AndrewGreen

get some boxing gloves and find out for yourself

I've never seen any research that produced valid stats. Several studies that interviewed people and got annecdotal studies. The famous 95% go to the ground was a police report, on police involved enconters, where they are actively trying to get the person on the ground. But it doesn't matter who does the study, there is always a percentage that hits the ground, and a even larger percentage that end up in a clinch. These are must have skills if you intend on fighting when there aren't rules preventing them. But, most people have no intention of ever fighting outside the rules of there school, and most never will. So have fun, and don't worry about it. But realise that if you do end up in a real fight, unless you can provent those things you are in as much trouble as if you had never done any training at all.

No, but I'm sure you could get odds, the longshot always has a chance. How many people have you KOed? Paralized? This is a very hard thing to do on even a moderate level fighter. Relying on the chance that you will KO someone in one shot is like planning your life based on the fact that you will win next weeks lottery.

"He then decided to devote his energies to martial arts, studying under the World Karate Grand Master Mas Oyama Koncho, who he later portrayed in Champion of Death (Kenka karate kyokushinken) (1975)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Chiba There ya go, Kyokushin it is, under Mas Oyama too

Not stupid, just not fighting. Get's some traditionalists in a huff though... The flashy stuff is great, takes a good deal of co-ordination and athleticism and is lots of fun. I'd prefer to do that over traditional kata, of course I'd prefer to spar over either of those

Ok, let's just stop messing around and give him the answer already. 268 hours, 23 minutes and 12.26 seconds of mat time, anything less won't help, but after that you should be able to beat 98.4% of traditionally trained black belts.

Kyokushin I think. Kill Bill was cheesy, very cheesy, and dumb? Yeah it was pretty dumb. And that was why I loved them! I own both on DVD now

BJJ may get the most press, but it'd be the wrestlers that can put you on your back the fastest

If you are fighting a skilled grappler, this will not work. Not unless you got a lot of luck on your side and he is very sloppy... If you want to stop leg shoots you have to learn how to sprawl, no way around that. No other solution will work, and even with that you will still get taken down. If you are serious about learning to stay on your feet find a wrestling club. But as you are taking karate, I'm just guessing that MMA fighting is not your main priority, so why is this one particular threat such a problem?

Good luck with that then.

K-1 Has a rule against inverting your opponent does it not?

Please explain. I'm not sure what you're saying here. Japanese MMA like sport, closed handed strikes are not allowed, only open hand strikes. Notable fighters: Ken and Frank Shamrock, Bas Rutten, Sakuraba, etc.

Would you believe me to be a knight of the round table then? Go ahead, say it. There may be people practicing ninjitsu arts, but they are not ninjas. They are people practicing Ninjitsu. As a general rule, anyone that says "I am a Ninja" and is serious at the time, is full of cow poo.

If you can find a place that does it all as one set, a MMA school that actually trains MMA, go there. Later you can cross train in other stuff if you want. Otherwise, I'd say join a boxing gym. They will be able to get you some good skills, and get you into fighting shape.

Probably, but as the question was about sparring within a club, dirty fighting is irrelevant. And truthfully, using dirty tactics against a superior fighter is a bad move, as they will then use them back. Now, let's go back and state the obvious answer to the question. Ask him, he'll know how to defend against what he does.

Depends on the guy, some come in with really big ego's, those are the ones that are dangerous until that ego gets squashed. I'm the other way, I want to coach them through getting an effective defence up first.

Basically that is it, we had some sai custom made by a former student with access to a foam factory as the plumbing dept ones where not that good For younger students instead of using pipe insulator I've used Pool noodles, and that works great. Can beat the tar out of each other and not get hurt. Same idea, stick a pvc pipe down the hole in the middle, but leave a handle on the end for them to hold on to.

So... you're the guy that everyone in the club hates? Is eye gouge and groin kick, really helpful advice for sparring? I f you want to beat a boxer, you need to know some boxing. First do not try to block, he will set you up and nail you. Cover up and keep tight, never move your hand away to stop a punch, let it come too you. Round kicks to the lead leg. The power in a punch comes from the legs, Make it uncomfortable for him to put weight on that lead leg. When you are getting hit, clinch. Tuck your chin, cover up, drop down and get in there. If you try to get out you will get overwhelmed. As soon as you start stepping back while getting hit you are gonna get nailed. If you got any wrestling or Submission experience shoot in and take him down.

Umm... flashy is not fighting. Nothing wrong with flashy, but don't try to apply flashy stuff to fighting, it will hurt.

I think if someone attached a title like that to me after I died I'd come back from the grave to dish out some butt, using "Ghost Style Kung Fu"

Axe kick = dangerous. Bringing your leg up that high at someone that is not already hurt is just asking to land on your back hard :s

They come from Antarctica and are trained by penguins. And no, my claiming that is not as silly as actually claiming to be a real ninja. A lot of the online ones, if you question them, haven't really gone to a school at all, and are more self-taught ninja's. AKA - They own a Ashida Kim book or two. There are legitimate Ninjitsu schools, well, as legitimate as things get in the Martial arts world, but those that train there are no more ninja's then a Kendo practitioner is a Samurai, or even a Koryu system practitioner. Those classes died with the feudal age. But boy can they sell books, videos and memberships...

Yup, done it with a lot more then just swords We've had kids spar with sticks, staffs, nunchaku, tonfa, shield and short sword, 3-sectional staff, sai and a few others. Except made our own weapons, it was cheaper

Weaponless Warriors - Richard Kim Tales Of Okinawa's Great Masters - Shoshin Nagamine Essence of Okinawan Karate - Shoshin Nagamine Bubishi - Translated by George Alexander and Ken Penland Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts 1 & 2 - translated by Patrick McCarthy Watashi no Karate-jutsu - Choki Motobu (translated McCarthy)

Tell that to some Pancrase fighters