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if you copy and paste into word pad then put your own answers to the questions we should all learn lots about each other , thats why ok.
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Either she posted on the wrong thread or she was punched in the head.Comment
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Yes, must be the wrong thread.
However, we have just added many updates to our site www.straightblastgym.com
Enjoy
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We just added some more updates:
new updates at www.straightblastgym.com
Tons of new pics, an entire page with pictures from the last Thailand retreat. A new update on the Phuket Island retreat.
A few new things in the members only section, including:
-opening the closed guard series
-details and pics on the threaded kimura
-details and pics on some new subs
-details and pics on some attacks from the guard
Also, look in new updates for links to:
New training opportunities
New Belt Promotions
New Street Vs sport 03-08-04
SBGi BJJ Belt Testing with Matt Thornton
Gorilla Press #11
Denmark Updates
East Coast Competition and News Updates
UK news and promotions
Matt Thornton's Functional JKD Series Two Reviews from the web Much more to come after the large Camp this weekend.
I will look forward to seeing many of you at our Spring Camp this weekend.
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Why not Street?
Forgive me for venting a bit. . .if this is old news for you, I hear that. No worries.
I was asked recently why I choose to ALWAYS emphasize the fact that street vs sport is usually a false premise. As opposed to placing emphasis on the difference.
It's a good question, and here is my answer.
The delivery systems always transcend the venue, and the delivery systems do not change.
Said another way: Plans change upon contact and the circumstances will dictate the tactics. But YOUR root skill in the delivery systems will always remain a constant. As does your conditioning. And neither can be faked. Once the fight is on, it is that root skill in the delivery systems, and your body itself (conditioning), that will see you through.
In other words, almost all the key escapes from head and arm position in Judo & BJJ are exactly the same, regardless of whether it is a gi match, a no gi match, MMA, or in a streetfight in a parking lot somewhere.
Here is a clear example of what I am speaking to.
A few Months ago at a seminar in Canada we had a more traditional Gung Fu advocate visit on Sunday. When he walked in we happened to be working on headlock, and head and arm escapes. (Although during the weekend we had already covered the bases of stand up, clinch, etc.)
During lunch this person happened to be sitting next to me, and he began asking a lot of very leading questions about street vs sport. . .and why would we spend time on a technique like the one prior to lunch when in reality you 'never' want to be on the ground in a "streetfight", etc. Port2002 may remember this conversation well as he happened to be sitting across from me as this guy went on about the all the differences between sports and combat, etc.
I explained how indeed one wouldn't want to be on the ground in a fight. In fact, you don't want to be in a fight at all! However, you may find yourself there and as such better know how to escape. And the escapes don't magically change for that position on asphalt and with punches. They remain the same.
He was not convinced, and was very confident that he would A) never be taken down into such a position, and B) if he where he would escape easily by biting, gouging, and using his streetfighting techniques.
I asked him if he had tested that theory? He was a little taken back by that question, and so I told him we would test it first hand when we get back to the Gym. Because you don't want to just ass-ume such a thing as that.
When we got back I gently put a head and arm on him, he tried to bite and I pushed his forehead up in such a way as to make that impossible. I also told him I may be wearing a leather jacket. . .so don't rely on such a thing. He reached for my face. . .something ALL grapplers are used to from newbies stuck in this position. I just ducked my head and placed my thumb on his eye. . .something he could not defend from his position. And of course, he was stuck there.
Predictably, he stated I was just too big. So I had another Instructor that was present there hold him down. (Mike Sweeney). Mike has a SOLID purple belt game, as well as all the other delivery systems. . .but he is also about 100lbs lighter then me. And a good 70lbs lighter then this guy.
Of course Mike was able to hold him down easily.
So much for escaping.
He then said ok, but he would never be taken down into that position. And a second of so later Mike threw a headlock on him standing, tossed him, and landed in a solid head and arm.
So much for staying standing.
Then he wanted to try it. After all, it must just be an impossible position to escape from!?
