Colstreamer's journey to be The Best of The Best

[zedhed]

Nuthin at all wrong with Karate bro.
Was a 3rd Dan in Okinawan Shoryin Rhu in my glory dayz.
Very few could best me in any full contact match. Prob was that in Okinawan we were never taught to pull punches or kicks. So got disqualified more then once....
But the Okinawan is not Do, rather ture combat. Lots of fun.

 

[Colstreamer]

Right on!! Ya im sure you surprise some guys with it. lol i was a 3 degree in karate... yah i know karate, but damn Danielson was a pimp back in the 80's.

I've done shotokan and wado ryu karate, never graded but was still good training.

Yeah much as I love Jackie Chan he's no Mr Miyagi. The new karate kid wasn't all that IMO.

 

[Colstreamer]

Nuthin at all wrong with Karate bro.
Was a 3rd Dan in Okinawan Shoryin Rhu in my glory dayz.
Very few could best me in any full contact match. Prob was that in Okinawan we were never taught to pull punches or kicks. So got disqualified more then once....
But the Okinawan is not Do, rather ture combat. Lots of fun.

The Taekwondo my brother and I do bears no resemblance to what I see these days.
Interesting thing, when my brother and I started TKD it was semi contact but that just meant you couldn't win by KO. Generally the higher the level you were fighting at the harder the contact, black belt national level was practically full contact. But then they started cracking down in the contact at all levels so we switched to FC kickboxing & boxing.

Semi contact had its place, it's ideal for beginners who need to be able to get in the ring and practice their sparring without getting hammered so they lose confidence and quit. But as the level increases so does the contact and the transition is nice and smooth cos it's been built up to.

 

[WAF]

Yah I only watch the old ones, the new ones suck.

I've got alot of respect for Karate. Was there for year teaching 7th Dan. He could take 2 beer caps put them together an fold them with his thumb and index finger. When i was younger i was "No you didn't, OMG!" That being said he was amazing to watch in tournaments even when he was that old.
Yah there's so many styles out there my uncle in-laws are from korea and have dojo's here and say its so different they are old school.

 

[Colstreamer]

Movie martial artists I like include (Bruce Lee isn't on the list cos that'd be like "duh") Mark Dacascos, Wesley Snipes, Jackie Chan, Micah Brock (if you don't know this guy you gotta see his shit), Philip & Simon Rhee, Chloe Bruce and JC Van Damne although he's only any good when he's directed well.

Problem with martial arts movies these days is its easier to make an actor look like he can fight than it is to get a martial artists to act. So we get people like Keanu Reeves, Tom Hardy and others being given 6 months training then attached to wires and presto, Bruce Lee eat your heart out. Although it must be said, Bruce was very against the "mystification" of martial arts in these films like crouching wanker hidden bullshit where people are seen doing super human stuff.

 

[WAF]

Yah those guys are wicked checked out a few names i haven't heard of. Growing up in the 80's i'm partial to guys like JCVD,Segal "love the arm breaks and tosses guys like they're 10lbs", best all-time is MR.Bruce Lee yes he deserves a MR. On the otherhand i cant watch any Chuck Norris movies anymore because i just have a huge smile on and laugh at the stupidest things and end up having to stop watching cause i get cheek cramps. One guy that isn't in you picks is Yuri Boyka, check him out if you don't know.

 

[Colstreamer]

Here's one of the guys I mentioned you might not know

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABHrq8V4I5w&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Colstreamer]

Lol, bro "Yuri Boyka" is a character in undisputed 2 & 3! The actor is Scott Adkins, a British martial artist & actor! He's done a few soap operas over here, I think the undisputed films were his big break so to speak.

 

[WAF]

I always forget his real name and only remember his name from undisputed lol.

Loving the baby powder kicks in the flick. nice clip.

 

[Colstreamer]

Today's WO
Chest - I was gonna do kegs in Monday's but as I'm now kickboxing Monday's I'm gonna save legs for Tuesday otherwise I'll be kicking with dead legs!

Dips
WU
1x6 @ BW partial reps narrow grip
1x6 @ BW partial reps wide grip
1x6 @ BW full reps wide grip

Work
4x10 @ BW

Flys
2x20 @ 10kg DBs 2secs up 2 secs down

Press ups
2x20 2secs up 2secs down

Bench press super setted with clap press ups 2secs up 2secs down on bench, fast as possible for clap press ups!!!

1x15 @ 60kg + 3 clap press ups
3x10 @ 60kg + 3x3 clap press ups - ate floor on last clap press up!

Felt nauseous after I'd finished... Didn't puke though lol!!!