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that is another trick. As for 'qi', my background is traditional - I know what it's supposed to be. But I have yet to see any internal master hit harder than a pro hardpuncher, like tyson.

And how to get up... knowing how to handle yourself on the ground will make you more able to get up quickly and efficiently.

do you REALLY think that you have this 'chi' and that only a traditional stylist can cultivate it using traditional methods? Heck, people still debate on what qi actually is. But at least you didn't go where I thought you were going to go - rooting. Any decent powere puncher had good root. But boxers have a mobile root. other internal aspects, like peng are done by externalists (sport guys) however, they don't theorize about it like CMA guys do, so they have no name for it. It's just part of having proper technique.

Title is awesome. their instructionals are better than ringside's as well. As for why they aren't mentioned - they are largely a boxing provider. titile, ringside, cleto reyes... these guys are known moreso in boxing circles than in muay thai circles.

sprawl first. then strike. To try and strike before he shoots is setting yourself up for failure. you may pull it off, but even if you do, it may not be hard enough to stop his shot. If not, you're still going down.

that's something I've never seen happen. That's a great thing to take advantage of if it ever does happen though.

It's good and bad. It's good because developing your own flavor of what you train is a natural progression in martial arts. you aren't creating anything new, really, you are just taking what you have learned and are focusing on the portions of it that you like. The bad thing is that you have no instructor. unless you are very advance in your style, then it's to your benefit to have someone that can make corrections. Next, you have nobody to train with. Therefore, you can't really train realistically, which somewhat leads into my last point: you said that you are basing this on your own BELIEFS about fighting. this is where techniques based on theory come into play, which is never a good thing.

grappling is grappling. There are some different techniques, but regardless, they need to get into clinch range to be effective. Work keeping them away from you, using long weapons like the jab and lead front kick. If they manage to achieve a clinch, you need to be well versed enough there that you can break the clinch before they take you down. If they shoot low, sprawl. It's much harder than it sounds though. If he's determined he's gonna clinch with you, then there is a very high chance that he will do it.

I'm not sure where your "popular belief" comes from, but every pro athlete in every sport stretches. Heck, there are even bodybuilders who can do the splits. The benefits of stretching are not new and have been well documented. However, coordination does not come with flexibility. I know many people who can dance circles around anyone. but these same people are the least flexibile people that I know. the two are not mutually exclusive. On the same hand, I know strong guys who don't stretch much - and they are a far cry from weak. If you tell them to strike beyond their reach, obviously it will be weak - that's the case for a flexible person also - but as long as it's within their range, they still have strength behing it.

You also need to define the type of sword more. Broad sword is generally known as a "two handed" sword, was about 6 feet long, and needed two hands to wield. Very heavy, and not very agile. Straight sword could be anything from a hand and 1/2 sword to a rapier, etc. Most of these could be wielded one handed. given the context - I think he means chinese, not two handed. two handed would be straight sword vs two handed straight sword. by straight sword, he's likely referring to a chinese straightsword - like a taiji sword. I personally like the broadsword, regardless of combat style - it's what I have more experience with. The curve of the broadsword may give it a more powerful chopping strike, though it's not as aerodynamic or precise as a straight sword.

I would not wear my black belt, nor would I ask to, partially for what is mentioned here. 1. you are a new student - as sohan said, empty the cup. 2. IME, you will be respected more by not advertising that you are a black belt in something else. 3. if students give you the respect deserving of an instructor, a few things may happen: - people who have been at the jj school longer than you may resent you - people working with you in drills make give to the technique more, because you are supposed to be able to make it work. Similar to the way people tend to give for their own instructor. - it may introduce other questions from students, like "how would your style handle this" which takes away from class time. I would tell the instructor about my rank, but would not inform the class.

If they have a buddy. that's an assumption people make based on trends. But it's not necessarily the norm and depends on the environment you are in. I've gone to the ground - in multiple attacker situations - and I've only been hit while on the ground once... and that once was by a cop, not one of the guy's buddies. I dunno... the way I see aikido trained in some schools, it's not good for much of anything. From what I'm told, you will have to be training it for years before you understand it well enough to fight with it.

wow... that seems completely backward to me. you break one limb, he keeps coming, THEN you choke him out? choke him out from the beginning. He's out long enough to get away, and you didn't have to break anything. Also, choking him unconscious is most likely not considered using lethal force, so it would stand up in court. Consequently, you don't have to only use it in life or death situations. I choke people nightly at work. It's my restraint of choice.

