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My initial response would be NO, dont mix them, however there are some arts that may be of benifit that your IMA training may not cover as comprehensively, such as groundfighting and knife work.
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Glad to hear your ok Gene, interesting story.

For home protection I have 2 main methods of defense.

-The first is my 130 pound Akita (japenese police and hunting dogs), just his mere size,...

Hello,

This is the real "Gary Romel", fortunately it doesnt appear backbreakers trolling was good enough to fool anyone who knows me. But to the rest I thought a clarification was in order. I go...

Out of interest have you looked into NLP?

Actually yes, I have a few books on the subject, as a friend of mine has been doing it for quite sometime and turned me on to it!

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"Gary, you invited people to tell you how their approach compares with yours. "

"I showed how mine compares"

I think this is where the communication gap lies, You werent clear on your approach....

"Any one of us would take you apart in training - all the while, demonstrating TCC's "stylistic attributes" according to Gary Romel"

Hmm, now it comes down to personal attacks and "who can take...

"In Kickboxing often the first round of a fight is a feeling out round, where you search for a hole in your opponents defense, and maybe in the second round try to take him out"

Thats great for a...

"I don't believe in reaction-based training - it's not how my TCC works. "

I think you are just debating rhetoric here as usual, at some point you have to react, especially if you are sparring in...

"In my own training, there are no such things as specific applications/techniques which follow a specific intent. TCC isn't technicentric - it's a mind/intent method which addresses the shape and...

"In my experience, foundation training, and forms training, actually make you faster. Seriously. I think because of relaxation and qi."

You are exactly correct, going very slowly in forms...

Perhaps since many of us may not have Kumars book, you should outline what this process is exactly? Perhaps others have the same training, under a different term, or different training under the same...

Ok, ill try to make some points from peoples posts in order.

I think it should also be of note that our rhetoric may need clarification, the terms "technique", "application" etc. can be...

Hey Guys,

In response to a question on a previous thread here is my article on forms..fighting..etc.

This topic deserves a thread of its own. How does your approach compare to mine? The article...

:Nice site, I'm a cynical Brit so the marketing rhetoric amuses more than impresses, but I'm in the wrong country to be your market ;-) "

lol, yeah, I have since toned down the marketting lingo. I...

RE: "Body mechanics are the same when it comes to a punch. Take a few karate lessons from a good instructor and you’ll know what I’m talking about. "

I have trained with Karate practioners that by...

"I don't understand why so many CMA guys learn form first. Then after they learn the technique they have to go back and relearn the form correctly because they missed something vital.

Learn the...

Ok I have a few years exp. in teaching people applications, here is what ive found works best...

1.First get the movement down solo correctly (or as close as you can get in reasonable amount of...

Thanks QuaiJohnCain, actually I have seen instructional videos from everyone you mentioned except for the two "steves" , in fact if you take note the person I did the demo on was Tim Cartmells senior...

"On a side note, I have a couple of classmates interested in Bagua, one goes to OU and lives in Norman. Is this Flowing Combat taught separately from or in conjuction with the Bagua"

thanks...

thanks for the feedback guys...

Ka-good advice, i got a good suggestion from an emptyflower member, and I toned down the marketing lingo, and still working it.

Tanian:"One local teacher spends...

Hey everyone,

Lately ive really been working my butt off to compile a system of combat based techniques, drills, etc, to make the internal arts (bagua, xingyi, tai chi) into a self-defense...

Hey everyone,

Lately ive really been working my butt off to compile a system of combat based techniques, drills, etc, to make the internal arts (bagua, xingyi, tai chi) into a self-defense...

Hey Truewrestler,

I spar in class daily, but I dont compete in tourneys, just not my bag.

Marcus Brinkman (the guy doing the apps in the clip) doesnt to my knowledge compete either, however his...

I think the term is style subjective as to what they train. Marcus speaks fluent chinese (he lived there for well over a decade), and in fact does alot of translation work, he explained the terms to...

Ive been good joe, keeping busy!

Truewrestler:
" am a bit confused after watching the demo. Does this DVD teach fighting for say -- a San Shou tournament"

It teaches how to practice san-shou,...