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re: Is it possible to be self-taught in martial arts?
Posted on 6/10/20 at 12:58 pm to Eightballjacket
Posted on 6/10/20 at 12:58 pm to Eightballjacket
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How much would a good dojo run? Finances are tight now with child support and all.
Kicking Jody’s arse won’t bring her back baw
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Posted on 6/10/20 at 12:59 pm to Kafka
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you'd still have to practice throwing the weight of another body, and being thrown yourself
Grappling and jujitsu don't require throwing people around. it is about leverage, restraint, pressure points, etc. Just watching to understand the concept of keeping an opponent close as defense will do wonders to protect yourself.
You are looking at it more from an attack standpoint. I'd focus on defense first.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:00 pm to Eightballjacket
Have you looked into Krav Maga?
It skips all the "You must be one with the two-ness" crap and focuses solely on self-defense
It skips all the "You must be one with the two-ness" crap and focuses solely on self-defense
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:01 pm to SEClint
Berry gooood. But brick no hit back.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:02 pm to Eightballjacket
110% Yes.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:02 pm to Eightballjacket
Wack on, wack off, now paint the fence
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:04 pm to notsince98
quote:I'm no expert and know nothing of ju jitsu but the point of grappling is redistributing weight, and using the weight of your opponent against him.
Grappling and jujitsu don't require throwing people around. it is about leverage, restraint, pressure points, etc.
I'm not saying books/video aren't useful tools. But you can't learn a self-defense technique solely by observation. You must practice it on someone.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:06 pm to notsince98
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Grappling and jujitsu don't require throwing people around. it is about leverage, restraint, pressure points, etc. Just watching to understand the concept of keeping an opponent close as defense will do wonders to protect yourself.
The details matter. Space, pressure, angles can make all the difference. You may get the understanding of the concept from a video, but you only get mastery of the move from practice. And critically important with grappling is how to chain the moves together. When your triangle choke attempt fails how do you transition it into an arm bar or omoplota. What do you do if the guy attempts to lift you? What do you do when someone punches your face from the guard? It takes live sparring with instruction.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:06 pm to Eightballjacket
quote:put a better weapon in your hands. weapons were invented bc hands are very limited. doesn't have to be a gun. get pepper spray, stun gun, taser, knife, etc. pepper spray is cheap and can be used several feet away.
just want to be able to defend myself with my hands and feet if the need arises.
stun gun is pretty cheap and even more effective but has to be used within arms reach
taser obviously works farther away.
A gun is obviously the best weapon of self defense but it also can create much bigger problems.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:09 pm to Eightballjacket
William Ewart Fairbairn. Look him up. He invented the Fairban-Sykes Fighting knife.
He wrote a book called Get Tough.
Former ShangHai police officer who developed a gutter style of fighting.
He taught self defense tactics to the Allied troops during WW2.
Learn his stuff. Go to Wikipedia then follow the video links to his movies.
He wrote a book called Get Tough.
Former ShangHai police officer who developed a gutter style of fighting.
He taught self defense tactics to the Allied troops during WW2.
Learn his stuff. Go to Wikipedia then follow the video links to his movies.
This post was edited on 6/10/20 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:09 pm to Eightballjacket
I believe Mac from It's Always Sunny was self taught.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:10 pm to HempHead
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You can make your own martial art, man. With blackjack and hookers
You know what forget the martial arts and the black jack.
Ahh screw the whole thing.
tGOAT animated show.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:17 pm to Bigfishchoupique
quote:Sgt. Pat O'Neill
William Ewart Fairburn. Look him up. He invented the Fairburn-Sykes Fighting knife.
He wrote a book called Get Tough.
Former ShangHai police officer who developed a gutter style of fighting.
He taught self defense tactics to the Allied troops during WW2.
Learn his stuff. Go to Wikipedia then follow the video links to his movies
quote:
The original ultimate fighter, he began his remarkable rise to seventh dan in Jiu Jitsu by keeping law and order as a cop on back alleys of Shanghai, and his career reads like the biography for an Irish James Bond: intelligence officer shadowing communist agitators, handpicked member of the first SWAT team, hand-to-hand combat instructor for the OSS in WWII, army captain who led his Special Forces squad behind enemy lines, and finally, the man to whom the US Marines, US Air Force and even the CIA turned to learn new fighting skills during the Cold War.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:18 pm to Eightballjacket
Why start from scratch when their are capable instructors with time tested skills to learn from.
Like this Master
Like this Master
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:33 pm to Bigfishchoupique
You can learn technique and application by yourself. However it really only starts to work when going against somebody who is resisting. You have to “feel” it. It really is why bjj or judo is good. Cause you’re getting your arse kicked while trying to apply that technique. And the main thing real world practice will teach you is to freakin breathe. Sounds easy but it’s something you have to do to understand. You laugh but a 6 month old white belt in bjj is actually a dangerous bastard.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:34 pm to LegendInMyMind
I think he could've probably taken Jean Claude IRL.
Him and Carl Weathers shouldve both made an Expendables appearance at some point.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:39 pm to Eightballjacket
quote:How hard can it be to be water?
Is it possible to be self-taught in martial arts?
You’re already at least 60% there.
If not Bao, Nguyen?
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:47 pm to Eightballjacket
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:51 pm to Eightballjacket
Sure
But will you become an elite athlete, no
But will you become an elite athlete, no
Posted on 6/10/20 at 1:54 pm to notsince98
Actually jujitsu and judo require kuzushi the art of off balancing an opponent, during the samurai days you learned tosses and throws
Any real place will teach it
Any real place will teach it
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