Drunken Monkey

IF you were in america you'll get sued, in the rest of the world, where the sensible people live, you'd just realise that it was a fight and that people were bound to get hurt...

i was always under the impression that you don't block a bat type weapon with your hands rather get as close as you can and interrupt their swing or wait for it to swing pass you then trap them. anyone actually tried this?

but a lot of people want to get without any input. they might hear it two years at a certain club and then three at another. they then decide to attend the "two year" club and after the two years of half-hearted training, they do not get the black-belt that they were dreaming of and then they go in search of another club... it happens. if it didn't, the mcdojos of the world wouldn't prosper.

cos a lot of kids out there see things in films and want to copy it...

one day, people will stop ASKING how long until i get to black and concerntrate on just GETTING there.

not sure if they work or if it was just a placebo thing but i once tanked up on about six of them (redbull) whilst trying to get some work done for a presentaion the next day. it was probably just the sugar.

it's ok dun worry about it but i'm sure you know what i mean, yeah?

then he should be able to tell you that you cannot learn without a proper instructor.

the eyes are weak and the body is conditioned to react in a certain way to anything going towards your eyes you don't actually need to have your fingers wedged in there to get a good result.

what i was refereing to was the comments made on a lot of the other threads here. especially with each style. the jiujitsu guys argue over bjj, jjj, gjj etc etc the karate guys argue over shotokan, shito ryu, kyokushinkai, etc etc wing chun guys argue over wing chun, ving tsun, whatever chun, traditional, modern etc etc then theres the modern vs traditional vs mixed

hahaha... now that rocks...

when have i said that? read my posts i think my position is quite clear on that matter.

if i get my footing right i can uppercut my partner about seven feet in the air! now i just need to practice my bronze fist so i can catch him as he falls to juggle him some more!!!

only by learning all you can can you begin to decide what is not needed

oooh, another contentious point. i have lots of bad stories about a load of schools, especially in the area around shaolin and fatshan that are 100% mcdojos. things like shouting to a group of guys who to put on their costumes and perform for you to um, show you their "skills"...

i still stand by yoshimitsu. looks the coolest and has lot of loooong float combos. too bad they don't do much damage though. have to admit to being a bit addicted to the first sf2. i was one of them guys who put in one credit, played for fifteen minutes getting double perfects and topping 1,000,000 million points for the special ending credits... wow so many years ago!

listen, you rally are better off asking your sensei to teach you the sai forms. at least he can be there to correct any mistakes you make. it has been said many times before, you cannot learn without instruction.

just out of interest where in uk are you?

and there's probably a reason why he isn't concerntrating on weapons

well, you lie on the floor on your front stretch your hands out in front of you almost full stretch (only have your forearms flat on the floor) overlap your hands now try to lift your body using if you do it right and not give yourself a hernia trying, you should now be on your palms and toes. if you can get this far, you should be able to lower and raise your body like a push up i should remind you that this is primarilt an abdominal exercise.

i still think there is a lot of confusion about what hard/soft martial arts mean...

you really have to stop believing what you see in the movies. not all armed forces guys are trained in 97 ways to kill a man with his thumb...

um... please tell me ain't true...

with the old dude?

anyone here do the full stretch tiger push up jackie chan stylee? kills your abs the moment you attempt it!!!