elbows_and_knees

sadly, this is true.

This is more of a body builder style workout though - a single day for tris and bis - very isoloative. same with shoulders. for martial arts, compound exercises tend to work best.

As do I. I train with a couple of judoka who compete nationally. One of them was world ranked at one time. They tool many wrestlers, both standing and on the ground.

in general, we need to use metal detectors daily, not just on sat. tactically, when taking out a person that is hostile, you should have at least two people - one behind the guy and another in front of him. This allows One person to restrain the guy (both if necessary) and a person to keep watch of the aggressor's hands. Also, when restraining, a choke is fine, but it allows the attacker's hands to remain free. he should be in a chicken wing, full nelson, or at the very least a half nelson, this way his hands are under control.

your workout regimen is not really conducive to gaining size.

judo is VERY aggressive. It's not called "the gentle art" because of it's lack of aggression. It's called that because of the principles they use. judo utilizes equipment training as well.

neither is superior. They are what they are.

That is so very true. If you train with 'pulled' kicks you fight with 'pulled' kicks, whether in the ring or on the street. For a start, the body mechanics are different between a controlled kick and a full contact kick. If you only use controled kicks then you will use, train and condition muscles for a reflexive 'pull', leading to muscle memory. So, sub-consciously you will 'pull' your kicks in the ring and on the street, which is not a good thing if you rely on kicks for self-defence. Then there's the phychological aspect. If you train fully committed kicks, then you will use them effectively, if you don't, then you won't. DCMS. bingo.

We can't really tell you much about your weight training, as you haven't given us much to go on, but I will tell you that you aren't going to build strength doing sets of 12 with 20lbs. that's more for muscle endurance. Also, you've only been training about 4 months... so you may not be weak, you just haven't given yourself enough time for any major gains. Help us out some - tell us your current routine.

1. muay thai will produce a competent fighter faster than WC. not because of ease of mastery, but because of the method of training. The same applies to boxing, wrestling, bjj, etc. competition oriented arts tend to train in such a way that focuses on proficiency. 2. that statistic if from cop reports. the gracies used it when they were starting to promote bjj. But one thing you have to look at is that cops WANT the fight to go to the ground - it's easier for them to restrain someone that way. That being said, it's NOT EASY for a boxer or any other stylist to keep a trained grappler from taking them down. If a person is determined to take you down, they most likely will. It's better to know ground fighting and be prepared for it if it happens than to naively think you won't get taken down and be helpless once you do... And bjj is VERY useful in a fight. I use it all the time. you have to look at it the right way though: A. in a fight, you aren't submitting them - you are snapping limbs, dislocating joints, tearing muscles or choking them unconscious B. stand up fighting - the clinch and various takedowns. these are very beneficial. C. The mental training - you'll understand once you start training and definitely if you compete.

yeah - that they shouldn't allow alcohol on the dance floor. tactically, I'm not really sure. one thing would be to approach the situation with more caution. I KNEW something was about to happen, but when I went to the scene, I rushed straight to the guy fighting instead of thinking about his buddies. The problem with thinking though is that the longer I think, the longer the situation goes on. I'm not too concerned with weapons (metal detectors, and we make sure we constantly throw stray bottles away) and generally assume that I can handle three people (untrained and hopefully intoxicated). So, between the seven bouncers on the floor, if we can each take 3, then we take 21 guys - about the number that was involved. We handled it all, so I'm thinking it was a decent assumption, even though we had to take up slack for one bouncer who was getting tooled around. Now, I learned plenty the night before that when my buddy got stabbed.

Nah, no extra pay. breaking up fights is just part of the job. Last night we broke up several fights and also stopped a guy in the middle of a dope deal. when we searched him, he had a knife on his person. Last friday, one of us got stabbed in the leg... it's all par for the course.

I jarred my knee a tad. I went to hit someone, and he musta had a guardian angel - as soon as I planted my foot and started the punch, I slipped in a puddle (water or alcohol or something) and my knee went one way, whereas my body went the other. I can run, jump, squat, etc. But to this day ( a week later) it hurts to extend my leg although I can do it now. since I slipped, the punch was screwed and I ended running into the guy and applying a choke from the front. I got the job through a student of mine. He's a bartender at the bar across the street and one day I told him I was gonna start looking for a second job. He went and talked to the head of security where I work now, and they told him to have me come in and "interview". they hired me on the spot.

LOL!!! How do I get into that line of work?

I personally would lift first. by swimming first, you run the risk of not being fully recovered when you lift, preventing maximal lifts.

many of them are easier to escape than locks from the ground as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGnaOQigIlU&eurl=

yeah, I agree. I do similar things when I grapple. If I pinch skin, I'm not too worried about them punching me as they move away, because punches aren't allowed. Also, they aren't experiencing an adrenaline rush, so they feel it more. In a fight, there usually isn't time for that and there are too many other factors involved.

If I have you in a straight arm bar, i can very well break your arm.

a loud kiai isn't intimidating to me. However, size is intimidating to most people. At the club I work at, most people do what I tell them, merely because I'm visibly more muscular than them. I've even had a guy tell me that if I wsn't so big he would kick my butt. I am physically intimidating to them. This ends many confrontations before they begin.

Thanks!

if your reaction is to retreat backward, then you have a very bad reaction that needs to be corrected. This habit will get you run over. In boxing, muay thai, etc. we are taught to circle the opponent, not retreat from him. Take no more than three steps backward - after that, circle in some direction. As far as his guard being up - why are you worried about it? hit him low if his guard is up. or clinch and throw him.

If you have slowed down immensely, you are doing something very wrong. What is your current regimen?

from the context of streetfighting, streetfights. from the context of ring fighting, ring fights.

I'm 28. got started when I was 6 from watching kung fu theater. competition pushes me to continue now. That and the fact that I've been doing it for so long I can't imagine not doing it.