Jiffy

Because you are talking about blocking, this would still fit into the "reaction" category. We too though were originally taught much the same as you were, the motto being "One Hit Kill". Obviously I now don't agree with the whole "Kill" idea, but I do believe still that you should practise so that you KNOW they will not get up after the first one.

Steve_K, that's absoloutly correct. The usefulness of these techniques will greatly be decided by the position of the opponents and various limbs.

Ballistic stretching has been ruled out in many sports because of it's high injury rate. The sudden stretching of a muscle causes an automatic retraction responce which in extreme cases can snap a tendon or ligament. For this reason, all ballistic stretching should be replaced with a static stretch where possible. However, there are times when sport-specific ballistic stretching is required. Provided these are done only when the muslces are warm and with caution, the injury rate can be reduced considerably. They will never be as safe as static, but if they're required, they're required.

There are MANY MANY ways to get into a goose neck. You can cease the arm from a punch or grab and get into it. It works from a hostile handshake situation or where you have done a take down and still have their arm. From a bouncer point of view, it also is a very effective lock when approaching from behined. Of all the techniques I have used as a bouncer, goose neck and reverse goose neck would be the most common.

Fair point. No offence intended. Judo is an extremely effective art. My father does it and I've considered doing it myself. Refined is probably a better way of putting it. Ah the memories come flooding back. One day in JJ class, a student with previous MA experience insisted exactly this, that the lock was not effective as they still had movement of the body and use of the other hand. Sensei (75yrs old) invited him to demonstrate his point. Needless to say, the guy was not able to hit Sensei or prevent the lock and infact ended up driving home with only one hand.

This has to do with attitude and grade. Attitude Fear affects all of us differently. Myself for example, I thrive on highly stressful situations. I used to work well in emergency situations in my previous employment. Many others however would fold under the pressure. The important thing here is to give people simple answers to various situations. Grade Grade here is not so much the issue as is time. Once we have the answers to certain scenarios, we need to rehearse them over and over and over so that when the time comes, we don't need to think, we just act.

While it's verbal, leave it that way and stay out of it. I have interveined in this situations only to find the man and the woman both having a go at me. You can't save everyone, let it be. If it turns physical, you may need to re-evaluate the situation.

Geez I tell ya what, I must have been in the wrong schools. I have been training for nearly 20 years and haven't seen anuthing half as interesting as some of these.

You obviously have internet access, start searching. Plenty of google searches, I'm sure you should be able to find a whole syllabus somewhere. Get hold of Limewire or similar program and see if you can download some videos.

Sounds like a good drill to me.

There is a big difference between smacking up a woman and restraining them.... or any person for that matter. You can still maintain all the values of a Martial Artist and be an effective bouncer at the same time.... I've done it. In fact, by keeping your traditional Martial Arts values, you will actually improve your ability as a bouncer, remembering that you are a professional in the business of control, not domination.

You'll have to explain to me what a gooseneck lock is, prefereable with pictures if you can find them, then whether or not the lock is applied from the clinch or the ground. Have you had any locking/grappling experience? This is a fairly generic lock to most styles. A goose neck is not common in arts like judo and bjj. It's something you find in jjj and chin na. I learned it in chin na, but it was not called a gooseneck, so I had to look up the name. I found a link describing what it was, and a post from a cop saying it's not something you use against someone REALLY trying to harm you. He said it's mainly for a semi compliant drunk. http://www.karatekorner.com/messageboard/printthread.cfm?Forum=24&Topic=3524 Correct, it is not found in Judo. Judo is JJJ that was watered down for safety as a sport. As this lock is devastating, it was taken out in favour of locks with greater motor movement (eg. Arm bar). I'm not sure why it's not used in BJJ, maybe the same reason. As for it's effectiveness, refer above. I dispute it is not effective on a fully resisting subject (although difficult to apply in some situations). Aside from that, the point is, I've seen someone completely ignore the lock. No easy feat if you ask someone who has had one put on properly.

You'll have to explain to me what a gooseneck lock is, prefereable with pictures if you can find them, then whether or not the lock is applied from the clinch or the ground. Have you had any locking/grappling experience? This is a fairly generic lock to most styles. Yes, this is true- the body's endorphins are quite powerfull, but holding someone down isnt the same as putting them into a lock.The lock is just part of holding them down. It depends what kind of lock you're applying before you can label them as "useless." Chokes will always work, regardless of how much drugs someone has taken and how crazy they act. In terms of holding someone down, the biggest problem that people have when they attempt to hold someone is not moving with them. Holding someone down requires you to act more like a blanket on someone rather than just dead weight- you move as they move and you control their hips Unfortunately, putting chokes on a hospital patient is not allowed. How do you propose to move with someone when they are on a hospital bed horizontally and you are standing vertically on the floor? You are looking at it from a viewpoint of a dojo and in the scenario of an attacker. Now try to control someone who feels no pain, has increadible strength compared to usual, is in an akward position, is in the way of railing etc, for whom you have duty of care to (cannot injure them), while still protecting nurses and still adhering to local law as well as hospital policy. This is why I say that if anyone has not been there, they cannot comprehend how difficult it is to restrain someone with these restrictions.

Definately appologize. I understand it wasn't intentional, and so should he. He didn't deserve a smack in the nose, so an appology is definately in order. Any idiot can make a mistake, but only a real man can appologise for it.

I think there truly is a shortage of good Karate instructors out there. I feel that I am now getting somewhere with figuring out bunkai, but unfortunately, I had to do it for myself. There are no instructors around here with the knowledge to show me the stuff, so I started studying other arts and then started to figure out some of the bunkai for myself that was lacking for so long.

The answer is simple.... wait longer. When they attack, wait and wait and wait until you absoloutly have to move, then move at full speed. This ensures you are moving at full intensity and as far as effectiveness is concerned, ensure they are at the point of no return when you block, therefore ensuring it will work.

I would take good technique over flashy technique any day. Do the one you are most confident with and do it well.

Many people will practise thses in Kata only. It's not uncommon, there are many many techniques that pepole don't include in their training other than Kata. Hiza Geri just happens to be one of them.why just in kata there are more jumping kicks that are not in kata!! so how would you learn them? in our club jump kicks are in the brown belt and above sylabus so u have to learn them!! What ones are not in Kata?

Seminars are a great way to learn things you would not ordinarily learn. They can become a little expensive if you do too many of them.

PS1 is absoloutly correct. Being a Karate person originally, when I started JJ, guys found it so easy to throw me and I was often sore. Once I learned to relax, I was able to avoid more throw and when i did get thrown (still frequent), it didn't ache.

When you pass the guard, are you putting the leg on your shoulder? If so, this is a good way to pass the guard, but bare in mind it makes it very easy for them to triangle choke. To avoid this, as soon as you have the leg up, push that knee as hard and as fast as you can toward their face. If it's only half way when you start to turn, or you leave it there for too long, they will be able to get the traingle on easily. Take the leg higher where it has very little strength. Practise slowly to get the technique right, then try to speed it up later. Most importantly, don't stress - "If you never tap, you never learn" - John Will

HAHAHA. I hate people like that. Ego just gets in the way of productive learning.

PS1. So true. I doubt you will find anyone that has successfully used any one technique more than a handful of times. If they have, I think they need to learn better negotiating skills.

Who is John Lynn?

So true. I think more than anything, enthusiasm and being genuine are more important than anything.