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Post by donmgwinn on Jan 2, 2007 22:58:43 GMT -5
Hi guys, I'm looking into an art called "Comba-Tai." It has some weird history claims that throw up some red flags, but it's starting to look like they train fighters who do OK in mid-to-high-level MMA, and maybe a couple of guys who did very well in the pioneering days.
I'm interested in hearing from anyone who knows Soke Mylemu Alonzo Jones or Master Robert Parham in particular. Don't really know why I'm asking here except that these guys have a strong judo influence, they make very serious Christian theology a big part of what they do and I thought maybe Vince or someone here might have encountered them along the way.
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Post by Vince on Jan 3, 2007 0:04:26 GMT -5
Sorry man, I've never heard of it. I dont really train with anyone who calls theirself Soke or master. If you find anything out about them please post the info here. Vince
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Post by donmgwinn on Jan 4, 2007 15:08:59 GMT -5
Still working on it, big guy. So far they don't seem as bad as some I've talked to. What I want is to talk to some of the fighters they claim to have trained. Parham says he trained Big John Dixson, who's been fighting MMA since the first IFC tournament, and Mike Sciortino, who won in that first IFC, and he seems to be implying that he trained Melvin Guillard.
I can't quite read these guys. They claim to be mixing boxing with Judo with maybe some African throwing/wrestling in there somewhere--well, that sounds pretty good, right? But the students talk more like disciples and they claim a 6,000 year lineage back through the royal line of Ethiopia and the Knights of St. Anthony.
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