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Yeah, you guys are probaby right. Better get someone to teach me rather than practice anything myself. I don't want problems, and i don't want to learn incorrectly. That wouldn't make sense from a...

Interesting posts. See, with external exercises I know just by looking at the exercise approximately which injury I may get. I also, after 17 years of MA practice, weight lifting, and being engaged...

I'm interested because I love all martial arts in general. My training consists of kick boxing (Muay Thai) sparring and ground grappling. I practiced other arts in the past. I enjoy this type of...

Thanks guys. I took down the sites and do some research on that. All this stuff facinates me.
MA fanatic

Those leg kicks are damaging. Keep in mind, he was also probably taking it easy, because most MuayThai guys condition their shins throw full power kicks and condition their shins in order to raise...

The woman I mentioned has had MS for 11 years. I realize symptoms of MS have a tendency to disappaer and reappear after while. For all I know, she could be in temporary remission. But, she did...

Hi guys.
I'm not a Qi Gong practitioner, but had been reading
about it for many years. Recently I met a woman who was diagnosed with MS 10 years ago. Her illness progressed quickly until she...

So many great points: Just wanted to add a few comments about some of them:

BJJ Guard: The rules of the Guard, is that if you can't be on top while grappling, it's better to be in the guard. ...

As for CMA only being good in China, that shouldn't be a factor of why CMA fighters were not successful in MMA. To say that CMA's effectiveness can only be proven if you fight the Chinese, is like...

Omega: You sound like a tough guy. I am not a CMAist, but you could do Chinese Martial Arts more good if you figure out a way of having some Western NHB talent fight in China. Seems like it is an...

Jon: That's is exactly what I said in one of my posts. MMA is not an art, it's a competition. Actually, don't think about the UFC when you think MMA. Rent or purchase (they're only 12.99 each)...

Ryu: Yes I did mean Pat Smith, not Maurice Smith. Acutally, I like Maurice's fighting style.

As for MMA guys being unsophisticated, that is plain funny. I think their knowledge of techniques...

Omar: If you're going to fight in MMA, I think you are to be respected. Your post makes much sense. MMA is in fact just an athletic event. But, these guys train all out, full resisitant, all...

I think people overthink this MMA thing. MMA is just a sanctioned name for an NHB sport (A name like No Holds Barred had a difficult time being sanctioned and legalized in the United States). ...

Oyama was definitely not a fraud. But, given the time, he did what he could to promote martial arts, kyokushinkai, and full contact events. I'm sure had he been alive and in his prime now, he would...

Dragon: I'm sorry. I thought you guys meant Classical Martial ARts. Some guys also write TMA, which I thought stood for Traditional Martial Arts. My argument was that most NHB winners are actually...

First of all, this entire debate is pointless, because the winners of UFC and other NHB events have been TMA guys. Like I said earlier, bjj is a TMA. Why shouldnt it be? Other arts which had been...

I have to say that many UFC champions have been real classical martial artists. BJJ is a TMA. Why shouldn't it be considered as such? It has everything, yes even includes lineage, any other TMA...

There is nothing wrong with just getting some friends to practice sparring, but one does have to initiallly get some sparring instruction. Reason being, you don't want to reinforce bad habbits. At...

Ahh...the Ron Van Clief was brought to the forum. lol Well, I have to say that i have all the respect in the world for the guy. First of all, he is one of the only masters who actually had the nerve...

Oh, and don't worry about your teacher. He teaches for money.
That makes you a consumer. And, you're not happy with the product. We can debate this issue of, trusting your master and his...

General:
First, you should address your concerns to your teacher. A good teacher will understand and adjust. But, most internal teachers will tell you tales of great internal master legends and...

I agree with Merrypransker. Grappling arts focus on leverage rather than pure strength. In some grappling tournaments we even have an absolute devision where a grappler could try his skills against...

The reason I said that pressure points, eye gouges, fish hooking, groin strikes, and biting are not answers to fighting a competend grappler, is because grapplers are aware of all these seemingly...

This had to have been one of the most brilliant posts I had ever read.

For those who fail to see why he included the UFC examples, that was to show that biting and eye gouging is not the answer...