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This is just my opinion, but if you can train hard in a 3 minute round, and wear yourself down each time, then fighting a two minute round should be a little easier. In theory, you are right. BUT, here's the rub. You pace yourself differently when you fight longer. If I am training for a fight with 5 min rounds, I will be more conservative than I would be in a two min round, because I have to last longer. Consequently, I wouldn't be ready for the faster pace of a 2 min round. On the flip side, if I just trained a bunch of 2 min rounds even though I have a 5 min round fight, I will gas too soon.

I use them seperately when not training for a fight. on non lifting days, I do plyos. about 4 weeks out from the fight, I do them in conjunction with weights. So, for example, I would do a set of bench presses and immediately follow it with a set of plyometric pushups, creating a superset of the two. Prior to the fight, you want to raise your limit strength. As the fight gets closer, you want explosiveness. Lower the weight some and superset with plyos.

I realize that - I'm just saying that the 360 doesn't HAVE to be the result.

think for a sec though... he's taller than you. that means you have a lower center. Get under him and throw him. reaping throws using a ho ti (think of judo's harai goshi) may work well, or hip and shoulder throws. Does he sink into his horse to prevent throws? he's now vulnerable at diagonal angles - sweeps like diagonal cut (judo's o soto gari) and other reaps (judo's o uchi gari) may work well here as well.

there used to be a VERY good shuai chiao teacher in the san fran area. He's one of dr. brian wu's top students - and dr wu trained directly under grandmaster chang tung sheng. He's no longer in san fran though - he moved back to chicago. For some sc vids, you can check out combatshuaichiao.com

the power comes from the torque of the hips and the cutting motion of the kick. you don't have to 360 to get the commitment.

How long did you train? They always tell us that capoeira should NOT be predictable. By moving in so many directions, you are able to keep the opponent guessing. you shouldn't have a rhythmic pattern at all. sure it is. a lot of the mestres are brutal. I know of one who was a bouncer at a club in miami for a time. They say he wasn't a fun one to mess with. I spar (using muay thai and judo) vs my capoeira instructor all the time and he can definitely hold his own.

Yeah, but you get to start spinning, ducking, jumping, turning, twisting, flipping, and all of that other stuff to go along with the techniques now. I love watching the movie Only the Strong, seeing how they flow in the drills. Yeah, the movie is kind of corny, but the choreography is great. maybe. depends on the form and the group. in capoeira angola, you won't see that. in some regional schools, you don't see it either, or at least not as much. For example, our group - Nacao - is more combat oriented. there are knees, elbows, headbutts, etc. we empahsize basics and don't introduce flash until much later. even then, it plays a backseat role to the more practical basic techniques.

the thing about it is that you will not find a dojo ANYWHERE that has streetfight rules. nor will you find a competition that allows them. So sure, you can say, "ufc is not realistic" but nor is the training you are getting in kendo, shotokan, taiji or anything else, to be technical. As for the statistics, they were police stats.

No you won't. Watch manu ntoh kick, for example - he never spins, and I've seen him break an opponent's hip. I have broken an opponent's ribs. Our sister school in denmark (mikenta) does not teach the spin either. It's all in the mechanics.

but it's changed so much since it then that you can argue it's a japanese style. It no doubt has other influence, but it is so far removed from them now that it is it's own incarnation.

the reason you don't see a lot of blocking is because being in such a passive defensive mode can get you hurt. Sure, blocks can also be strikes, but the defensive nature is the same. with evasions and parries, you are doing things like moving out of the way, setting up other shots, making angles, etc. It's active defense.

that's not true at all, really. Are strikes to those areas the ONLY strikes in kung fu? Not at all. If they were, then you wouldn't be able to have shuai chiao, san shou and kuo shu tournaments... the rules don't let you break bones. This means they limit BJJs effectiveness, because you can't break the limb - you have to do it slowly so that they have time to tap. It's all about modification - you have to train according to the rules of the venue you are fighting in. There are karate guys in K1. they adapted. there are boxers in ufc - they adapted. adaptation and proper training are key.

yeah, our longfist did as well. ha, hey, oi, huuh... (phonetically) there are seven sounds total, each accomplishing a different goal.

that's why I don't spin when I kick any more. put the leg straight down - you see him closing the gap and he impales himself on the kick - the back kick comes off of the leg that did the roundhouse, not off of the supporting leg - there is no spin.

how is training for a three round kickboxing fight burining more than training for a 4, 6, 10 or 12 round boxing fight? The only thing extra thai really has going for it is that work in the clinch is mad tiring. And actually, in kickboxing (which is what he specified) you can't clinch, unless it's international rules... so training for kickboxing wouldn't even have that element.

I dunno... the back kick option may be the safest, as it allows you to have an attack ready for the incoming attacker instead of a passive block.

that site explains it pretty well. It doesn't mention the angle of the arm though - a proper hook is traditionally very close range. The arm should have approx. a 90 degree bend in it. they did touch on the fact that the fist can be horizontal or vertical, but no detail. The vertical fist is more structurally correct and prevents "boxer's break", which a broken pinky - a common injury when you throw the hook with a horizontal fist.

One thing I noticed is a lack of plyometrics. Do you guys do these at your dojo?

does it happen when you spar, shadowbox or hit the bag? If it's the first two, yeah, you're most likely hyperextending. It's not hard to do when there is no target or when you are punching forcefully at a target, then it moves prior to impact...

pramuk has great kicks. I gotta admit bruce had a nice sidekick though.

pramuk is awesome. Don't try to learn the kick solely from watching a vid though...

it will vary from person to person. IMO, a person who is training solely for rank advancement is training for the wrong reason, but hey, to each his own. for people who train for rank, give them other recognition - certificates, medals, etc. at certain intervals between belt tests. For those who are competitive in class sparring, urge them to step into a full contact ring. Have gatherings and movie showings for the ones who get hyped off of moives and anime. Personally, anime does it for me more than movies. and I love to compete. anime and competition are my combination.

I'm guessing that's the club name, not the name of the style.

and you have a key word there - SHOULD. theoretically, any student spending any length of time in any style SHOULD be able to, but that's not always the case. now that, I would consider a generalization. no matter how direct the hits are, you can't exact how many it would take to put down all of the people, all of the time. fighting is not that exact. mainland wc? I'm pretty sure I know several who train it in the US. I'll check.