I've never competed in a striking martial art. You could be correct, I will have to give it a go some time and report back, otherwise it will...
Yeah you could, in some ways that would actually make it easier to pull your strikes and save your training partner a few brain cells.
Yeah its more about enjoyment and health for me, I think most people start martial arts to learn to fight, self defence etc. But they stay for the...
Yeah so your one of the cross training guys I was talking about in an earlier post. In my opinion, you would get similar results from cross...
I'm not sure if you don't get it or your just being facetious... Striking, even light striking, is not grappling. You keep the fight standing with...
Or you could have a really good sprawl and takedown defences, keep it standing and win by points.
It has a lot to do with positioning, deescalation and other stuff that's not fighting, but I think saying it has bugger all to do with fighting is...
I don't really feel like going into the weeds with this. I've stated my position. If your interested I suggest you go to your local boxing club...
I've had similar discussions on here and other message boards and there always seems to be a consistent majority that want to blame the coach or...
In training.
Hey Mitch, I've done some Kudo, and I know people that regularly practice Kudo, and I'm sorry to say it but Kudo fighting does lead to brain...
Kung Fu as it has traditionally been practiced is pretty useless, and hence, my training in it was pretty useless at least for preparing me for a...
I trained at a couple different clubs during that time. Some where more brutal than others, but I think it actually has more to do with the...
I agree with this, but it depends on your goals. If your goal is to be the best fighter you can be then yeah, your way is the best. If your goals...
Both.
That looks like a toned down version of MMA to me, those guys are still eating some big shots...
It's not about trusting or not trusting people, its more about human nature in my opinion. Sparring will gradually get harder the longer it goes...
I'm familiar with the research on head gear, but the difference that I am proposing is that you use a hard face mask against bare knuckles, the...
Hey so let me give you quick run down of my MA history so you guys know where i'm coming from. I studied kung fu for six years from about 15 to 21...
I've trained under two different KMG schools. One did no sparring as far as I could tell. The other did some sparring, but only because the...
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