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Post by migo on Oct 25, 2006 4:45:24 GMT -5
Yeah, traffic is low. I agree with DiamondMMA, it's cool that you're posting here.
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Post by migo on Jul 18, 2006 13:37:08 GMT -5
Check out the Grappler's Guide to Sports nutrition, well worth it.
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Post by migo on Sept 10, 2006 2:12:30 GMT -5
Just have to point out I got food poisoning from expired protein yesterday; resist the urge to buy hugely discounted protein.
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Post by migo on Apr 13, 2006 19:22:28 GMT -5
This is great advice! Basically what my mom has been doing all her life, and she hasn't been a*saulted. It also avoids the pitfall of excessive paranoia that some awareness centred RBSD programs are centred on.
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Post by migo on Aug 10, 2006 18:20:33 GMT -5
I liked that article, it's important to find the transferrable attributes and ditch the irrelevant specialisations.
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Post by migo on Aug 6, 2006 0:02:32 GMT -5
Good article, probably the best investment to make is a stab proof vest.
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Post by migo on Aug 5, 2006 23:45:27 GMT -5
It is, probably a good complement to the no lie blades. I'm guessing you could get used to the shocking after a while, especially with enough adrenaline.
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Post by migo on Apr 8, 2006 21:09:55 GMT -5
Personally wouldn't use pepper spray or recommend it, I had it when I used to be in bear country and the wind blew it back into my face, the black lab I had with me was much more use. I've heard there's some foam like mace that doesn't get affected by wind, but I have no experience with it.
I think a good flashlight like a Surefire or Streamlight is good to have. It makes a good fist loader, for both straight and hammer fists, and the light bulbs are bright enough to blind someone even in daylight. Handy for use just as a flashlight and, as far as legalities go, I don't think there's any country where you could get in trouble for carrying a flashlight, or using one.
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Post by migo on Apr 7, 2006 2:13:43 GMT -5
Why is the knife still in her?
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Post by migo on Apr 13, 2006 19:44:34 GMT -5
All hail kershaw! LOL.
I've got a Scallion and a Blackout. I usually carry both of them with me, but I don't really plan them for self defense. I keep them in mind as a backup if I really need them, but I don't expect to always be able to use them so I plan to have to fight without any accutrements.
A note on the Dark Ops knives, they are generally viewed with derision on bladeforums.com due to their poor quality.
I'm planning on getting myself a flashlight, I've been toying around with whether to get a Surefire E2D, Streamlight TL-2 or a Pila GL2. Again main purpose would be so I could see in the dark, with maybe some secondary benefits of a light in the eyes or as a fist loader.
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Post by migo on Jul 18, 2006 13:43:47 GMT -5
That's why the expression "you hit like a girl" exists. I imagine the point was to make her feel horrible and helpless, not beat her into a bloody pulp.
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Post by migo on Apr 12, 2006 21:48:59 GMT -5
Well, it brings up a point with the groundfighting in multiple attackers scenario. Since one of the guys got knocked out early on, it was for the most part, a 2 on 1 fight, and the 1 was on the ground with one of the others, and getting stomped and punched by the remaining of the 2. Now, a popular argument is that groundfighting doesn't work with multiple attackers, but by all appearances, aside from a (pathetic) guillotine choke that was attempted, none of them really had any noteworthy ground fighting knowledge, yet the 1 was able to last a fairly long time despite being tied up on the ground and unable to deal with the standing guy at all. I would venture a guess that had the 1 had some decent ground fighting knowledge he would have finished his first opponent off, either with strikes or a choke/break before the standing opponent could have done enough damage to finish him off, and then dealt with the second guy.
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Post by migo on May 19, 2006 0:32:57 GMT -5
That is beauty.
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Post by migo on Apr 7, 2006 1:40:52 GMT -5
It was actually Mads' arm that was broken, not his shoulder or elbow, which is what you'd expect a keylock to do in, I'd say when the wrong part of the body breaks you can call it a freak accident.
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Post by migo on Apr 6, 2006 20:40:06 GMT -5
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Post by migo on Apr 11, 2006 1:32:42 GMT -5
Well, it seems they are learning. At least some of them who think they can fight have the guts to step up and try to prove it.
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Post by migo on Apr 9, 2006 22:39:12 GMT -5
How does that make things worse?
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Post by migo on Aug 10, 2006 18:13:36 GMT -5
Personally, I used to care about convincing other people to train realistically, but ultimately these are strangers who have no connection to me other than interest in martial arts. If they're unwilling to face reality, then I really don't have much to gain from them, and it doesn't hurt me if they stay stuck in their rut.
