+1 what ginosifu and sanjuro_ronin said.
+1 what ginosifu and sanjuro_ronin said.
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In regards to kickboxing type sparring it is best to let the two people sparring decide the amount of force that is going to be involved. It would not be good to team the new guy up with the gung ho guy who can only go hard.
I would also add that women should not be sparring men unless the men are not afraid to strike them and the women know they are going to get hit. Training women and men together can be tricky.
One of the reasons bjj is so popular is because the sparring is relatively safe. You get to tap out. When kickboxing it is the little injuries that add up: jammed fingers/toes, getting hit in the nose, ball shots, etc.
The two guys in this clip are practically having a picnic and chitchatting. BJJ sparring is safe and fun. Still kind of gay but safe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9RIFtCqk4g
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Dude, I'm one of the biggest proponents of strength on this forum. But even if you're super strong, if you are using that strength in techniques that don't work, you are probably going to lose.
A triathelete bodybuilder powerlifter marathoner superhuman mutant doing high block, reverse punch against a boxer will still probably not do very well in a fight.
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Last edited by YouKnowWho; 11-24-2011 at 12:41 PM.
Greetings,
Shaolin shed some important light on the business aspect that appears to have been looked over.
I do not see any of you making reference to flyers or well structured brochures that will inform the prospective student of what to expect when he/she joins. Probably the greatest thing a prospective fears is that of the unknown. Give the person something that he/she can read and can formulate questions about. These things may cost some dollars to do but they serve as a tuning fork: the person can get with it or move on.
Since fighting seems to be such an issue, you can have fighting practice on separate nights or you can structure your class where the latter part of the class is devoted to fighting while those who are not interested can bow out and leave.
These suggestions can be easily implemented without you getting bent out of shape over student enrollment.
The advantage is that you are creating an environment where you can easily cut the wheat from the chaff and give your fighters the quality training they need and maybe create future instructors at the same time (from those who partake in your full curriculum).
mickey
Last edited by mickey; 11-24-2011 at 09:27 PM.
Kung Fu is good for you.
What's the saying? If you only do forms and no conditioning, then you have no kung fu? Conditioning is paramount to be able to inflict damage on the opponent, but also your entry startegies are what will get you there to use your weapon. Forms will not provide you with this.
My teacher told me onetime he saw what his teacher did was so impressive.
His teacher
- Stood on top of a stool.
- Kicked right leg out.
- Bend down his left standing leg to make his right kicking leg to be parallel to the ground.
- Raise his left standing leg up (many people can do this so far).
- Kick his right leg back with right foot point vertically into the sky, head touches his left standing leg, and
- just freeze in that posture (this is the harderst part. It require flexibility, balance, endurance, and leg strength).
It's similiar to this picture:
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/7...leglifting.jpg
Last edited by YouKnowWho; 11-25-2011 at 09:58 AM.
Kind of irrelevant to the discussion, I think.
The point is that dedicated practice, perfect technique, and adequate strength of useless techniques is not going to be very helpful. A reply saying "oh well most people don't understand how to use [insert technique]" doesn't really disprove it.
If high block + reverse punch is actually a super awesome technique then replace it with any of the other worthless techniques taught at so many TCMA schools.
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Must admit I didn't read all the replies, however I have to agree with the first response I felt with: YKW's 1st response. Gong is a very broad term, but includes all. It's one of the key differentiating factors that makes TCMA be TCMA - the actual practitioner. Forms are crap, applications are crap yadda ad-infinitum. We can have a gazillion of fight nights and make a hell of a brawler (with ground game et al). But if he's(/she's) not working a selected gong (selected either by teacher or student), then they are not going to get very far - other than simply being a good brawler in general. The gongs could be an iron this or that, balance, lightness, claw or grip strength, "peace" punch power, throws, getting up & out off of the ground, Prince Jin lifts the Urn, etc. etc. or could be something more generic like muscular strength within the forearm, stronger root, better ability at kicks turning into footwork entries for throws, lower back strength, more flexibility and intelligence within the Kua or just about anything.
The tough thing is that continued enduring progressive training in gongs take time and consistency of the practitioner OUTSIDE OF CLASS - as opposed to the concept of just "roll and keep rolling and you will be king of the hill" - which is good, but not the same goal...The techniques to actually practice gongs are usually extremely "simple" but not "easy" as it takes an inner strength of commitment etc., which we can all fail at...So...teaching it is easy...Nurturing it til its fruition? Now that's difficult.
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