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ps1 beat me to it. I was going to suggest doing a youtube search.

Thats why I basically suggusted she ask him to elaborate on what he ment by his comment.

Probably more or so the understanding of what your doing after learning when your young and when your into your 60's you have a deeper understanding of the material. However physically being able to pull off certain moves have deminsihed very much so.

Oh yeah and Jasons Jiu-Jitsu game is very good as well.

Jason is very articulate, good at explaining the details and conveying information for me to understand. We then drilled the information to help me remember it better. He's an excellent instructor, really nice, and very cool person to be around. I know what you mean yes untrained people have beaten trained people based on diffrent factors. However in the same art and sporting event isn't that common at all. Especially if you have a chamion of some event or art and a novice who's into it. Usually beats them at same event. There are exceptions but that rarely happens.

Nine Weapons, It wasn't a street fight, it was sparring matches at the end of each episode. Notice the outcome of each episode, where it is either a draw or a CLOSE match. for exmaple the mauy thai episode, the fighter looked to go really light, wasn't throwing hard kicks and strikes, but looked to be a light sparring match. It was like that with the other episodes accept for the Escrima episode where the guy looked to go more harder. I am familuar with there experience. The host Jason Champers, I took a couple of private lessons from back in 2004 when he was up in Arizona. He is an MMA fighter, and a BJJ Brown Belt under Eddie Bravo. Also a fantastic instructor. I am also familuar with bills training. They mentioned there training on the show as well.

BJJ is a fun art to do. Yes it is Physically chalanging as well as mentally chalanging. Here is some tips for training. 1. Keep a postive attitude towards training. 2. 70/30 rule. 70% Drilling 30% sparring/rolling Sparring/rolling is the test. Drilling allows you to due the test. You will get better drilling more then sparring more. However you need sparring/rolling to see what you did right and what you did wrong. Plus its fun! 3. Clean your gi after every roll (don't be the stinky guy on the mat) 4. Don't be Mean (if Its not MMA training and its just rolling around) Don't pick up slam your opponents, throw elbows, or head butt, put knee on their face.) You will tick people off quick. 5. Don't be a spaz (a begginer that goes all out burns him self out quickly and then gets subbed) relax go slow, when sparring/rolling. After your match with your opponent especially if he is higher rank or more experienced. Ask for feed back as far as what you need to do to imrpove. Write that stuff down in your note book, and work on it. BRING A NOTE BOOK TO CLASS EVERY TIME YOU ATTEND! 6. If you get staph infextion, ring wom or any skin rash like that. Tell your instructor, and STAY OFF THE MATS, until your healed. Don't be the guy that is known for spreading ring worm to your team mates. 7. In the beggining focus your training on postional escapes, and posiontal control. Don't focus so much on submissions right away, they will come in time. If you focus on submission defense, and sweeps, you will always have that with you. The submissions will come and you will be a matt terror over time. 8. Find a mentor, some one who is higher rank then you that you respect, ask them questions, offer to be a drilling partner. Do what others don't do. 9. Spend your time after class, drilling the tehcniques with some one. While the others talk in the locker room or on the side of the mats. You will improve quicker this way. 10. Stay away from the Mat Bully. Some people can be nice off the mat but when they are on they become a mat bully. (The guy that likes to crank things hard, even after you tap out.) or likes to slam you, or just beat you down) You have a higher chance of getting hurt by these guys. If you encounter a mat bully. Tell your instructor, and don't train with that mat bully any more. Not every one at your gym is going to be cool and look out ofr your interest for training. Some people do it for ego gratfication and like to beat down others. 11. Tap often, don't be a hero or a tough guy and try to resist after the submission is put on you will get your self hurt and side line your training. Its not worth it. You will learn alot, you will have fun, its a great work out, and good training to you.

Well he has a negative opinion of TKD so his comments probably are negative towards your kicking ability. Ask him what he ment by the comment of your kickign ability, was he refering to how high you cna kick, or how fast you can exucute the kick, the form of the kick, or the power or effectiveness of it? If he doesn't like your kicking ability, ask him for ways to improve it. Good training to you.

Any one see any of the episodes yet. Basically two guys train in a style for a couple of weeks and then fight some champion of that style. They go from style to style. To show the history of it and some of its training methods. I like the history part of the show, plus the past and present training methods of each style. However 2 things I can do without. 1. The fake or worked fights at the end of the show. 2. Bill's (Big bald guy) Arrogance and annoying mannerisms. The concept of the show is silly. Remineds of the Karate kid, or old kung fu movies. Where a person learns for a couple of weeks and then fights the Master or champion to defeat them. In reality that rarely or ever happens. Since there is such a vast diffrence of skill level from a novice to an Advanced practioner of a style. Over all I will still watch the show for the history aspects, and training methods.

