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Thanks for catching me on that. I swear my parents are rubbing off on me. I know what the body can handle. But still, I can't help it sometimes. We've all seen a lot of scary techniques and most of the people I know who do martial arts do it either just because they want to get into shape or with the mentality "I do it so if anyone screws with me on the street I'll be able to break their neck in half." In other words, they do it just because they think the only way out, reguardless of everything else, is dismembering an assailent. So I'm just a tad paranoid sometimes. I'm sorry.

My older brother taught me a few very basic techniques when I was seven or eight years old. I've also watched "Dragonball Z" and played "Street Fighter" all my life. Those are my beginning influences. Later on, in school, it turned out that I needed to learn how to fight because I was kind of a target at school. At the time, my dad didn't want to sign me up so I got back into it around the age of eleven or twelve and started studying all by myself. I got okay good. It wasn't any real skill but it was enough to turn me into one of the best fighters at school. Eventually I devised my own theories, philosophy, forms, everything springboarding off of nothing but what my brother taught me when I was seven and what I've seen from movies and video games. Whenever I wasn't working on my books or watching television, I was practicing the movements. There was (and still is) a lot of "Street Fighter" looking moves in my style After a while my father realized how interested I was and then, when I inquired again about starting classes, he let me. When I was fifteen I started in Kuk Sool Won and have been improving rapidly in every aspect of myself since.

I think I know how to explain what I think now: I train and learn tecniques (original or adjusted) that would temporarily immobilize an assailent, but train instinct so that in the actual scinario, I'm looking out for myself, but whatever I do to him, won't hurt him too bad. For example, knock-out, dislocating a joint or limb, putting the assailent in a state where they're in such pain that they don't want to continue, or perhaps even a Kyoshujutsu?

I agree.

I agree. Much less this. Holy crap.

I believe there is a difference but at the same time they can be directly woven into each other like Yin and Yang if practiced properly.

https://www.youtube.com/user/uuumdm There are only five or six that are fight-choreography videos. None of them are very good. But like I said, you get better with practice. My crew and I haven't had much chance for practicing Please forgive the suckiness.

Does anyone believe there is a medium? Is it possible to have the "correct mindset" and still preserve the life of an assailent? I believe there is.

I broke four (wet and moldy) fence posts with an axe kick once.

Thank you, Ps1. I'm still figuring it out myself though

Wow, so you don't practice anything but tying your belt? After all, even a good block could break an arm, and that would cause permanent damage. However, maybe I am over-reacting, just what techniques don't you practice? My offensive and/or counter-defensive techniques is a variety of basic strikes. The more advanced techniques I practice are designed to work with the opponent's (and mine) natural mechanics and weaknesses. This is a lot like most lethal techniques or techniques in general that do damage. However, they're toned down, adjusted, or the aim is changed to cause an extreme amount of pain. In most cases though, it does damage that can be treated. If performed correctly, the most damaging attacks I would use would break a hand, finger, arm (in certain ways) and/or dislocate a joint. My blocking is a wide variety of ways that either reverse or redirect the opponent's energy. If done correctly, they're knocked off their center of gravity. That's the kind of stuff I do practice. When an instructor shows me a technique that could do permanent damage, I go home and start adjusting it to bring similar effects without lasting damage. I would say you kind of over reacted. Only practice tying my belt? No. I don't understand why it's so hard for some martial artists to grasp, but it is possible for an average-Joe to defend himself without crippling someone. There are several battle-tested styles before my own and are still in existance and widely practiced that think the same way I do. Very interesting. However, I think I'll stick with what I have now and get good at it. I know with my whole existance as a martial artist that it's possible to turn a gun on someone who put it on your temple and not kill them, to defend one's self with no intention of harming the assailient even when the assailient wants to harm you, and various similar scinarios. And just to let you know, nearly all of the self-defense killings I've heard about, the defender went overboard and did more than he needed to. Also, I'm not talking about war or law enforcement. I'm talking about just an average, every-day citizen.

The tournament was a lot of fun. The sparring ended up being full contact kickboxing! Not expected, but heck, what do I care? That's exactly what I like. My father insisted on a vicious rock-n-sock-em match with the opponent kind of strategy and that's what I used. I didn't throw as many kicks. We're now thinking I should have stuck with the original strategy because my endurance killed me in the middle of the two-minute fight and I lost.

I suggest practicing ahead of time, using a better camera, editing better, basic stuff. Get that, and then do it again, and again, and again, you and your friends will get better at it the more you do it. A tactic my group and I use is to choreograph a whole part, practice, get it down perfect two or three times in a row, and then film that part from four different angles, four different times, and edit them together. It's almost like learning martial arts forms. Then, just continue from that until you have a whole fight sequence.

You're welcome. Any time. What do you think about your own topic?

I think I'd rather talk to someone who actually knows sometehing about flexibility Seriously though, as far as my martial arts and stuff, I've not had good luck with doctors. Because I live by "That which doesn't kill me will make me stronger" and they're always like "Stop streatching you're going to hurt yourself...don't condition you knuckles like that...stay away from full contact sparring..."

I've always been good at jumping attacks.

Why do you ask?

Interesting. So, you think it might be the cold weather doing this to me?

Interesting. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks. I'll stick with that for now then. If anyone thinks I could do better and/or use a different technique, please speak up.

Does the form of your fist change at all though?

I feel like I am constantly losing my flexibility and then pulling my muscles back into place. After I streatch, I feel really lose and flexible. Then it can be anywhere from two-to-six hours later and I'll feel like I've never streatched before in my life. My legs will feel tight and sometimes even walking becomes more difficult. What I was asking, is if there's a chance I may be doing something wrong or if there's something different I could do to maintain flexibility for a longer period of time without having to streatch three-to-six times per day.

I was asking whoever knew about the rules. I'll probably get briefed when I get there but I was hoping to know in advance. It's no big deal. Just a curious question. Anyway, all I know is that the rounds will be between thirty and sixty seconds long.

This Saturday, I will be participating in this competition in New York City. Before I go, I was wondering if anyone could give me some tips on continuous sparring. Example; rules, what to expect from the opponent, grading system, etc. Has anyone participated in this competition before? If so, what was it like? Is anyone else reading going to be participating on Saturday?

I streatch a few-to-several times every day. I have basic splits. However, my legs, especially my left, lock up two or three times every day and it hurts like heck to get them open again. Is there any kind of streatching meathod I could apply to fix this?