Grappling Blows my mind

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so what kind of Karate tatics and foot work you are using? I know you come from a Chuan fa, shotokan background. I am curious on the spefics.

I faught mma matches before 3 of them. I ended up 1-2. With the 2 I lost I wasn't totally confident in my ground skills and my karate training wasn't up to par. I really just did them because I was afraid and I wanted to say I went in there despite of it.

My last fight was in Aug/2007. That one I wanted to win. It went good for me. However I still don't like getting hit, and I don't like cutting weight. Especially Sauna part afterwards. Were I don't drink any water. Even after all that I still don't consdier my self a fighter. I tried it out, it was fun at the time. However I still wouldn't say I am fighter.

I prefer BJJ right now, mostly I have been doing nogi, and started working more on my wrestling take downs.

Specifically, the angular set-ups. Too often I see people fighting very linear. They go straight in like a bull...maybe land one hit...then get taken down or countered.

In Karate...the novice student fights linear, the advanced student fights at angles. This is all set up by footwork.

My kicks are strong...much stronger than most people I deal with. Because my boxing is weaker...I use my front leg almost like a jab. Short, low line round houses and front kicks to the thigh and hip joint tend to keep the opponent where I want them. Then I can use my hands behind that.

Another thing I use is the short combinations of Karate. In boxing, combos can be long. But this isn't good for mma due to the ability to clinch and take down. So I use boxing strikes with short combos that are usually set up by a kick of some sort. There's kind of alot to explain.

Perhaps I have just discovered the topic of the first article I'll write for the forums.

[Adonis]

Very intersting, good also be something to video tape instructional for here, as well as write an article, for diffrent learning styles. Awesome!

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Very intersting, good also be something to video tape instructional for here, as well as write an article, for diffrent learning styles. Awesome!

You read my mind! I was in the school this morning shooting some of the things I will talk about in the article. I hope to have hyperlinks in the article that will link to video. They will be used as a visual for the harder to describe stuff!