Basically after black belt. Some take to sparring to develop there abilities for movement, and application of the style. As well as go into Scenerio training to work on self defense. Others go into Kata to get a better understanding of its bunkai and drill its applications to be profienct at it. Basically you want to ask your self as you reach black belt level. What is your reasons for starting martail artrs training? Have you met those goals yet? What are your reasons for training now? You want to create a game plan or goals (long and short) to develop your self. It all depends on the invidual some people feel that they accomplished what they wanted from Martail Arts they want to go onto other things in life. Others get frusterated and don't feel they accomplished much or see a value in what they accomplished and quit. Others feel they can accomplish more and want to make the Martail Arts Journey for the rest of their lives. Martail Arts training can take the rest of your life and then some. So it all depends on the invidual and how long they want to stay on that journey.

Depends on your training goals. Some people get so focused on the belt and they achieve it they they think they are "good to go" With training though you either move forward, or stand still and eventually backwards. Consistant training is the key. Basically I agree with Montana it is the beggining not an end. Martail Arts is a life long Journey. It all depends on what you want to accomplish, or your reasons for training. Setting goals and achieving them. Weather to get your black belt, do comeptions, or just get better at certain techniques, or understanding of techniques and when and how to apply them through resistance training.

Not sure I don't look at century magazine. So I don't know. I remember it had a handle and guard, and some foam pad with canvas or some material on it. Thats all I know.

I have been doing privates since I can't go to the classes very much. I get privates from BJJ Brown belt for $30 dollars for 1 hour.

I would mix Muay Thai, Wrestling, and BJJ and call it Mixed Martiial Arts (MMA)

Its pretty good tourment, I have baught them before. Saw good matches like Ricardo Arona vs. Jean Jeac Machado, Tito Oritz vs. Matt hughes. (that match wasn't that great but cool becaues of the names of the two competing) It is fantastic, I would love to watch one live.

"The twister" - an old style wrestling move that is called the guilotine. It is basically a neck crank. Alot of the sets ups were created from Eddie bravo, and definelty popularized by him because of the application of that technique he used in tournaments, and then created a dvd of it. As well as the many Youtube videos of him and also of others now using it. I also like the D'arce /Brabo choke, nogi version. I am not familuar with the gi version of it. Also the anconda is good too.

I used to see him at the ASKA tourments in Arizona about 7 or 8 years ago. He was big into that foam sword sparring stuff. To my best of recoliection I believe it was called chanbarra or something like that.

I heard its 20 or 30min from LAX. check the webiste legendsmma or google it. It can give you directions and you can map quest it if you want.

Roy Harris has some solid instructionals for beginners, as well as does Michael Jen. Check out Harrisinternational.com for Roy's DVD's. for Michael Jens, just do a google search.

Eddie Bravo's classes at Legendsmma gym is really good. Alot of good places to train at in L.A

Check you tube out. From spinning hook kicks in TKD to muay thai kicks, to the UFC and pride. Many people got KO'ed with a head kick. Works great when the kick is set up with your punches.

Who do you train with what is your instructors linage? I trained with several people. Started off with Purple belt under Wellington (megaton) Diaz (royler gracie black belt) Also privates with Gustavo Dantes black belt under (Andre panderias -Nova uniao) Currently privates and group classes with Brown belt Jon Menke as well as privates with his instructor Rodrigo Vaghi (3rd Degree Black under Rickson Gracie) Plus a few blue and purple belts every now and then from Pedro sauer's school, Jacarae's guys, Monthana (Gracie Barra) and Charles Gracie, and some of Eddie Bravo's Students. Who have you guys trained with? I am still a white belt hoping to some day be blue. I trained off and on since 2001 in BJJ. Who have you guys trained with?

I hear terms of Ki,Chi, chakra's, meridians, breathing, tain tien, 3rd eye, aura and many other things. What confuses me the most is when people talk about how they develop power from interal training. Is that an adrinline rush that goes through your body, stregthing the muscles and gives more explosive power? Is it more the body working together, such as the hips feet, diffrent muscle contractions through diffrent parts of the body trying to work in sync to create more of a effect with less effort? Is it just staying relaxed and being more like a whipping movement that create the power. What is internal power? what does it do to the muscles and body that creates the ability to have more of a stronger or powerful effect? Can any one explain the Easter, western asian internal arts. As far as how it generates power in western scientific terms, or western layman terms? My research on chi, or western thought of bio-electricity doesn't show how it really gains power yes the engery is there. but doesn't necssairly add power to a technique that I have noticed. Any help would be appreciative.

At times I like it and other times I don't. Over all it teaches, the distance, timming, reactiona nd recovery time, from getting hit and to react back to your opponent before they get the best of you. Which is important especially if the sucker punch comes. Learning to get hit and reacing with speed even if its throwing a few jabs out to keep the opponent from coming into you again that way you can recover and react back.

I train in shorts and a T-shirt I rarely use the gi any more. I need to get back into my gi training specifically with my Jiu-Jitsu because it helps my nogi out.