MizuRyu

I agree completely. Wing Chun is about getting in as fast as possible and finishing the job as fast as possible. It shouldn't take 30 chain punches to knock someone out. It should be quick, decisive, rooted and powerful. I don't fully agree on the stand alone idea however, the traditional system of Wing Chun Kuen doesn't give you much groundwork. It's good to incorporate Jiu-Jitsu (even though I'm sure you've all heard this before). I've found an AWESOME combo in the two in the sense that Wing Chun gives you that tool to close the gap, which can lead to a throw and submission. Or, if you get taken down in the closing of that gap, you'll know how to counter. It's a good balance.

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The 2 greatest mistakes of lifting: 1. Diet 2. Overtraining

Aikido would be great to use if a football team were attacking you lol. I would love to take it, it looks fun and it could be very useful in some situations.

I'm double jointed and can do some pretty freaky things with my shoulders and back. The flexibility REALLY gave me a jumpstart in TSD lol. That and I'm a proficient archer with a couple trophies, but a better marksman.

I'm not sure where you get your facts but those aren't preached in any of the TMA I've studied. Sport arts don't teach lethal techniques. By sport arts I am NOT including Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu, that is not originally a sport art but a combative art adapted to sport (but on that note, so are many others). Where the 2 are seperated are in that sport arts have rules and regulations to abide by in their training that fit the sparring and competition they're built to accomodate. Not that they're not lethal, but they weren't specifically designed to be so. I was recently (about 2 months ago) talking to a big MMA airhead and he decided to step on my Ving Tsun experience. He said he's seen Ving Tsun guys in the ring and they do horribly. I told him I wanted to spar him, he agreed. That following Saturday (as with every Saturday at my house) I had people over to spar, including him. He hooked, I stepped back, laped it, stomped on the back of his knee and twisted his head and said "SNAP... you're dead." We went at it again later, he shot in instantly and took me down, I wrapped 2 fingers and my thumb around his trachea and said "crush, you're dead." He and I talked later that night over a cup of coffee and his attitude softened a little more, he said that a good TMAist should be able to adapt his art to the ring regardless of rules, but I brought the point "Having that attitude, you might as well put a Ferarri in a boat race. It may be fast and powerful, but you take away the environment and tools it relies on to perform and it'll fail." Not the best example, but it illustrates my point.

I talked to him today, he has a splitting headache and his right cheekbone is nice and blue-ish yellow, besides that he'll be alright. The guy who hit him was a gorilla, one shot and he almost broke his face. I'm glad I didn't tango with that one haha

I was aiming for the side of his neck when I spun around but got the side of his jaw instead. All 3 of them had about 50+ pounds on me... so I wasn't exactly confident haha. Had the other 2 come for me, I'm pretty sure it would've been a crotch shot for the biggest one and take the other one either to the ground or just beat his face in the best I could. Thanks for the support, I wasn't sure if I should've reacted with violence but looking back I'm seeing that was probably the best option, it was just enough to keep the other 2 at bay and keep Eric and I from gettin ourselves broken.

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One thing that really gets on my nerves is people saying "myths" over and over again. Maybe people have forgotten what these arts were developed for or the time period in which they were developed. APPARENTLY, thousands of years of pre-firearm combat is wrong and we should all swallow our tongues and listen to the real holders of truth: sport fighters. Do not discount an entire system because of it's performance in a sport ring and, more importantly, the performance of the fighter respresenting that art, which in the end is what it really comes down to. Martial arts were NOT developed so the practitioners could sit in a big ring with gloves on and pummel eachother into unconsciousness. Regardless of your feelings as to the deeper purpose of the arts, what it has and always will come down to is maiming or killing your opponent. Hence we have different terms for 'martial arts' and 'sport arts'.

