A friend learning Jujitsu
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Keep working on your rolls, and your breakfalling skill will follow naturally. Allow yourself to be relaxed and not think about whatever is going through your head at the time. It's understandable that you think you will break your back, but that won't happen. Let that thought go and just do it. Also, focus on the basics that you're taught in your dojo such as learning how to slap out and the proper body positioning. Also, try grabbing a sempai in your class to help you out before or after class.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Running is for the show's purpose. In a real situation, you don't slide. If someone is trying to make you fall, you will fall sideways and hit with your hand. That hit with the hand will break the fall, plus the correct way of falling. Never to fall on your butt or spine area, because you will hurt them. Fall slightly sideways.
Wait for Take to come in. He's an Aikido student, can tell you better on breaking falls.
I also found watching ukemi videos helped, too. The ones by Donovan Waite and Bruce Bookman are both very good. Bookman's videos focuses more on the traditional breakfall and Waite's focuses on "soft breakfalls." Depending on what is taught in your dojo one might be better than the other. Ask someone in your dojo for advice as which to choose. Go into the video reviews on this site and you can find links to them. Also, a lot people her recommend the Ellis Amdur video, too. -
Cartoons only.Originally posted by shade343:I believe in the power of spamming my fireball and fire storm spells. I can teleport to safety also.
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grappling.Originally posted by stellazio:that is taekwando which is a weakling art..
i'm trained in muay thai and brazilian jujitsu..
perfect combi for stand and ground fighting.. -
no.. thats maplestory and some other fantasy gamesOriginally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Cartoons only. -
I can bless people too.Originally posted by shinta:no.. thats maplestory and some other fantasy games 
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You mean there's no Mae ukemi and Ushiro ukemi in jujitsu?Originally posted by stellazio:i only know hot to break a fall when someone throw me..
its your arm falling down in an angle and your back too..from the front i duno liao.. -
mine is mixed martial arts..more of brazilian jujitsu..we specialized more in chokes and submission moves.Originally posted by Shigemichi Take:You mean there's no Mae ukemi and Ushiro ukemi in jujitsu? -
I'm aware, but Darren dun teach you how to break fall at all?>Originally posted by stellazio:mine is mixed martial arts..more of brazilian jujitsu..we specialized more in chokes and submission moves.
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u noe darren ar?Originally posted by Shigemichi Take:I'm aware, but Darren dun teach you how to break fall at all?>
got la the basic one..where our body is slightly bend and our arms slap the ground at a 45 degree angle something like that.. -
For a second, i misread "Jujitsu" as "Fujitsu".....
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What if someone tripped you and you're falling in the front direction?Originally posted by stellazio:u noe darren ar?
got la the basic one..where our body is slightly bend and our arms slap the ground at a 45 degree angle something like that.. -
duno..i didn't learn that during my time there..Originally posted by Shigemichi Take:What if someone tripped you and you're falling in the front direction?
fall into push up position maybe?
or maybe fall at an angle.. -
Nah, you have to tuck in your head, use one hand to support so that you'll roll forward safely and prepare for your attacker again...Originally posted by stellazio:duno..i didn't learn that during my time there..
fall into push up position maybe?
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ohh that one ar..yes got learn before..Originally posted by Shigemichi Take:Nah, you have to tuck in your head, use one hand to support so that you'll roll forward safely and prepare for your attacker again...
u roll liao..den ur arm must slap the ground at an angle also right?
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No need mah...who says muz slap? If you slap, you'll be breaking the fall and you wun be able to spring up back mah..Originally posted by stellazio:ohh that one ar..yes got learn before..
u roll liao..den ur arm must slap the ground at an angle also right? -
orh i thought u talking about breaking the fall ma..Originally posted by Shigemichi Take:No need mah...who says muz slap? If you slap, you'll be breaking the fall and you wun be able to spring up back mah..
not instant spring up and fight again.. -
hmm, got 7 'dead' points u can hit...how many he know ?
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Whether or not a philosphy should properly be classed as offensive or defensive is a matter of debate. When you fight, you aim to incapacitate. The difference between aikido and the art your friend practises is simply the methods used to acheive incapacitation.Originally posted by CenturionMBT:I have a friend learning jujitsu, but the philosophy is rather questionable. Most martial arts will tell you to fight as a last resort under all situation. But for his case, he was taught offense as the best defense.
In addition, he was taught to kill rather than to defend, for example when encountering a strike block the arm and stab a knife below the armpit. stabbing the temple , hitting between the eyes, or craking the ribs of your opponents.
According to him, his training area is not really registered and is more like a private tuition center than an actual dojo.
