Fighters? - Page 6

john, remind me, tae kwan do?

didnt say they were, ive done a bunch of them. its interesting how the western styles are so heavily overlooked. In fact, one of the most interesting findings of the MMA era has been the rediscovery of western arts. those boys train boxing hands, and wrestling throws and ground work. Kicks a tertiary weapon (and taken from Thailand where applicable).

Have gotten hit with a back once in tournament just above the groin. Felt like I just got kicked by mule. Had the state of mind to bring down my elbows down on his achilles tendon and really punish him, but I definitely came out of that particular part of the match the worse for the wear.

the old greek boxing/wrestling art, can't remember the name, but it is based on "pan" something, looks great and effective.

pancration

btw I checked out a local wrestling gym today (believe it or not, VN is quite a decent wrestling country, win a lot of medals in Asian games), stinking hot, filthy. I think Ill join. Will outweigh everyone there by 20 kilo (although there were 4 or 5 pretty solid guys), but think itll be good for me to get some exercise again.

Hey Matt,

imo an imhe, a lot of the throws are actually a mix of freestyle and jiujitsui/judo throws (especially those that finish with chokes that are illegal in wrestling), and a lot of groundwork, especially submission techniques (knee and ankle locks) owe more to jiujitsu than to wrestling. Fighting from the guard, for example, is not, AFAIK, part of any western wrestling style that I know of (the reason being obvious).

there is something about the smell of a gym, though.

my issue with judo and jiu jitsu throws is they tend to be gi-dependent. streetwise, well i dont know anyone with a reinforced collar that can handle that much weight , try to throw someone by their shirt, all the buttons pop (Critique My Jantzen!), and youre nowhere. MMA wise, well everyone bare chested, nothing to grab.

nope. regular old kempo.

Good, practical style. I've never understood why it has two spellings though: Kenpo and Kempo. The school I went to spelled it Kenpo.

cool, like fok said - good practical style. you have your son going to anything yet?

I haven't breeched the subject with his mother. He's 3.5 years old. Have you started yours (4-year-old, if I recall)?

I thought yours was 6 months older than mine - I guess he is 6 months younger. yeah, mine is 4, and I would like to start him off on something, but he is still so innocent and I am enjoying that. I take him to my classes, and he hasn't figured out what we are doing, he seems to think is is some kind of wierd dance.

My son likes sword fighting, as best as he can understand it after watching Seven Samurai; so, kendo might be the way to go, though it involves more equipment, or fencing. But all that should probably wait.