I wasn't acusing you saying anything, just pointing most grappling systems use the same principles. For the record if it makes feel better I...
To be honest grappling can employ gross motor skills but gross motor skill based SD is intended to be a foundation that gets built on turning...
Steve, Its not a BJJ thing, I've seen it in other systems like Traditional JJ and Sport Jujitsu and even kung-fu Chin Na. Take the idea of...
Joint locks are effective within context & it should be noted that with some older and even more modern systems the idea of a joint lock is some...
I did met some people who learned from him years ago, they kept talking about how "bad ***" they were so left.
Like to go to the ground, no but several different MAs I've learned all involved me fighting on the ground at some point even down to Shotokan...
Thats not an easy question to answer, remember there are different types of violence, for social violence any kind of contact fighting sport will...
Ranking is fluff, pure & simple. It exists to offer encouragement and while it makes a great guide it also seems to become a focus. Life is a lot...
Try the Sun Tzu II: The lost art of war by Cleary by Harper-Collins Press. Its the deep more detailed lessons record by Sun Tzu's protoge Sun Bin
Except that the Tao/-Do symbol is the exact same symbol and refers to "specific philosophical docturine" i.e. the difference between being...
Well Chris the term -Do is Japanese for Tao. Zen (Chen in Chinese) Buddhist philosophy and Taoist (Doist) philosophy is very similar as well as...
There is a slight difference between judo & Jujutsu, in that Budo & Bujutsu are different in goals. Kano wanted Judo to be a means of teaching a...
Chris, here is the problem. a) Takamatsu has no proof that Toda even existed and that kills the lineage of the 3 ninjutsu ryu-ha orgionally...
Joined the USMC right out of highschool in 98, turn 18 on Paris Island and went US Army in 01 ETSed in 05 (3 year contract with an 18 month stop...
Hey, Bill hate to tell you this but Marines are not Special Forces thats a BS recruiter claim. Special Forces refers to a specific military field...
I do this with my jujitsu system, strip away the fat and drill the techniques. A lot of what we have in the MA world is marketing politics; I...
I had to look those up & they don't exist... Of course that opens a whole different can o' worms becasue its "anime occultism" and to be honest...
Small problem with that, my lil brother has MA training as well & is more than competant with a knife. I should know I taught most of his...
Best place to be warrior; Iraq or Affghanistan... If you go Marine or Army go infantry; everything else is support... I have nothing against...
I do it all the time its a great way to exercise the mind along side physical activity but you need both...
Well thats were I see as this; their is a "magical art" and there are systems which are more dangerious then others. First I deal with the latter...
Thats true Brian, of course you also have to realize that by the standard imposed by that the x-kans are all hypocritical & they have no claim...
Somewhat yes; a lot of problems can be resolved with a few of the same techniques & they aren't limited by set in stone format. While a BJJ...
Oh but Kukishin Ryu is a Jujutsu Ryu with no ninjutsu listed as part of the system (except for x-kan sites), more so; other besides Takamatsu have...
You seem to be missing the point I'm making; take Robert Bussey or even Stephen Hayes both can trace their "ninjutsu" to Takamatsu sensei; however...
Well I might say both; as peace is not realistic to human nature, or they be trying to keep animals in their yard & do a lot of hunting. Its all...
Yes, I did & still do disagree with Grossman because Grossman doesn't explain the shadow/negative side. George Thompson did actually go into...
My advise is this, try to do everything but fight. When you its a fight treat it like a war.
Thats true but, even the modern useage was intended to identify a particular type of Bushi, though some bandits were also called ninjas because...
It was either that the definition as someone who practices ninjutsu, which opens the clan issue up to family owned dojos and a few more. It was...
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