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2nd Black Belt
[FONT=Verdana, Times New Roman, Helvetica]I thought this was interesting. This is a blog from a judo/jiu-jitsu guy here in my town. First, he says this:
OK lately some of you might have noticed that the number of students in my school has greatly increased. in fact i have tripled the amount of students i had over the last 3 months. i like to share with the other jiu-jitsuka how i did it. it's not because of my "throwdown" octagon. and it's not because of my sprung loaded GMR mats. and it's not because of my tv commercial. rather it was because of my influx of new students. that i was able to get these things.
it is because i broke away from karate and kung fu all together. i appreciate walley cup, and whit mcclendon for having me at their schools. but in looking back on it, those guys were holding me back. i have never shown fake martial arts. but when i tried to work with others, i found myself biting my tongue, alot. you see wrestling, kickboxing, BJJ work. everything else is just a fantacy. forms do nothing for an individual. the weapons shown in both kung fu and karate don't make any sense. ( i am speaking about "rope darts" and tri-sectional staffs) of course the way they train with them doesn't make any sense. because they use forms. the folklore is ridiculous, with death blows and pressure points, and hands smashing through armor. it's all very child like. yet people look the other way. the strange thing is that we are always punching holes in religion, and magic tricks yet no one ever goes after the kung fu charlatans.
on any account i can sit here all day talking about how gay karate, kung fu, and aikido are. but the point i wanted to make is this. people are now looking for reality in self defense. (not phillosophy) by hanging around with people who do stupid martial arts, we make ourselves look bad.
Then, in a later blog, he says this:
no one hates kung fu more then me. i can't even stand jacky chan movies. if you told me 2 years ago that i would have sent a team to a kung fu tournament, i would of told you that you were crazy. but things have changed over the last few years. as i get older and less hate filled i find myself much more open minded. sanshou kung fu is by far the most realistic form of kick boxing i have ever seen. unlike other forms of kick boxing sanshou includes wrestling take downs. this makes it the perfect supliment to brazilian jiu-jitsu.
since MMA became sanctioned by the boxing commision just doing bjj is not enough. because of the octagon and rounds the days of the "gracie guard" have come to an end. you have to know how to strike. and you have to be able kick and punch with a good grappler comming after you. the only form of kick boxing that allows that is sanshou.
i'm also happy to say that our school has an awsome sanshou program. due mostly to the efforts of our kick boxing coach, alex cisne. last sunday we took a team of 3 fighters to the taiji championship in plano texas. with only 3 fighters we returned with 3 gold medals. congratulations to andrew aguries, kenny burk, and terrance fergason. good job guys, i'm proud.
Man, I wonder why he hates all other arts? Your thoughts?[/FONT]
OK lately some of you might have noticed that the number of students in my school has greatly increased. in fact i have tripled the amount of students i had over the last 3 months. i like to share with the other jiu-jitsuka how i did it. it's not because of my "throwdown" octagon. and it's not because of my sprung loaded GMR mats. and it's not because of my tv commercial. rather it was because of my influx of new students. that i was able to get these things.
it is because i broke away from karate and kung fu all together. i appreciate walley cup, and whit mcclendon for having me at their schools. but in looking back on it, those guys were holding me back. i have never shown fake martial arts. but when i tried to work with others, i found myself biting my tongue, alot. you see wrestling, kickboxing, BJJ work. everything else is just a fantacy. forms do nothing for an individual. the weapons shown in both kung fu and karate don't make any sense. ( i am speaking about "rope darts" and tri-sectional staffs) of course the way they train with them doesn't make any sense. because they use forms. the folklore is ridiculous, with death blows and pressure points, and hands smashing through armor. it's all very child like. yet people look the other way. the strange thing is that we are always punching holes in religion, and magic tricks yet no one ever goes after the kung fu charlatans.
on any account i can sit here all day talking about how gay karate, kung fu, and aikido are. but the point i wanted to make is this. people are now looking for reality in self defense. (not phillosophy) by hanging around with people who do stupid martial arts, we make ourselves look bad.
Then, in a later blog, he says this:
no one hates kung fu more then me. i can't even stand jacky chan movies. if you told me 2 years ago that i would have sent a team to a kung fu tournament, i would of told you that you were crazy. but things have changed over the last few years. as i get older and less hate filled i find myself much more open minded. sanshou kung fu is by far the most realistic form of kick boxing i have ever seen. unlike other forms of kick boxing sanshou includes wrestling take downs. this makes it the perfect supliment to brazilian jiu-jitsu.
since MMA became sanctioned by the boxing commision just doing bjj is not enough. because of the octagon and rounds the days of the "gracie guard" have come to an end. you have to know how to strike. and you have to be able kick and punch with a good grappler comming after you. the only form of kick boxing that allows that is sanshou.
i'm also happy to say that our school has an awsome sanshou program. due mostly to the efforts of our kick boxing coach, alex cisne. last sunday we took a team of 3 fighters to the taiji championship in plano texas. with only 3 fighters we returned with 3 gold medals. congratulations to andrew aguries, kenny burk, and terrance fergason. good job guys, i'm proud.
Man, I wonder why he hates all other arts? Your thoughts?[/FONT]