bushido_man96

You are right on here. You also have to consider if the person you are fighting is inebriated in some form or another. If guys that are hyped up on PCP keep coming after LEOs after they have shot them 15 times, there is no point in trying to use a pressure point stike on them.

Thanks for the explanation, ps1. I need to get that book; it sounds like a very informative read.

That would be great! I don't see traveling to Ausie in my immediate future, though.

I can relate to this. I wish I would have taken care of things more when I was younger. It would have helped me, for sure. I am not saying that it is a good thing to fight, but when you have to do it, you have to. There is no going half-way. The way you have described yourself, you kind of remind me of my dad. He has those attributes. My other brothers have them, too. I, on the other hand, have to work at it a little bit more. My dad told me once when he was an LEO in a small town about an incident like you had a gunpoint. He talked the guy down. It is tough to think that he very well could not be around today because of someone like that. I model a lot of things about myself after him. I can't be him, but I try, and am still trying. It is a constant body of work. Kudos to you, and how you handled that situation.

I would like to train in Kyokushin, or a derivative thereof, and BJJ. I do TKD now, along with some Combat Hapkido and a bit of DT. I think that Kyokushin and TKD would be very similar, and I would like the tougher aspect of the fighting. As for the BJJ, I would want it to learn the ground game. Judo would be great as well, to work on the throwing.

Hmm, more interesting.

Just treat him like another friend of yours, who is seeking your knowledge. Be a friend, and if you have to line something out, do so.

Welcome aboard!

Welcome to the Forums!

The ony tourneys I have attended have been TKD tourneys, so now throwing or grappling was allowed. I just do the Hapkido along with it.

I am not saying that they aren't supposed to prepare someone. However, most classes can only prepare someone physically. In order to prepare for how you will react in violence, you have to generate a violent environment in some limited form. ...And I have never been taught by a 12 year old...

I have a younger brother who is quite large, and trying to do wrist locks on him is like trying to tackle an oak tree with a shoulder butt. In the end, you just get hurt.

Did you have a throwdown over a Big Mac?Just kidding...

I wanted to put this question to those who have worked with one or both of these styles. From what I have seen with these styles, it seems that Wrestling can be very aggressive, and perhaps from the going after the pin mentality. It also seems that BJJers tend to be able to relax more, and show that they can work from their back, and let things come to them. In reading things about Helio Gracie's training, he liked to be more defensive it seemed, laying back, and letting his opponent wear down, and countering on what he was given. Are these just generalizations I am making (I try not to do that), and it is really based on the person's style when they fight? Or do these styles lend themselves to be more easily offesnive (Wreslting) and defesnive (BJJ)?

The problem that you run into here is that you have to instructors that have similar, yet very technical differences in the way they execute things, and that is where the problem comes from, I think. It shouldn't be a big deal, but some make it so. You don't have to worry about a Judo instructor trying to change your side kicks.

I was familiar with the term Catch-as-catch-can Wrestling. I wonder where that name came from. I don't think I had heard the Lancashire name, though.

How many are there?

I have never heard of it referred to as staking, but that name makes sense. I think that stance practice can be beneficial, but 45 minutes in one stance seems a bit overkill.

Thank you. I have posted in it over yonder already.

The more MA experience that someone has, the easier it is to pull this off. That is what helps me and my friend out when we watch videos.

Just because someone still has some fears doesn't necessarily make it the fault of the style they are studying. It is very difficult to address the fear factor when you don't ever practice while you are afraid. There aren't a lot of styles that offer this kind of environment.

I like Noye, too. But, like every character that I get attached to, Martin just......

Cool... ...I'll go with that.

2-21-08 Traditional TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00. In tonight's class, we spent a lot of time in stances it seemed like. My legs got tired, and I found myself breaking the stances from time to time. I try to push myself to hold the stances, but I guess I need more work. We did some sparring, but I didn't get to spar with any high ranks. One of the 2nd degrees said that he wanted to start taking the contact up a notch, to prepare for tourneys, and I told him that I thought it was a good idea.

I like the gold embroidery on my belt. I have seen the red, but didn't like it as much. The gold shows up nicely.