XMA special

[Goju_boi]

If you are going to be punching something make sure it has a little give. If it is too hard you'll do undue damage and possibly deform your knuckles.

well my punching bag is kinda tender from the beatings I give it so I don't think it's gonna deform my knuckles.Also I'm punching random things through out the day and I've noticed that my skin is getting tougher in my hands.Also I heard some hard core Karate people in Japan meditate under really cold water to harden their bodies so should I take really cold showers for those results.Oh and will practicing blocks with partners toughen my forearms?

[Why_Worry]

Something my sensei's did when they were training is that they would fill a bucket with water and through it over the shower curtain rail thingy and punch it. It wasnt so much for conditioning as for learning ot punch right. You can either punch it and push it or punch it and release your chi into it and the water will shoot up but the bucket wont go swinging. But they practiced at a community center where there were big shower areas, so i dont know how practical this really is in a house.

Also, i saw the xma show and it was really cool and entertaining to watch but alot of it was real showy and flashy and they didnt really show much of the more direct martial arts making the stereotype that all martial arts are flashy. (not saying one is better than the other though, i like both the same).

[orion82698]

Something my sensei's did when they were training is that they would fill a bucket with water and through it over the shower curtain rail thingy and punch it. It wasnt so much for conditioning as for learning ot punch right. You can either punch it and push it or punch it and release your chi into it and the water will shoot up but the bucket wont go swinging. But they practiced at a community center where there were big shower areas, so i dont know how practical this really is in a house.

Also, i saw the xma show and it was really cool and entertaining to watch but alot of it was real showy and flashy and they didnt really show much of the more direct martial arts making the stereotype that all martial arts are flashy. (not saying one is better than the other though, i like both the same).

Interesting!

[Jay]

nice post thats true flashy applications of moves arnt practicle im always taught if i cant think of how to counter someone just hit them with punches simple but effective

[Samurai Shotokan]

Yeah that Special did more harm than good ....When i was at my friends yesterday he had his computer hooked up to the TV and we were watching random video and we stumbled across that 10 year old BB doing a free form and a guy who i cant remember doing flips for the majority of the video...and they thought that guy who did the flips was an awesome MA but he may of did 3 kicks in the entire thing..and the kid did some form with lots of bo staff spinning but the kidf was a BB so he must equal deadly

[orion82698]

Where was this video?

[Samurai Shotokan]

Umm sorry i cant suply a video or a site because its against this sites rules.

What really burns me is they called Matt a tradionalist but almost everything he did was a free form.When he was about to do his traditional kata i thought it would be something adavanced like Empi or Bassai Dai or anything like that but maybe 90% of the vewiers want to see a form where they flip almost the entire form and do 540s ect.I have nothing agianst Shorei-Ryu.I just wish they showed the actual Shorei Ryu not the Flashy stuff

[Goju_boi]

that special was like watching a action movie in a way.entertainign.but unrealistic.

[orion82698]

Gotcha

[Goju_boi]

There was also another special that I heard of , but didnt's see because I have an antenna television.It was the discovery channels special on the top 10 martial arts.Does anybody know what styles they put on their list and in what order?