Nick_UKWC Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 I expect it's rubbed off your keyboard Jules "...or maybe you are carrying a large vicious dog in your pocket." -Scottnshelly
Master Jules Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Oh.......you mean the dots............gotchya.......sorry bout that.....just a habit Ive developed over the years.....hope youall dont find it to annoying.....sorry again. ........ ~Master Jules......aka "The Sandman""I may be a trained killer......but Im really a nice guy"
Nick_UKWC Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Was a guy on another forum I used to post to that did that a lot, guess you just type how you talk Full stop is Britlandish for period "...or maybe you are carrying a large vicious dog in your pocket." -Scottnshelly
STR33T GUY Posted December 21, 2004 Author Posted December 21, 2004 btw Str33t Guy....how old are you ? 43 A minute of experience on the street is worth a year of training in the dojo.If you can’t sprawl and brawl, you can’t street fight.
MenteReligieuse Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Was a guy on another forum I used to post to that did that a lot, guess you just type how you talk Full stop is Britlandish for period You crazy brits!
Master Jules Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Full stop is Britlandish for period Gotchya.....kinda like reading a telegram I guess...... ~Master Jules......aka "The Sandman""I may be a trained killer......but Im really a nice guy"
Kaminari Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 very good story, Master Jules. If I may add to the discussion, I dislike the boxing kind of stance, because 1) I was trained with Karate stances, and 2) I think that having your hands nearer your midsection gives you a better range of protection, rather than focusing on keeping the guard at your head. Just my two cents.
Ottman Posted December 23, 2004 Posted December 23, 2004 I've always thought of stances as a way to train your body to understand its own center of balance better. I've had (admittedly a small amount of) tai chi training, but just those concepts of my own balance that I took away from the exercises I learned really made me understand why the stances I had learned in TKD were designed how they were. While in motion, our center of gravity is, clearly, also in motion, and each stance can give you a range of quickly and acurately executed movements. With practice, (I know I have a long way to go before I've reached the level of say master jules, but I have been training for ten years now) I've gotten to the point that I don't have to think about which stance I need I to snap into to react to my opponents. I try to stay in constant motion at all times while sparring (while engaged in striking anyway, grappling is a little different of course) and whereas in the past I've really had to spend a lot of energy thinking about my foot work, and how I was able to move from certain positions while reacting to my opponents movements, I can now do it fairly automaticlally, but I would never have gotten to this point without practicing endlessly my basic stances with different variations in feet distance, weight distribution, etc. (One of my favorite training methods was to ride the subway here in boston without holding on to any rails and see if I could make it the whole trip without taking more than one step at a time, and then just to shift my stance position.) After all this training, I've come to the conclusion that stances aren't for standing, they're for setting your body up for the next movement. (Just as most of the scraping around on the ground in ju jitsu is for the same thing.) Adopting this philosophy has greatly improved my understanding of how to effectively use my footwork to set myself up perfectly, then it's just like chess, get every piece set and move in for the checkmate. A great example of using stances this way is on the basketball court. I play a lot of ball, and have found that moving into different stances is a great way to change directions more quickly than even the most experienced basketball players, who know nothing of the principles of weight distribution in forward or back stance. (actually, the capoeira jinga is the best method i've found for stopping and switching directions on a dime. No one has been able to keep up with it yet.) I've found myself open, and on the way to the hoop with little or no resistance a lot more often since I started paying more attention to the body intelligence that can be gained from practicing the basic stances thoroughly. Regardless of what your fighting stance is, the normal range of movement in a typical fight will require you to use these principles of balance and wieght distribution that can be learned through basic stance training many times while dancing with your opponent and maneuvering for position, so whatever your typical fighting posture, be assured that it won't stay that way for the duration of a match, and never limit your ability to move for lack of knowledge of your own body. Any type of training that can teach you about yourself, or what you might come up against is invaluable, especially if it shows you where you're making mistakes. Tae Kwon Do - 3rd Dan, InstructorBrazilian Ju Jitsu - Purple Belt, Level 1 Instructor
STR33T GUY Posted December 23, 2004 Author Posted December 23, 2004 (I know I have a long way to go before I've reached the level of say master jules, but I have been training for ten years now) I've gotten to the point that I don't have to think about which stance I need I to snap into to react to my opponents. In my opinion you have greatly over complicated things, much to your detriment. In 10 months I could train you to be able to destroy 90% of the people out there. A minute of experience on the street is worth a year of training in the dojo.If you can’t sprawl and brawl, you can’t street fight.
Master Jules Posted December 23, 2004 Posted December 23, 2004 Ottman.....thank you most humbly for your compliment....but I have plenty of room for improvement as well, and thats why Ill never stop training.....ever. Str33t Guy......could you be more specific in your comment to Ottman.....Im just curious if you wouldnt mind elaborating on your post. Thanks. ~Master Jules......aka "The Sandman""I may be a trained killer......but Im really a nice guy"
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