I was never taught that. My japanese instructor told me that it is the ideal, not the principle. IDEALLY, you want your punch to be strong enough to end a fight in one strike, but realistically, that will not happen. this is the response a lot of karateka would retaliate with - it's a great technique. But don't count on it to end the confrontation in one strike.

internal elements such as?

Teens and young adults aren't "too old to listen" - you just have to know how to make them listen. Yes, they are rebellious by nature, but they can be kept in check. Here's something that's out of the typical TMA school style of thought, but beat them. seriously. There are few things more humbling than getting your butt kicked repeatedly by various people. Why? because you find out that regardless of how many people you beat, there are still those out there who can school you. Train them - but try to get them into competition. For those who aren't interested, then when they get to the sparring stages, make sure they have access to people they cannot beat.

first tip - find a teacher. there are a lot of things that you miss when reading books and looking at videos. Also, you get no roda experience this way, which is essential so you can work your timing. How can you rasteira off of their martello if you don't have anyone to practice with?

sounds good. I'm shocked he told you rocks instead of beans though... you start light and work up.

precisely. That's why I said, you can't really prepare them for it. You CAN prepare them to deal with a knife encounter - working knife tactics and such, but IMO you can't prepare them for the pain of a stab.

I think it does actually in the "fire" section, involving swords. Example: How he used strategy to plan out an effective technique for an opponent. I would count it as sparring tactics, because he says exactly what he did and how it could be used on other situations. P.S. This was meant to be an edit the fire book is all about strategy and how to implement it: THREE METHODS TO FORESTALL THE ENEMY sen no ken tai no sen tai tai no sen He then goes into other points of his strategy: To hold down a pillow crossing at a ford to know the times tread down a sword to know "collapse" become the enemy to release four hands to move the shade to hold down a shadow to pass on to cause loss of balance to frighten to soak in injure the corners throw into confusion mingle crush penetrate the depths the mountain-sea change to renew rat's head ox's neck commander knows the troops let go the hilt body of a rock Any examples contained within he is using to illustrate a specific point of strategy, not a sparring technique. you mentioned tactics, however, which IS strategy. The poster said he was looking for sparring techniques.

actually, no he's not. his views on fitness training are long since outdated, and didn't he only train WC for five years? He doesn't still impact the MA world himself, rather his jkd does. lloking at it from that perspective, many people still impact the MA world that have been doing it a lot longer than him.

you have to look at the benefit of ranking. Now, some schools will not produce equivalent skill levels for a belt. I personally blame that on the style you are training in. you will not see that in bjj nearly as much as you do in other styles. they base their ranking on performance against your peers, not solely on a list of what you know in a curriculum. Nah. Ranking is actually fairly new in the MA. back in the old days, they wither wore white belts or nothing at all. To this day, there are still several kung fu schools that don't issue rank. My second karate teacher grew up in japan. He only gave three ranks - white, brown and black. so, you would go several years before receiving any rank at all.

I realize that. But, have you ever been shanked? you CAN'T just ignore it. During the adrenaline rush (which doesn't always last the entire duration of the fight), you may not even feel it, but once the rush is gone - you are in pain.... lots of it. Out of curiosity though, what are you doing to teach them to learn to ignore it? I agree with everything else though, especially the short term self defense classes.

as long as you can do it, fine - notice I said that if they can't demo - they would have problems. Not every MA around can demo cartain techniques (in some cases, no technique) for various reasons. A teacher in a wheel chair is a good example. if he can't walk, he can't demo footwork. Notice that in the post he stated specifically if he can't demo something.

Bolo never trained in shotokan. He trained in various styles of kung fu when he was younger and also in acrobatics. His main style was probably powerlifting and taiji. He was a powerlifting champ and used to teach powerlifting classes in china.