bushido_man96

That is what I thought you meant, but I just wanted to clarify.

Excellent post, ninjer. I had read about Maeda in some of the BJJ books that I have, and I enjoy the history behind it. Thanks a lot!

I understand the point that you are making, ninjer, and it is very good advise. Learning the different striking arts can be great, if you like to study the differences between each of the arts. Sure, you will gain a few little things here and there; the nuances of each of the styles. However, when it comes to gaining knowledge in other ranges of combat, i.e., striking, clinching, and grappling, branching into another art that focuses on these aspects will benefit you more.

I see. Thanks for sharing, ninjer.

Those are some very interesting comments, Greg, with some good points. I do think that Combat Training is essential, and the two could share time in a structured class setting. Thanks for sharing.

Well, the Chiefs have traded Dante Hall to the Rams for a 5th round pick. They say that by making this move, they have gotten back to having 7 picks in the draft. If they get the Trent Green deal to go with Miami, then they could end up with 2 more picks, which would be grand. They need to fill in some holes on the Offensive line, and I hope that they address this in the Draft. If they could get a highly touted OL on the first day, I think that would be great.

Does anyone own or have access to train on these bags? I have one of the older model Wavemaster standing bags, but I have not had the opportunity to train on these newer ones. They look like they would be better for working lower line kicks, like the Thai round kick. Is this the case, in anyone else's experiences? Are they worth trading up to?

Some of the sticking hands stuff that they are doing I am not too sure about. Some of it seems exagerated. However, this is not an area that I know that much about, so I could be missing something.

Well done!

You are very welcome! Let us know what you find out, and how the training goes.

You mean there's life outside martial arts? Ah, there is, just a little bit!

Do bok is the Korean word for Gi.

Even if you are comfortable fighting on the ground, how long do you want to be there if your opponent has some friends showing up to help him out?

Good point, and I hope most people would share your sentiment. But I have met people who thought some of their stuff was appropriate for the street. Yikes, that would be ugly, quick, I think. Simple is better, in the street.

Ah, you mean the Muye Dobo Tongi? I have a copy of it at home, and I rather enjoyed reading it. The prints in it are very interesting as well.

I don't think you will be disappointed. I enjoyed the book very much, and I think you can learn a lot from it.

I would like to know more about them as well. I have one book on Tang Soo Do, and would like to get more; I just don't know where to look for sure.

I don't get that channel, so I don't ever get to see them. I would love to, though.

This is where I think we have to be careful when it comes to bunkai, and self-defense training in general. If you get overloaded with solutions, then you can get trapped into trying to think of which one you should do, whereas if you know fewer, and can apply them to different moves across the board, it can serve you better, because they will be easier to recall.

This is how I see it. Its purpose? Not for sure...just technique work, I would say. I am sure that you could find a scenario in self-defense where you could end up in this position, but I think it would be few and far between. Something you can gain from the technique is the drop of the body weight into to punch by dropping into the stance at the point of execution. I think that you could get this punching into a front stance as well.

That is a very enlightening post, ninjer, and I agree with some of the points that you make. This, I agree with. The combinations work to set up the opponent, and you transition from one to the next until you get one that you can stick. I have read about this as well, and I think it is one of the interesting aspects of ground fighting (although I don't get to do it much). In the article, there is mention of transitioning from one move to another if the first doesn't take, like you mention as well. I don't really think that the article is trying to break them up, just describe the three of them. John Machado contributed to the article....but I don't know much about him, other than sharing the name of Machado. When you say this here, do you mean they are not executed properly, or that they just aren't executed completely?

What it really comes down to is what the practitioner is training for. Most Judoka are training for their sport, while BJJers are training for theirs. I also firmly believe that if you give each of them some time, they can alter their game to be more balanced. I have heard many times that BJJ contains the entire Judo curriculum, and I believe this to be true. The thing is that each one has a different focus. BJJers work on the ground a lot more, trying to force a submission or choke. The Judokas work to throw for points, and then pin the arm, if I remember right. I honestly think that BJJ is what Judo has evolved into. Jigoro Kano studied Jiu-jitsu, and then stripped it down a bit to make the training methodology that he did for Judo. Now, the BJJ masters of Brazil have taken the Judo (or Jiu-jitsu) methodologies, and brought them into their own training methodologies, effectively forming a visible family tree of these three arts. If you think about it, we really got to see the evolution of an art form, and I think it is really cool to see.

I think that Kendo is the sword art you are thinking of.

I need to get something set up like that. That would be great. How many hours a day did he teach? I think he taught twice during the week and then again saturday morning. Figure 3 classes each night during the week, (kids, lower ranks, higher ranks) 1 hour each. Then the saturday class was intended for all instructors to be there from about 10-12 if I remember correctly Ah, thanks for sharing. I thought that maybe he taught something like 5 days a week. But, 3 classes per night, 3 nights a week could be a good set-up as well. Did he work any other jobs, as well?

I think you are right, ps1. In most Korean styles that use the red belt, it tends to be the belt before black (at least, in my experience).