Martial Arts Thread

I took Judo for a couple of years, but had to drop it when I started college, partly due to time constraints and partly due to not having any excess money to get a dojo...membership, or whatever you would call it.

And I gotta say, I'm really really missing it.

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Pretty much this. If you want specific examples, Krav Maga, MCMAP, Muay Thai, actual wrestling, and silat are all good. Anything works if you're good enough though.

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edited 16th May '11 1:49:43 AM by dRoy

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The funny thing is all of those martial arts have fair amount of elements, techniques, and moves in common.

Only a matter of time before our arts all look the same or very close.

edited 16th May '11 2:34:56 AM by TuefelHundenIV

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Anything I can do to get a better reaction time and stop over-thinking during sparring?

"All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice." — Joseph De Maistre.

Not sure about reaction time (I forgot if it's genetic or not), but when it comes to over-thinking, you should spar/practice more; you want to constantly train yourself until it's second nature. Pretty soon it'll all be muscle memory.

Time of the hand — that is, the time it takes for your hand to fully extend during a strike — should be .2 seconds. If you can throw a controlled punch in around that amount of time, then you've got the pure movement speed required. Then it's just training until you're no longer thinking about it.

While speed is important, remember that efficiency is better. Someone with a slower strike can beat a faster opponent if they make it so that they travel less when striking. Training in both speed and efficiency will make you better than most as a lot of people I see aren't taught well about efficiency.

The way I train efficiency is by slowing down and trying to make myself find a shorter path to the strike, be that by angle or footwork. You can take into account oncoming blows, too. Moving into a strike, blocking it and launching one of your own can get you right into someone's face in one step and two arm movements that happen at the same time.

edited 18th May '11 11:20:02 AM by MadassAlex

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It is possible to train reflexes but it is not easy. You would need to research what would work for you.

As for over thinking relax and let your body do the work. The only time you need to think is planning ahead and letting your body do the rest.

Who watches the watchmen?

I take Uechi-Ryu, which was invented in China by an Okinawan named Kanbun Uechi in the 1890's. It is derived from a form of kung fu known as Pangai-noon, and Kanbun brought it back to Okinawa. His grandson is now the head of the school, but not everyone recognizes his superiority, so those people who did not follow him are not allowed to call it Uechi-Ryu. That's the situation my dojo is in... The head of this particular school, in Okinawa, didn't agree with the current grandmaster, Kanmei Uechi. The link to the wikipedia page is below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uechi-ryu

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I hate when schools/styles/groups split like that.

What is the most Awesome Yet Practical martial arts that focus on using your legs/feet?

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Jeet Kun Farmer kick?

xD It gets awful when American groups visit Okinawa to train, because we have no idea what to call our style there. It literally is different in every two dojos, and going to one of them makes you an enemy of a hundred more.

Uechi-Ryu has no techniques where you leave the ground - unless you are jumping forward to close the gap between you and the enemy. Having a strong stance and a great defense are a huge part of the style. It's stylistically similar to Earthbending, which is probably not a coincidence - they have a common ancestor.

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Um what do you mean by earth bending?

Solid stances and tight defense are always nice.

I have been thinking about my time with the Ju Jitsu folks in college. The guy instructing described the movement and technique as one of circles, Arcs, and triangles.

Anyone else hear something like this?

edited 19th May '11 4:35:16 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Who watches the watchmen?

I rememebr hearing something about circular movement, but I could of been mistaken; aikido?

I think s/he's referring to Avatar The Last Airbender

Yup, that's Aikido, or something similar.

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Very likely Ju Jitsu supposedly helped give rise to Akido.

Who watches the watchmen?

Indeed it did.

Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets

Yeah, that was an ATLA reference. Sorry about that.

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Oh I know about Avatar I was just confused about why you mentioned earth bending in the martial arts thread.

Who watches the watchmen?

You know I keep hearing that size doesn't matter in a fight yet I also hear that large people people have reach advantage or small people can make better strikes. Also, I I learned that mass doesn't really change too much but I need to more clarity on that. I may had asked this before but if size deosn't matter in a fight, doesn't mean that muscle really is meaningless? See in a ten year old take old a large man really sort of grates and surprises me. I wantot know how size and mass factors into fighting and training?

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Size matters but it is almost never the sole deciding factor. Skill level, training, knowing how to use your various sizes advantages, and being aware or overcoming the weaknesses are good examples of why does not really matter.

I have sparred with a lean but very skinny Asian kid who literally hit 200lbs above his body weight in force. He knew how to move and maximize his bodies motion to maximize impact affects.

I have seen big 6'6" louts move like they were some tiny tornado.

It is all about knowing how to move and use your body and conditioning it to be as good as possible.

edited 22nd May '11 5:20:33 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Who watches the watchmen?

Pretty much. If two people have identical training, experience, talent, etc. size/strength will probably be deciding factors. Otherwise it's not as important, though still useful.

Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets

That makes sense to me. I feel better now.

"We are just like Irregular Data. And that applies to you too, Ri CO. And as for you, Player... your job is to correct Irregular Data."

Well, mechanically speaking the body only works the one way: that there a limited number of ways to effectively use it or restrain it is only to be expected.

One person's elbow joint works much the same way as another: ergo, there are only so many ways you can lock it, for example.

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