Kensai

Its not a matter of hard or soft its how you apply them at any given time.

Jiu Jitsu = Brazilian Jujutsu = Japanese Ju jitsu = ?

Cheers TJA, I'll give it a go.

I have never used Te-gatana, in sparring (As Ki Aikido has none). But I can see the potential.

Street fight is Martial Arts and Martial Arts is street fighting. Its the art of winning! I think brow beating on the part of TMAist does no good, neither does the "GET IN THE CAGE!" attitude of MMA. Kata are NEVER going to make you a great fighter, but they will give you the tools. Reflexs, balance, focus, power and fittness. They lack a true comprehension of the techniques themselves. Thats why you spar, or do resistance training. As for techniques not working, well they certainly do, its just the practioners cant get them to work. If any Karateka thinks that Itosu did kata ALL the time then they know nothing about their art. Same goes for Gen. Choi. He had his fair share of REAL confrontations and thats what made him SO good at TKD (The way it should be). TMA need full contact kumite/sanhou/sparring. If they want to be good fighters.

To all you SMJJ, Submission fighers, BJJers, Judoka and any one else that could help me out on this. Situation: Kensai = 13 stone Other guy = Gotta be over 15 stone Now, when we start Newaza, we are on hour knee's. When the fight starts he basically falls on me forcing me back and he is strait into the side control! So, I was talking to one of the other guys, and was wondering whether I could pull off Seoi Nage on the floor, or a mini sweep....... any other ideas?

OSU!

I personally believe, that grappling both standing (trapping?) and ground work, are the most important ranges. Not only is this my preference in terms of the way I would like to "dispatch" any would be attacker. But this is also backed up by research into the most common attacks on Doormen (Bouncers). This was done by Self Defence expert Geoff Tompson. I also believe that it is the most important range for women to learn. As most attacks on women are going to be (IMHO) one on one in a dark ally with a larger un-doubtably dishonourable sicko. And unless you train in striking a lot (in excess of say 10 hours a week), it will be most unlikely you will hurt a larger opponent. Where as grappling works even for the littlest people. However, I damn good striker of any style can mess you up if you have no idea how to deal with them.

Forgot deadline.

@ Monkey....... Well done guys, we were well and truely beaten. Congrats.

You Yanks no nothing of Ugly politics! Have you ever seen a session in the British houses of Parliment.... its like a fight down your local pub. HERE HERE! I quite like Bush, he's a plain man with plain idea's. Personally I sorta perferred Clinton. He is very pro-America, which ofcourse is a good thing, if your American. However pulling out of a fair few treaties does make him a hipocrite (sp) when it comes to lectureing to other countries. But he was better than Gore.......

Touche

You BAKE!? Truely amazing, well anyone that Bakes has gotta be welcome here.

Depends on the striking system, If it was a Karate Practioner, I would try and enter more go for the legs or lead the fist into something. This is because I think they are more proficient at medium distances so getting in trapping range would be better for me. If it was a Mauy Thai practioner, then I would say the opposite applies, they are more gifted in the trapping/close range department. So keeping my distance, I would probably go for Ippon Seoi Nage(Judo) or Irimi Nage, Kokyu Nage and Tenchi Nage (Aikido).

cavalera, yes Aikido does suck, so are sooo right. You know what, I am going to give it up right now. (Sarcasm off)

Hey JKDChick, Welcome to KF. I sometimes post as mcdojo.us, but this is my home. On the plus side there is no Jamoke here, so you wont have to worry about him.

In Judo (BJA), to get your yellow, you only have to know a certain set of techniques. Then after that you have to Randori for your belts.

I agree with Omnifinite..... Aikido would not really complement the other styles very well at all. But non the less if you can do it, then go for it.

I think that kicks in general are hard to apply in real life, however it is even worse in the case of spinning kicks that both feet are off the ground. As a general rule, kicks should stay below the waist.

Ki in Daily life is an excellent book. Koichi Tohei Sensei was one of my teachers teachers. He is VERY good. Best of Luck.

Interesting post..... Ki Aikido Groundwork - 1 Trapping, Throws and Takedowns - 5 Infighting - Elbows, Knees and Head - 1 Punching - 1 Kicking - 0 Weapons - 4 BJA Judo Groundwork - 6 Trapping, Throws and Takedowns - 6 Infighting - Elbows, Knees and Head - 0 Punching - 0 Kicking - 0 Weapons - 0

Probably best under general... but any how..... Bujinkan is really the only legit Ninjutsu style. Mainly people has jumped onto the "American Ninja" series and tried to make more money on selling thier sport Karate as Ninjutsu. Its an amazing style IF you can find yourself a good teacher.

Well ofcourse do Aikido if you can.... Seriously, I would do CLF to start with.... I think it gives you some good solid striking and tactical skills to keep you going for sometime. I think perhaps 6 months to a year before you start anything else. If you can get a good Judo dojo that would be excellent in completeing your roundedness. I say this because Japanese JJ is going to teach you similar things to CLF, so the over lap might be un productive.