bushido_man96

Not my post. In fact, this is the first post I've had on this topic AAAAHH!!!! My bad, kudos to DokterVet! Sorry!

I am sure that there are some schools that do that. The school that I attend is not one of any of the organizations that you mention, but we do WTF style sparring. This site may interest you: https://www.raynerslanetkd.com

I am curious as to how you do your controlled testing. It seems to me that there are so many "fad" styles that come around every so many years that are used for some agency or governmental department usage. There really aren't that many fighting secrets out there. What it really boils down to is training methodologies. I don't see how it could be much different than other RBSD systems.

more reps? that's chi training don't you know.... I really don't think it is. I have never done any formal "chi" training, and I never really plan to (meditation, etc.).

This is a nice quote. Very well put.

It is like a bragging right, kind of. It shows that you do something different than anyone else, and these are the results of your unique training. I especially like to show off the ones I get when weapons fighting.

That is nuts. I am surprised that guys like that don't get cracked down on more. There is no way I could feel good about telling my own students to do that.

Agreed. Although I did think that the way they went around to different "styles," trying to hodge-podge techniques together, was kind of corny, they still did a good job.

I thought it went well, and I hope it does stick. Yeah, next weeks is in the Phillipenes. I think it will be great.

I am not surprised to hear this. It is why so few end up making it really big. I wonder if they could work on careers in MMA, though, after, say, 10 or 15 years of Thai training? Or do you think they are just too broken down?

I disagree with this and think it is a cop-out. I earned a black belt and trained in karate for over 8 years. At least 90% of our time was spent training techniques that are compeltely legal in the ring. Every once in a while someone would mention an eye-gauge or something, but most classes were punches, kicks, blocks, backfists, hammerfists, shutos, haitos, nukites, some takedowns, etc. Almost all of it is legal in MMA. Additionally, the illegal techniques that we did learn were not trained with full resistance, and full contact competition has shown that martial techniques not trained with full motion and resistence are almost never successfully applied against a real resisting opponent. Finally, consider this: if the reason for karate's lack of success in the ring is because some of its techniques are outlawed, then if a particular karateka decided to spend 100% of his training time training the ring-legal karate techniques (using karate's training methods) wouldn't he be just as good at fighting in the ring as an MMAist who trains 100% in MMA's ring-legal techniques? So why hasn't that happened? You make a good point, Bearich. I have another point to make: What about all of those Karate tournaments that took place in the 60s, 70s, and still today? If you can train your Karate for these tournaments, which have a bulk of MMA-ring legal moves, then why not take up some ground fighting, and make the transition?

Doing Martial Arts to try to lose weight is a great idea. There are many people who take up MA styles in order to try to improve their lifestyles. It is important to remember, though, that an overweight person might not be able to push and work at the same levels of the moderately fit, or the very fit. Working at a pace that gets the heart rate elevated for a period of around 20 minutes is good, but it is important not to get it too high; so high the body can't handle it.

You may want to alter your workout so that you aren't doing quite so much, that way you have time to do the other stuff. You don't want to end up overtraining.

What you could do is use a clapper target pad to work on your round kicks, instead of the makiwara. It won't toughen your feet, but I don't really think that toughening them is all that necessary. It will help with targeting, though.

That is the same impression that I have when talking in class. I like it when people seem interested in what I am saying, and I draw towards them more, because they want to learn.

That is something that we do not worry about in our school. If your technique doesn't work or look right, then you need more reps.

That is a good observation. Martial Arts don't only come from the East; fighting styles have existed in all corners of the world, with different cultural and philosophical aspects. Different cultures show respect in different ways; bows, hugs, kiss on the cheeks, hand shakes, etc. It just depends on where you are. I don't think Thai fighters bow to each other, do they?

I had not heard of him before, but the Chinese styles are not my specialty, either. I do read quite a bit, and don't recognize his name, though.

That is too bad. This is going to be an issue for the MMAs now for years to come, I think, just like with any other professional sport. However, it is important not to base the integrity of the sport off of the poor judgements made by a few individuals. There are still good people in the sport.

RIP. It is too bad he passed as early as he did.

I caught the first episode of this new series on The History Channel tonight. It really wasn't all that bad. This episode is on Muay Thai. Essentially, what these guys do is go to the country, learn some history behind the fighting style, do some training, and then, one of them climbs into the ring to fight in the style. Although I think that they tried to do their training in a round-about way, what they encountered was interesting to listen to, and the history was fun, as well. Did anyone else see it?

As mentioned above, it probably isn't anything to worry about.

I had heard the same things about sit-ups. I have always preferred crunches, because I feel like they concentrate the abs more. I get a better burn out of it.

It may be a tactic he is using to make sure you pay attention. Watch him more in the next class, and see if he does so with anyone else. If you are making eye contact with him, and no one else does, this may draw him to make eye contact with you.

Eh? Why is it a problem? Why should they adopt the traditions of east Asia for their sport? I've seen guys shake hands of hug each other after a fight to show mutual support. I really don't see why they should have to bow.I agree with Elky here. The bowing aspect is an Eastern cultural adaptation that we have continued to use in the West. Do you think the Greeks bowed to each other before entering the Pankration? Or their Boxing matches? Or their Wrestling matches? I don't think that they did. Fighting and the Martial Arts are not unique to the East. Just about every civilazation that ever existed had some form of fighting that they used to train their armies, warriors, etc.