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http://bullseyefitness.com/ecommerce/os/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=33 ringside also sells an attachment you can wrap around the base of the bag so you can train leg kicks. I can't find it on their website, but I know it's in their catalog.

if you can afford it, they sell bag stands that go in the corner of your room and support a heavy bag. If you absolutely can't get one, firget about the wavemaster - I would get a bob bag - the free standing torso bags. by using one of these, you can train your techniques against a surface similar to one you will actually be hitting when you spar / fight.

as stated above, chinese training is far more than just chi kung. That said, external and internal training are not conflicting. This is why they did both internal and external - they balance eachother out. you are actually talking about the same thing in your comparison with pushups to chinese training. Stance training is an endurance exercise. there is definitely effort involved, though. Pushups are also an endurance exercise. And yes, they require effort. When it comes to external exercises, you basically have three types: endurance strength mass some people may count limb and body conditioning as an exercise, so that can be a fourth. For internal, you have qigong neigong basically, the qi building exercises you are likely referring to and breathing/meditation exercises. If you stiffened up after training, that wasn't the result of external training - your training was flawed somewhere. that's what the problem was. There are HUGE bodybuilders who can do the splits. I myself am a big guy and I never stiffen up.

that's actually not entirely true. The chinese external styles did weight training. So did the okinawans and japanese. The chinese use stone locks - they looked like an older version og the kettle bell. The shuai chiao guys use pulleys with weight attached to train their throws. They also use the rock pole. Okinawans and japanese used filled vases and various other things. As for which I do, I do western. We've had way more techniqcal advances now and a lot of the stuff they did back in the day is outdated and / or proven wrong. Prime example - people say stance training is for increasing strength... This is very false. that said, this isn't a question of western vs eastern training - they lift weight in the east. judoka, mma guys, etc. this is modern training, and hence this question is more of traditional or modern, not east or west...

which still excludes many people. This is the definition of battle: 2 : a combat between two persons 3 : a general encounter between armies, ships of war, or aircraft However, that is not the webster definition... which dictionary did that come out of? Here's webster's definition of a warrior: a man engaged or experienced in warfare I saw "Batman Begins" the night it came out. Loved it.

he caught me with some stuff, but nothing that was illegal in bjj. I know they have plenty of it though.

that's not true. This wasn't some newb who had no clue what the agreed upon rules were. He knew full well what he was doing, thus he wasn't beating a puppy.

I don't think what you did was wrong - I don't necessarily think what he did was wrong either though. At my school, we spar the way you would in the ring, as most of us compete. So, if you do decide to back off, you are very likely to get swung at - that's fine, as you should know how to deal with it anyway. After he caught you the first time, you should've been prepared for it the next time, give that you know what type of person he is. Also, another thing we do at my school is "cool people off" we've got guys that say that want to go light contact, but what that really is is that they want YOU to go light contact. They try to knock you out. When that happens, turn up the heat on them. Afterward, remind them that it was supposed to be light contact. Everytime they forget that, you "remind" them.

I think it would depend on the weapons involved. For example, if you are talking about katana vs sabre, for instance, the sabre is faster that the katana, but the katana is much stronger. if the weilders are equal in skill, it could go either way. a katana weilder believes in sidestepping though, not in blocking or parrying, so the sabre weilder may have an advantage there. there is a different set if circumstances for say, claymore vs jian. What you are talking about is very broad. Do you have any specifics? Catch is awesome stuff. I've rolled with some catch guys before. Never played with a savate stylist though.

savate is france's variation of boxing combined with their variation of kicking. france had a lot of interaction with asia in earlier centuries, and their kicking was inspired by what they saw / learned there. There are some that say it is primarily an offshoot of thai kicking. EDIT: I just pulled this off of the web: "The sport of Muay Thai made its way to Europe sometime around the 17th century where it was embraced with open arms. The sport was modified, primarily to outlaw the use of knees and elbows, and given the name Savate. "

technically, no. muay thai was devised in the 1920's. it is an offshoot of the more traditional muay. Traditional muay today is taught as muay boran, but in the past, there were many - muay lon lon, mae mai, muay kaad cheurk, muay chaiya, etc.

