marie curie

One of my instructors had a very good rule on this- Soft weapons for hard targets (eg the face) Hard weapons for soft targets (eg the solar plexus)

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This is how we used to do them in my old Karate system (Seiei Kan)- the style was a little different, but the moves were the same.

I think that Kajukenbo and Kajukenpo are not the same things. Kajukenbo is the Hawaiian one, but doing a google search for Kajukenpo, you can find different schools with different origins.

My training has been 4 years Seiei Kan Karate 2.5 years Judo 1.5 years BJJ 2 years Kajukenbo 1 semester Tae Kwon Do (4 montsh) 1 summer Tai Chi (3 months) 1 summer Kung Fu (3 months)

http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2007/nia-06.htm I thought that this was neat.

I think that this has to do with what arts parents think to suggest and that internal arts are marketed to older people. I did Tai Chi when I was in China for a few months and really enjoyed it... unfortunately I haven't found a group around here that I enjoy as much. Oh, and I'm old now- 24- but wasn't always!

I generally don't spar at home- do you have a safe spot? When I was in high school we did some- well I guess mma-type stuff at home, but that was to entertain ourselves (middle of nowhere WV). It was good times and I'm more comfortable afterwards with my self-defense... but bad habits appear if you are interested in tournament-ness.

Pretty much everyone else in my class besides me has this issue. Some where contacts, but the rest, we teach without their glasses. My fiance (the instructor) can't see more than like 8 inches in front of his face (thick glasses even when extra compressed). He has learned to train without them (as with the rest of our group) when doing any contact anything. I know that in the beginning it's awkward for all of them, but they eventually (about 6 weeks) they are doing just fine. Also, in a true fight, they may easily be knocked off your face and so if you use MA for self-defense, this is a handy skill.

Agreed! It is much easier to do in grappling, because not everyone has pressure points in the exact same place on their bodies. In grappling, if you don't get it, you can often try again.

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Joe beat Melvin in like 25 seconds. Kenny Florian beat his guy.

Mine are black... but they should be red http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/0518_050518_redsports.html

I do a street-fighting method that utilizes take-downs, and while rolling away is all well and good on the mat- in a bar, sidewalk, or, heck, in the woods it isn't going to work nearly as well (stuff gets in the way- uneven ground topography can get you stuck upside-down or sideways. So if you are on a clear even surface- awesome, but otherwise rolling isn't always a great option. I know that in a real fight (not going easy on one another) if I end up going to the ground, I always- every single time- end up taking the attacker with me. It's a better fight from my perspective than him up and me down.

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Welcome evilgenius! I believe that there are a few people here from Australia, who may be able to point you in the right direction. Good luck with finding a place near you.

I agree, a grappling style should compliment your karate, and it is your decision about when to take it, but speaking from experience, arts as different as karate and judo shouldn't get confused in your brain. Cross-training in Shotokan and TKD... now that could play with your brain

Hehe, this was cute- but expected since you had a nice one last year in naming yourself member of the month

In my club, we require students to keep journals that we write up ourselves as far as the techniques and forms go, but in my old system we had... umm... I guess pamphlets (little books) that had all of the requirements and stuff. It was pretty helpful. Maybe, we should make some of those up... Good idea!

Welcome and good luck in your training!

I think that it is it's own martial art. Yes, it is a sport with it's own set of rules, but so is Olympic style TKD, and we generally consider that an art. It does take from a bunch of others, but -as stated above- so do other arts (ie. BJJ came from Judo and was built upon).

Awesome- good job on working your kicks!

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