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Originally Posted by Adam Welch
Ok yall. I just learned a few things. One Diamond Pete you definitely opened up my eyes with your description of a strike and a joint lock, and how it can either be violent or less so.
As far as killing people.
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For the record, the "killing people" was to illustrate the false illusion that many people get from the term self-defense. If some one pulled a knife on me, I would give him my wallet.
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Originally Posted by Adam Welch
Diamond Pete. What MA are you in? I want someone that can teach hard and soft as well.
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I study Shorinji Kempo (SK). Here is some are some clips from an old BBC documentary. It is a bit dated in that it tries to make MA more mysterious than it is. It also presents SK as "cultish and a political force in Japan which is laughable.
Parts 1-4
YouTube - Way of the Warrior - Shorinji Kempo, the New Way [1/4]
YouTube - Way of the Warrior - Shorinji Kempo, the New Way [2/4]
YouTube - Way of the Warrior - Shorinji Kempo, the New Way [3/4]
YouTube - Way of the Warrior - Shorinji Kempo, the New Way [4/4]
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Originally Posted by Adam Welch
Do I need to take ground classes seperately as well?
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Not really sure what these "ground classes mean. I am not into MMA, and it is a "sport" so what would constitute ground work is very different.
Most fights "end up on the ground"- but that is because most people fighting "can't" or fight with the strategy to go to the ground (or at least in ways that will lead to it going to the ground-for example the grab the shirt with left hand and wail about with right- of course they will end up on the ground. Unless you are very big (have mass) and strong, IMO, the last pace you want to be is on the ground.
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Originally Posted by Adam Welch
3 years? That's a fantastic time frame. Thank you. Nothing to do but to do it right?
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ANd that will get you the basics. I think that 3 x week or so at three years- you will have the basic moves down enough to protect yourself. But that does not make you bruce lee.
Cheers
Peter