How good am I ???

[cross]

The reason i ask is that whilst the shell would be excillent to defend against strikes, it seems to fall into the same category has "crazy monkey" etc when it comes to defending against weapons. Being that you would be absorbing the weapon attacks on the arms etc, with a knife this would be extremely dangerous.

[bushido_man96]

There are lots of people that probably feel the same way that you do. What it all comes down to is your training; the applicability of it, how you approach it, etc.

The fact that you have never had the chance to find out why is a good thing. However, when the time comes, you will sink to the level of your training. Therefore, keep this in mind when you do train.

What is important is if you enjoy what you are doing. If you are having fun doing it, and you feel that there is a level of practicality involved in what you are doing, then that is what matters.

Welcome to the Forums!

[samoht]

The "like a spastic" is a cross between the shell and throwing around wildy trying to parry. Often my arms go in the opposite directing they are suposed to. Like trying to block a right cross with my right arm moving right. When it should be the left arm moving right.

Muscle stiffness is my problem. Everytime I try and up training to say 6 or 7 hours a week instead of 5 my body starts to shut down and I have to take a few days off. I just feel exhausted. I eat enough food. Could easily lose 5 kilos and stil lhave a decent level of fat.

I definitely enjoy my training.

[YoungMan]

Something my Instructor always told us was "trust your technique". In traditional martial arts, we train to make power, defend ourselves, incapacitate people who want to hurt us, and become better people. By that definition, sparring and forms will only go so far as to indicate how good we are. Sparring is designed to not hurt people, and forms obviously is solo practice. he did not want us going out and testing our technique on other people. His attitude was: train hard, use good concentration, and believe in your technique. Your technique will work, as long as you apply it 100%. You do not have to test it out to realize how strong it is.