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The following helped me with mobility....

1) Knife sparring
2) Sparring
3) Rejecting flat footed footwork
4) Not obsessing about rootedness at all times
5) Shadow boxing

I'd say 1) is the...

I believe that 50/50 on the toes footwork is the best. Some WC lineages train that way TWC maybe ?
A lot dont, I was initially taught 0/100% weighting.
Trying to move around like that is just...

Anerlich, thanks for your kind concern re my nose.;)

Issues ? Possibly depends on your definition.
Anyway I think our unconstructive banter has run it's course.

Jeff I will admit that attitudes like Anerlich's do put my nose out of joint a little.
But I'm really not that stressed about it, I just couldnt be bothered to sugar coat my opinions or response.

Anerlich


Lol, how generous of you. What disruption ? People coming in late only disrupts the class if the instructor is enough of a d*ck to want to interrogate the guy for an explanation/excuse...

A train isnt a good analogy here because if the train were to wait for you that would put lots of other people out, not the case if you miss the first five minutes of a class where the only person...

Jeff, push ups for being late ? I'm always amazed when I hear this sort of thing in the context of an adult class that people are paying to train at.

What kind of grown adult with professional...

Lol

Ernie,

GRRRR now I feel tense.
Looking at the clips reminded me of the importance of the following areas of training.

1) Conditionning, a lot of fights last more than 3 seconds. If you havent...

We need less analogies.

Lol ! Why dont you chain them up in a basement.

If your main focus is making money, in most cases you would do better investing your efforts in things other than MA's IMHO (obviously there are...

Well you can set up a monthly direct debit without anybody signing a contract and being locked into a whole year's worth of fees.
This ensures the school gets its money every month on time but...

I would go to the college club.
An instructor who encourages students to treat them with deference is a very bad sign.
Firstly it's just plain offensive when you're paying the guy, secondly it...

Coast ?
Well my training partner is genuinely trying to hit me while also trying not to be hit and I am doing the same.
Doesnt mean to say we're both firing on all cylinders though. ie 100% power...

Define regularly ?
I train at a MMA gym.
What you're claiming doesnt match my experience, not where the stand up is concerned anyway. BJJ and grappling arts are different beasts and lend...

Kungfu shoes are silly on a number of levels.

With a mixture of suspicion and longing.

Hi Jeff,

Website ??

Of course not, this is basic stuff.
Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6 and all that.

Big Vern is right, classic blitz defence/bouncer approach is best.
Maintain distance with a physical...

Where do you guys train in Ottawa ?
I may end up there next year.

Cheers

One way to get a knock out is bouncing someone's head off a hard surface, grappling can be pretty handy with this.

This swimming analogy stuff is getting really old.
Please move on.

There is nothing wrong with throwing out a few techniques for people to go out and try. The important thing is that they use...

Maybe it's in the way you tell it but frankly you sound like a bit of a drama queen.
WC/WT training does look strange and confusing to someone new to it. Obviously you arent but it doesnt sound like...

Ray, I think, as some of the names you mention allude to that it can be worse than nothing if handled badly.

The most important thing is a healthy fear of and respect for the deadly life ending...

Chee, you may have interpreted "without a scratch" less literally than I had intended.

Cheers