Again predictably, Mike escaped within a second or so, and had his back and a rear naked choke. He did this a few times to him if I remember correctly.
At this point the gentleman had to concede that he had a lot of misconceptions, and poor assumptions. Based on the reality of what just took place with a person 70 lbs lighter then him.
Then, instead of smiling at the brilliance of seeing the truth for the first time, he asked me if I could teach him the moves that Mike used right now. As if I could offer him one or two moves that would magically allow him to do the same thing.
I then explained that Mike could do what he did only because he had put in HUNDREDS of HOURS of ALIVE, athletic training and drilling.
In other words. . .SPORTS!
He didn't like the answer. . but was unable to argue it based on the truth of the events he had just experienced first hand.
The moral of the story?
The venue changes, but "YOUR" root skill in the delivery systems is ALWAYS a constant. As are the training methods.
One of the big dangers with people who "claim" to be motivated primarily by self defense is that they will willfully ignore this fact. And as such, they never really learn how to fight, or develop their body as a whole.
When you meet these people face to face, as I have on many occasions. . .this fact becomes pretty self evident. And it also becomes painfully obvious how a HEALTHY athletic approach would be a thousand times better for such people. They would be happier, more confident, and really learn to fight, if they would simply lay down that fantasy and train like an athlete.
But there are enough people who will provide the answer one would like so as to make avoiding such reality possible. It's not a healthy approach, but it's a popular one. And it usually results in training that is predicated on pain compliance, tag, and psychobable. None of which will likely stop an aggressive and angry attacker bent on truly hurting you.
That is just one of the multiple reasons why I as an individual always speak to the need for athletic training. . .and don't play into the fallacies often reported regarding street vs sport.
And that is also just one of the many reasons why all the SBGi coaches are required to have a very high level of skill in the delivery systems. With a minimum of purple belt for SBGi Coaches, and at the FI level brown or black in BJJ. . .along with SOLID stand up, clinch, MMA, weapons defense, and a clear understanding of self defense musts based on awareness, common sense, street smarts, and maturity.
When it comes to real self defense a high level of skill in the delivery systems is NOT optional. It's required.
This does not mean you need to become what Tom Oberhue would call "a meathead". IE, a stereotypical bad guy jock that measures themselves based on who they can beat up. Far from it! You could be a housewife, a child in 4th grade, a lawyer working 50 hour work weeks behind a desk, a family man with five kids to support, a college students whose priority needs to be study, an artist looking for forms of self expression, whatever.
It also does not mean you have to lay YOUR trip on others about the need for public competition, pushing yourself, etc. Rather, YOU do what YOU need to do, and with compassion and love help others do what they need to do. All the while staying true to YOURself.
That requires a ruthless bent towards introspection. Are you telling the truth to your students, or giving them what they want to hear. Are you laying YOUR trip on your students, or helping them navigate theirs?
It means you have to be honest with yourself about where you are at, what you want, why you want it, and who your laying it on. .. .and then. . . train smart, train healthy, train Alive, and take care of your TEMPLE.
As Desnudo has stated: 'We are beyond street, this is off road baby!'
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Streetmonkey i would like to say thinks i am a newbie in jkd and i am currently teaching my self in it as my dad teaches me kempo karate and i am also learning akido but i have read a lot of ur post just about everywhere i go i see one of your post and they make a lot of sence and so far have seemed to be the truth but i think the one u just posted has helped the most
b/c i am training my cousin. Sence i was in a thing called young olmpians held by my uncle sean who is really good at it and helps me and sence my dad was in it to he helps me and trains me also. when i first started i was in kindergarden and was doing a hole bunch of good deeds but a couple years after that i changed a hole lot.
