I am wondering if any of my fellow Terbites practice martial arts, I am looking into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, (the idea of a skill where a 140lbs guy can take down a 220lbs is very intriguing to me) any thoughts or ideas of places to check out especially in the Scarborough/Durham region.
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I know martial arts but its totally different when it's a street fight and with someone 2 x bigger stoned out or drunk. Martial arts will give you an edge over a normal joe tho. Brazilian Jujitsu is a grappling art and is good for street fights. If you look at ultimate fighting the reining king for many years was horace grace a brazilian specializing in jujitsu. This guy was typically much smaller than his opponents but once falling on the ground together ...the opponent was DEAD MEAT. You can see FEAR of GOD in the opponents eyes as he waited for a submission hold or extreme pain from cracking of either leg/ arms/ankles/elbow/wrist bones.
I am going on an unarmed combat and CQB course early next month in Colorado. Assuming all goes well i can PM you on the info. It is not meant to be a polite fighting style but rapid take down with prejudice. Should be fun, I love this stuff. All part of my desparate attempt to deny I'm getting older.
You might also want to try the Filipino art of Kali, used in The Bourne Identity movies.
http://www.dealmemo.com/Interview/Matt_Damon_Bourne_Identity.htm
http://www.dealmemo.com/Interview/Matt_Damon_Bourne_Identity.htm
mtl_guy said:
whats with the personal attack!!! taking an interest in martial arts isnt about kicking anyone's ass or picking up chicks, just a way to improve health, flexibility and state of mind, so before you resort to crap like that actually know what you are talking about
try this guy
There is krav-mag which anyone need to take for 2 years or less.. It is 6 levels and the sooner you do it the quicker you are done.
I live in Hamilton and they want 75/month. you go at your own pace.
But I did take something to Krav-mag; called..BLACK ARTS MILITARY UNARMED COMBAT
here the links and the first is the guy who taught me for 6 weeks. a cop btw.
go to his link and follow them
There is krav-mag which anyone need to take for 2 years or less.. It is 6 levels and the sooner you do it the quicker you are done.
I live in Hamilton and they want 75/month. you go at your own pace.
But I did take something to Krav-mag; called..BLACK ARTS MILITARY UNARMED COMBAT
here the links and the first is the guy who taught me for 6 weeks. a cop btw.
go to his link and follow them
I'm a computer illiterate. Sorry, didn't mean to imply there were links to the material now, when I get back I'll PM what it was like and forward info if we get material. It is mostly demonstration then practise practise practise, but all based on a few simple steps. The last one I went to a few years ago, the lead instructor was a 53 year old short chubby guy ( also ex spec forces Vietnam HALO rescue jumper, DQ will know the type ), who could take out anyone on this board before they knew what hit them. The spec forces courses are short on ceremony and big on pain.
For streetfighting...boxing is highly effective......Simple straight punches (jab, cross) and solid defensive will go a long way...
Thai boxing....Same as above, but Thai boxing also has knees, kicks, elbows and thai clinching.....
Wrestling.....Being able to position yourself around your oppenent and take the guy down....Taking a guy down and throwing him onto a concrete sidewalk or hard ground in most cases will knock the fight out of him....
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu can be effective but you never really want to go to the ground in a street fight...Submitting the guy standing up (using a standing guillotine is effective) is always a better tactic but not always possible
For the above mentioned arts you have to realize that you have to put time and effort into them to get anything out of them.....
Military techniques (such as Krav Maga) are effective and are simplistic but may not be as effective against anyone who has had training in the above mentioned martial arts....If you had to fight some normal idiot you probably will do fine with Krav Maga and other Military Hand to Hand Combat Systems....
Military fight systems were designed to be simplistic so that average soldier could pick up effective hand to hand techniques with minimal amount of time and training...Soldiers will only spend a fraction of their training time learning how to fight hand to hand........
Kali is more effective as a knife fighting martial art and would not do as well against as the above mentioned systems...
Thai boxing....Same as above, but Thai boxing also has knees, kicks, elbows and thai clinching.....
Wrestling.....Being able to position yourself around your oppenent and take the guy down....Taking a guy down and throwing him onto a concrete sidewalk or hard ground in most cases will knock the fight out of him....
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu can be effective but you never really want to go to the ground in a street fight...Submitting the guy standing up (using a standing guillotine is effective) is always a better tactic but not always possible
For the above mentioned arts you have to realize that you have to put time and effort into them to get anything out of them.....
Military techniques (such as Krav Maga) are effective and are simplistic but may not be as effective against anyone who has had training in the above mentioned martial arts....If you had to fight some normal idiot you probably will do fine with Krav Maga and other Military Hand to Hand Combat Systems....
Military fight systems were designed to be simplistic so that average soldier could pick up effective hand to hand techniques with minimal amount of time and training...Soldiers will only spend a fraction of their training time learning how to fight hand to hand........
Kali is more effective as a knife fighting martial art and would not do as well against as the above mentioned systems...
hapkido said:
You mean "Royce Gracie"....
The guy was good for his time but MMA has changed and Royce Gracie is a man who has no real chance against the current top fighters in the UFC (or other MMA leagues).....
Watch the Matt Hughes / Royce Gracie fight that happened earlier this summer....
He is done.....
