How many points would you give your style?

[iolair]

OH DO YOU MEAN THE STYLE WE ARE CURRENTLY PRACTICING?

Yes, that's what I meant - sorry, should have been clearer!

 

It's interesting to see different people give the same arts different scores!

 

Anyway, my opinion of a couple of styles I've practiced

 

Seido Karate (pre-black belt: weapons are introduced for black belts)

 

1)Ground 0

 

2) Throws/Takedowns 1

 

3) Infighting 2

 

4) Punching 5

 

5) Kicking 4

 

6) Weapons 0

 

British Judo Association

 

1) Ground 5

 

2) Throws/Takedowns 7

 

3) Infighting 0

 

4) Punching 0

 

5) Kicking 0

 

6) Weapons 0

[iolair]

Oh yeah and fencing is a bit of a no-brainer to classify 0 0 0 0 0 12

[omnifinite]

My current training (Kempo and Jujitsu... too integrated in my instruction to bother dividing them up):

 

1) 2 Groundwork

 

2) 2.5 Trapping, Throws and Takedowns

 

3) 2 Infighting - Elbows, Knees and Head

 

4) 2.5 Punching

 

5) 2 Kicking

 

6) 1 Weapons

 

I'd add more to some catagories but I'm all out of points.

[Kensai]

Interesting post.....

 

Ki Aikido

 

Groundwork - 1

 

 

 

Trapping, Throws and Takedowns - 5

 

 

 

Infighting - Elbows, Knees and Head - 1

 

 

 

Punching - 1

 

 

 

Kicking - 0

 

 

 

Weapons - 4

 

BJA Judo

 

Groundwork - 6

 

 

 

Trapping, Throws and Takedowns - 6

 

 

 

Infighting - Elbows, Knees and Head - 0

 

 

 

Punching - 0

 

 

 

Kicking - 0

 

 

 

Weapons - 0

[Ziggy]

Great post, all we need now is for someone to make some trading cards of all these and we could make some money!!

 

Kickboxing:

 

1) Ground 0

 

2) Throws/Takedowns 0

 

3) Infighting 3

 

4) Punching 5

 

5) Kicking 4

 

6) Weapons 0

[rb]

I thought judo also taught striking ?

[SaiFightsMS]

Now this is a constructive way to compare similarities and differences among school. And I must say this is a very interesting thread. Keep them coming.

[ZeRo]

SCJJ

 

Groundwork 3

 

Trapping, Throws and Takedowns 3

 

Infighting - Elbows, Knees and Head

 

Punching 3

 

Kicking 3

 

Weapons

 

ITF TKD

 

Groundwork 0

 

Trapping, Throws and Takedowns 0

 

Infighting - Elbows, Knees and Head 0

 

Punching 6

 

Kicking 6

 

Weapons 0

[iolair]

I thought judo also taught striking ?

Not really. Jigoro Kano originally included striking when he formulated Judo, but generally it is restricted to being in 1 kata which is not taught before black belt.... For the average Judoka, Judo effectively has no striking.

[DokterVet]

Wado-Ryu Karate

 

Groundwork: 1 (occasional freestyle grappling with an 'anything that works' strategy)

 

Trapping, Throws and Takedowns: 3 (Hip tosses and joint locks are staples of the Kihon Kumite(pre-arranged sparring))

 

Infighting - Elbows, Knees and Head: 1 (We practice the techniques, but don't employ them often)

 

Punching: 4 (The single biggest focus of karate)

 

Kicking: 3.5 (Almost as important is punching, but not quite)

 

Weapons: 0.5 (optional training in sai, bo, shindo, etc. mostly at black belt level. Not really part of the style, but incorporated by individual teachers)