TKD, are you confident to use this in the street.

[granmasterchen]

tournament fighting is good for tournaments,

street fighting is good for the streets

now this doesn't mean that your skills will be useless on the street

but it does mean that if you have the tournament fighting mentality (rules and such) then you will get hurt on the street.

The street has no rules, use your techniques and skills, but only use those that are fast and of high quality, usually the basics are good.

high flashy spinning kicks will only get you in trouble unless you are very lucky.

no rules, like mentioned before, kick to the knees, eye gouge, strike the throat, groin, foot stomps, shin stomps, biting, hair pulling, knees, elbows and full force and non stop attacks...you don't stop until the fight is over...and that is usually when someone pulls you off the other person.....and I think that everyone can agree....you don't want to be the person getting beat on when that happens, so rely on your basics.

[mean fighter]

No matter what style you study or how good you are at it, a person with a knife on the street will cut you

[Aodhan]

No matter what style you study or how good you are at it, a person with a knife on the street will cut you

That's a good point, mean.

When I teach knife defense, I tell my students that if the person with the knife has any clue at all, they WILL get cut in a confrontation, and to only take the person on if they have absolutely no other choice.

If you have to get into a confrontation against a knife, I teach turning the palms in to the body (To protect the arteries), get in close as possible and use knees and elbows to vital points (Throat, face, groin) . Immobilizing/disarming the knife is great if you can manage it, but I emphasize getting in close and causing as much damage as possible in the shortest amount of time.

Aodhan

[h2whoa]

TKD is effective, high kicks are not. Here is the problem, most TKD (not all) dojangs teach the sport aspect, these TKD students are more predisposed to throwing high kicks as a fight stopper. Lets face it, in the ring a hook kick to the head will pretty much stop anyone in the ring, and you excecute the way you train.

if I had a knife and someone kicked at my head, I would stab his leg as well, I have studied four arts TKD included, and I have conbined them to make my own style using the use what is useful theory of JKD.

I usually start my fights by destroying my opponents weapons, by hitting his hands and feet, I also favour nerve bundle strikes over PP, as nerve bundles are easier to hit, especially in body builders and larger opponents.

I personally would jump in and grapple, because I am a big guy I am also quite strong, I train to catch arms everyday. So I would catch the arm and snap kick to the nuts.

To defend kicking, if I was to use a kick it wouldnt be a round house, but a snap kick to the groin or a side snapto the kneecaps!!

[SubGrappler]

No matter what style you study or how good you are at it, a person with a knife on the street will cut you

That's a good point, mean.

When I teach knife defense, I tell my students that if the person with the knife has any clue at all, they WILL get cut in a confrontation, and to only take the person on if they have absolutely no other choice.

If the person with the knife has any clue at all of what they're doing, the other person most likely wont survive the confrontation.....

[h2whoa]

No matter what style you study or how good you are at it, a person with a knife on the street will cut you

That's a good point, mean.

When I teach knife defense, I tell my students that if the person with the knife has any clue at all, they WILL get cut in a confrontation, and to only take the person on if they have absolutely no other choice.

If the person with the knife has any clue at all of what they're doing, the other person most likely wont survive the confrontation.....

Very true!!

[Aodhan]

No matter what style you study or how good you are at it, a person with a knife on the street will cut you

That's a good point, mean.

When I teach knife defense, I tell my students that if the person with the knife has any clue at all, they WILL get cut in a confrontation, and to only take the person on if they have absolutely no other choice.

If the person with the knife has any clue at all of what they're doing, the other person most likely wont survive the confrontation.....

I disagree. Unless they are a trained knife fighter, you should be able to disarm them and survive. Note, I'm not saying you'll be unscathed, but you will survive, and in that situation, that's the goal. Survival.

Aodhan

[mean fighter]

absolutley right Aodhan, I just got back from my TKD class and we practiced defense against a knife, and the most likely predicament you will be in with a knife is on the street. Dont let it get to the point were you feel that you have no choice but to fight. for instance if a person is walking by you in a unfimiliar nieborhood with unfimiliar people dont let them get that close to you, have an imaginary box or circle that you have for you personel space, (about three feet) if a person wants to hurt you in any way that three feet should give you enough time to turn and run away or deliver a stong kick or punch .