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Power Biting? That’s a new one on me though I keep thinking about the allegory about 100 people who take turns biting someone they wanted to kill so that it could never be proved which bite was the lethal one.
Hooray! NetNanny finally allows me to get back to the forums at work.
My usual response to someone who is missing some control is to recommend they try going a little slower to get the accuracy and motion down, then start working for speed.
I am also a big proponent of trimming finger nails.
Please, think of the children and trim those nails! 😀
Honest answer: it depends.
Karate /can/ be more form-based and static with focus on strikes. Krav Maga is typically an overall fighting style that, in my opinion, is more applicable to real combat.
In regards to the video: I’m dying to know what song that is playing.
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quote \”G.V.\:That youtube place is great. Lots and lots of good fights (among other things), and the clips open fast for this here slow dsl.I have to force myself not to go to the site during the day or I’ll lose an entire day of work productivity watching MMA fights.
But, in general, if you catch the leg high, hold it there and bust the crotch or knee, well, just not a good idea for those of us that haven’t trained at the Olimpic level in TKD or weren’t raised by a Sholin master….
That whole \”snatching the stone from the hand\” bit was MUCH easier after smacking the old guy in the wrist with a hanbo. Just saying.
And doesn’t it make you feel better when you see even Bas Rutten needs to take a breather during his warmups?
My opinion has always been that the cardio work is needed to help bring up your overall cardio strength to be able to handle warm-ups that are more striking intensive. Also, the cardio tends to work almost all the muscles in the body and get them loose for stretching so you are less likely to pull anything in class.
Our senior instructor had a great comment when discussing the topic of the fight class offered at our school. His central point is that while you can attempt to make the class as realistic as possible, it will never be the equivalent of what you will do in a real fight because, if we practiced some of those defenses, there wouldn’t be any students left.
In my opinion (and please note I have not been to fight classes at any other KM school so this is purely guesswork), fight classes may become more sparring focused because that is what can be safely done without risking serious injury. Sparring will never be the equal of a true fight but it does serve to prepare someone for how to move, what it’s like to deal with strikes coming at them, how people move, etc.
This all comes back to the \”Does size matter?\” issue. The best answer I have is: Size CAN matter.
Since it’s entirely situational, you can’t make a blanket statement. In training, I don’t think it should be a \”you should work with someone bigger/stronger\” mentality but a \”you should work with everyone you can\”. Everyone you face will be different in some way or another so it’s best to work with people bigger/smaller/faster/stronger simpe because it will help a person learn how to see their opponents strengths and respond accordingly.
Class has a limit on how much it can prepare a person. Given the classic big man VS little man scenario, it can conceivably go either way. Natural size advantages can trump a smaller opponent. Or the smaller person could shove their finger in the bigger man’s eye socket up to the 2nd knuckle and \”win\”. (Unless the one having their eye popped out is a Biofeedback nut 😉 )
I’ve come to accept that there will be many \”how the hell did that happen?\” injuries to be had in the coming months.
