Team Paul Mitchell

[IAMA_chick]

hey-

 

have you guys ever seen teams like team Paul Mitchell compete? they are awesome. i saw them once. there is this guy named DX and he is awesome. or the XMA performers. there are these little kids who are just so good. they xma site is https://www.xmarevolution.com. there is a name for the people who compete in these touraments but i can't think of it. i was just wondering if anyone else has happened to see them.

[Tombstone]

I think I have. They do breaking and weapon katas and stuff like that right?

[IAMA_chick]

yeah. i didn't see them break though. just weapons and forms.

[stl_karateka]

They are awesome! I saw DX win at the BlueGrass this year -- what a great performance!

[battousai16]

i have seen them and they are quite good. that aside, i don't know how i'd feel to have a hair care product screen printed across my uniform...

[Ozaru]

My only problem is how are they gonna compare DX's forms (Wushu), with Karate style forms. It's almost apples and oranges. Actually 20 apples competing against one orange, I wonder why he stands out? Dont get me wrong, he's darn good, but why is he in the competition?

[stl_karateka]

Usually when you see him competing against karate competitors it is only in grand. Those national tournys have a soft and hard division. Usually in mens grand forms it is DX and Jon Su going head to head. John and DX have gone back and forth winning grand on the NASKA ratings this year.

 

Interesting thing is --- DX doesn't have any competition in the soft mens forms so he performs guaranteed to get grand --- at least that is the way it was at a couple tournys this year. I don't say that to take anything away from him --- he is DARN GOOD!

 

For grands at the national tournaments the judges are a representation of soft and hard styles and are supposed to be educated enough to rank the diverse competition.

[monkeygirl]

I dunno...the members of team Paul Mitchell are definitely very talented. Very talented gymnasts, that is. I've never seen any of them fight and that worries me. Their routines are absolutely amazing, I just can't stand it when someone does 50 backflips and one kick in a kata and calls it martial arts. There's more to it than just looking pretty!!

 

Speaking of which, they do have MARVELOUS hair.

[stl_karateka]

I dunno...the members of team Paul Mitchell are definitely very talented. Very talented gymnasts, that is. I've never seen any of them fight and that worries me.

 

Your right, most of them do not fight --- but then again

 

Raymond Daniels does

 

http://www.sportmartialarts.com/athlete.cfm?ID=2&AthleteID=79

 

And I must say his record is pretty impressive. Firsts and Grands across the board.

 

Dean Fuerstenberg has a decent track record

 

http://www.sportmartialarts.com/athlete.cfm?ID=2&AthleteID=104

 

Casey Marks

 

http://www.sportmartialarts.com/athlete.cfm?ID=2&AthleteID=113

 

Brian Plempel , Jadi Tention etc

 

Personally I only do traditional forms / weapons and sparring. I used to be against the creative divisions cause I couldn't see the bunkai in flips and twists....its not til I realized it is just that....creative....it is for show. And they work just as hard if not harder to pull off the routines they do and I've learned to respect that.

 

Rather they fight or not in tournaments doesn't cause me to question their MA. I would be concerned if that is ALL they practice and get away from the other aspects of MA....but I dont attend their dojo so I don't know!

[Guy_Mendiola]

what kind of fighting style that Team Paul Mitchell do, is it mostly Karate?