martial arts guys

[THeMaCHinE]

95+ % of the time, the fighter with better skills, training and technique will win.

All things being equal, I don't disagree -- especially in a tournament situation.

I was being somewhat lighthearted, but I think there is a grain of truth in that sometimes the best ring/class/tournament fighters will fall apart during real world situations and that a large physical mismatch only potentiates these situations.

Not saying that the skills don't help, or that they won't give the guy the opportunity to win, but that there really isn't an "always" ...

 

[b fold the truth]

Although not as extreme, that was the mentality of my South Korean TKD instructor. Used to nick us with swords, break boards over our heads, check our fingernails for grooming, make us run headfirst into the heavy bag, beat the piss out of us in sparring, etc.

I got my first Black Belt in South Korean TKD...and my instructor used to do the same to me. Well...he did that and years later he refused to even sparr with me. He was more than happy to let his Black Belts get their tails whipped by my yellow, orange, and blue belts...but refused to even get near me in the ring. It was quite funny...especially because a grown man wouldn't sparr with a 17 year old.

No...I would not have intentionally beat the tar out of him...he was a nice guy and we just disagreed GREATLY on sparring/training/instructing issues. He was closed minded about things and I was not...and I have come out on top in the end. His TKD school is basically a Day Care service where you get exercise and buy an overpriced uniform. You can also sign a contract (and pay upfront) and get your black belt in 1.5 years...GUARANTEED...without ever sparring.

Funny...I made my students compete to go from beginner to intermediate then to advanced...and be TOP QUALITY to be a Black Belt. I trained people for 7 years and only gave 1 black belt. He was a purple belt at the time and I gave him his black belt, told him that he had earned it...and it was his whenever he wanted it. He kept it on his shelf for another year then one day asked me to put it on him...he earned it.

B True

 

[XBiker]

All things being equal, I don't disagree -- especially in a tournament situation.

I was being somewhat lighthearted, but I think there is a grain of truth in that sometimes the best ring/class/tournament fighters will fall apart during real world situations and that a large physical mismatch only potentiates these situations.

Not saying that the skills don't help, or that they won't give the guy the opportunity to win, but that there really isn't an "always" ...

You should read the "Tao of Jeet Kune Do" by Bruce Lee. It might open your eyes (and mind) and tad.

 

[SofaGeorge]

Funny...I made my students compete to go from beginner to intermediate B True

That's the gospel. If you don't compete against another person you don't get good. You can kick in the air and train on the heavy bag all you want, but you don't get good unless you train competing against people... preferably people who are better than you.

 

[pauly]

I caught ringworm from my MMA class so i'll be out for a while...........greeeeeeeeeeeeeat.

 

[WarriorPL]

I trained from the age of 5-14, took me that long to earn my black belt. School and the gym took over so i never persued going for my second dan.

 

[AAP]

sick... it's not possible for those things to infect your face, is it?

Yep... they sure can. And in your hair and scalp too.

 

[AAP]

I agree with sofa... you really need to get the shit stomped out of you once to lose your fear of being hurt in a fight. Most (90%) of people fight in defensive mode all the time, even when attacking someone... you have to take it for granted that you are going to take a fist to the face sooner or later and you best stop worrying about it before you do yourself in and take it sooner. It is not until you have had the beat down of your life before you realize that one blow to the face is nothing. It is normally after you get hit that you flinch, duck, get dazed and lose focus in the fight... that is when the real hurt comes about.

I studied jeet and jitsu for 4 summers (two summers each) in high school. Both have advantages and disadvantages. My overall principle now relies on simply well placed and connecting hits. One well connected hit is worth 4 flailing lucky shots you may get in. If I connect, something is going to break. That is not any doubt on that. When I got jumped by that retard last year, his eye socket was crushed and his cheek bone was cracked from me hitting him. Not to mention that when I kicked him dead in the face when he was on the ground, he nose broke and the cartilage was jutting out of his nostril.

 

[circusgirl]

That's the gospel. If you don't compete against another person you don't get good. You can kick in the air and train on the heavy bag all you want, but you don't get good unless you train competing against people... preferably people who are better than you.

Train against people better than you, and you learn to fly. Through the air, on the end of thier side kick.

Also, train with people your size and weight. I tended to end up training with the other women in the dojo a lot and they were all about 3 inches shorter and a lot lighter.

I got my ass whupped good in my first tourney against somone as large as me, I could no longer just block her side kicks, as she packed a serious punch!

 

[AAP]

LOL greeeaattt.... what are they, just bacteria? or are they really small worms that breed in your skin?

Skin fungus. It is the same family of parasites that cause atheletes foot. So if you touch it and touch another part of your body... very strong possibility you can transfer it.

In college there was one guy that battled it for over 2 years... he used the the Tinactin spray, the lotrimin cream, etc... It would simply move from one part of his body to another. He often had 2-5 ringworms going on at the same time... started out like a small bump (whitehead) and then got bigger and turned red.... he had to go on Lamisil tablets for 2 months to get rid of it completely. It was traveling through his body from one host site to the next.

If you get one on your body.... use Lamisil spray and continue to use it for 2 weeks AFTER it is no longer visible. That way you kill anything that is in it's incubation period.