Waddya think? Is it normal for martial arts practitioners to employ such offensive philosphy or is it just that i have been too in tuned to a peaceful solution?
I do not think there is anything wrong with a pre-emptive strike. The Law does not rule that out, in the right circumstances. TBH, I think your friend is being taught by a walter mitty.
I mean WTF! Punching between the eyes? And if you miss? Then you hit the forehead and you break your fist. Then you lose. Stabbing the temple? Stabbing the armpit? To what purpose? I I were to have to stab someone, 'anywhere' will do actually. -
Teaching people to fight as a last resort is I guess, more of a modern martial art thingy. The sole purpose of martial art in the past is to damage, stop and kill.
Is grappling going to be useful in a real fight?
Let's say you got threatened by a group. You decided to go for one in a bid to escape. You do a take down and is on the group, your back to the floor, choking him. Then his friend kicked you in the head. -
MuayThai is the best,more straightforward,no nonsense,most hard hitting & brutal combat arts in the world la okay..In Taiwan, they have "San Da" which is a mix martial arts as well..
I have studied most of this stuff for years; and I can tell you a few things from my experience:
First, there are two dominant styles currently (and their variants)
BJJ, Muay Thai.
Brazilian Ju-Jitsu is superior on the ground, it incorporates a lot of locks, traps, and guards. Great for 1vs1 fighting.
Muay Thai has devistating kicks and punches... But what is more lethal are the elbows and knees. As elbows and knees generate 3x the power of a kick or punch. One of the most effective assaults is the Muay Thai kick, different from all other kicks in all other martial arts in the world. the Muay Thai kick uses the very hard shin bone as sort of a club, it doesn't snap the kick, but rather uses a full hip rotation (a lot of power) and then uses the shin as the baseball bat. Aimed at either the ribs, back of the thighs, or neck, it's devistating.. If need be, aimed at the knees and bye bye knees. The only effective way to block that is with your own shins, or get out of the way. A hit to the back of the thighs will render your leg numb, as there are major nerves in the back of the thighs.They are alots of dirty dangerous tricks to be used in Muaythai..What u have seen in the thai rings are just the 'clean version'..If u face a thai boxer in the street..He would have killed u or break ur bones in seconds..
BJJ can be countered by Muay Thai just like Boxing can. Although boxing has a much fuller array of punches, it loses to Muay Thai because, while a boxer is trained to bob and weave and duck, that opens him up for a knee to the face, which is good night if you get hit by one. Muay Thai has a very effective clench, which allows it to control the head and entire upper body, and that is why it's effective against a BJJ fighter; if you grab me and don't take me down within the first second, you will get a bombardment of elbows and knees..
But if you can take a Muay Thai onto the ground, and you are BJJ, you will have the upper hand. One of the good backgrounds against BJJ's on the ground is grecko roman wrestling, as most GRW's are very "slippery" and can get out of quite a few holds while at the same time having good skills at holding an opponent on the ground.
A Muay Thai + BJJ is all but unbeatable...
Muay Thai kicks, elbows, and knees, plus good ground work a la BJJ, is awesome and if you want any of the Pride fights or NHB stuff like Ultimate Fighting or any MMA, then you will see that what I am saying is true..
San Da tries to counter Muay Thai by adding the throw into the mix, that way, when a Muay Thai is about to clunch, they get thrown instead. While I like SanDa, I have to say, the kicks are nothing like the Muay Thai kicks, and so while great for "sport" it's not as effective as far as self-defense.
One thing I like about BJJ, you can make the guy submit, without damaging him; in Muay Thai, most end up seriously bloody...
There are a few parts that need consideration:
First, both are standing, how do I deliver as much punishment as possible (to end it ASAP)
Second, how do I prevent him from taking me to the ground?
Third, how do I take him to the ground and make him submit or subdue him? -
If you asked me, the best defense is still to walk away and avoid violence -
we can always shoot and then walk away, or shoot while walking away, or walk away pretending its over and then shoot.Originally posted by Shigemichi Take:
If you asked me, the best defense is still to walk away and avoid violence -
where the 7 dead points?
i only know of the
adam apple
behind neck
solar pelxus
temples
nose counted ma? XD -
yea the days of UFC 1-5 is over together with the gracies history..
almost every fighter nowadays is a hybrid..
mixing stand ups and ground fighting..
well if u ask me,in singapore..muay thai and bjj seems good enough to give u confidence in any fight..
even better if those bengs find ur taiji.. -
hmmm..from what i learn in bjj..it seems that the side of the neck where the artilleries are seems rather important too..Originally posted by bladez87:where the 7 dead points?
i only know of the
adam apple
behind neck
solar pelxus
temples
nose counted ma? XD
oh how bout the nuts?