bushido_man96

Best of luck to you! Let us know how it goes!

I think that the idea of mushin, or "no-mind," gets kind of obscured at times. In order to use stragegy, you have to be able to think and react. The idea of training something to the point that it becomes reflexive is relative to the mushin idea. However, when things change, it will cause you to think of how to react to it.

Good point. However, defending against a grab would be different than defending against a tackle or a takedown. If I get grabbed, I would try to punch away, I think. If I got tackled, then it would be time to roll.

Good post, Glockmeister. I never thought to look at it that deep. I agree. As I said in the initial post, I found the definition while reading an article. It can definitely be expanded, but the concepts listed really hit towards the point, I think.

These are all very good points. It is important that we learn to protect ourselves not only physically, but privately as well. I was thinking of this as well. Sometimes, it is good to get out of the controlled dojo environment that we are all used to, and get on the street, in different buildings, walking up stairs, being in elevators, and all kinds of different things.

I agree completely, Lordtarial. I think this is an important issue to talk about, and I know that I have never been in this situation. I think it would be a great idea to have a police officer come to a dojo and discuss this issue, and then allow practitioners to ask questions about fighting in general. I may address this issue with one of our black belts, who is also a Police officer here.

Fearless was his last 'martial arts epic.' He will still do other work.

Thanks for sharing the vids. How many fights has your friend had? Does he have a lot of ring experience? It also didn't look like he kicked too much, or felt comfortable kicking. Just from what I noticed.

I think the second movie you mentioned is called By the Sword, I think, and starred Eric Roberts. I have seen it, and enjoyed it. The first one I don't recognize. I hope this helped!

Is it kind of like an XMA team making movies?

Generally, the anaerobic system can be trained by using high intesity, short duration exercises. Things like burpees, running hills, and sprints are popular ways to train anaerobic capacity.

I think you hold the medicine ball, go down to the squat position, but the ball down, then do the thrust and the push up, then grab the ball, stand and jump up with it, and then start all over. It adds resistance, and another action, so why not?

I don't know about this one. I know Mic said..."women weaken legs!"

That's a bummer, baron. Is there anything you can do for that condition? Like, surgery, or anything? It may be worth it if you could.

I'm the same way. I don't think I've ever forced myself to go to a class and then not blown off whatever stress, fatigue, hang ups, etc while in class. This is a good point. I have never felt bad after a class.

The Samurai class began to incorporate some of the Buddist teachings into their training because they admired some of the mental and spiritual aspects of the training. Buddists didn't become samurai, the samurai became Buddists.

I guess I now study both TKD and Hapkido.

I have heard of the style, but have not been exposed to it yet. Does it include a lot of weapons work, or is that at the higher levels?

I think keeping the hands up while kicking is important as well. Use this illustration to get the technique down, and then once you feel comfortable with it, work on doing the kick with your hands up. Once you learn it, you can adapt it.

If you watch the feet too much, you can get faked out. I like to focus right around in the shoulders/chest area, and use my peripheral vision to guage what is coming in.

I agree with baron. I think that you would benefit greatly from the training aspects of kickboxing. Also, depending on the rule sets, they may not incorporate elbows and knees. If it is more of a 'western style' of kickboxing, it may primarily be punching and kicking. I don't think the training will hurt you as much as the compeitions would, but that is a guess.

Why do you say this?

I am glad to hear that you had a good time. It is very important to enjoy yourself when you go to tournaments. Getting the experience is important as well. Now, you should have some ideas of what to work on in order to make your next trip more fun.

Sometimes, I think being angry can help. It can be a very driving force.

I began viewing it, and I like what I see. I don't when I'll be able to watch all of it, but I like the progressions and the training methodologies behind it. I also like the use of kali and the western weapon arts.