bushido_man96

Wow! What an animal! I don't think I would want you tossing me around!

That sounds like an awesome schedule. Enjoy yourself!

Doesn't martial arts fit under that umbrella? This brings up an interesting point. More or less, you have probably kicked up a hornet's nest! But, hey! That's alright! Many of our modern MAs have a form of sport competiton, in which we like to compete. TKD is a prime example. There are also Karate tournaments, ranging from the WKF to the Kyokushin styles. However, this is but one aspect of these styles, because most of these also have the regular class training, which usually includes self-defense training, in which there "are no rules." Now, there are also some Martial Arts, like Boxing, that have fewer Martial applications, but you can bet that more Boxers are hitting more, and harder, in their Boxing classes than most other stylists are when doing their basics and free sparring. It just depends on the focus of the style.

NEKyosa makes a good point about working on seeing the openings. I still don't see them all. What you should look for is when an opponent throws a technqiue, something is available; maybe the ribs or abdomen, maybe the head. The next thing is thinking about how to get a technqiue there. Your one-step sparring should be helping you to do this. As you do the one-steps, also look for other techniques you could use to counter with. This will help you see things as well. As for sparring, use your offense to set up things. If you kick to their head, they have to block or get hit. If they block, use it as a setup to attack the body. Eventually, you will get better at this. Throwdown is right about thinking positive about yourself as well. Even when you have a bad class, you need to take something positive away from it. I try to do that by logging my class times in the Health, Training, and Fitness forum. If you can reflect back, it helps you move forward. Keep your head up, and keep plugging away!

I think that one should be able to apply submissions from any of the positions, but it is hard to agrue that being mounted on someone is far better than being in the guard.

I would guess you don't see the scarf hold as much because in MMA, they don't wear clothes. Otherwise, you are just holding on to their neck, and working for a choke, I guess.

I guess that sums it up! Thanks.

That could be right. Every style has their own little nuances on technqiues. But you are right, seionage is seionage, no matter what language or culture. It may have a different name, but that is cultural/language based.

Western civilazations have been fighting for as many centuries as most Eastern civilazations, and they have really not ever used any form of pre-combat meditation. If you like it, and think it helps, then I think that is great. I don't really think it gives a combat edge, though.

I dissagree. You should use the technique as quickly and fluently without pulling back. If size and strength become an issue, I think you're not good enough at the technique. I don't agree. I have a brother who outweighs me by 2 times. I have tried to grab his arm, and apply a wrist lock. It doesn't happen. It has nothing to do with my skill level. I am not saying that it wouldn't work if applied in the proper scenario, but you have to have a good scenario. Personally, I prefer distraction techniques, or what I would rather call "diminishing" techniques, to soften up the opponent prior to applying a wrist or other manipulation technique.

I agree with this statement. Jigoro Kano was very much against challenge matches, and did not want any of his students fighting in them. When Maeda went to Brazil, and began teaching his style to the Gracies, he called Jujitsu as opposed to Judo, because he knew that Kano did not like his students to enter challenge matches, and therefore called his style Jujitsu instead of Judo. Had this not been the case, then perhaps we would all be witnesses to the rise of Brazilian Judo as opposed to BJJ. As for the neck break, I think the only break you are going to get is by attacking the vertebrae directly, and even then, you will have to most likely support the head, to keep it from moving.

I was going to mention that I thought you were only doing Kuk Sool Won besides your Cannon Style, and I was wondering if the Isshinryu was a new addition for you. How do you like it so far? Does it offer more of what you have been looking for? Just for the record, how many forms are there in the style, at least that you know of?

Hmm, that is an interesting idea. I guess most of Judo's techniques don't mean much unless you are in contact with the opponent. Aikido does do a lot of techniques that entail incoming strikes.

So, do you have some drills to go along with those lists of techniques?

3-10-08 Chest/triceps Bench press: 155x10, 185x8, 225x3 Incline bench press: 135x10, 145x6, 165x2 Dip machine: 215x10, 8, 6 Back Back hyperextensions: 3x10 Abs Decline crunches: 3x12 Medicine ball crunches: 3x10 followed by 3x10 tosses and catches. Used 20 lb. ball. Hanging leg raises: I played around with these. I lifted my legs up as high as I could, and then my instructor would raise them up higher for me, and I would try to resist them from lowering. I only did 3 or 4, and it was nasty! Cardio: Schwinn spinner for 10 minutes, and then a recumbant bike for 10 minutes. Combat Hapkido: 10:15 - 12:00. We worked on the green and purple belt curriculum. We learned quite a bit, and worked on some good finishes. TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00. Class was rough today. I didn't feel that great as far as my technique went. In sparring, I did ok, but felt that I could have done better.

I have heard that a Pankration fighter from a long long time ago used to break his opponents fingers in the beginning of the match, and then finish them off, and he was undefeated because of that. Yes, I have read about him as well. There are several old stories about the early Pankration events. Those guys were tough. There was a story about one Boxer who refused to block or parry any attacks, because he felt it was unmanly. His face must have been a mangled, gnarled mess!

I have never seen one of those notches wear out. That shouldn't be a problem for you.

However, the guy can be twice your size, but as long as you have trained the proper muscles, as ps1 has pointed out, then you would have an advantage of specialized training.

I would like to take Pankration for the clinch work, ground work, and takedowns. I think you will find a healthy amount of these in the style.

I see Martial Arts as something that can have a sports side to it.

I do believe Krav Maga and Systema have practice scenarios for it.

I am not so sure it is good for kids to get knocked out like that, though.

That is true, but you need to keep the knife from cutting you first. If you can debilitate the attacker, then you may accomplish that goal. However, you want to keep that knife from moving too much, I think.

So, are you saying that in 32 one hour sessions of Isshinryu, you can obtain black belt status?

You can train your minds in ways other than meditation.