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That is a good point. I didn't even think of that. I'd love to do that but our sparring guidelines don't allow us to grab in tournaments. We can grab to deflect, but not grab to hold. One little 'trick' that you could try is that when you block a kick, you sweep the technique away with your hand, and 'hook' the leg with your hand as you finish the block. This will give you a split-second hold on the leg, and also pull them off balance, which will help to facilitate the sweep. Give it a try, if you get to feeling froggy!

I am beginning to do more of it in class as well, to prepare myself for testing. In our kicking class on Wednesdays, we do a lot of paddle kicking and bag work with partners, and I really feel like I get a good workout with more freedom of movement, so to speak. I do feel that these drills will transfer to sparring more readily than to forms and one-steps.

I think that it can work, but you cannot always assume that you block, then punch. You may block, but there may be another attack coming right in behind, and you haven't got to punch yet. Besides that, you have to practice the block and counter in a resisting situation, in which the scenario evolves as you go on.

I feel that wrist grab defenses are usually used to train a sense of feeling how to move against the grip, and translates later on to other things. Nearly all martial styles have some sort of 'escape from wrist grab' techniques, but how many of them actually get used? Like you mentioned, bearich, more than likely you would just strike with your other hand. That is one thing that I liked about the Combat Hapkido that I did--every self-defense technique, whether a wrist grab, lapel grab, or choke, always begins with a distraction technique, in which you strike the attacker to get their minds off of think about holding you.

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Very nice article. There are some things I see that vary from my experiences, but overall, I thought it was a very nice and informative article.

Because he was a little thinner, and you don't see his name in the cast anywhere. You have to look past the long hair, and try to age his face a little.

Just found out today, that our cable company picked up the NFL Network. Now, I have football, 24/7, even during off-season!!! My wife, however, does not echo my enthusiasm so much.

Well, the comment was directed to the martial arts in general.

Yes, the show did not run very long. Samo Hung is his real name. He has directed several of Jackie Chan's movies as well. If you have seen Enter the Dragon, he is the chubby guy that Bruce is fighting at the beginning of the movie, the one who does the back hands springs.

From what I saw, the Pride fighters have pretty much the same training focus.

I had heard that he was born in Korea. I would not have recognized the name, though.

I thought that Shotokan meant 'house of pine waves.'

14 events held at every modern day Olympic games: 100-, 400-, 800-, and 1500-meter races, the marathon, 110 m. hurdles, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus, 1500 m. freestyle swimming, and individual saber. Taken from By the Sword, written by Richard Cohen. Oh. sorry my bad. I need to check my sources.Thanks No problem!

Congrats!

Double grading is kind of a nice courtesy by the instructors who recognize that you have prior experience, and are willing to get you to the rank equivialent of their style.

I have done punching sets with weights in hand in the past as well, and I really liked the results that I got.

This is another stumper for me. I have not heard of the Chil Sungs. Can you give some information on them as well? What system are you in? Thanks!

I am not familiar with the Pyung Ahns. What are they like, and where do they come from?

I see your points, bearich. When I see any self-defense listed in any book, I take it with a grain of salt. Besides, you can play the "what if" game with just about any scenario.

It's no bonus- I'm a newbie girl whos 6' and I keep getting the heck rattled out of me by a 5'2" red belt who says stuff like " it's like david and goliath" then lets loose. I nearly didn't go back cos of her. Just stay with it. Don't let anyone discourage you. You will be just fine. Welcome to the forums!

You are correct, I think. These forms were designed after the General had introduced his forms systems. General Choi founded the ITF, and shortly afterwards, when the Korean peninsula split into North and South, I think, if I remember right, that Gen. Choi was loyal to North Korea. Therefore, there was a scramble in the South to make a style to counter the Northern TKD, and thus the KTA and WTF were born. They designed new forms to totally seperate themselves from the ITF, which Gen. Choi ended up basing in Canada, I think. Also, the WTF made the bigger push to get to the olympics as well, and that is why the WTF is so popular today. In a nutshell! The sine wave movement is ok to use, just as long as it is not over-exaggerated.

That is a good point. I didn't even think of that.

Just noticed that one too. Can you bookmark anything else??? I have 132 bookmarks. Eight are non-MA. I'm improving! Yeah, good start!

This is correct. However, as it has been mentioned BJJ's focus is primarily on ground work. Some of the self-defense this book shows for standing defense applications will either get you killed in an actual fight or are just plain stupid. I would rely on your judo training for the stand up aspect instead. There is a more self-defense related book out there, called Brazilian JuiJitsu Self-Defense Techniques, written by Charles and Royce Gracie. Are you thinking of this book?