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You would get Capoeira practitioners upset by comparing the two.

Not sure if this school is still in operation but here you go: http://www.tonypereiraonline.com/mikewoerner.htm If it is, you're in luck, have funsies.

No, but I've fought in other organizations for muay thai and international rules. So, are you fighting in an ISKA card or trying to? The ISKA isn't like the UFC, Pride where it's really hard to get onto. If you got the skills to fight in muay thai or whatever you can fight in an ISKA card. It's not the the cream of the crop for muay thai. Usually what happens is you have a few top dogs and the rest of the people are just sheep to be slaughtered by them. My advice to get onto an ISKA card would be to train at a gym that has those connections. Fairtex comes to mind fairly quickly as one of these gyms since they used to(they might still)sponsor a lot of "strike force" cards. Keep training hard is the last best of advice, but make sure you're training under a good kickboxing/muay thai coach. It doesn't do you much good to train hard if you're training wrong.

Actually, a lot of countries do say "jab, cross". In Thailand for instance I can often hear "jab, cross, hook, uppercut". I have also heard the same in Japan. I'd also like to add if you don't know the Japanese terminology you're not doing Japanese Karate anymore. That's what I mean by "watered down". Am I saying you can't fight? No, not at all. I am saying you don't do Japanese karate, though.(If you trained for a few years or more) I know many Americanized schools that don't know the Japanese terminology will sometimes claim to be american/japanese or something along these lines. I mean, I guess you could say that but why? Saying you're a Japanese style and not knowing the terminology seems silly to me.

Speakman is either a 6th or a 7th dan in Goju under Lou Angel..also with his Kenpo 6th dan. I don't know if saying he is a Japanese goju guy is totally correct since this is of Urban lineage. Don't get me wrong, Peter Urban is/was a traditional karateka in every sense of the word and one bad mamma jamma but he changed much of what he was taught in a more "americanized" way. I have nothing but respect for Urban's karate but I'm not sure if calling this Japanese karate would be totally correct, too. In my opinion Lou Angel even "Americanized" it more than Urban, too.

This is kind of off topic but I can remember about 15 years ago when I was a purple belt...how I hated that color. This is the one time in my life where I can remember trying to get to the next belt as quick as possible. Now, a few years later, and a few dan ranks later I kind of feel a little silly. p.s. I still will never by choice, wear anything that is purple

You're right, and one student that moved from the weiner school I mentioned would wear some special athletic socks that I would reccomend if you have a condition in which you need to wear socks. I might also suggest wrestling shoes more so than the "martial art" shoes. This is just my opinion, though. I'm not sure how well this would go over at a more traditional Japanese/Okinawan school, though. I originally come from a strict Shito Ryu background and I can't see my former sensei budging on the "no socks" rule. He was the kind of sensei that if one student was messing around he would tell all of us to go home and close the dojo. The kind of sensei that would hit you with shinai if you were in a weak stance....How I miss those days

I credit Jhoon Rhee a lot for Bruce's side kick....and his countless hours and hours of practice....and more practice...and some more... Even though I'm not a huge fan of his, Benny Urquidez had a good side kick that he actually applied well in competition.

I know of a school where some of the weiners wear socks while they train. It's also important to build up callouses on the bottoms of your feet and if you actually train hard you will rip up socks fairly quick. A friend of I teach martial arts at this school part time and he teaches BJJ, the students can't do certain things properly while wearing socks. The same goes when I teach Muay Thai to them. They can't pivot, I had enough and made them start taking there socks off.

I'm going to address a couple of issues in this thread. Jiu jitsu/jujutsu/jujitsu/etc. are just different romanization of the same Kanji. Some JJJ spells it as jiu jitsu still and keeps it this way because of tradition. Yes, romanization from Kanji to English has changed throughout the years(sempai is now "officially" senpai). So TECHNICALLY speaking it shouldn't matter how you spell jujitsu. Realistically, however, in BJJ it's spelled jiu jitsu, if you ever see someone that's a BJJ practitioner spell it any differently I'd be quick to arch your eyebrow. Many BJJ practitioners also don't pronounce it the Japanese way, they pronounce it more like "zhu jitsu". My theory on this is because of the Portuguese language and because of the way it's spelled. I could honestly care less but I'm one of those few people that know a bit about the Japanese language, Martial art history and evolution. Now, the 2nd thing I want to address in here is that Japanese Jujitsu is kind of a generic term. What I mean by that is not all Japanese jujitsu focuses on newaza/jointlocks/throws like some of you are saying. Some styles of JJJ focus on atemi/striking. Some also use the strikes to set up for the throws/jointlocks/takedowns and vice versa. BJJ is much different than JJJ because it's not so much exactly from "old school" Jujitsu(koryu schools), but more from Judo. The kind of Judo that BJJ comes from was different than most Judo that you see practiced, now. This is why, in my opinion, BJJ should be BJ for Brazilian Judo, but that's just my opinion. Anyway, sorry to get off track but if any of you have any questions on romanization of Kanji, send me a private message, have funsies.

the power comes from the torque of the hips and the cutting motion of the kick. you don't have to 360 to get the commitment. Elbows and knees, you're a very nice guy with a lot of patience. I know you're getting frustrated by seeing everyone on this thread that thinks doing the 360 is better.

it makes it easier from going from one legit Karate school to another knowing the terminology in Japanese. I could go to a school in another country and not have a problem understanding because they will be teaching in Japanese karate teriminology. The schools I have trained at have done English for beginners but if they're some Americanized watered down style they have done English. I even teach Muay Thai in Thai when I'm teaching to more intermediate students. So this isn't just a Karate thing.

I would like some Phad Thai right now, pass it on.

I don't know, Master K, Master Toddy, Maser Sken, and many others have told me to never do the 360. Where are these sources that you read and please don't tell me they were by experts in a forum. The back kick after you miss in the 180 or slightly pass the 180 was given, too. I have seen people get KTFO by spinning in the 360. For some crazy reason I never even had to be taught not to spin in the 360 but knew that it was bad to do unless I was doing it to throw a spinnng back kick/side kick/etc. Please, go train under a qualified Muay Thai instructor and I think you will find out most, if not all will tell you not to do the 360 spin when you miss your target.