AndrewGreen

G95 Are you actually being serious?

Not enough violence? Most martial arts are not really designed for fighting. People can do martial arts for other reasons. Think sll those 60-70 year olds doing Tai chi are in it for the fighting skills? Or is it for the health benefits and relaxation? Karate is not really all that good for learning to fight. I have been doing it and teaching it for along time and enjoy it, but it is not good for fighting. I also train and teach MMA style fighting, that is good for fighting amongst other things.

Dangerous for you to. Triangles can be escaped this way, but don't try it on an arm lock or you risk breaking your own arm... And there are ways to prevent this.

BJJ has different elements. Sport BJJ - No strikes Self-defence - With strikes Vale Tudo - With strikes Not all schools will address all elements, go to the school and ask the instructor...

JKD is not a "style" it is a method. Many JKD people don't do any wing chun stuff now.

No, its a REALLY STUPID IDEA, much more so if there is ANY chance of it working.

LOL!!!! sorry... BWAAHAHAA!!!! sorry again. Thats the way to sell it. Sure you could go to a gym and get in shape, OR... you could come here and be heavy! I think your karate teacher is to lazy to get in shape. Rather then admit it, he came up with a reason not to that seemed plausible. Being in good shape is good, no matter what you are doing. Listen to your boxing coach. As far as conditioning for fighting goes boxing coaches will no more then karate instructors 99 times out of 100.

Are you really sure that is what karate was supposed to be about? The training methods and techniques do not support that theory well. Sportsmanship is developed in sports. If you make karate into a sport it changes it's nature. Instead of instructors you need coaches. Belts would be based on competitive ability and kata thrown out the window amongst other things. It's easier and can't be shown to be untrue. Afterall, they have the certificate.

Yes, but remember there is always: Good change No change Bad change Bad change doesn't survive very well though.

Unchanged in what sense, TKD is a fairly recent creation... A unchanging art is a DEAD art.

Ouch!

No, spirituality can be found in anything if you approach it that way. Here is a quote from Matt Thorton on that "You don't think you miss the spiritual part of all this when you take such a functional approach? No, I think its the opposite. I think you miss the spiritual part of all this when you follow a Sifu and bow to ritual. The spiritual journey in all this exists in the DOING... the action of it. The actual doing... not the certificate, not the new techniques of it, not the talking about it, not the organization of it, not the certification of it, not the demonstration of it... NO... in the doing of it... thats where the spiritual aspects are. Its the heroes journey as outlined by Joseph Campbell. You have to have the balls to stand on your own, and face your demons. We do that through the environment created by resisting opponents. The more functional, the more contact, the more likely you are to confront your own ego. When their are no Sifus, no one can remain aloof. Everybody must step on the mat in front of others and show what they can actually do. For real... not a demonstration... but for real. You must tap out, get hit in the face, get tackled and kicked. We all do. We all must. We all meet our own ego. Thats the beginning of the spiritual journey. You see... do you understand? The rest is hippie bullshit. They may use semantics that sound spiritual... but its all hypocrisy. You cant fool yourself... they become bitter. Better to be honest and just train. " I think he is wrong in part, at least for some people. Monks find spirituality in following. It depends on your belief system and what you believe to be spiritual. If that means following something blindly, go for it. If that means not following anyone and doing things your way, go for it. But really if you want spirituality as a primary goal, go to a church, not a sport or cultural art.

Pure in what sense?

Just don't forget the heavy bag. Good mechanics are just as important as strength, if not more so.

Mind if I ask what sort of grappling background he had? If he knew what he was doing he shouldn't have applied a choke in that way. A rear naked choke will have you out in a few seconds if its applied well, and no trained grappler would ever do it dangling from your neck. Then I would say you are wrong. The most important thing for a small guy would probably be a good guard game. With very little training a smaller person can be taught to hold a mount on a larger untrained person, although it does take more to learn to get there. Visit a submission/BJJ school and I can assure you that people much smaller then you will be able to dominate you positionally and slap submissions on you everytime you try to muscle out. In the same way a smaller, but well trained boxer will be able to dance circles around and land punches on a much larger but untrained person most of the time. A smaller fighter needs to work off angles and usually try to clinch or takedown and go from there. But they need to put themself into a superior positions from where they can strike or go for locks/chokes and the other guy can't. Nothing is perfect, but it can give you an edge.But you need to practice sparring, with contact in all ranges. (Standing, clinching, ground) with as few restrictions as possible in order to develop that, and karate typically doesn't do that. Size and aggressiveness are always a advantage, but so are speed, technique and timing. They can balance each other out, but the bigger the difference the harder it is and there comes a point where the it is almost impossible.

Ok Sometimes. Can an out of shape person coach other sports? Look on the sidelines, do the coaches play? can they touch their toes? Point sparring is worthless and kata competition are worthless in my opinion. Guess that rules out BJJ... Again its a uniform, not really relevant to what he can /can't do. Point is there are no rules on things to look for, everyone sees different things. It mostly depends on what there instructor has told them. If you come up in a white gi only environment that is what you will look for. If you come through a school without any uniforms you might say ANY uniform that is a bad thing, unless it is neccessary for the sport (Judo, BJJ, etc.) Traditional martial artists tend to get set in their way fairly quickly and reject things outside of that. What do you want to get out of training, does the school provide it? That is all that matters.

I'd watch out for the guys that don't wear uniforms But if you see Vale Tudo shorts, a rash guard, messed up ears and a nose that looks like its been broken a few times get out of there! But seriously, Who cares? There just training clothes, shorts and a t-shirt work just as well, except if you are doing Judo or BJJ...

Size is a big factor, but not one that can't be overcome. Experience, the ability to move and strategy can counter the size advantage. But the bigger the size difference the harder this is. If I am smaller but can dictate the fight I can gain the advantage. From a pure striking point of view that means footwork. Watch how Roy Jones Jr. fought Hohn Ruiz, he kept the fight where he wanted it, in the center where he could move. It was footwork that won that fight. After the fight Ruiz even stated that he couldn't fight his kind of fight which is why he lost. Royce Gracie did the same thing in the UFC. He knew how to fight from the ground, his opponents didn't. He also knew how to take them there, and he won because of it. Had he tried to slug it out with his much larger opponents he would have lost quickly. But he dictated the fight, where it was and how it was fought. Another good example is Couture vs Belfort. Belfort was easily the superior boxer, but Couture knocked him out with punches. He did this by clinching and positioning him self so that he could strike effectively and Belfort couldn't. But in order to beat a larger opponent you need experience in all ranges with few rules because you will have to force them to fight in a way that they are less effective and you are more effective. A bigger stronger guy will likely knock you out in a fist fight. But if you can take his back and choke him out he won't be able to do so.

In a few years you should hopefully be ok.

cali = kali

Just because you don't use a Japanese term doesn't mean you don't use protective equipment...

But who says martial arts must be about "real" fighting? Tai Chi doesn't look like a real fight, nor do many other traditional arts, so what? Thats not there goal.

Get some Boxing gloves. Or a headgear with a face mask.

Works all those ways... Just differently. I spar sai regularly The tactics shift depending on what you are fighting against.

You fought MMA stylists who had coloured belts? Thats a little odd... So you beat MMA practioners with a months training when you have 12 years? Did I misread you on that? So you have 7 years TRADITIONAL japanese So you have 2 years TRADITIONAL Korean So you have 3 years TRADITIONAL Chinese and have decided that Traditional Chinese is better then MMA. It is not the techniques or the styles that are the problem, it is the training methods. All of the styles you have studied use the same sort of training methods.