The only time I now care enough to bring up the discussion is if any of my friends are thinking of taking martial arts. I always just make sure that they know what they're getting. If they're doing it for fun, that's fine. If they pick something that won't teach them to fight, I just let them know because I wouldn't be a good friend if I neglected to tell them. If they're actually concerned with learning how to fight, I point them in the right direction.
Another thing I've come to a realisation about over the past week, is that if you actually do want to convince "everybody" of something, you have to start small. First focus on the guys who are one step removed from you and receptive, then once they figure things out they'll pa*s it on to the guys who are one step removed from them. Eventually it'll probably hit a roadblock, but in both the short and long term, I think that's more effective than trying to convince everybody at the same time.
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Post by migo on Sept 24, 2007 3:55:00 GMT -5
Our school uses belts for those who want to rank up but not fight. Most of our pro fighters are technically white belts. I don't think having it as an option has McDojofied us. Funny I'm now seeing my school in a quite different light. It actually ties in with Vince's post. The part that basically killed the school (for me, it's going strong financially), is the advertising to the point that we have so many new students that there's hardly any time to train. I've now gone back to my original training group. We split up around 3 years ago and each went different ways, and we're now back together each with a different set of experiences, and I'm pretty excited about what we'll be doing. It'll be a small group, roughly 5 people, maybe growing slowly, but no concerns about running a school, just training, and we'll all be having our own seperate training elsewhere.
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Post by migo on Apr 10, 2006 21:06:56 GMT -5
Our school uses belts for those who want to rank up but not fight. Most of our pro fighters are technically white belts. I don't think having it as an option has McDojofied us.
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Post by migo on Apr 6, 2006 20:32:51 GMT -5
Personally I like smaller cla*ses, less chance of running into other people as they're training.
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Post by migo on Sept 24, 2007 3:49:55 GMT -5
Chuck hasn't been using his kicks lately because he has been set up with grapplers so much and he doesn't want to give them an easy single. Strangely, he still didn't use much in the way of kicks against Jardine. The interesting thing there is Jardine has a rather awkward style too, and also beat Chuck. I'm curious how much the leg kicks factored in.
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Post by migo on Aug 31, 2007 22:15:52 GMT -5
Interesting thing with Chuck, he got KOed by Quinton who stalked him, kept his hands high and hit hard. Quinton's style is pretty sensible and it seems he beat Chuck for the reasons people aren't quite convinced about his style.
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Post by migo on Aug 27, 2006 4:44:45 GMT -5
I just watched NGC Fight Science, and had a thought related to pressure points (only loosely related to what was on the show explicitly, but it did trigger it). Since there's some scientific basis for pressure points, it's reasonable that they could work in the same situation as submissions; if you imobilise the person partially first, and then do the pressure attack, it might become a reasonable percentage strategy, at least in the same category as the omoplata, which people rarely get the tap with but use effectively for transitions.
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Post by migo on Aug 10, 2006 17:56:38 GMT -5
That's a heavy read, I think I'm going to have to look at that one section at a time. I really liked the consolidation of throws into five categories. I find that to be a major flaw in a lot of martial arts, too many individual techniques, and few or no broad or flexible ones.
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Post by migo on Aug 5, 2006 23:41:54 GMT -5
Had my roommate try it on me today, I could see it coming and pa*sed guard easily after that. That's probably the downside to it, the easy setups are usually easy to see ahead of time.
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Post by migo on Jul 23, 2006 11:18:28 GMT -5
Yeah, looks eaiser than my loose armbar setup that I normally use to get the triangle.
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Post by migo on Jul 21, 2006 17:28:30 GMT -5
I like that, I'm gonna start trying it that way.
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Post by migo on Apr 10, 2006 21:08:54 GMT -5
As long as we live in an environment where we don't have to actually fight, useless fighting techniques and arts can thrive.
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Post by migo on Apr 10, 2006 2:10:15 GMT -5
I imagine we all know certain arts have a sizeable occurence of useless moves, this was mostly reafirmed when some of my friends who do Hapkido were practicing for a belt test, and did a chunk of wrist locks, most of which I had to concentrate on letting them finish even though I'd never seen them before. There was one that was actually pretty decent.
For a bearhug from behind, under the armpits, where he's grabbing his wrist and the other hand isn't holding anything (instead of indian or olympic grip which is better, but a lot of people, myself included will slip up and do the wrist grip), grab the empty hand with your matching hand and pull up, and with your other hand push down on his gripping hand, it cranked my wrist pretty quickly, and it wasn't easy to switch grips. I figure that might go pretty well with the squatting and pushing down on the hands to break the grip strategy, and when he lets go to switch grips it shouldn't be hard to get a kimura out of it.
What other useful tidbits are there from the less overall effective arts or technique pools?
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