Last night I went to a big graduation party with a couple friends of mine. Once we got there we all pretty much scattered to do our own things (this was a HUGE party, easily over 100 people), and I was mingling with some old friends when I heard a big ruckus about 20 feet behind me. I cut through the crowd the edge of an open circle and there stood my friend Eric, being screamed at by 3 rednecks. I pushed my way around to the other side of the circle closest to him and the driveway. I called 2 of my friends and told them what was going on, right as I closed my phone I saw one of the 3 step out and punch him square in the face and he stumbled back and fell over. I pushed my way through a few people and pulled him up off the ground and started to lead him towards the car while these 3 guys were screamin at me. I got about halfway down the driveway when Eric got punched in the back of the head, so I pushed him into my friend Rob to take him back to the car, spun around and palm struck the guy behind me on the jaw. He stumbled back and almost fell, held his jaw, and looked pretty dazed. His 2 friends started screaming at me and I just got in a deep stance and stared at them. Then the 2 other kids I was with got in the way, started yellin threats about calling some people we knew that they were afraid of, then slowly made our way out of the group to our car. Craziness. Turns out the whole thing started because Eric accidentally tripped one of them then HELPED HIM BACK UP. People are ridiculous sometimes.

Amen lol

Well the training is going well. It's been a few weeks now and I notice some very obvious effects of the training. It hurt a bit for a little while but now it's fine, my hands are stiff immediatly after the drills but if I rub in some jow and squeeze it goes away quickly. Not only has it improved my hand's pain tolerance in the more sensitive areas, but it's REALLY increased my grip stength, which to me right now is the greatest perk.

Capoeira is definatly the king of that ring

I LOVE bodyweight exercises. I'm sure you've seen pictures of olympic gymnists and such, and that's what they thrive on. There is soooooo much you can do with a pull up bar, 4 cinder blocks and your floor. Once certain exercises get too easy try new variations. I had a problem with pushups not being a challenge anymore so I put my feet on 2 cinder blocks stacked, and my hands on cinder blocks as well, dip down as far as possible, and do hopping pushups. Same with abs, hold yourself in a chin up position on the bar and do full extension leg crunches. With proper technique bodyweight training can make you into a monster.

It really was sad to watch. Royce's age really shows throughout the entire 'fight'. I really do give him some major kudos for refusing to submit, inverted elbow or not. Hat's off to Mr. Gracie but I believe his card should be punched.

I'm still doing it with him.. just on and off. It went from learning exclusively snake to his little mix as I found it to be a little more useful. The snake part of it is still the most fascinating to me. There's a strike that looks like VT's tan sao, where you shoot up from under the leading hand and strike the soft of the opponent's throat in an upward motion. I found myself using it in our VT class. There seem to be a lot of ties between snake and VT, and they compliment eachother well.

My arms. I did some gymnastics routines for a long time and it really defined them, I'm really proud of all the hard work I did to get em.

Veganism is great. My Ving Tsun instructor has been a vegan since he was a kid and the man is a monster. As said, it's all about the protein and carbs. You can get more than enough protein from a vegan diet, you just have to eat the right things.

Cores. Lots and lots of cores and calories. Basically, do nothing but bench press, deadlift, squat, press, lat pulls (lat pull ups on a chin up bar), chin ups, bent over rows, weighted crunches/twists and back hyperextensions. I'd invest in a pullup bar, they can be great tools. I started like you, at 118 lbs, and I'm 184 as of this morning lol. A solid, high energy/protein diet is very important, no sugar, no fatty stuff. Lots of lean meats, veggies, fruits and dairy. Eat like Nature intended you to. 6 wholesome meals a day. Train NO MORE than 3 times a week, and do 3-5 sets of 5-8 repetitions, you should be stopping about 2 reps short of your max. Get lots of sleep and BE PATIENT! It takes time.. took me 2 years of extremely hard work and dilligence, but every day was worth it. Any more questions, feel free to ask.

yeah.. could be globus. I had a bad case once after my girlfriend broke up with me DURING my senior prom for about a week. It was harsh lol

I strike with the 'sharp' of my elbow, the smallest hardest point.

I wouldn't have the same physique without back hypers. I started with bodyweight and in 10 months worked up to doing 4 sets of 10 with a 45 in my arms and have developed a great lower back. They typical trick with these is to back to back them with weighted crunches and weighted sitting twists. They'll give you some great core definition and power.

I've been in a pretty serious school scuffle with a wrestler.. he shot right into a knee, I knocked him real good but on his way to the floor he grabbed my leg and twisted me to the ground, I immediatly got up and ran lol. I think the best policy is to hit them as hard as physically possible at the most opportune time. When they shoot meet their head/face with your knee. If they get a mount, keep yourself as closed up as possible and use the ground as a backing to deliver pheonix eye strikes to the middle/front ribs/ribtips. Do as much damage as possible essentially. If they're a great grappler however.. you may be in for one heck of a ride.