Drunken_Apprentice Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 I've done some reading on San Soo and it sounds pretty effective, at least by those who have studied it. A bit on the brutal side from what I can tell, but then it *is* a fighting art ... my question is about how practice is done. If it is so brutal and dangerous, how do you practice it so as to 1) not hurt each other but 2) make sure you can apply it effectively in a real life situation (as in full force, full speed)? The title of this post is a reference to the Straight Blast Gym philosophy of "alive"ness, which I don't profess to fully understand, but it sounds like they advocate practicing with a fully resisting opponent as a constant test / improvement of one's skill. That sounds good - since you'll have an idea of what will work and what won't - but how does that happen in any art that involves a good deal of striking? Does anyone have experience with either or both San Soo and SBG to comment? Thanks.
cross Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 Aliveness to me basically means practicing in situations that closely resemble those that would occur in real life.... and most of it involves a partner.
1ONEfighting Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 Aliveness to me basically means practicing in situations that closely resemble those that would occur in real life.... and most of it involves a partner. No, you can do all the partner drills and defenses and moves you can think of, but if the partner is in any way assisting or complying, it is not aliveness. The other drills are necessary for learning the finer points of each technique, but you must learn to apply it with aliveness. Trainwreck Tiemeyerwishes he was R. Lee Ermey.
Karateka_latino Posted December 11, 2003 Posted December 11, 2003 The idea is to make your techniques work against a full-resisting oponent and the techniques that doesn't work under those conditions, won't be used or trained anymore. Discarded.
Treebranch Posted December 11, 2003 Posted December 11, 2003 I think a type of randori is good in San Soo which I did when I studied it. I don't think you want to go full contact with this stuff. You'll loose a lot of training partners due to injury. You can go full contact with the striking aspects of the art and maybe some of the takedowns, but some of the stuff is too risky to do full blast. I'm not trying to hype it, I know first hand. There are no submissions in San Soo. When I was studying it I got into a fight outside a club and the drills we practiced just came out without thinking and in 2 hits it was over. I moved to the inside of his right, kicking him in the groin with a driving front ball kick, straight right to the bridge of his nose, he stumbled and fell. He got up and walked away holding his family jewels. It's direct and brutle and I was nice to him. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
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