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Darn! We have to buy it to play it.

Don't get overconfident now. That's all I can say for you. But I believe you'll do well.

Be thankful, not dramatic, my good friend. It is a good thing you get paired with someone like that. If you understand that should you ever have to use the techniques you're practicing in the real world, this is the kind of person you're most likely to be facing - then you will be better preparing yourself while you're training and ultimately better prepared for the real thing. This man may be big and tough and skilled, but (unless he's a total jerk) he is going rough on you in hopes that someday you will be too. When I was in Kuk Sool Won, I was this guy and the girls in there didn't like me for it, but they didn't understand and I never had a chance to explain it to them. When I moved to Isshin-ryu, I went from being the best in class to the absolute worst in class and my instructors are way rougher on me. I love it because I know that this kind of thing will make me better.

I feel like it means that martial artists are not supposed to take the first swing. And in that, say that someone were to take a swing (not necissarily meaning connecting), as long as that fist is in the air, that was the opponent's first attack and now we intercept it with our technique. That would be the second attack.

I always interpreted it as a death touch technique.

And should all else fail there's always the handy-dandy elbow

Interesting.

I could try it, but it would probably be a few weeks before I actually got it down.

This sounds opposite to what I have always heard. It is said that we should actually use open hand strikes to the harder targets, like the head, and the closed fist to the softer targets of the body. I know that many people punch to the head, but it can be quite easy to break the hand when punching the head. I just found it interesting that this works well for you, being opposite and all. Cool, though. My palms are in essence stronger than my fists. Because of my lack of wrist training, I have found that I'm more likely to sustain injury to my hands if I try to strike body with closed fist. Because my palms are more stable, I can throw more power into them and inflict just as much (if not, more) damage as my fists. Also, if you think about it, it would make more sense for me to strike body with palm. Because my palms have been trained to penetrate, and body tissue is naturally softer than the head, it would amplify the damage because I can get through the muscle and hit organs. Another thing I have noticed about my palms is that they are faster than my fists. I think this is because naturally with an open hand, one's arm is more relaxed and has more capacity for speed. That would increase my probability of accurately hitting a vital or pressure point (with spear hand strikes) when I aim for it. I use my fists for striking the cheeks and chin of the head. In my personal experience against larger opponents, I have found that I (as an individual) can (more likely) accurately hit them at angles that would be effective for my fists. Also, I do not know any effective ways to deliver damage to a cheek with an open hand because the angles the strikes would come from subtract power. However, if I strike the forehead, nose, neck or mouth, I use an open hand. Palm strikes for forehead, chops for the nose and neck, and spear hands for the mouth. That is just the conclusions I've drawn from my personal experiences. As for the fact that we're likely to break our hands with closed-fist strikes to the head, I just have this to say - Either those people aren't forming their fists right, or their hand bones haven't been adiquately conditioned, or both.

If I'm striking the side of the head, cheeks or chin, I'm probably going to use a closed hand. I'm better at pushing through muscle or fat tissue with an open hand so for the body strikes I used open hand. So far it's worked.

I pay $50 per month with my current instructor. He actually gave me ten dollars off for whatever reason, I still don't know.

I meet a lot of people that prefer Mortal Kombat over Street Fighter. They just don't go on this forum

I always wonder what is going to happen to the world when Chuck Norris dies of old age. What will happen to our beloved Chuck Norris jokes?

You sound like my kind of guy! I've never played any of the street fighter three games, are they as good as I hear? It depends on what you're looking for. The only way to judge is for one to play them for themselves. Personally, I'll play any fighting game with friends but I never do well against the computer or in the arcade mode. It started out originally as the two of them being identical fighters and they used Shotokan in the Sega versions. After that, the story behind the characters and the programming technology started getting more advanced so they individualized the characters more so that Ken and Ryu are essentially the same style but they both fight what suits them as people the best. They also changed it so that now they know an ultra-powerful, ultra-secret fighting style called Ansatsuken or Assasin Fist. Their master, Gouken taught a watered-down version to Ken and Ryu to be unlethal because the original style was designed to kill in one hit every time. Then when they left the dojo, Ken went to America to compete in competitions and Ryu traveled the world to test his strength against other street fighters.

I was thinking about attending but I decided not to because it was light contact point sparring.

I've seen some shotokan practicioners wear uniform tops that went down to their knees for this exact same reason. Try searching in that direction.

We see this with many different styles, though. In TKD, for instance, you go to many different tourneys, but lets take the WTF and the ITF, as an example. The rule sets are different for both, even down to the protective equipment worn. However, they are both still TKD. UFC and EliteXC, and the former PrideFC are just different sanctioning competitions for the MMA style. There are even various Submission Grappling tourneys that are used for BJJers, Wrestlers, etc.I understand. Good point.

Non-resistance can have advantages in that it can teach one to keep their mind clear. Also, with a lot of submission and throwing techniques, you're less likely to obtain damage if you don't resist, and actually even jump into it.

That was good. Very quick and precice hands.

I'd always check and interview anyone of any age to make sure they're qualified to learn martial arts to begin with. Once that's done, I think it's all about discipline and repetition.

I'm usually in there four to five times per week for one or two hours.

I like practicing best either at the school or alone at home.

Heck yeah "Street Fighter" got the most votes! I'm a huge "Street Fighter" fan. I own most of the games.

Sometimes I do that but just because it's comfortable.