Fighting other styles

[Scummy]

Look at some of the videos on Maslinc.com...this is a valuable resource for homework.

In the pointfighting world, the best don't fight with a particular style ie: Taekwondo, Okinawin . Instead they develope blitzes, dynamic kicks, reverse punches and always move.

The stand up straight style with no movement you see in alot of schools will not work with the better fighters.

i strongly agree with this you must use a combination of what u learned and if u happen to not be fighting first dont use that time to talk and chat it should be spent observing your opponents timing there motions and always look in the chest from there you can see whats going to happen next

[Dlove]

Every art has its weakness and its strength's, fighting in a competition is just that fighting, look for weakness and exploit it .....

[bushido_man96]

Gee, this is kind of tough. There are two approaches you could take:

1. Scout out the style. Look on the internet, check out books, and find out what the styles' strong and weak points are. Are they grappling or kicking. Are the fighters flat footed, or do they have lots of footwork? Lots of questions can go here. This research can be somewhat reliable.

2. Scout the fighter you are going to fight. Let's say his a karate-ka. From what I hear, lots of karate-ka have really good hands when compared to someone like myself, a TKD guy. However, this can't be reliable info, as he may be an excellent kicker. If you did not scout him, but did scout his style, you may not have been prepared.

Now, if you are talking about just the average street incident, then it is best to be well versed in your stuff, and be confident that you know what you can do.

A great fighter can make his opponent play his game, instead of adapting to his opponent's game.