thekuntawman
Purple Belt
hey everybody, long time no see. im a little disappointed there aint been a lot of conversation lately, just posting video clips and seminar announcements. doesnt anybody train for fighting anymore? :angel:
so i thought i would get something started with this.
are you really training your FMA for fighting on the street? or self defense? in what way? i stopped looking at youtube clips a lot time ago, because everybodys doing the same thing, same old drills, same old kenpo techniques while the opponent just stands there, and now we have the same old sparring clips. when you seent one, you seen them all.
but arnis and eskrima have so much more to them than playing patty cake with those sticks. what about power hitting, or fighting against a power hit? and empty hands! please! what about "fighting" with those hands. sure, you can slap them together like your doing sinawali, but how bout practicing how to kick somebodys *** with those fists? i havent been to no eskrima tournament in about 5 years, they're boring. have you noticed every says "we do stick, knife, stick and knife, and empty hand", but you dont see nobody fighting empty handed? but they play patty cake all day long. and im sorry, but punching focus mitts is not what im talking about, we cant all be floyd maywther or pacman, use your martial arts.
last month my boys went to a muay thai tournament close to fresno (first place and third place, thank you). one was a kuntaw student of mine, the other was my kung fu student. they told me, there was a lot of FMA people there... in the audience. yeah, at every tournament i ever been to, except eskrima tournaments.
so it makes me wonder (just kidding, i already know the answer), how many people think about the street fight, and how your FMA is getting ready in case that happens. drills, save it, the guy on the street aint going to do sinawali with you, and he's not going to use most of your 12 hit numbering system, he's probably going to swing his fist at you. not a jab (for those nice, pretty "guntings" or block, check past) not a hook (that you can use elbow to fist destruction against), but just a plain old, sloppy punch. FMA is very effective in a real fight, but you have to prepare the right way. are you?
so i thought i would get something started with this.
are you really training your FMA for fighting on the street? or self defense? in what way? i stopped looking at youtube clips a lot time ago, because everybodys doing the same thing, same old drills, same old kenpo techniques while the opponent just stands there, and now we have the same old sparring clips. when you seent one, you seen them all.
but arnis and eskrima have so much more to them than playing patty cake with those sticks. what about power hitting, or fighting against a power hit? and empty hands! please! what about "fighting" with those hands. sure, you can slap them together like your doing sinawali, but how bout practicing how to kick somebodys *** with those fists? i havent been to no eskrima tournament in about 5 years, they're boring. have you noticed every says "we do stick, knife, stick and knife, and empty hand", but you dont see nobody fighting empty handed? but they play patty cake all day long. and im sorry, but punching focus mitts is not what im talking about, we cant all be floyd maywther or pacman, use your martial arts.
last month my boys went to a muay thai tournament close to fresno (first place and third place, thank you). one was a kuntaw student of mine, the other was my kung fu student. they told me, there was a lot of FMA people there... in the audience. yeah, at every tournament i ever been to, except eskrima tournaments.
so it makes me wonder (just kidding, i already know the answer), how many people think about the street fight, and how your FMA is getting ready in case that happens. drills, save it, the guy on the street aint going to do sinawali with you, and he's not going to use most of your 12 hit numbering system, he's probably going to swing his fist at you. not a jab (for those nice, pretty "guntings" or block, check past) not a hook (that you can use elbow to fist destruction against), but just a plain old, sloppy punch. FMA is very effective in a real fight, but you have to prepare the right way. are you?