I was in about third grade testing everyone i knew in my grade. I was always reall cocky. I was fortunate enough to get a girl friend which made me softer if you know what i mean. buy i still seem to have that cocky side sometimes and if i hear someone talking bad about someone want to handle it right there and then which i guess didn't help my record. for only being in sixth grade then i had a bad record for fights. I almost got sent to juvenile twice one was fighting a kid at rail road tracks somefourteen year old was picking on my cousin and i was only twelve and took him on. I won to my surprise cause he looked like he could handle him self pretty good. But my next one was at a football game i was talking and a kid came up and said i have herd u have been talking about me wich i was. He had stuck a hot potato in one of my friend's eye. So i wasn't to happy about that. so i stook up my finger and said hold on but he pulled it back then i tackled him then went into a fist fight from there.
So UNFORTUNATLY the cops got into it and took my name down my story and everything else but the kid i was fighting against went and got some friends and told them a bunch of bull so they could come over and say they saw the hole fight. but they were up in the bleechers watching the game. but a couple days later they called when i was at my dads and i hadn't had a chance to tell my mom but i had told my dad. So she called and got in an argument with me on how the fight went down.
So guess what i am trying to say is that post you made gave me a hole different perception on m/a. and i wish to pursue my training and learn to be opend minded and be like water as bruce lee said so thinks you really did me a lot of good.
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Hello,
Just looking at the disgustion stuff and yeah totally agree with it, but street fights are over within a matter of seconds usually, in most fights ive seen break out they kind of are all over place then theyll pause and its the fear inside them that makes them stop size each other up and then lay into one another most fights ive seen have lasted probably a maximum of 2 minutes lol and that was a phenomenal street/bar fight, tables, chairs, bottles, bar men, bouncers lol blood, teeth, screams of pain and anguish lol luckily i managed to get out with my friend unscathed lol they were all pretty shaken up and i was like but did you see the way that guy punched the other guy and my friends all thought i was insane lol watching the fight with amusement.
But anyways yeah good article.
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You are right most street fights only last about two minutes. anyone that last longer they are either just standing there for awhile and don't know what they are doing or they are equaly matched up and unless someone breaks it up they will fight till the end.
I would of probably of been like you in what you said about the fight. (did you see the way that one guy punched the other guy) (at least i think you said it like that lol)
bloodfire.
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sorry
in my first post in this thread i pronounced you name wrong instead of streetmonkey i mean smartmonkey sorry again
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Just added 7 new topics in the BJJ area of the members forum on www.straightblastgym.com
The segments are the Reverse triangle from guard
A simple no-gi Half guard reversal.
A high percentage Half guard arm triangle I am hitting a lot.
The gi move we call the Rat grip armbar.
A Headlock escape question.
And the Minotauro Choke, aka: olympic roll choke PICS and instructional.
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"Recognize what is in your sight and what is hidden will be made known to you."Comment
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ttt for new techs posted in the forum.Comment
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Hello
Hey everyone
sorry i havent been posting for a while ive been doing soem mager updates to my web site:
also plans for my sisters wedding have swung into high action because its taking place on the 29th august cant wait, im chief birdesmaid so ive had to plan dress fittings for all bridesmaids (theres 6 of us) and i have had to plan my sisters hen night, now all i have to sorry about is talking to the toast master about my duties and fitting my sisters dress on her big day *god i hope the mascars is water prrof because she really does look a stunner in her dress*
So yeah been mega busy lol plus ive had to continue my martial arts training and gradings *phew* so yeah im so glad i am full of energy not to mention my horse is due to have her foal round the date of the wedding *faints* X_X
Oh well lol if worst comes to worst i may end up seeing to my horse in my birdesmaids dress and wellies lol while trying to sort out my sister dress lol multi tasking lol thats what we women are best at lmao.
Love Emma aka Little demon!Comment
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ttt for LOTS of new techs posted in the forum.Comment
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new members forum material
Added MANY picture sequences today, including. . .
BJJ Forum:
- the "pit stop" guard, and counters to it.
- Counters to the pit stop counters.
- Modified Evil K choke from crossides.
Clinch Forum:
- A body lock counter (the Metzger)
Much more to come. . .enjoy!
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