what are your most recent martial arts purchases?

[ikenpo]

Mine are a new pair of wrestling shoes and a dull folder training knife from iisports on EBay.

My soon to be purchases include some escrima sticks for my group to train with, some additional focus mitts/thai pads maybe and maybe some mats for my training area. The mats are the big wish. Swain are the best, also the most expensive.


jb

p.s. I didn't include a 10 fighting stars magazines I just got that surprisingly include several Ed Parker articles, a couple of surprise articles on JT Wills (who was in Battlestar Galactica to my surprise),a Jim Kelly article and an old a clifford stewart article. Also has William Shatner from star trak talking about his training in Kenpo with Tom Bleecker.

 

[Kirk]

A heavy bag, and Mr Whitson's counterpoint video.

 

[Michael Billings]

Otomix new martial arts shoes, little higher top on them, looks more like a wrestling shoe, but allows for pivoting.

-Michael

 

[RCastillo]

An outfit from "Fist", so my students may pummel me, and a tape on joint locks. But I'm confused on the tape, which is the best one to get???

 

[jfarnsworth]

Kenpo 201 - Lee Wedlake

 

[RCastillo]

Originally posted by jfarnsworth
Kenpo 201 - Lee Wedlake

I thought that was a book?

 

[jfarnsworth]

I thought the title was your most recent martial arts purchases.

Mine happened to be a book. Doesn't that count?

 

[ikenpo]

Originally posted by jfarnsworth
I thought the title was your most recent martial arts purchases.

Mine happened to be a book. Doesn't that count?

sure does...what did you think of it?

jb:asian:

 

[ikenpo]

Originally posted by RCastillo
An outfit from "Fist", so my students may pummel me, and a tape on joint locks. But I'm confused on the tape, which is the best one to get???

Depends on what your looking for exactly...

The lock flow tapes that I've seen include..

-Larry Hartsell's Entering to trapping to grappling
-James Keating's Lock Flow tape is not bad $30
-Kelly Worden does a lot of joint lock stuff on DTL (destroy, trap,lock)
-Also anything with Wally Jay or Remey Presas is filled with joint locks...that vertical wrist lock from Presas is the bomb..

Right off the cuff that's what I can think of...

Mr. Duffy has a good little lock flow set he got from his years in the NCKKA that may have some Hartsell roots...(check out nckka.org ,you can see the first 9 online, the last 3 aren't done yet it looks like) It is broken down in threes so you'll have to look at each section on a different belt rank, but you can get the idea of what they are doing.

Good luck, jb:asian:

 

[shotman]

Hand wraps to use instead of gloves for my heavy bag traing:asian:

 

[Mike]

Two tapes:

Great Grandmaster Ed Parker teaching Concepts of Motion Parts 1&2

PAVEL TSATSOULINE Relax Into Stretch Video

 

[jfarnsworth]

Originally posted by jbkenpo
sure does...what did you think of it?

jb:asian:

I like it alot. A good informative book on the general breakdown of the dictionary forms.

 

[brianhunter]

A new gi, mouthpiece, and "zen in the martial arts" most resent!

 

[rachel]

I got myself a heavy bag for christmas. My daughters playroom is a dojo now with mirrors,etc so we can practice between classes.

 

[TLH3rdDan]

a benchmade tanto style automatic folder

 

[Zujitsuka]

The other day I ordered Vladimir Vasiliev "Espcapes from Holds" video from TRS-Direct.com.

I attended a Systema class in NYC (www.Fighthouse.com) a few weeks ago and was impressed on how I was getting my butt kicked, so I decided to invest a few dollars to learn more about Systema.

Peace,

 

[cdhall]

Some stuff for State (althougth I did not go)
-Foam shin and instep guards (used to use them a decade ago)
-Two new mouthpieces (the old ones were, well, old)

I'm getting my Gi altered and repaired next and I may also buy a new one.

My gear bag also broke so I'll fix the strap when I get my Gi fixed or I'll buy a new one but that is a low priority.

 

[RCastillo]

I 've ordered my "Fist Gear!" I'm invincible now!:samurai:

 

[ikenpo]

Originally posted by RCastillo
I 've ordered my "Fist Gear!" I'm invincible now!:samurai:

and broke...

jb

 

[RCastillo]

Originally posted by jbkenpo
and broke...

jb

Not a chance, good ole Teachers Credit Union! Now, they own me once again!