jeet Kune Do (the first volume), describing it on p. 45, pointing out the difference between the JKD and Wing Chun blasts, and showing photos on p. 46. (An error regarding the photos is that the captions for photos B and C are reversed.) Spot on the only way to learn about it is to train it. To the OP if you train it an learn it then you will have information you need. If you look at it from what I have seen. Almost all boxing/kickboxing matches are ended by a barage of punches to the head. You see it in mma as well even if it is lying down. Its still a straight blast just a variation. If you look at alot of street fights on the net you see this as well. I think I said it on another thread actually its not the technique, its the aggressiveness and mind set behind the technique to simply destroy the opponent.

Hi Now im going to be taking up some judo and BJJ for my ground game which I think is really gonna help me. However im interested in the history of Japanese Jiu Jitsu, Judo and Brazillian Jiu Jitsu and how one evolved into the other. I know that Judo removed some things from Jiu Jitsu and then there were some changes to form BJJ from Judo. Thanks

Thanks I tried this yesterday and really enjoyed it was hard though. The combinations at the end really flow well and I was getting good power. I think he meant that the length of the combinations increase. So you start of with 1 punch and end up with a combination that has 6. Just realised 1000th post

Thing is you must have someone to train with which isn't always easy without that its useless. I think striking is easier to learn on your own because you can at least refine your technique and work on power and speed etc. Grappling you really need a partner. I would say something like this is more supplimentary

Well I currently use boxing gloves mine are everlast which are okay but don't fit so good. I was looking at MMA gloves just in the shop the other day. The sizes were like S/M. They were lonsdale I think. But they were just too big and I think even a small wouldn't have a snug fit either.

I need some MMA gloves for light sparring, grappling and probably some pad and bag work. Problem is I have very small hands. All the gloves I have ever had didn't really fit great. Can anyone recommend some? Im in the UK so would prefer from a UK based company

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I have been on holiday so no training for me. 18th 4.6Mile Run Took maybe an hour I think. Legs felt heavy. 19th Heavy bag work Straight Lead Right Cross Straight Blast

Its unlikely that you have lost so much flexability in a year. I quit karate for about a year and had pretty much the same level of flexability when I came back. However flexability is a function of the strength of your muscles, especially the split. So its probably the strength you have lost also maybe a little flexability if you sit down all day. Basically suppliment your stretching with strength building exercises for the muscles you are stretching.

This is one of the best combinations you can get. My instructor taught both Tai Chi and Shotokan. It really really helps with everything. Force transfer, sensitivity, blocking even striking because you learn a certain togetherness

Something you may find interesting Bob. I once read a story of Bruce Lee teaching once of his students the straight blast/chain punching. The student was so thrilled and turned to Bruce and said 'WOW This JKD is really something, its so much better than Karate'. Bruces reply 'You really think so? Well I will spar with you just using karate'. So Bruce settled into a traditional Karate stance and the other guy a JKD On Guard Stance. Bruce Lee then proceeded to blast the other guy across the room using the traditional left-right punches of karate. The point being Bruce was trying to make was that nothing is superior just different. When you blast it doesn't make any difference what you hit with just that you are aggressive and force the other guy on the defensive. Now im not sure if this story is true and I can't remember where I heard it from but it demonstrates my point nicely.

I just have to emphasise one point. Strength=Flexability If you don't work strength on the muscles you stretch. You will get injured.

Yea he attended the university of washington for 2 years and received a major in philosophy (Wikipedia disputes this but im just going from the many Lee books I have). He did originally teach students of the uni and then got a more permanent venue in seatlle for the Jun Fan Gung Fu institute. This club is still in operation and is still taught by Bruce's assistant Taky Kimura. If he was just an actor......... There are storys of him being challenged on the set of Enter The Dragon. One guy got kicked in the head (his teeth fell out and end of fight) and another got toyed with until Bruce got bored, dropped him to the ground and nailed him in the face until he gave up. There are actually still shots of this fight. They actually had the original footage on film but it got destroyed because it was felt pointless to keep. Little did they know Bruce was going to die and that footage could have been viewed to see just how good he was.

Interesting that you say that. Bruce Lee thought the chain punches lacked in power as well. So he modified it into the JKD Blast which is more like boxing punches with the vertical fist. I still prefer the Wing Chun Punches and then like to transition to the heavier punches.

It looks a hell of alot better than most peoples. Just some thoughts If your trying to lose weight then running in the morning with an empty stomach is meant to burn off that extra body fat. I recommend a small source of instant protein before you run. If I was trying to lose weight I would get rid of the banana if I was trying to put it on/maintain I would keep it. During the workout you may want to try making an isotonic drink. They are pretty easy to make. After the workout to prevent your increased metabolism breaking down muscle you want an instant protein hit. Cottage cheese is known as slow release protein so its best before you go to bed. A protein shake is ideal or any type of meat. Just a thought instead of cutting your running down what about running every other day instead with the same distance before. Its just as you get older if you lose conditioning its very hard to get back.

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