Kajukenbopr

Well put! Couldn't have said it better myself! =D Punch a hard area with a hard hand, it's just going to hurt yourself. Palm a soft area with a soft hand, it's not gonna do much damage... a palm strike to a soft body could destroy internal organs by percussion- not meaning a hard punch to a soft stomach couldnt harm them by putting a lot of pressure on them obviously... we see it in boxing all the time.

go to a gym, get in an aerobics class. ...how come you are training ninjitsu and you dont get a good workout? i had heard ninjitsu people did LOADS of exercise... maybe i heard wrong, but, if u care to explain we could help u better...

The applications look good if the idea is "how to do the form with a training partner", but if thats their idea of self defense training, im not so sure. i didnt post it here as a self defense demo, but as a form and application demo- it teaches you concepts to apply in baguazhang, not show practicality of the style in a self defense situation.

no problem. if i can help with anything more, either leave a message here or privame message me.

"practice big, apply small" "stillness is the mother of movement"

yeah, definitely fake, their school comes from a "teacher" of name MAgliacano, or something like that. he chose to use a variant of aikido with hapkido and named it bagua just because they do a warped version of the circle walking(which i might add is useless). but, yeah, i practice kajukenbo self defense ( more like kempo karate) and i've been learning baguazhang by myself for about year and a half now and i love learning about it.

i found another video for you to look at: it has a form and applications. Its very different from karate. Hope you like it.

watch out for the guy walking around the tree-that is walking the circle. you walk the circumference of a circle putting emphasis on keeping your guard up towards the center of the circle(where your opponent should be at) first this is done slowly and gradually you progress to add more fluidity and finally speed. also,you begin walking upright, then lowering ur knees to medium height, then lowering yourself to a seated-like position. walking in a circle usually is done by keeping one foot inside the circle while the other is just outside the circle. the inside foot keeps walking in a straight line; the outside foot curves gently to the inside,making the body keep walking around the circle. the body must be positioned to twist to the inside of the circle, keeping one hand at waist level and the other at shoulder height. Both hands are open and the finger position varies on style. the point of this type of walking is not so u constantly walk around the opponent, but to use like taisabaki, right after your opponent begins an attack- your opponent cant change directions easily while performing a single attack, and will need to stop or slow down and change directions in order for follow ups to keep up with the target(you). the circle walking helps position yourself to the sides or back of the opponent and attack where someone cannot defend well or at all.

ok, first of all, i suggest you look for the books " the way of energy" and "the way of power" by Master Lam Kam Chuen. this will give u the chikung training you need to progress faster, though, your intructor should teach it to u eventually. second, be sure to read up about "baguazhang" , "long fist" and "neijia", you can probably look it up at wikipedia.org third- as a long fist, norther style of China, it doesnt contain high kicks, most forms look very relaxed(like tai chi) but more spontaneous and firm. the style revolves around circle walking, almost always walking forward, almost never do they step backwards without looking. emphasis is put on palm techniques, though some punches from "xing Yi" are also used. forms are complex and though the circle walking and the forms seem to be enough to become a good fighter, the real prowess comes from the chikung training, both the "stake exercises" and the "circle walking".

i didnt know u were kajukenbo... kajukenbo forever!

I'm not offended. If anything, to me, the less people know about wing chun, the better for me. I have to say though that I find this all a bit fascinating. As someone who has spent more than a few years in this, I would say that Wing Chun will not work with TKD - too many structural differences. I would also say that Wing Chun doesn't need Aikijujutsu. Chin-Na can be used freely from most aspects of wing chun, especially at secondary trapping stages and the way Wing Chun works, you don't need to go to the ground. Of course, it is always good to cover more bases but you only mention locks and throws which wing chun has enough of its own, even without taking specialised Chin-Na classes. very true. very few people realize the complexity of chinese martial arts, in this case, wing chun. still, it would be hard to find a teacher who was so thorough where I live. And with the tkd kicks, i know the structural differences, but maybe some concepts could be applied both ways to make some kicks work- just to spice it up

yes, u are right, wing chun has a lot more material, not just fast hands. I said what came off the top of my head, not give a detailed description of the style. my apologies if i offended u

i was trained in wing chun for a while to fight better against a boxer- first thing i was taught was footwork to keep up with the attacker, then blocks and finally, blocks combined with punches. in a relatively short time i was able to fight a guy that had been training in boxing for a couple of years and definitely had more experience than me.we were only allowed to use hands, not kicks, clinches were allowed. I won the sparring match, as he wasnt able to land a single punch on me, everywhere he turned, I kept crowding him. Note, the guy i sparred with was bigger by about 4-5 inches and 30 pounds heavier and im not ashamed to say, was at the time in better shape than i was. i wasnt allowed to use kicks against him which would have stopped the guy faster, but i was fine because i didnt try to out-box him. I used what my friend taught me and applied it the whole time. there are people in this forum that know a LOT more wing Chun than me, but i can tell u from experience that the training works wonders against boxers and karatekas

