bushido_man96

I would like to see a tournament format back for the UFC again. It was great then. The weight classes are ok, but they could go, too. When the UFC started, it was a fight, it seemed. Now, it has a few rules that make it more sport than fight. It is very close to fighting, but bring back groin kicks and head butts, and let them go. Just a note, I think that the Gracie familiy now realizes how the UFC has evolved, and they should respect that.

I understand what you are saying. I have been with my current instructor for 5 years now (I think ). He is a slender, lanky guy, with great flexibility. I am a short, stocky, heavy guy with good flexibility and speed for my size, but lack the height. I study TKD, in which height can be a major advantage. So, when my instructor teaches, I have to adapt tall guy strategies and principles to short guy, or I have to study my body and movements, and come up with my own way around. This is how we all make each of our arts our own. Now, should I ditch my instructor, just because he is tall? No way! He is an excellent instructor, and has helped me to adapt somewhat to fighting taller people than me, which usually includes everybody. Now, when I perhaps have my own school, I can take with me what he has taught as being able to fight tall, how tall guys fight tall guys, how the fight short guys, and my knowledge of how short guys should fight tall guys. So, I have learned so much, and even though I have my own way, I can still help the tall guys to find their way as well. Maybe a little long winded, but does that make sense?

If the judo school is focused on Olympic training, then what they teach may be limited to what scores in tournament play, whereas the BJJ schools are almost always training towards MMA fighting venues. If you are looking to be more well-rounded, in this instance, BJJ may be the way to go. But, check out both schools, just to see which will offer what you like. Good luck in your training.

Congrats, Sohan!!

Elliptical machine by far...it doesn't hurt my knees.

A child is from it's mother..that does not mean it IS it's mother. being FROM somethign and BEING somethign are alightly different. Fighting is fighting, plain and simple. All is one, and everything is nothing. I guess... (I feel Zen like.... )

Stooping to that guy's level will probably not be beneficial in any way.

When I moved from one style of TKD to another, I had to start over. I have now been promoted to 2nd degree twice. You may have to do the same. My condolences on your loss.

I would just ignore the kid. Tell him/her courtiously that you are focusing on your practice, and would talk after class or something. If the problem continues, talk with the head instructor.

This is very true, and the same can be said for wrestling.

Absolutely right!!

I was wondering, could you tell me who GM Hwang Kee had for an instructor, and how he learned his orginal style?

That is a very nice and very informative explanation, Andrew_Patton. You are right about all of the arts limiting themselves because of competition. I do have Kano's book, and I love it. Me and my brother began practicing the throws at one point, and we had a blast. I would love to be able to learn the art as a whole. As far as BJJ is concerned, since the advent of the UFC's, everyone thinks it is the end-all, be-all of ground fighting systems. It is important for people to realize that these other styles encompass much of the same concepts.

That is intersting that Judo has so much, but limits itself so much because of competition. Andrew_Patton, do you still work the other stuff in your classes, or just the point stuff?

Did you check out some of the links off of that article? There is some more interesting stuff there, including tournaments and demonstrations that he performed, and that he was going to perform in front of the Prince of Wales, but had a bike accident.

That is a very interesting article. It shows kind of a halfway point between the martial arts of 14th through the 16th centuries and the martial arts of today. What he did may have been revolutionary at the time, but before him various masters-at-arms were training troops in hands, feet, wrestling, and weapons. As far as how things would be different, I don't know. People worked a lot more hours then, and may not have had time to do it. It would have been more for the upper class to attend, and most of them probably spent time boxing or fencing.

I have studied in the ICHF curriculum for a while. Haven't done much lately, but I have some friends and classmates that I can practice with. If you want to bounce some ideas around, shoot. I'll do my best. However, you do outrank me.

In the book, the sliding up and down the weapon was used to facilitate thrusting. And the main reason it was assumed to be a weapon to counter the sword was because the sword was the most poplular weapon amongst the warrior class at the time. It would be interesting to train jo against bo.

Here are some great web sites on medieval martial arts: https://www.thearma.org https://www.aemma.org I think you will be impresses with the intricacies involved in learning these systems. I wish I had a place near by to really hit some classes.

Wow!! Kata without bunkai is just dance. One steps are important, but they are not everything. The heart of Karate exists in the Kata. Is it that you haven't trained for a long time? Or does the bunkai just not get covered in class. Perhaps you could get with your instructor to arrange learning the bunkai. I know, it makes me mad that I am missing out. Maybe TKD guys just don't do bunkai. Sometimes I think our instructor is so dialed in to keeping our basics down, and being prepared for testing, that we miss out on other stuff. Don't get me wrong, he is a great instructor, and is very technical, but he just doesn't vary much from the basic class. I have been training for 13 years, so it isn't that. I guess the nice thing is that if I ever start my own school, I know what I would like to incorporate into it, and how I would set up my classes.

I was interested to learn that the only fight Musashi lost was to Muso Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi, who did so with the jo. He lost his first duel with Musashi, in which fight he used a bo.

Martial arts as a whole, including su bak and taek yon, vanished from the Korean penninsula as a whole during the Yi dynasty and subsequently from the Japanese occupation. Their influence in TKD, and probably TSD, is irrevelant. The Chung do kwan do-jang opened in Seoul in 1944. Between '44 and '46 five more kwans were opened. According to the Dragon Times article, these six original Korean instructors had attended Japanese universities and some were soldiers in the Japanese Imperial army. They learned Karate in Japan, and returned with dan ranking, and began to teach, adding and modifying as they saw fit. Korea was incorporated into the Chinese Empire in 108 BC, and the advent of the Chinese culture accelerated Korean cultural development (again, according to Dragon Times). The "ancient" Korean styles are most likely considered early forms of Chinese boxing.

We do everything from underneath the armpit, by the ribs. We don't do a lot of varying, because I think our instructor doesn't want us to have bad habits for testing purposes. Personally, I would like to practice our one-steps from an on-guard, hands up position from time to time, shortening things up and using no stances.

wat weapons are taught in Medieval Martial arts i been woundering that for awhile During the medieval times, a master-at-arms would often drill troops to use sword and shield, pole weapons like the halberd, and they would also include hand-to-hand fighting. Other weapons include axes, long pole axes, the quarterstaff, the mace, and the dagger. Archery was also an aspect of medieval military training. Later on, in the 16th and 17th century, with the advent of firearms, what most of the unknowing public recognizes as fencing became popular with more slender swords, adopting the use of the thrust more than the cut.

Thanks for the explanation. I thought that the object in judo was to get the opponent to the ground, and then work a pin move on an arm or leg. Is this correct? Personally, I have always wanted to learn judo, for the throws. It looks like a good time to me.