JerryLove

The quality of the sond is very important... the police call it a "command voice" and train it in a manner similar to how we train gorilla at my school. The monkey screech Bruce is famous for making is excellent... but like most other such sounds, it does not sound the same recorded as it does live.

Actually, a cane can be illegal. Some justictions (California I understand is one) progibit the carrying of anything which is intended to be used as a weapon. The axiom there is you can ccarry a baseball bat, but only if you also cary a glove and ball. On the other end of the scale, some states (mine) allow the carrying of a firearm without permit; and the carrying of a concealed firearm (or any other elgal weapon) with permit.

I would say the opposite, there is no point in trying to prove to you something you already believe. Skepticism is the root of all certainty.

Oh attacking is far harder. Certainly it's more difficult to locate a moving target, determine distance and timing, defeat defences, and make useful contact than it is to touch your own forehead.

There's no change to make it effective in Karate/TKD. As an example, because of an odd schedule, I was unable to attend regular classes at my preferred school 2 eyars ago, so I hit a few closer to me looking for one I could train at (I was interested in what others did, but more interested in having a place to work and motivation as I was recovering from a bone-marrow transplant). Anyway, the school I went to (for a month) taught an eclectic version of TKD. They had a teacher come in from a Karate schol and hold a seminar; I voulenteered to play dummy. He taught a routine that ended in a Ki-a; Not really having been trained that sound, I gave it a lion's roar. I got comments and questions for days (they were suprised, because what they were doing had no power and was "shouting"). I'm rambling, but the point is that no real modification is neccessairy; learn the sounds and use them with what you are doing... about the only real time you will have a problem is if you try to force a sound with one energy into a movement you are trying to do with a different energy. It will be pretty self-evident when you do that, you won't need me to tell you which those are.

I doubt it because it's unlikely. Why do you believe what you have not proven?

Close to Radok's answer... a combative martial art is one whose training revolves around improving your skills at combat.

I'd argue a better way. stomp their foot, pop their knee, shove them to the gound, *then* kick their head. 'Course, I'm not sure that's allowed in most tournaments.

Ignoring the hammer, which yuo addresssed in your selection, but is otherwise a jam concern, the cylinder can also befoul. Generally, the only instance where a automatic is likely to jam is if it's inside something (slee, pocket, etc) when fired, or under very dirty conditions. Depends on what you are afraid of. if you are afraid of "tapping" the hammer and causnig a discharge; you've already made that realistally impossable by using a concealed-hammer revolver... further, the drop-safety on a Glock (the weapons you mentioned as an automatic) makes that impossable. If you are worried about the trigger fowling and cycling the gun, then you need to clear one round clockwise on the cylinder... either way, you've dropped one round from an already limited supply of ammo.

I'm not about to answer a groaner question that begins: "what style(s) has the most effective", but I am suprised at the many obvious arts being left out. Boxing comes screaming to mind as something that would be offered by an English board, and Hsing-I (Xingyi). Would have expected to see those two early and often.

Are you discussing the tactic or the strategy? Ali's tactic was to cover his face, his strategy was to exaust his opponent before attacking. The tactic is unlikely to function outside of a boxing match, the strategy is likely more versitile.

There's been many a UFC that came down to one person winning by simply outlasting the other. I presume most peope on the street are not superior to most roided, trained, and Doped UFCers.

Why do you think it improves your chances in a tournament, nad decreases them outside of one?

Just like punching, or hammerfisting, or backfisting.. but without the fist part.

I was working under the wall=pretend edge of roof assumption when I asked.

One cannot spar (fight under rules attempting to win) with pretty much any weapon, without armor. A great example of actual stick sparring would be the Dog Brothers. (https://www.dogbrothers.com). You can also look at https://www.thehaca.com for another competitive group (or your local fencing club). The SCA also likes to get up in armor and ebat on one another (I am a former stick-jock myself). By-and-large, when weapons come out, the sparring stops (some examples above being exceptions) and you end up in drills, routines, or free-form play.

So, if I shove you into the wall (off the roof) do you loose?

A praying mantis is a bug. A Mantis style is an animal style patterend of aspects of the praying mantis.

Actually, it sounds a lot like a Gorilla Mouth open, throat relaxed, breathing into diaghphram quickly, in sound "hin", out sound "ha" and causes hyperventelation if you aren't doing something pretty robust while making the sound.

Depends on the rules involved. In kick-boxing-type matches.. I would imagine yes. It's worth looking sometime at the minimum hit requirements and kick requirements and asking yourself why they need to be there... what would be different if they were not.

Randori is free-sparring... what is described is a drill, not a spar.

"Nothing like" is a strong and vague term. It's like the difference between the Rombinhood of legend and the historical Robin... ok, more severe, but I think you get the idea. mmm.. no. While the Dan Tien is a massave storage place for qi in the body, it's not the "creation place" of it in any particular sense. Simplified to the point I have no idea what you are referring to. "Jing" is the expression of energy. If you think about hitting through something, hitting into something, or bouncing off something you hit, you have the basic concept (though the details are more complex than that of course) If done correctly, it's one of many auditory attacks with energetic effects. I've only been to about a dozen TKD and Karate schools, but none of them did anything other than shout their ki-ah... I have met some that had the "hut" noise/energy pretty well though. "Stronger" is also an overly vague term, different sounds have different effects. There are a couple different sounds that could fall under the normal "ki-ah" monicer. The one I am most fond of is a "golden gorilla" sound, which adds bounce and power. The "hut" tends to shorten and slow movement, but add power, where the "thht" (definately not mistakeable for a traditional ki-ah) has speed and length. Bruce's rather well know monkey (which sounds VERY different in person as opposed to recorded) is a very impressive one as well...I'm not sure how to categorize it's effect. Even western fighters (boxers for example) use sounds/breathing to aid in hitting. I believe the boxing norm is a contracting of the diagphram (a "huff"). While not as audiable to the opponent, it has a positive effect on the boxer... and is certainly a qi activity.

I know of a bunch in Seattle, but not Yakima. I'll ask around. Is there a big city that's near?

That's an even worse sign. There's no one in the world that I could come at 10 times with a katana and not at least cut. I'd be suprised if there's someone who could fare better against me with a knife... and that's one-on-one. That's not a statement of huberis about my skill, that's a matter of fact about knife work. If you have two people "attack" a thrid with live weapons, and the third is not injured, then you are not even remotely resembling a real fight... I've gotten many a bruise from 1-on-1 medium play with a rolled up TV-guide.

Freezing a wet brick works (and microwaving a wet brick *might* work) because (as mentioned by BKJ) the expanding water cause microfractures in the brick. By destroying teh crystal latice, you remove cohesion. If you've ever seen a hit make a brick "explode" (crumble int many bits), you can be pretty sure it was weakend first.