Yup! Sorry for any confusion. Given this definition, I'm definitely referring to a system, rather than a personal style. Haha, point taken. I...
That actually sounds like a lot of fun, even outside of the practical benefits... One thing I remember you saying in an older thread, was that...
Well, I currently live in Puerto Rico, 4 million people on one small island, so small-town syndrome is not really an issue. When I was in Maine,...
This is a good example, but I think with many arts it's not as simple. BJJ's paradigm, especially gi, that leads to the super impressive, super...
Right, I get that you can. My understanding though, (again, speaking locally) is that the majority of MMA gyms still teach a grappling art and a...
I may be naive here, but is it really standard for people to train in "MMA" as a style rather than a sport now? I know some places do teach...
Definitely the best. BUT, it's hard to run all your training as an open mat. I think it's fair to say, at least from gyms in areas I've lived,...
One thing I think we all see all the time across nearly all styles of martial art, is the tendency to learn to fight practitioners of your own...
Yeah, also you never know when the guy might have his tongue on the roof of his mouth, or be alternately flexing his big toes...
A fair amount of what's known today as Taekwondo could perhaps more accurately be termed Tang Soo Do, Korean Karate, or even just straight up...
I don't know if the OP's still around and reading, but to get back a bit to their original enquiry: I'd be careful looking into systems heavy in...
TKD guy reporting in. I don't even know the basic rule-sets of any of the TKD sport-game things, Olympic style, point-sparring, what have you. If...
Straying from crack back to the original post... As someone from a "TKD" lineage, let me just say that we do Japanese kata with very few kicks...
A fine little vignette.
My impression of the "counters don't work" idea, is that the thought is not that you cannot defend yourself against a given attack, but that the...
Oh, I didn't mean I consider it a martial art. I meant I doubt that trickers think it's a martial art. If tricking is supposed to be a workable...
Weeeell, I would maybe guess that for BJJ at least the emphasis isn't usually on looking cool, but rather on effective (or technically impressive,...
My general impression is that the average "tricker"/XMA-er isn't expecting to be ready for combat sports or the more unfortunate case of real-life...
One school near where I used to live did a gentler version of that, which they called their "Boston Brawl." Certainly an eye-opener if you're used...
For those who didn't read the other thread, I've collected a few of my favorites, in the hopes that we can share in the knowledge of others, and...
Well, I can agree that I would rather elbow someone in the head than punch them. A lot of that has to do with range, in my preferred range (quite...
I'm far too tired to add anything meaningful, but I wanted to note publicly that I like what you've all written thus far. Sometimes (most times)...
Honestly, I come from a Korean Karate background, and I'm somewhat familiar with the repertoire of many of the karate and karate-based schools in...
On top of that, it depends where. All else being equal: -Under boxing rules, the boxer will almost certainly win, because they train for that....
Yeah, I'm not a ground fighter, but whenever I've been arm barred, I've never been able to punch (stab) my partner in the gut... Plus, the...
Yeah, I think instant mastery would be pretty fun for a month or so, but really, it's not the being good that I love about the martial arts, it's...
As I understand it, he got out to demand his money, and was greeted with a small bat, which sounds like it was previously concealed. In the first...
In one sense I see what you're saying. For applications involving pulling or guiding the opponents bodyweight, the second clip looks, at first...
Don't worry, there's a thoroughly rewarding substitute: [IMG] Exactly. The movement can be as valid or invalid as you like, depending on your...
That too.
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