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security guards are less likely to encounter weapon vs weapon situations, unless you are in a bar, where you may have patrons with bottles. baton vs empty hand looks bad on you and the agency legally. In addition, many things require legal certification to use in security - cuffs, oc spray, tasers, gun... once again, to have these and not be certified can pose legal issues. I'd be willing to bet there are baton certs too. In a multiple attacker situation where multiple attackers are present, what happens if one of them snatches the baton from your pocket / holster? you just gave them a weapon. lastly, you have those loose cannons that would use it just because they have it. that said, I carry one, but have only pulled it out a few times - the guy claimed he had a gun in one instance, and I got to him before he was able to draw. In the other instances, it was crowd control. when two big bouncers pull out batons, even a crowd of 10 will think twice before doing anything.

nah, I don't think they don't work that way. On the same token, you can be touching him and the shock will not transfer into your body. It has something to do with the type of discharge method stun guns use. largely, stun guns aren't that effective. This is, once again due to the discharge method. guns usually vary between 80,000 and 700,000 volts, but although this sounds like a lot, it has little to do with the effect the weapon has - the amperage and method of delivery have importance. Now, the police tasers that shoot the barbs are awesome. but you have to replace the cartridge after each use, and they aren't that cheap.

nah, all the time is not necessary. but when we spar light, I will not acknowledge your hit. that's all I'm saying. If you hit me, I will come through it, just like I would *attempt to* from a hard hit. to acknowledge the hit IMO instills a bad habit - the habit of stalling. even if you hit me hard, I want to drive through that hit and keep coming, evade, cover up, etc.. To do one thing when you spar one way and do something else when you spar another way is dangerous to you in the long run, as you fight how you train.

And that's just it... your hit may not have even phased the guy. Assuming it would have can lead to overconfidence on the attacker's part as well. Then, we he actually fights, he's totally surprised because his strikes didn't drop his opponent. I think both schools of thought are valid, but lean more toward this one, as it eliminates guesswork.

I realize that - but you are still likely to get taken down. you set up low kicks as well. high kicks just tend not to work well when takedowns are involved. I agree with you though, all high kicks and power kicks need to be set up.

IMO, it's not about ego so much as it is reality. In a real fight, if a blow almost lands, I'm not gonna acknowledge it because it MIGHT have KOed me. I'm gonne keep fighting. In sparring, I do the same. Actually, I think there is more of an ego issue involved from those who expect to have the technique respected. Why are they expecting acknowledgement?

as was said before, you weren't expecting to be attacked. Honestly, I don't think MA training would've helped you there. Many of us go through the same thing, though few will admit it. It's hard to turn the switch on in a high stress situation. Also, your thing is guns, not hand to hand, from the sound of it. you were focused while you were on duty and you had your weapon of choice at the ready. On this day, you hand nothing and weren't expecting attack. awareness training and hard sparring are good ways to help overcome the fight or flight syndrome, but are no guarantee. I am in indiana all the time. Which part are you in?

there are both northern and southern mantis styles, but they aren't necessarily a part of shaolin kung fu. northern mantis is it's own style. I do know of some schools that teach basic mantis forms though, such as bung bo and bot bo.

it's not sparring - it's a fighting format and venue. simply full contact sparring is not san shou.

the average stun gun is WAY over rated. I wouldn't rely on them for self defense.

that's true. I work in a different world though - beale street. think of bourbon street, but on a smaller scale. On any given saturday during the spring and summer, there may be 700 to 1,000 people walking on the street, and hundreds of others in the clubs. Also, Like I've said in other threads, intimidation is a beautiful thing. We use them for crowd control. When you see four, big muscular dudes and all of them have a steel baton, even groups of ten will think twice and settle down (it's happened before)

respecting the technique merely because you threw it out there introduces too much theory. You threw a strike at my eyes, but it may or may not have blinded me. you threw a straight right that connected, but it may not have been hard enough to KO me, heck it may not have been enough to even slow me down, etc. too much is left in the hands of assumption, which isn't a good thing. Now, if it's done in conjunction with full contact sparring, then it's cool, but I wouldn't rely on this method 100% with no full contact.

I agree, use them if you can. The thing here though is that from the sounds of it, this was a point sparring tournament. I use them too when I compete in full contact, even thought the danger of using them there is much greater than point fighting. However, I don't use them in MMA. The ruleset allowed should define which tactics you use. in MMA, high kicks are more likely to result in you getting taken down. That is highly possible in the street as well.

That looks exactly like the one that I own.

because on a basic level, it's pretty much all the same. And it's the basics that tend to win fights.

genki is awesome.

Chuck Norris jokes are awesome. Anyway...I would want to duel Musashi. Fight Rickson Gracie. Box Ali. And pro wrestle Andre The Giant. For a cool down I would want to fight Randy Coture. no you wouldn't... duels back then usually resulted in death. you fight musashi, you die. the rest are cool tho.

striking wise, the tall one does have the advantage on the outside - the short guy needs to master his footwork. without that, he's helpless. On the inside, the shorter guy has the advantage. grappling wise, the taller guy generally has the advantage with sweeps and some takedowns. With shots and hip loading throws, the shorter guy has the advantage.

I've got a stretch rack by Hurley. They aren't a necessity, but they can be useful.

I compete in thai boxing and judo. naturally, my training helps there. It helps at work as well.

definitely.

any competition based sport style will generally offer the same benefit. You have to have endurance if you're gonna be any good. BJJ, wrestling, kickboxing, muay thai... all will build your endurance.

that depends on where you are doing security. I do security in a club - we are the enforcement. When fights break out, there are no cops right away - we have to handle the situation appropriately. anyhoo, for concealment reasons and impact, I would pick the extendable. As for how officers use them, I see them use them offensively all the time. Guy resists, won't go down, cop hits him in the legs or back. Then the guy goes down quick. He gets cuffed and put in the squad car.

the meteor hammer is a soft weapon taught in some longfist schools. Some of our students were learning it, however I had not yet begun to learn it. I'd imagine it's application is somewhat similar to the rope dart.

I really don't know if that's true. If I am learning katana, I am training katana vs katana, not empty hand vs katana, most likely. If someone on the street attacked me with a katana while I was empty handed, I'd be just as confused, as my defenses are based on the assumption that I have a weapon as well. When kali was created, pretty much everyone DID carry a stick or knife. So you learn to fight with that, later learning empty hand defense. In non weapons focused styles, I doubt you spend much time on empty hand defense against weapons.