read my last post again... that verse is from the book of matthew - new testament. It was said by Jesus to a few of His disciples. Also, you may not have the choice of what situation you partake in. Should you WILLINGLY do so? No. But a man who gets assaulted while he's walking to his car should not just stand there and get beaten knowing that vengence is Jesus' either. He should fight back.

much more effective than what? If you hit someone in the throat with a spearhand, the fight may be over. If you hit someone in the jaw and knock them unconscious, the fight will be over. Either way, the fight is over. Now, what happens, when you throw the spearhand and he begins to duck, causing you to hit a hard surface like his chin or forehead?

umm... powerlifters are among the most functionally elite in the world... it's due to the explosive power they build doing powerlifting regimens. They've been known to have very fast sprint times and exceptionally high vertical jumps. Nothing wrong with muscle size. i am a big guy. the key is lifting properly, not how big or little you are.

ordinarily I would completely agree with that, but he wants mass in his biceps specifically. curls would be best for that. It doesn't matter that they are isolation as long as he is still doing compound exercises. I'm all about compund, and I do curls as well - it's a vanity thing - chicks dig big bis.

BJJ doesn't really work that way... the same techniques you learn as a white belt are the same ones you will use as a blue, purple, etc. the difference in the ranks is how proficient you become at doing them, and the number of variations you learn to apply them from, due to experience. at white belt, you are learning a lot of techniques and positions. At blue, you are mastering escaping and transitioning and beginng to become more proficient at submission. at purple, you are mastering submission, etc.

but hapkido and tsd are different. A lot of the techniques in judo and bjj are the same. He could create a judo based ground program, and incorporate elements of what he knows of bjj, but isn't practiced much in judo. That would still make it a judo based program, which as a bb, he should be comfortable with.

If you are looking for self defense - especially quick self defense, I would stay away from taiji. for one, it takes much longer to become proficient with and second, these days, it's hard to find a person who will show you the martial applications anyway. strength plays a part in fighting, but fighting is not all about strength.

pasa ryu is a korean blended style taught by kang rhee - the guy I mentioned in my above post. He was elvis' main teacher, if I remember correctly.

one of his tachers lives in my city - a man named kang rhee.

Are you talking about me? I didn't say I was brazilian - I said that the angola techere is brazilian and the regional teacher has brazilian relatives.

I actually have two jobs - I know how to manage time well, and the ma schedule works perfectly. I am a web designer by day and bouncer by night (that one is only part time though). the reason the classes are able to work like that is that they are generally back to back, although with different instructors. IMO, it's not much physical exertion. I am also in the gyme 3-5 dyas a week - I go the the facility gym on my lunch break. monday - thai boxing - 6:30 - 8. If I don't coach some of the other guys afterward, then I will do bjj from 8 - 10. tuesday - judo - 6:30 - 8. bjj 8 - 10 wednesday - thai boxing - 6:30 - 8, capoeira, 8-10 thursday - thai boxing - 6:30 - 8, takedown class (wrestling) 8 - 10 friday - capoeira - 7 - 9 saturday, thai boxing 1 - 2:30, open mat bjj / judo 2:30 - 4 I work mon - fri, 9-5, so classes don't star until after work. the night job is generally from 10pm - 6am, fri - sun. when I work during the week, I have to cut one of the classes short because I have to go in at 9.

I see what you are saying, but technically, a made up definition is nothing more than an opinion. not necessarily. As was stated earlier, you can get any other aspect from other things - spirituality from church, philosophy from reading and educating yourself, etc. If he only trains goju for fighting, there is nothing at all sad about that. It is after all a MARTIAL art first and foremost.

My problem with drills is that they are not live. however, I do understand the need for them, and also for kata. I like forms - I think they're great- but I don't think they are ideal for training throws. kata are like catalogs of the system - they are guides to unlocking the techniques to your system. They also provide you with a means to create drills, as you said.

No. but if you do, be more careful, until you are comfortable with the form. I never have a spotter, but I make make increases more gradually, and never train to failure - which there's really no need to do anyway.