Treebranch Posted May 12, 2003 Posted May 12, 2003 Well I've been in fights and The Combat Stuff worked better than my kickboxing did, so by that logic I have to assume my teacher knew his stuff. My San Soo instructor was a street fighter and fought in Viet Nam, this guy was a real thug. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
JohnnyS Posted May 12, 2003 Posted May 12, 2003 Sorry, but I don't get the whole war veteran thing. What does fighting in a war with weapons, either in vietnam or in feudal Japan, have to do with unarmed combat ? BJJ - Black Belt under John Will (Machado)Shootfighting - 3rd Degree Black BeltTKD - Black Belt
Treebranch Posted May 12, 2003 Posted May 12, 2003 Well in the case of my teacher the one that was in the War, he stressed the importance of Hand to Hand because, there are times when the enemy attacks and YOU RUN OUT OF AMMO and the enemy is charging you with a bayonet, you know you do run out of bullets sometimes. To answer your question about feudal Japan, they fought hand to hand when they were to close to use their swords, you had to know how to grapple upright with your swords, or sometimes you weapon would get knock away from you. In many cases you clashed with the enemy and you had to get in close enough to snuff his attack, that's where hand to hand skills come in to effect. You had to know how to strike and grapple effectively to create enough space to cut or stab etc... It wasn't a bunch of individual duals going on in the battle field it was an all out brawl, with hand to hand swords, spear, axes etc.. Training is different for different reasons, do you know how to fight someone if they have a bat, and you don't? How about a knife? How about a crobar? That's where Combat Styles apply to the street today, you never know what someone might attack you with. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
1ONEfighting Posted May 13, 2003 Posted May 13, 2003 Like, for instance, they have no bat, but they have a wicked takedown. What do you do? Thrash like a hippie in water, or swim like a shark? Trainwreck Tiemeyerwishes he was R. Lee Ermey.
Treebranch Posted May 13, 2003 Posted May 13, 2003 1Onefighting said,"Like, for instance, they have no bat, but they have a wicked takedown. What do you do? Thrash like a hippie in water, or swim like a shark? Swim like a shark, of course. You never answered my questions, I guess I already know your answer to them. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
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