Anyone studying Close Combat??

[Draven Chen Zhen]

Hello, everyone.

 

I'm considering joining a Close Combat school (http://closecombat.00server.com/).

 

So are there people here who study close combat or have studied...???

 

And if so, what are your thaught about the MA?

 

Thx

Edited June 16, 2004 by Draven Chen Zhen

[Drunken Monkey]

no thoughts on the school

 

but

 

i would say that maybe you should give what you're doing a bit more time to settle in first.

 

from what i can tell, the new place seems to be teaching jkd style concepts (as well as the recognised jkd system itself),

 

i've always felt that these systems best serve those who already have an extablished base as the concepts they teach are often, 'high' theory from some of the more 'classical styles' (i.e wing chun bil gee concepts...).

 

if you go straight into this without first getting your own base sorted, you might ignore the need for said basics (because of what you are being shown....)

 

i've seen this happen.

 

the student got so hung up on the instant 'lap sau' and punch that he didn't actually realise that before you can do this, you need to know how to receive...

 

the very short and cliched answer would be.

 

don't try to run before you can walk.

[Draven Chen Zhen]

nice post Drunken Monkey, but don't worry I'll keep studying KF.

 

I would like to start CC because there you see a lot of different styles.

 

Now I train, 2 times a week, for 80min/training. And maybe 3 hours a week at home. But it still isn't enough. It's like a drug , if I could I would train 24/7, but with school and sleep and stuff that's impossible

 

So I want to start a second MA, so I chose CC because it is totally different from KF.

[delta1]

Hard to say about a school from a web sight. I notice in all their pictures that they use a lot of punyo (the short end of the stick, the butt end). Most FMA's don't think this is necessary, and it shortens your reach and makes it easier to strip your weapon. But they probably have their reasons.

 

If they are affiliated with the Dog Brothers, expect to do a lot of contact fighting, sometimes with 'live stick'. Their motto is "Higher Consciousness Through Harder Contact!"

[Draven Chen Zhen]

The purpose of this thread wasn't really to grade the site, but to grade Close Combat in general, as a technique as a MA.

[Drunken Monkey]

i say, keep doing what you're doing until you feel like there is nothing more you can be 'taught' and you are just developing what you know.

 

then, when you expose yourself to more things, you have a good frame of reference.

 

i mean, after another year, you will have a reasonable idea of how one way deals with things.

[JKogas]

Close combat as in the CLINCH? Yeah, it's great.

 

-John

[Thuggish]

hooray for bjj! hooray for wrestling! hooray for asskicking!