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FasterthanDeath
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Now dont get me wrong, I am not saying that All MAT programs fail. I have seen only a few and only one was succsessful ( Under a controlled enviroment.) I hate to bring this back up but, At that Tenjindo belt test, I saw the Soke spar for 3 mins against 3 opponents. If they got hit with a good shot, they have to drop down for 15 sec. And if one of them took him to the ground the other two were to back off and they could fight for 30 sec. Ok, rules sound ok, but when I saw this I already began to notice the problems. They were in full fighting gear. Head guards, shin guards, arm guards. And if this is a Advanced Belt Test, I think that Full Contact would be allowed. They didnt say you could do it, but they also didnt say you couldnt do it. But for a test, and for good training, I would be going for the knockouts. The three people sparring him are 1. A brown belt from his school. 2. A female brown belt from his school, who happens to be his wife. 3. A 3rd degree black belt from the TongIllo school. It starts and no clean hits from the Soke and he gets taken down in 30 sec. The same thing happens over and over again. Then they add another person, a 4th degree black belt and it gets worse. The Soke even gets taken out by a leg scissors take down. Now I think, that if he was trained in a system where he would take out adversaries when they attack him, he would of done better. But he didnt make any good or clean contact with his opponents or stay standing for more than 10 sec. I have seen many MAT programs like this and this happens all the time. The one time it didnt happen is where a Kenpo student was going for his 3rd degree black and he had to fight 4 people. They had no pads on at all. I lie, they had cups. And he had to fight them off or fight them until they were ALL on the ground and could not get up for a count of 3, or for 3 mins. He got hit twice, and in 32 sec, dropped all of his opponents, and none of them could get up for a count of 3, 5 or even 20!!! Your thoughts on some programs or training ideas that should be incorporated in a system and those that should be left out.