I've always respected Shotokan Karate, and it's predecessor Okinawan Karate:

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A short history of Okinawan Karate:

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A pretty neat variation of Jujitsu, "Quantum" Jujitsu:


I'm not trained much in grappling or ground fighting, but some of the techniques looked pretty neat to me. Any comments or critiques Q as you did Jujitsu?

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Originally posted by Q5echo why would you raisins in oatmeal cookies? it's stupid.

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Originally posted by shaolin_Z I'm not trained much in grappling or ground fighting, but some of the techniques looked pretty neat to me. Any comments or critiques Q as you did Jujitsu?

i have a couple of good mates that are big into brazilian jujitsu. one of them almost represented australia in judo in beijing(disqualified, excessive contact ha). you should definitely look into it, it will make you a more rounded fighter. there's no good being awesome on your feet if your opponent has brought you down.

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When you are on the ground grappling is OK, but in real life it is much better to bite throat, eye gouge, crush testicles, etc...

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Originally posted by Zild When you are on the ground grappling is OK, but in real life it is much better to bite throat, eye gouge, crush testicles, etc...

yeah, but having a good grasp of BJJ will prevent your opponent from doing that to you

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN yeah, but having a good grasp of BJJ will prevent your opponent from doing that to you

I've always seen BJJ as more of a chess match than anything else. If someone has no regard for the rules they can walk up grab your king, flip you over and shove it up your ass if that is what they feel like doing. But there are rules against that.

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Originally posted by Zild I've always seen BJJ as more of a chess match than anything else. If someone has no regard for the rules they can walk up grab your king, flip you over and shove it up your ass if that is what they feel like doing. But there are rules against that.

yeah, that's a fair point. but its hard to do when they have torn your leg off at the ankle

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN yeah, that's a fair point. but its hard to do when they have torn your leg off at the ankle

Yeah in principle, but i'm talking about in practice, and only going by the experiences I've lived through.

A guy I go shooting with does BJJ regularly however I know for a fact that I could smash him down to the size of a basketball and slam dunk his ass with minimal effort.

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Originally posted by Zild I've always seen BJJ as more of a chess match than anything else. If someone has no regard for the rules they can walk up grab your king, flip you over and shove it up your ass if that is what they feel like doing.

+1

all the technique mean nothing in a "real" street fight...

if the first person to get the first shot lands it, you could be fucking bruce hard as mustard lee and get owned...

the last thing on my mind when it goes down is fucking rules, I would just assume kick them in the balls and have at them fucking eyes balls when they wince in pain.... fuck all that rules shit

but then again, I personally stay away from fights.....nor do I want people to know what I know, but the internet breeds tough guys

so yeah,

what??

huh??

too much puff today...

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN i have a couple of good mates that are big into brazilian jujitsu. one of them almost represented australia in judo in beijing(disqualified, excessive contact ha). you should definitely look into it, it will make you a more rounded fighter. there's no good being awesome on your feet if your opponent has brought you down.

Yeah, that definetly true. I learned that the first time I sparred with a friend of mine who trained in Valetudo, Boxing, Judo, Muy Thai and some Philipino style who's name I don't recall (and he's a bit of a monster as far as size and strength go). When it came to the groud he clearly knew exactly what he was doing and all I could think was "oh fuck" . Don't worry, our system is pretty well rounded. It's got everything from striking, grappling, groundfighting to weapons. I just need to spend more time doing those. My reasons for doing kung fu, other than when I started, has always been all the benefits unrelated to combat (I'm not saying it's not important to train for combat, just not my primary purpose of doing it ).

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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." -Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller