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eh, a side kick can work it just takes much more skill to use vs. a muay thai dtae. Heck, we even have types of tiips in muay thai where you turn it over so it's almost like a side kick for the final product.

16 in Karate(style that I do) 16 to even be a blue belt in BJJ The Muay Thai association I'm under has rank and I honestly don't know what the age requirements are for red and black sash. I have never seen anyone under 17 that was a red.

I assist in teaching a BJJ class to kids and in all honesty it depends on the kid what they will be taught. We spend at least 15 minutes of the class playing a game where they put a strip of belt in the back and grapple trying to grab the belt from eachother's back. The more advanced kids who are all 8-11 are allowed to go for submissions on eachother. On another side of the mat we spend one on one time grappling lightly with the kids working on points with them. In fact we have an 8 y/o right now that is the best in the class because he also has done wrestling; we're preparing him for some BJJ tournaments in his age bracket right now. Yes, you have to closely supervise kids, this goes without saying. Can you teach young children? Yes, but you have to mix it in with games and can't expect kids to train the same way adults do in grappling. I don't mean to turn the class into a daycare like some McDojos do, you can have about 60% instruction and 40% games mixed in like the one I described above. I can and have taught kids younger than 7. Gracie Barra represent zent zent

Umm, how did you come up with this number, if I may inquire? i made it up. fair enough...I just wanted to make sure you weren't being serious. On any other forum I would have known you were joking but I've seen some weird stuff said here lately that isn't a joke.

Jussi, do you still post on e-budo at all?

I'd be a lot more impressed if they used Sabaki rules, or something similar to that. I'll be shocked if this show goes another season.

I've never heard Ki and Zanshin referred to as the same until you just said so.

well we have to be realistic here Oh, I know..it was just a funny story that I remembered...but 21 is in no way too late to take up any martial art.

Umm, how did you come up with this number, if I may inquire?

Size 5 Shureido, black and worn pretty well Size 6 Kamikaze, silk black and only has a speck of white showing, otherwise pretty new. Some katakana and Kanji showing and a gold bar or two...

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If you actually train in bjj you do shoulder rolls, "shrimping"/elbow escape, crab walk, etc.

You're near Tampa? https://www.tampabjj.com Gracie Barra I'm gracie-barra seattle, look into it!

A lot of instructors, unfortunately try to get with female students. I never have but have had moms of students hit on me, etc. I have dated another female instructor but she wasn't a student of mine. I think this is kind of like when teachers date students in kids, some type of psychological power trip, and it should be wrong(IMO). Anyhoo, back to the topic...Don't go out for drinks with him, you will give him the idea you're interested. Let him know that you're into females and not males. Nonchalantly mention things about your gf, even if you don't have a gf, still say you do. I personally have known 3 instructors very well that got with female students. One of them cheated many times on his gorgeous wife with some students, it made no sense to me and still doesn't.

My first or 2nd year of Muay Thai I remember this older guy in his late 60s to early 70s came in the gym saying he wanted to join and fight in the ring. My Kru at the time told him to start running 5 miles a day, every day and come back. Shockingly, we never saw him again.

Royce wasn't and isn't the best Gracie. Rorion had Royce fight in the UFC to help promote Gracie jiu jitsu so the world could see an "average looking guy" win to show the world how effective the art is. I'm not saying Royce is the worst, but he's definitely not the best Gracie. Royler probably has the most heart out of any of the Gracies..he wasn't one to back down from somebody and has fought many people. Sure, he's lost against some people but you will lose if you compete enough. Don't get me wrong, Rickson was great when he fought and rumours are that he's coming back but even Helio has said that Rickson has exagerrated his fight record. Do I have any less respect for Rickson? No, he would own me on the ground and anyone on this forum. Roger is the next Gracie to watch out for If you don't know who he is you better ask somebody....

No, he meant Royler....

Not true about Judo at all; granted, a typical Kodokan Judoka doesn't spend as much time on the ground as a BJJ practitioner because of tournament rules. Judo is done primarily as a sport by most now, but if what you said was true why would Judo even have newaza(ground techniques)? Please don't tell a Kosen Judo practitioner that they don't spend time on the ground, too. Back to the original poster, what you say is somewhat true but when you're practicing BJJ you're trying to work on getting better at being on the ground. When I practice Karate I don't shoot for a takedown and start grappling on the ground. When I do BJJ I don't go to stand up and start stomping and leg kicking who I'm grappling with, neither.

I have a question, what is pro am? I've heard this before but really don't know what it is. In Muay Thai/kickboxing/mma Pro means you get paid money. NOt just having your hotel/travel/food paid for(amatures can get this to). No one that does that kind of competition I have done is proam. They are either pro or amature. Anyhoo, my stats: 11-0 in Muay Thai, 5 wins by TKO(1st win by leg kick tko) http://kyokushinseattle.com/media/kcgal2/pages/picture_092.html is me in a Kyokushin tournament in May(I'm the one kicking) 99 Seattle Sabaki competitor(I was a senior in highschool) 96 USANKF Nationals: 1st in Kumite and 2nd in Kata A hundred other point karate tournaments and such. I'm 5'11 and 190, I fought at 168 when I competed in Muay Thai but really don't want to suck down that light ever again. I do Kyokushin and similar tournaments now just for fun.

It might be a preexisting issue too and the motion of throwing the cross just aggrivates it. If this doesn't go away soon and/or causes excrutating pain go to the doctors.

It's good, it's basically muay thai/judo/knockdown karate combined. Think of a thaiboxer that is good at judo throws. If you ever saw Takehiro Murahama fight in his prime you'll know what I'm talking about. Andy Sauwer in K-1 max is a shootboxer but he's not fighting under shootboxing rules, so you don't get to see him throw people around.

The best way to learn the clinch is to join a Muay Thai gym or anywhere that does it. It seems simple but it's something that takes a trainer to really get you to do it right. It's also known as neck wrestling becaue you'll be using your neck a lot when somebody else does it to you..making sure you keep your head up. There are Throws/takedowns/takeovers from this position too...setups for knees, etc. This is a form of standup grappling.

Ok...I will repeat this again just so you know. The guard found in BJJ wasn't stopped being done in Judo(kosen, at least). Do-jime was a technique that was banned from competition by the Kodokan in 1916 because it's a technique used to scissor and crush a person's ribs. Too many internal injuries to organs were happening by this technique. I've been told there was one individual that would do thousands of squats every day to have a strong do-jime. A sankaku variation is still used by some Judoka to do to the head in which you're literally crushing/squeezing the head, too. I really don't think that a good BJJ person is open for groin strikes as much as you do, but you're entitled to your opinion. Not wanting to get grimey and sweaty with guys is fine but I'd rather practice that way instead of ever ending up on the ground with someone and not knowing what I'm doing. I also enjoy newaza(ground grappling)and stand up(tachiwaza)grappling. It's all fun to me, but hey, this is me, not you; different strokes for different folks.

Interesting article but I wouldn't automatically assume all of it is 100% true. I have read articles in the past that go against some of what this says. I will try to find links to those other articles, asap. I personally only use the verticle punch occasionally, as a jab. I'll do more of a 3/4 corkscrew punch when going bareknuckle. I do agree with some points made in this article basically saying how gloves do give a boxer an advantage and created certain strikes that wouldn't be as effective without gloves.

I haven't really followed this thread but was this your first fight? Don't beat yourself up too hard if it is. From what you described, you described what most green fighters go through(especially their first fight). It's learning how to deal with adrenaline, which takes some experience. If you want to fight, keep on doing it but like elbows and knees said everyone loses at some point. You fight enough, you will lose, simple as that.