kempo techniques perform lots of self defense techniques that are long, the point is not to perform them the whole 7,8, or 9 steps, it is a means to develop martial arts training without teaching the moves by themselves. take for example kajukenbo techniques: we have an opening hit which leaves the opponent, follow up moves(either hits, take downs, throws etc, and groundfighting. The techniques are not designed to be followed exactly, but to develop the skills necessary, then like you say, part of the technique is performed in actual fighting, but the rest of the technique will most likely not come out. But having trained the movements in the techniques helps recognize certain moments in fights so you can perform the movements if you get the opportunity, not give 12 hits in a row(if you perform them well, the opponent might drop, if you fail to deliver one, you end up having to start over again) i also think that depending on the kenpo style, techniques can be utopian, rather than practical, so you might end up just learning to strike the body repeatedly in a quick pace, without having to think much about it...

run, run , run, and after that run! you could try swimming too, but i dont really like swimming that much... and if u try swimming: swim, swim, SWIM! cardio that leaves you breathless is more likely to help u peel of the fat, but its not easy. also, a strict routine will make you plateau( stop progress) so you have to keep things interesting with diversity.

weight lifting can make your punch slower and weaker. while your muscles will look and feel awesome, the muscles in the arms work against each other causing the arm to move with more restraint. if you weight lift to increase your body weight your punch in theory does get stronger, but its not because of your arm muscles, but because of how you throw ur weight around with the punch. you have to look up which exercises with weight will work better to improve your punching. bodybuilding will most likely leave you slower than the average fighter

the back kick will use all the leg muscles, its a very powerful kick. you will rarely give your back willingly to ur opponent though., but its a lot quicker than turning to face the opponent, and then kicking, and certainly more powerful than moving to hit with the hands.

squat down (the whole foot must be touching the ground) and put the palms of your hands on the ground in between your legs. to give it more of a push, try to look up. maintain it for 15 secs, then change position

ok, try this after warm up: Extend one of your legs in front of you as if doing a very long lounge- feet as far as possible in a straight line. Then with your back knee, slowly touch the floor while keeping your back straight. you should feel your muscles stretching- keep this up for 15 seconds. then change leg position. after youve done this and stretched, without moving the feet off the ground, pivot to the side(if left leg is forward, turn right, if right leg is forward, turn left) and try to touch the ground with your elbow and then shoulder. bushidoman and knockuout gave good exercises too.

I'd rather use bodyweight exercises to develop my martial arts training. However, every once in a while i will hit the gym to give my muscles an extra push. Every time I go to the gym I have improved at least a little with just the bodyweight excercises and martial arts training.

kajukenbo- we place our fists at our ribs

Wing chun, traditional tkd, and aikijujitsu.I dont know what the name would be, but, it woud consist on the fast hands of wing chun,fast kicks of tkd and the throws and locks of aikijujitsu. i train in kajukenbo self defense- its a pretty complete style as it is.

real self defense schools will make you train hard to improve your endurance and stamina. There are hundreds of kung fu styles out there and bruce lee was not the first and is definitely not the last of the famous kung fu practitioners. He was certainly not the "inventor" of eclectic martial arts. the best way to learn which would be the best for you, you will have to go online and search about the different styles out there and ask the schools what they teach as self defense(a lot of schools out there, including ninjitsu will teach you material that is worthless) so be careful in your reading and how u determine what style is the right for u.

1. what do pre-arranged, choreographed vids prove? those aren't examples of kung fu used in a fully resisting, all out situation. 2. of course hughes and liddel have been beaten. THEY ARE FIGHTERS. the only undefeated fighter is the one who has never fought. chuck has had 24 pro fights. naturally at some point, he will lose some of them. He is fighting other people who are also training to be the best. no need to remind - that is obvious. What is also obvious is that what is the most ingrained is that which is worked most - generally basics. If basics aren't ingrained well, flailing is the result. not really. I get spirituality in church. My MA training has nothing at all to do with that. MARTIAL arts are just that - fighting arts. anything else people with to bundle it with is their decision. Any untrained adult can also develop the power to hurt or heal on their own free will. That is not spirituality at all. I explained this already, but i will explain it again. Yes, the moves are choreography, that is how you train movements for self defense. Effective self defense training begins with fast drills to take out an opponent in seconds. Of course, not all self defense techniques will work as you want, thats why styles train for fighting- sanshou,sanda, pushhands, etc. also, you are saying why most schools dont work on the streets- basics. most schools dont emphasize enough how polished the basics should be before going into something more advanced- the results are sloppy material application and sloppy fighting. as for the going to church to find spirituality, not everyone goes to church and not all spirituality is religion, some of it is ascetics, some is philosophy.Do not confuse spirituality with faith in a religion.

once again, you might have seen that somewhere, maybe with one school, however, wing chun works best against boxers or related styles, but you I have explained this a lot by now... search for wing chun info.