JerryLove

They are all extremely effective but they cannot deal in all ranges and you need to deal in all ranges to be extremely effective. Do you hear yourself? Do I really need to point out the contradiction?

Hit him, the haymaker is inherently slow. If, for some reason, you don't notice it till very late, your options are limited by your situation. Join. Jam (stop hit) the soulder. Step inside. Bone-shield. Duck. are just a few options.

Well, we have at least three dofferent groups of MA here. The "best fighter" sport-art group. The "improve yourself" group. and the "survive violent situations" group. My primary goal is neither competition nor enlightenment; it's effecacy. Perphirally I like MA for it's own sake and the health benifits of regular exercise.

That would appear inaccurate. While chi self-replenishes, it can be conserver or expended; and you can build up a storehouse or waste one away. The relationship to physical activity stands. Some people have a longer endurance than others. While your ability to perform physcial work self-replenishes, you can train a higher endurance... You can also over-exert or conserve energy when performing physial labor causing you to last longer or tire out earlier.

Yes. Just as you can build chi you can "run out" (so to speak). This is, for example, a problem with people who do qigong healing work and use their own energy for the healing... This is also why it's important for anyon working with chi to do regular qigong work to build and correct their own chi reserves. Otherwise it's like straining our muscles without taking the time to build and limber them.

So you are saying that if Rickson Gracie had studied TKD all his life he would have won some UFCs with that? It's the fighter... and the art... and the school... and luck. Further, I would say pearing down to 2-3 techniques is overspecializing... to use your boxer example, they are generally impotent fighters when it comes to kick and takedowns, and their upright grappling skills are sub-par at best. So who's been sucesful in limited-rules fighting? People who cross-train... while the underlying principle (less techniques you can perform better) does apply somewhat, your example is overly simplistic.

My mistake, wingchundroo said it, I responded, you addressed my response. Same retort, just change the name.

Actually, when I'm working WC (which mostly entails sticky-hands these days) I'm pushing power from the ground.

You said: "using the body to punch often opens the centre of someones body out and has their elbows wide." To which I replied: " I just stood up, to othe standard WC pose, and threw three punches along my centerline, using my body, and without turning out my elbows" You propped up a straw-man argument in which you attacked body-use punches for a characteristic they do not neccessairily have. I pointed out that you were wrong to do so.

It'sa darn good thing I didn't say that then (please read the post again). I can stand up and throw three punchs and determine that I can throw those punches with my body without turning out my elbow... Something you claimed could not be done. Wouldn't dream of it... All I'm saying is I stood up, and did what you said couldn't be done. I'll let you sort out the physics.

If they put both hands and their body on the staff to contest control or enforce the jam; then you are contesting the staff. There's not much way to avoid it (other than hit them before they do), but they are not jamming and attacking either. Used properly, there is not a good choke point on the weapon / your body that could be easily exploited to jam the weapon. If you have a 6-fot staff, put your hands three feet apart and equidistand from the middle... hold the staff against your torso from hip to opposing shoulder. Tell me how you would imagine the Jam starting and I'll walk you through beating them up while they try.

The one-inch-punch (and te concept of short and no distance power) does not promise a more powerful hit than the same concepts used on a travelling punch... rather it offers the ability to hit without having to cross distance. You see the same thing in many arts (fa-jing pushes in Taiji for example). They hurt or don't hurt as much and as little as other options. How much pull-back does it require to do chest-compressions? Not much.

while I can see arguments about the orientation of the finger-bones in the hand in relation to the wrist affecting their likelyhood of breaking... I don't see a valid argument that boils down to the orientation of the fist relative to teh torso (vertical vs horizontal); can you elaborate? Yes. most people do everything from walk to reaching for a soda using their "whole body". Weight training spends a lot of time teaching you to isolate because it's natural to involve your whole body. Why? Because it works better. That said, I think you are thinking of something more particular thatn what you are saying. I disagree. Look at the one-inch-punch (It's WC even). Where does power come from? From teh body? Why? Because the arm cant generate power fast enough. To put it another way... you want to extend your hand 6 inces. you can extend your arm 6 inches, or you can extend your legs, torso, and arm 2 inches each. Since the latter can be done "in parallel", it's inherently faster (though other things come into play of course). I disagree. I just stood up, to othe standard WC pose, and threw three punches along my centerline, using my body, and without turning out my elbows... Take a look at a Serak punch (hmm... think I have a video of one at home... I should put that up). you generalize... the shoulders can be the centerline depending on relative positions. It's not where the contact is, it's where the force is oriented toward. And yet it's not how planes fly or space-ships get places. The shortest path is not always the best or fastest.

