bushido_man96

I had not head of the "poison hand" before. I would think that as long as you can keep your joints from hyperextending when locking the movements, that any excess speed would not hurt the body. As with anything, proper training is important.

What is important is what fighting actually looks like, when it comes down to it...and I don't mean in competition. It won't always be beautiful and aesthetically pleasing. It will most likely be ugly and brutal.

I agree with this. I don't think that it should be a requirement for an MA school to shape the morals of people. That should already be done. I don't think it is bad to do it, and I don't think they should teach people wrong, and to be pains to society. However, I do think it is over-presented at times.

I agree with Cross here. Many RBSD styles are very well oriented to providing ideas on training in small time frames to become proficient at self-protection. Instead of learning a form, and then applying the moves, just learning applications is quicker.

Did you mean me, Zanshin? Wow, maybe people are getting to know me too well.... However, I do feel very strongly about this statement. With this said, however, different styles can offer different methodologies and approaches to combat, which can be very beneficial. Seeing the same thing presented in a different way can be very eye-opening. I do like the idea of mixing styles, because, as many have said, many styles fail to be all-inclusive. I do think that a stand up style and a grappling style mixed together do a pretty good job of covering all the bases. However, an MMA style, or Pankration, usually cover both. With that said, if another style strikes your fancy, then you should look into it, to see what it offers. I think that there is a lot of truth in this statement. Sometimes, it is good to break out of the box that you may be in, so that you can see how some other styles approach things.

A bit off topic, I saw that Martin has put out 2 new books; Dreamsongs, v. 1 and 2. Know anything about them?

I think, if I understand your question correctly, that the way some of the Olympic TKD stylists train for kicking counters train in the same way. There isn't the ducking and weaving, but there is a lot of footwork involved with various kicking combinations. I have always wanted to spend some time with a knowldegable Boxer. I feel that there is a lot to be learned from this style.

You may want to look into supplementing some plyometric work into your routine. That will help with your explosiveness.

The fact that Lee may have passed on before he was able to spend as much time as he would have liked working with styles like Judo and Wrestling may be part of the answer as well. Perhaps he had just not made it that far yet.

The JKD/MMA link comes from Lee's willingness to take from striking arts, and from grappling arts, realizing that knowing both is beneficial, and makes you a more well-rounded fighter. That is basically it. I think sometimes many people will try to infere far too much more than this. I have had arguments similar to this with others before. Many people think that if a style/system doesn't have some form of philosophy or personal betterment attached to it that it isn't a Martial Art. I just don't find that this is the case. The Art just has different priorities than others.

You are welcome.

If I were to ask the cost question, and then you tried to change the subject, I would suspect that you were jerking me around, and I would probably end the conversation right there. When I ask a question, I like a straight answer, and so do most people. I understand that you don't want to turn them off when it comes to cost, but the fact is that most people are not willing to spend a substantial amount of their budget on something that they may be looking to do for fun and exercise.

Ahhh! Look! Its a baronbvp siting!!!

That is a very nice technical overview of the application, jaedeshi. It just goes to show that many different ideas of fighting have some of the same principles.

Being a Defensive Tactics instructor, I think that Krav Maga will be right up your alley. Your Karate training will mean that your techniques in Krav Maga will already be solid. I think that the Krav Maga training will have more to offer you in the realm of Defensive Tactics than other Martial Arts will, because it is based more on that type of training.

Just keep rolling like you are, and your endurance should get better. I congratulate you, though, because there is no way I could go that long. I would take some time to break some things down with this guy, and work on some situations, and see if that helps you to improve as well.

My brother was out to eat with a friend of his one time, and the waitress asked how he wanted his steak. He replied: "Just run it through a warm room..."Yack!

One thing you may want to ask a new student is what it is they hope to gain from Martial Arts. Then, you can let them know whether or not you can fulfill that need.

Keep in mind that much spirituality has a basis in superstition.

2-12-08 Defensive Tactics: 10:00 - 11:20. We worked on odds and ends today, exploring wrist lock takedowns, block/pass/pin drills, and things like that.

I don't agree here. There are many different ways to absorb the content of Martial Arts. Kata is one way. Applications and drills are another.

I think that science has been around for longer than 100 years. Scientific study has gone on for much longer than this. You just have to take in context with the technology that was available at the time that various discoveries were made. Martial Arts movements are based on scientific movement for the most part. Even the older styles.

Well, I suppose you would have to ask them to find out for sure. Many of the WTF schools have their training based specifically on the Olympic style of competition. However, the ITF is not the same way, and has a different method of sparring. They allow hand contact to the head, if I understand correct. There are more TKD styles out there than you might think there are. My school does not focus on the Olympic training as much. We focus a lot on basics and forms. We do spar, in the Olympic style. Although the WKF is not the topic of this discussion, it does present a good example, because what they are doing now is what the WTF did to get into the Olympics. It is true that they may not get in, but if TKD ever gets dropped, it opens the door for someone else to move in. You could look up the rules and regulations for WKF competition; I have seen a link somewhere before. There was also a thread in the Karate Forum discussing it, and some of the posts addressed the differences in the way the forms are done. It could be done.

I think that what Norris is trying to do with the WCL is bring back what he and the dream team of the '60s - '70s competed in, as far as rules go. It was really America's first experiment in the full contact venue, and I think he is bringing it back, because he enjoyed it so much.

I think I remember having a discussion about Shaolin Kempo Karate on another forum, and it was kind of weird because Shaolin Kempo would denote a Chinese derivation, where as Karate is Japanese/Okinawan. The name seems to be an oxymoron. However, that doesn't mean that you won't receive good training at the school.