NightOwl

I have a younger brother who is quite large, and trying to do wrist locks on him is like trying to tackle an oak tree with a shoulder butt. In the end, you just get hurt. Is your younger brother often the 'test subject'? What lock technique do you use? Might be better to just go for a punch....

Bjjer's should learn wrestling or judo

I've seen wrist locks in BJJ tap people out. However they are rare, and for a reason: they are difficult to pull off. Not many people who want to fight you are going to grab your wrist so you can pull off any of the countless classical wrist locks- they are probably just going to throw a punch. Likewise large joint locks are much easier, do much more damage, and will end a fight. I agree that the focus then should be on what works most of the time, as opposed to a high failure rate technique. However like I have said, if you are good at wrist locks, I have seen them come in handy. Like anything though, they should be practiced in a live environment with a resisting partner.

http://www.24fightingchickens.com/

Hey now! Gis are quite fashionable

When you first start BJJ, you use up a lot of energy just 'going at it'. Once you get used to the stress of grappling and how to position yourself however, you can almost detach yourself somewhat from the situation and become a lot more relaxed and focused on strategy. I think a good part of that might have to do with being on the ground and that it becomes extremely technical. As for wrestlers, I definitely respect the art. It has some of the best clinch work out there, and just the high impact and conditioning of the art means that wrestlers get into great shape. Because you win on pins and not submissions however, I don't think wrestlers can afford to sit back as much and instead have to focus on a much more aggressive strategy. I would love to hear input from both wrestlers and those who have done both on the matter though.

Looks like I am a bit late to the party but good job! If you ever get the vid together let us know!

i didnt know u were kajukenbo... kajukenbo forever! Yeh, we're off of Halbuna's branch, so we don't really fall under most of the currently organized Kajukenbo Kajukenbo has always seemed interesting to me- I don't know too much about it besides the history though. I think that it seems like it is primed to be a major style.

I can visit him if you would like.

Well done! It's always nice to have that first test out of the way.

So let me get this straight- you are essentially pushing on his back? This would not help you my friend (plus, every heard of osotogari or hizaguruma?). Anyone who does grappling will tell you that a good way to avoid hip throws is to lower your hips. Please feel free to go to your local judo tournament and try though. You mention that these counterattacks work very well- have you ever used it against a kickboxer? A Thai boxer? People whose entire art deals with punching and kicking do not punch to the knee as a good target to focus on. To do damage to the knee with a punch (even extended) you need a good solid amount of power. The fact that a kick would limit your punching space would decrease the needed power even more. The human body is stronger then you give it credit for.

At home black belts are usually not a good sign. Masaaki Hatsumi is not dead.

Jackie Chan made up a lot of the movements shown in his movies. For other examples of made up styles check out the classic 5 deadly venoms

Not in relation to total training time, which in that case warming up doesn't take away from a lot of mat work and learning time.

Not really. The vast majority of the practitioners and instructors of Bujinkan are not Japanese, even at the home dojo . If you are going to find a place that allows something like sparring, you are probably going to find it in the US rather than in Japan.

Aye, which is what bothers me. Half hour plus warm ups are fine if you have an hour of practice though. You can't really do anything about it other than start your own class I guess. As a side note- a Judo class that I saw in The States had a ridiculously long warm up with long sessions of low impact stretching as well. Is this common to the style?

Right- but that's one of the reasons why I generally don't think martial arts are for children, or at least that adult and children's classes should be separate.

Probably wouldn't unless there were other people there who saw things as they really happened.

If it is alright, is that due to stylistic differences or training philosophies? Shotokan from what I have seen is a good striking art that does pretty well for itself when trained properly. The trick is finding a good school to train at- the quality runs from shoddy to great so if you have an interest in the style check out multiple schools if you can.

Hey- Okinawa! I've been wanting to visit out there, although I don't know if I'll be able to make it out this year since I already made plans for Korea. I'm a bit jealous of the weather you've got if you don't mind me saying. Welcome to the site.

That's a pretty cool quality- what style do you teach in? I'm a bit curious I'd have to say...them being a nice person. I think it would help cover most areas. I don't think I would ever get into teaching though

last place that I did striking at was a SBGi, and most of the time it was light sparring for warming up and med contact sparring from there. Grappling is done through randori which is usually done from medium to full intensity/resistance.

I never really considered it until I saw it at Judo- it's very subtle yet striking at the same time. Gold is nice, but I prefer something a bit more unique yet not gaudy.

If I ever get a black belt, I am going to go for the silver. I saw it once and it really looked nice against the black.

Unless of course you practice drunken kung fu.... I've contemplated getting a t-shirt before. I'd want to get something that isn't too obvious though like 'Sam's karate club'. Maybe just something in kanji.