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Re: Getting totally owned in fight class… Help!
I learned how to punch greatly with boxing classes, i have a friend that gives them so i show up at least once a week there to practice some punching techniques and learn new things, he also is an MMA fighter so he teaches me how to fight properly and use all opportunitys.
Re: defense while seated in car?
Here in Sao Paulo, Brasil the most common situation is getting robbed while your driving, since the traffic is a complete caos people take advantage by riding motorcycles in the middle of the cars and approaching opened windows poiting a gun or a knife to the driver, and there is no way to drive of when your stuck in traffic and people around cant do nothing with fear that more bikes are around, so the only option is to give what they want.
Re: Why Krav?
I was looking for a functional method, something that i could se in any situation, a good self-defense, i started up at BJJ (im from Brasil) and it sucks for fighting, because i never would fight someone on the floor on the street, then i did kung fu, it was very conditioning but too much tradition and too little fight techniques, then i moved up to Hawaiian Kenpo (a variation of Kajukenbo created by Bill Ryusaki it envolves a mixture of many martial arts adapted for self-defense and functional use) and i still do till today (1 year), on January i went for a KM lesson with the guys that i do Kenpo and i just loved, but i didn¥t want to abandon Kenpo since i was progressing very fast. So i do both today, it helps me greatly in conditioning, toguether with my Parkour training i have become much fitter and prepared, and the combination of both fighting techniques really helps alot.
Re: KM Tests
“Origin:
The systematic use of belt color to denote rank was first used by Kano Jigoro, the founder of judo, who first devised the colored belt system using obi, and awarded the first black belts to denote a Dan rank in the 1880s. Initially the wide obi was used; as practitioners trained in kimono, only white and black obi were used. It was not until the early 1900s, after the introduction of the judogi, that an expanded colored belt system of awarding rank was created. Other martial arts later adopted the custom or variation on it (e.g. using colored sashes) to denote rank including in arts that traditionally did not have a formalized rank structure. This kind of ranking is less common in arts that do not claim a far eastern origin.Misconceptions
One common idea concerning the tradition of belts claims that the belt ranking system is an ancient aspect of traditional martial arts and that early martial artists began their training with a white belt, which eventually became stained black from years of sweat, dirt, and blood. In fact, Japanese Koryu instructors tended to provide certificates and, given the standard of cleanliness common in a traditional dojo, a student arriving with a bloodied or dirty uniform might not be allowed to train.
In some arts and schools there is the (often only half-serious, though equally often rigorous) opinion that the belt should not be washed; by doing that one would “wash away the knowledge” or “wash one’s ki away” might be related to this myth. Apart from risk of the dye running, there is the problem that as most modern belts are made with a cotton or nylon outer shell, but polyester batting and stitching to fill out the belt, the different shrinkage of cotton and polyester in hot water could cause the belt to come apart.”Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_belt_(martial_arts)
Re: Krav Sparring
Both, but i usually train a fight situation where both are prepared and aware of what’s happening. I’m currently trying to develop fighting skills against different opponent’s and techniques, so i go around alot visiting different dojos, training facility’s, etc. to capture some of the knowledge and techniques and also test KM ability’s against different fighting styles.