I would think the most obvious Akido cuonter to a boxer jabbing would be to either run away (how's that for blending) or to sweep. Course, it depends heavily on style of Akido.

Are you looking for a combative sword? In that case you are more concerned with avoiding catistrophic failure (breaking) thank incedental failure (dulling). That type of sword will require a good amount of maintence (sharpening, oiling, cleaning) but will be a good fighting blade. Most people like a good spring-steel for practice swords. It's light, durable, and not likely to break. It doesn't hold an edge well, and doesn't cut as well as a higher-carbon steel (like wootz steel) but it's inexpensive (relatively) and reasonably durable. Not sure how popular samurai swrods (katana, no-dachi, etc) are in such materials though... traditionally these swords are ratehr brittle. It depends on weather you are looking of "authentic" or "practical" in terms of the weapons performance.

One needs to define what qualifies as "effective". Would a competition-level boxer take his BJJ or MT equivelent in an octagon or a street fight? Probibly not. Would a competition-level boxer be able to use his skills in a street fight? Probibly. Would those skill make him likely to win? In general, yes. One need not have the best partial art or art combination in order to effectively defend one's self (though, of course, it does work better that way). If the best exercise is "the one you will actually do", then the same must be said for a martial art. OTOH, I see yet another person (assuming he's sincere) who apparently does nothing and who has simply decided which arts he will try (and three of them at that). Why don't you go find a good school in an art that intrestest you. Study there for a while then see of you want to find another to cross-train. I'd recommend highly against gofing from not training to trying to take 3 diferent arts (unless you are discussin a school that teaches the three together).

While I think boxing can add a great deal to a TKD cirriculum, I'm skeptical of the reverse. Because of the general nature of TKD kicking vs a boxing stance, I think that there are other arts (such as MT) that would work much better with boxing's basic approachs.

I'm quite familiar with jamming. Jamming a staff held and wielded properly is quite difficult. Full speed and power until someone yields. I've seen people get limbs broken *through* metal plate armor. The hits are hard and frequent enough that the large rattan sticks often break.

I'm not sure of the layout of TN, but if you are near Maryville, my instructor is there. Specifi information can be found at this link: http://www.clearsilat.com/silat/Schools/Maryville.htm

You should know that it's "Krav Maga".

And I can open my tactical folder faster than I can clear my pants... a fraction of a second. Take a look at anything Steve Gartin has put out on deploying tactical folders for an idea. Yes a balisong can be opened quickly, but a tactical folder is faster at the same skill if for no other reason than the shorter distance of movement (90 degrees as opposed to 180), though there are also other reasons. No, that's why the clasic "switchblade" with mechanical etensions and retractions is illegal.

It's illegal to have a knife with an automatic extension *and* retraction. and yes, folders are faster than basilongs anyway, the willingness of the legislation to ban things based on common perception rather than ability is annyoing.

Wing-chung works in a virtual house. The idea is that an opponent must get his weapons facing you. WC tehn becomes about pushin attacks off your centerline (outside the house) and keeping your path to his centerline clear. In practice, I find it quite unlike Akido. While both arts deal with redirection more than over-powering; the circles and movement of Akido remind me far more of Bagua than they do of a boxing art like WC.

Tension is resistance, resistance limits power. The hardest punches come when relaxed. Unless you are referring to the mental state and arguing that the skiddishness of anxiety is causeing it and he should calm down. I disagree. Instinct comes from repitition... and repeating "control" (hitting litely) will cause you to hit litely under stress. That's not control, that's consistancy. And for a fighting art, being consistantly light is counter-productive.

I like Shinan-ju... worked so well for Remo Williams! That's an absurd question, and the follow-up seems intent only on fanning an argument.