bushido_man96

Welcome! Kind of like the system I am used to.

Didn't really mean it that way.... I am told that I "carry it well"...being let down easy.

I think BJJ is a very sport oriented style of jujitsu. There is the Abu Dabi Combat arts club that has the world's largest submission grappling tournament every year, and BJJ is a huge part of it. As a matter of fact, I think some rank advancements in BJJ are based off of competition participation.

Yes, that is great!

Oh, come on now....would you feel good about it then? Would you feel like you earned it?

He was also in a movie called Black Eagle. He was a bad guy, and the movie was terrible.

Can't wait to see it.

How about They Call Me Bruce, and They Still Call Me Bruce? Street Fighter pretty much ended Van Damme's career.

what style does Jason study ? Interesting question. I recently did some more research on Statham, and it appears he's had a mixture of training, but in his words, he's "never achieved rank." He's pretty vague on his MA background in interviews, but it seems he has studied TKD. He was an Olympic diver in '92, so that is likely where he gets much of his athleticism. Respectfully, Sohan That's cool of Statham. Imagine that, a martial arts star that won't brag! I like him, too, and can't wait to see Crank. As for my favorites, Best of the Best 1 and 2 are good, 1 being better. The Last Dragon and Only the Strong both have special places in my heart, as well. Enter the Dragon is probably my all time favorite, though.

This is all good info. I often wondered why he wasn't seen much after Enter the Dragon. Maybe he'll bring one of his schools to my hometown!

General Choi's encyclopedia doesn't offer much information on the meaning or translation of the forms, just the layout and moves. There may be a book on the subject; I'll be the guinea pig, and just buy the book! (like I need an excuse to buy more books!)

Thanks, Myth. What kind of pad drills do you do, and what kind of system do you spar with? Feel free to elaborate as much as you like!

Good luck! Advise on sparring would be easier to give if you give us some information on your sparring system. But, in general, don't go crazy and wear yourself out. You will probably be nervous, so do some breathing and try to relax yourself. Try to feel out your opponent by doing some stomps, or by throwing a kick or strike, and remembering how they react to it. This info will help you to set them up and counter their attacks. Hope this helps!

I don't think flipping on the street is a wise idea.

270 lbs, bench press, 1 time.

Welcome to the forums, timje_2005! Hope your training goes well. You have some good advise given in the above posts.

Thanks for the description, and the web site!

I don't like to slam any style, because I feel that they all have good things to offer. It does seem like certain arts tend to get the bad wrap, though.

Geez, Sohan, what were you thinking!!?? Attacking in a way they could not defend. The nerve.... That's good stuff!

Hit "upcoming event's" the flyers there with pricing. Looks like $165 a day, or 3 day seminar $395 without accomidations $585 with accomidations. I used to be stationed very close to there, that resort is really nice, or used to be. WOW!!! Lots of money! Can't do it, even if it was close!

That I would pay to see You know, one of the female black belts in my class set me up like that once. She said: "I think you should toss Mr. Walker around for the demo, doing self defense!" What's the deal? Nobody likes me!!!! Just kidding! it's so cool to toss a 200lbs guy , boooooomb...............booooooooomb I'm 245......

Wow, that would be one heck of an opportunity! Didn't see a price, though. What do you suppose the tag is on it??

This is good practice! I was doing a knee, then kick drill in our children's kicking class a couple of weeks ago. It is good to build speed for the chamber, and getting the feel for kneeing a target.

It is kind of funny that you mention this, because kara-te used to mean China Hand, until the Japanese changed the idiogram(??) to make it mean empty hand, to try to break its ties to China, and make it Japan's own, which is kind of what TKD has done with Shotokan! Wow, the soap opera of the martial arts! We took that one full circle, didn't we?

Hello there, and welcome to KF!