Any martial artists round here?

Hydroburn

Hydroburn

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I don't have any respect for most belt systems (in United States), especially karate and tkd cuz any 8 year old kid can get a black belt.

krav maga does not have belts, so whoever said their friend had a black belt in krav maga... obviously got sold a black belt from a mc dojo.

I grew up with the typical american shit... karate, some kung fu, jeet kune do. That was okay when I was young but I wanted something more street applicable so I ended up taking like 2 months of krav before I quit that shit. The problems I had are where I live there just are no decent krav gyms... the instructors sucked, the advanced students were fat and slow... but the worst part of all, was they don't spar.

I just don't see how you can have confidence in fighting if you don't at least spar. All this stand here while I kick you in the balls and palm strike you in the nose is dumb and doesn't work against real fighters. Practicing moves and shit will only get you so far and builds false confidence... like the krav "black belt" that got his ass kicked by a bum, you have to fight to get good at fighting... feel what it's like to get your bell rung and push through it... hitting someone in the jaw that is moving away from you and slipping to the side.

I had to join an mma/boxing gym to get a good amount of sparring, and I spar with friends outside of the gym as much as I can. I have been showing up for the muay thai and boxing classes and it has pushed my fighting skill far beyond what any shitty karate or kung fu class has... mainly because of the sparring.

I think for most average dudes like me, it's less about what art you practice, and more about who you are training with.
 
Hydroburn

Hydroburn

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something I did learn from krav though, which I though was good obvious advice and it stuck with me... if you get in a real fight without gloves, it's generally best if you use palm strikes and hammer fists instead of a normal fist... if you punch a dude in the skull with a closed fist you risk breaking your knuckles and hand... getting blasted in the face with a palm still hurts pretty good.
 
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GreenTimber

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Relson Gracie practioner here . jiujitsu and cannabis my only way of life. jiujitsu is a never ending journey of knowledge. a real game of human wits and chess. been hooked from ufc 1 and have lived the lifestyle pretty much frm 98- til current
 
atidd11

atidd11

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Hydroburn said:
something I did learn from krav though, which I though was good obvious advice and it stuck with me... if you get in a real fight without gloves, it's generally best if you use palm strikes and hammer fists instead of a normal fist... if you punch a dude in the skull with a closed fist you risk breaking your knuckles and hand... getting blasted in the face with a palm still hurts pretty good.
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Clearly you've never been in a real fight lol.
 
atidd11

atidd11

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reasonevangelist said:
Didn't i just finish mentioning how learning stuff by watching videos almost never works? That's the only problem i have with what you linked: you won't become a real martial artist by watching videos and shadow boxing, you have to be properly instructed by a real human being who knows what they're doing, and can physically show you how it works, so that you can Feel it, and so that you can receive correction while attempting to perform it.

But from what i saw on that site in just a quick overview of that single page, i would think they almost certainly do have some legit stuff to teach; just doing it through videos isn't enough though.
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You learn how to fight from exp. and that's it.

U learn technique from videos or some asshole telling you.

You LEARN how good u really are when someone with no "Kung fu" training beats Ur ass with his eyes closed. Cuz he's got EXPERIENCE!

This thread has got to be the biggest tools on riu.
 
PorterRockwell

PorterRockwell

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atidd11 said:
You learn how to fight from exp. and that's it.

U learn technique from videos or some asshole telling you.

You LEARN how good u really are when someone with no "Kung fu" training beats Ur ass with his eyes closed. Cuz he's got EXPERIENCE!

This thread has got to be the biggest tools on riu.
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So do you consider yourself "experienced"
 
atidd11

atidd11

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We're not here to talk about me fighting lol were here to talk about how much of a joke ppl r that write things like "fighting is timing, not a system." Honestly that's embarrassing. You're trying to hard. If u wanna be a bad ass go get your ass kicked and post pics. That I will respect.
 
PorterRockwell

PorterRockwell

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atidd11 said:
We're not here to talk about me fighting lol were here to talk about how much of a joke ppl r that write things like "fighting is timing, not a system." Honestly that's embarrassing. You're trying to hard. If u wanna be a bad ass go get your ass kicked and post pics. That I will respect.
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not trying at all actually I just got here
 
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