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I would only run untill I found suitable ground, or untill I got to a crowded area or saw a cop if it was possible! By suitable ground I mean A place with room or a place with my back to a wall and all my opponents in front of me! Running and fighting and running and fighting is not a good idea!!

I also notice that UFC fighters use the cage alot when there opponent is grounded!! What about on open ground?

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This is from a guy in another forum! He has senn people Eat knees and elbows, this sort of sums up what I am trying to say! You can agree or disagree but it happens. You can take heed or get knocked out next time you try to shoot!

I pay 20 fijian dollars a month for all of the arts i study in so thats about... 12 dollars US... how much is that in pounds?

Kick their legs out from under them! Boxers need their legs to accumulate power!

HApkido!

Andrew Geen To hit my face you need to be within striking range, and i would also not be standing back. If you were that close inside my punching rangeyou would meet quite a surprise on the way down, my fist coming up! I believe that speed and co ordinated power are the keys to sucess! Whitewarlock That is what i meant, if you aere foolhardy, then i have won!! Do you think that confrontation is physical or mental! I dont stand around or dance around taking "pot shots". Stationary counter striking!! The takedowns are possibly Judo style throws? I could be wrong! i have some grappling back ground so i know whats happening that is my advantage! As for the elbow strike i was refering to leg takedowns! As an example!! I apologise!! Never said that I was a purist, in this day and age that would be Purely Stoopid!! All that Im saying is that striking to anger yopur opponent is good, counterstriking is good, I hate to be grounded so strike as much as you can to cause injury. I kick th hands stomp the feet etc. Hey if my feet can break boards they can break fingers! The momentum will do them in! And as for the slam, Break falls my friend! I train with a commonwealth gold medalist in Judo, and with some wrestlers! Yes it is what you do in the clinch, i agree, but strikebefore all this goes down on the chance that you will KO him! But if we go to ground Im ready!!

Technique 19 of the 18 technique!! RUN AWAY!!

Everything can be used as a weapon!!

In the end the enemy is yourself!!

Well tuff, ihope that works when you let your assailant take a fall, because your muscle memory doesnt allow your leg to sweep back far enough or yor hands to snap forward fast enough, or you cant grab an arm because they are not wearing a do bok!! For your sake and safety please remember technique 19 of the 18 technique!

I am not in the special forces, but our instructors are!! They train in their dojang in the way they believe that will help you survive in the streets. The classes are mainly accountants, students, lawyers etc, we just train hard. Hey man if you cant take the heat......!! People attacking you are unpredictable so it pays to train with the unpredictable. Do you agree??

Learn all you can get your hands on and a s uncle bruce says, absorb what is useful, ignore what is not!! Or something to that effect!!

It would work to help you get out of bear hugs, or grapples if you are on top!!

Not mid fall that would be stupid!! I mean going through one movement than when he thinks i will do it again, i do something different. So i change from the beggining of the technique. If he is paying attention he wont get hurt. It keeps people on their toes, and i would pit my fellow HKD students ability to break fall against anyones. I embrace the pain, I love it!! My class is small made up of the Fiji special forces, so it can be pretty hardcore!!

My example of lewis is only trying to say that kepping someone at bay tiring them, striking their extremities, hands, feet. quick strikes to anger them, their is alot more to a fight than take downs and snaps, or straight knockout punches! If my opponent is angry, than i have already won. I have never believed in "dancing" because you set youself off balance. I like to stand my ground, a shot exposes the top of the head, a well timed elbow could wipe your opponent out. I know you UFC fans and grapplers wont admit it, but grappling is not air tight! Neither is striking for that matter but their are ways to prevent a shot and a grappler is nothing without his shot, or being able to come in close to excecute throws. I also have studied Judo for four years and hapkido so grounding and joint locks and arm/leg bars are also a part of my arsenal, but wearing a grappler down angering him and stinging his ego, then if he takes me to the ground, Im ready for him there as well!!

White Warlock what were your sources for your statement on fiji law! Do you or do you not agree that a person can be killed with a single punch? They could fall and crack their heads for example! So would it not be prudent to prepare for that scenario and take them out before they take you out! I would prefer not to kill, but this thread is about effective moves and kill blows are very effective!

You will never learn this way!! When i feel that a person is getting ahead of my technique, we change it without his knowledge. Sudennly he dives into a left nak baup, and the rest of him goes right! Thats how you learn. Remember equal pqin equal gain!!

Laws in my country state that if you are swung upon and fear for yourself, killing is allowed. Old colonial laws!!

Lennox lewis has not fought a grappler, what i is that he uses his reach to wear his opponents down. Is a shot as effective from outside of kicking range, than from inside.

Strikers have a larger strike zone. If you can pick off you grappling opponent piece by piece than you will win. Lennox Lewis is a good example of this. A grappler cant take his shot if hes out of range!!

strike the throat, kill your enemy. That should take the fight out of him!!

The hapkido we train in, has anything but static opponents. In the begginers range we do all the grab break out, takedown, strike basics. But unless you learn to apply it to, street style attacks, uppercuts, hook punches. You will have a small chance of survival. If you attempt a grab that misses, dont step back and say "Its over now!" If you miss hit him with an elbow technique or Hapki One (my personal favourite) nothing fancy, leave that stuff for Jet Li!!

my training schedule is: Mon 4am Technique practice by the ocean (2 mins away), i alternate these techniques i.e one day for hapkido one day for karate. 5am 10km Run 5-6pm Karate @ dojo 6:30-8pm Hapkido @ hall Tues 4am Technique practice by the ocean (2 mins away), i alternate these techniques i.e one day for hapkido one day for karate. 5am 10km Run 4:30 Sprints @ stadium track 5-7pm Weights and bag work Wed 4am Technique practice by the ocean (2 mins away), i alternate these techniques i.e one day for hapkido one day for karate one daytkd one day judo. 5am 10km Run 5-6pm Karate @ dojo 6:30-8pm Hapkido @ hall Thur 4am Technique practice by the ocean (2 mins away), i alternate these techniques i.e one day for hapkido one day for karate. 5am 10km Run 4:30 Sprints @ national Stadium 5-6pm Karate @ dojo Fri 4am Technique practice by the ocean (2 mins away), i alternate these techniques i.e one day for hapkido one day for karate. 5am 10km Run Sat 4am Technique practice by the ocean (2 mins away), i alternate these techniques i.e one day for hapkido one day for karate. 5am 10km Run Sun Rest