bushido_man96

That will depend on what it means to each person, or, on what that person intends for it to mean at that particular point in time.

Train for a living? Hell ya, sign me up!

Part of it is going to have to do with the logistics of the situation. If you each have the same or close to the same number of friends around, then the likelyhood of getting kicked by an outsider are less, because you have more people to back each other up. Now, if you wander into uncharted territory where it is one surrounded by 4 or 5, then those checks and balances won't be there.

Ok, that makes sense. I won't begrudge you that.

9-17-10 Side kicks: 15 each leg.

That is what I want my sons to do as well, Joe. Here, we have Kid's Wrestling they can start in at around age 7, and I hope to get them interested in that. At the age I started, being out of shape, it was so hard to get into everything I was learning and applying it, without always being tired. My 4 year old right now abounds with energy, and I think by getting him started early, being conditioned won't be as big a problem for him, and as long as he continues, it will offer him a chance at getting better.

Timecop was missing. I also thougth Timeline would make its way in there. And what about The Time Bandits? Loved that movie as a kid.

Man, love that week 1 win! Offense was pretty scant, aside from a Jamaal Charles breakaway. Cassel only had 68 or 62 passing yards....terrible! They O-line still needs work. But defense is going to be awesome it appears!

Way to go!

The last time I was rolling, I had one of my friends who has done it a lot telling me to relax, and as I did so, I noticed more, and wasn't as worried about getting choked, tapped, etc. That coaching helped out.

It tends to be the pinky knuckle, or the one on the third finger, or both, and I think has more to do with punching so much with gloves on and getting used to not worry about which knuckle contacts. Also, if the punch is in a hooking motion, those knuckles will tend to lag, and make the contact improperly. Its actually called a "Boxer fracture."

You don't need any kind of certification to teach. Having some credentials will be beneficial to your endeavor, though. Being a black belt is a good start. Years of experience will be another factor, etc. As for finding a building to rent at and teach out of, it can be more sticky there. Before a landlord decides to let you teach people how to fight, they might like the idea of you being credentialed in some way, affiliated with an organization, or perhaps insured in some way. Those are all things you need to check with the landlord, and perhaps any local codes or business bureaus.

The PT punishment arguement is one that has been going on for a while. I think the negative aspect of it comes from the more discouraged kids, who aren't good atheltes, who loaf to class, because they hate it and dread it, get there late, and get punished by being forced to do more of what they already hate. What needs to happen, is to get rid of that negative attitude. It usually stems from frustration of not being good, and also from demoralizing comments from those that are talented. I'm not pointing to one or the other, but neither factors help the matter. I'll be the first to admit that I am fairly out of shape. If you saw me, you'd probably not think of me as a Martial Artist. I'm 5'8" or less, and carry right around 250 lbs. This is not a good weight for me, and I know it. I've never been super active, except for a stint from my junior year in high school to my second year at junior college that I lifted more weights, and watched a bit more of what I ate, and got to taking some thyroid pills. I tried to Wrestle my 8th grade year, but I sucked at it, was out of shape, and didn't go back out after that year. Now, I wish I would have. I wish I would have tried out for football, just so I would have been in better shape, making the team be damned! Also, I'm a video game kid. Loved my Nintendo, and still do! Its not good, and I try to make sure I get exercise in. But still, I don't see results at times, and it does get discouraging. But, I keep on, and do what I can, and try to make a better lifestyle. Of course, sleeping all day and working all night doesn't help much, either.

Man, that's too bad. Also last week, on Thursday (9/9/10), we qualified KS C-Post with our new Gen 4 Glocks. I shot ok, scoring 43 out of 50, but I would like to get that number up. 9/16/10 Side kicks: 25 each leg; being at work, a bulk of them were low level.

Well, I'd agree that waiting for anyone to do anything is a bad idea; action is always faster than reaction. So yeah, if you know its a fight, going on the offensive is a good idea. I'd say, punch, and be ready to sprawl, and like was suggested earlier, keep moving.

Its good to see that common sense standards cross various lines of difference.

Wrestling is the 6th most popular school sport in the united states. There are over 9500 sanctioned schools. It's actually quite likely you may come across people with a wrestling background. While you're right about the rankings. I wonder how much there is of a drop off between the big three (baseball, basketball and football) and wrestling. For example, if football got 40% of the athletes, baseball got 35%, basketball got 15%, soccer got 5%, swimming got 4%, and wrestling got 1%. That means that wrestling is the 6th most popular. But it's still only going to get only 1% of the student athletes. There are a lot of multi-sport athletes out there, and many football players can end being Wrestlers, too, like ps1 said, becasue the seasons are at two different times. The drop off in the talent level isn't going to be as big as it might seem. Also, the weight classes of Wrestling effect who does it, too. Not a lot of 115 pounders are playing football, but they can Wrestle. It sounds to me like you had 20 in there with Martial Arts training. Boxing and Wrestling both count, don't they?

So Alex, are you still on track for the NAGA tourney? 9-7-10 Weights: push day: bench, incline, and some dumbells. 9/8/10 Weights: pull day: worked on pull-up exercises, doing assisted and what not. 9/11/10 Did some running today, but it was incremental for the most part. At my daughter's cross country meet, I ran from spot to spot to watch her. 9/15/10 Side kicks today: 25 each leg. I'm going to try to start doing this more often, just to get in the habit of doing something with my schedule being all messed up.

That's going back to living off the "one hit wonder" principle, and its not a good idea. Most Wrestlers are going to be athletic, and will be able to move. They may eat a punch, but they can probably move enough to shunt some of it, too. Also, a Wrestler isn't likely to be standing straight up fight you. They are going to hunker down and work that shot. They'll have their hands up, too, in a ready position. So, they won't just be waiting to get hit, and then work a takedown.

Very cool. It was a nice change from all those screamers out there.

I've read this book, as well. There are some good things in the book, but I felt that his translation of the WTF forms were a bit more stretched than those of Anslow's and the ITF forms. Still, reading it made me think.

Maybe you need to change the way you're sparring then. Start padding up or using props so you can do this type of stuff. You can't really poke someone in the eyes or crush their testicles in drill work either. Drill work's fine but you do need to spar once in a while for the unpredictability factor. Drill work you know what your partner will do, sparring not so much. sensei8's willing uke is also a big problem in drills too. I agree. Sparring is great for the interaction it gives the trainers, along with resistance and reaction. Those things mentioned above couldn't really be drilled safely, sparring or not. Its good to train them in drills, and then in sparring, see and note when those opportunities arise.

That's funny! Good that you could use it as a teaching moment, too.

I'm not sure that the 90% number is right, but I think that more often than not a fight probably does go to the ground, at least one party if not both. If it comes to LEO stats, then I most likely one person does end up on the ground, for cuffing. But, its a special situation, too, and won't happen in all "fights." You can search for all kinds of fight footage on youtube, and start your own study, if you are interested. Then interview people who have been in altercations, and see what you learn. With the advent of MMA, and MMA becoming more mainstream, more and more people who have been exposed to it will likely attempt it in fights, so the stat could start to go up.

Yeah, the Boxing gloves usually had some studs in them. Pretty nasty. I'd heard that the reason the Spartans wouldn't fight in the Pankration was because of the chance of losing...and the effect that would have on their image. I could be wrong, though. As for the comparison of Pankration and UFC, I'd call the MMA the modern Pankration. MMA is basically an evolution of it, and to compare the two, in my eyes, would be like comparing NASCAR of the 50s to NASCAR now.