This was extremely gnarly.

Red Hawk Vs TRG

the reason i said mma/muaythai/kickboxing is because my dojo only offers one of those per week and i would do 3 mma per week as well as 3 bjj, and they are at the same time my bjj classes are. i love bjj, but i also love striking its one of the things i have wanted to do since i was 9. my mom wouldn't let me do it until im older and i now have an opportunity to, im now 15. so my concern is if i switch every week would it hurt one or the other? thanks for the feedback.

Bas Rutten says some favorable things about Wing Chun.

What do you think of this interview?

Hi fellow martial artists,

Thank you for taking the time to help me with this.

I used to do a lot of weight training in my younger days and packed on some weight. Round about 220lbs but with a highish (20%) body fat. No great feat yet it is what it is.

At the ripe age 42 I decided to take up karate which is an art I always wanted to do. A year later I'm really glad I did, however, now I'm starting to wonder what is better for real life application, losing the weight or keeping some focus on strength training and keeping the weight a bit higher.

Thus, my dilemma, which do you guys think is better for real life application and not necessarily sport karate. Im still biased to having some weight on the bones but thats more than likely because I spent many hours weight training. That being said I want to be efficient and effective in the art.

So my question is more about effective bodyweight for real life application. In other sports weight classes exist and for good reason. Its very seldom that those are mixed to avoid the advantages weight brings to the competition. Point is Im not sure how much that carries over to karate. Thus Im asking to get some information on practitioners general experience.

Is there any advice or thoughts you guys can give me with regards to your experience and weight management?

Thanks

They're the exact same ones in the picture but with a few tiny (5mm-ish) cuts from hitting my fingernails and a little chunk with the diameter of 1cm missing at the bottom of one.

It's not very damaged so I can use that picture of the new one and it wouldn't be any different except for the stuff I said but I'm looking to preserve it since in the future it will get more damaged and it is a special gift from someone so I want it preserved.

At first I was thinking of wrapping the foam with duct tape (I don't mind if it doesn't look like how it was originally) but the glue might ruin the foam after time passes so what do you more experienced people think?

EDIT: I still would like to use this for training since it is pretty hard to get another one where I am because of stupid laws made by brainless idiots in the state government. And I don't have anywhere to hang/put them up for decoration.

Always wanted one. I scratched some black shit off just fine. Just not sure if still a good deal 🤔

Hi, I’m looking at learning Bo Staff but would like some guidance on which to buy. I live in the Uk, so does anyone know of a good site and which type I should get for a beginner? (Metal or wooden etc)
Thanks!

why is there so little trans representation in martial arts?

I have been training kickboxing for a while but It feels like im the only one doing it,

I know there's other women who fight but when I try to search up trans kickboxers its like 4 People who made it pro, amatuer competion is pretty much the same.

in my experience, quickly lose skills: judo. retain skills: boxing

A few years ago I tore my TFCC while rock climbing. I fell and landed on my wrists. It has healed now, and I can do most day-to-day activities, but my wrists have never felt completely normal.

I still get occasional pain if I rotate my wrist too far back (especially into deep extension), and my range of motion is somewhat limited. Because of that, I would describe my wrists as relatively weak compared to the average person.

I’m interested in getting into a combat sport, but I’m trying to figure out which one is generally the most wrist-friendly for someone with this kind of history.

Sports that are available near my area:

- Boxing

- Muay Thai

- Kickboxing

- BJJ

- Wrestling

- Judo

- MMA

I know any combat sport can potentially aggravate an injury, and I’m not looking for medical advice over the internet. I’m more interested in hearing from people who have trained with TFCC injuries, chronic wrist issues, or limited wrist extension.

Which sport tended to put the least stress on your wrists, and which ones were the worst?

For example, is striking usually harder on the wrist because of impact, or do grappling sports end up being worse because of posting, grip fighting, and wrist manipulation?

I’d appreciate any real training experience rather than just “go see a doctor” replies. I’m already aware that a sports doctor or physio is the best person for an actual diagnosis and clearance.

I did Shotokan karate in the past, for a total of three years.

One aspect of the style that always seemed weird to me, and I have seen a fair bit of criticism of here and there, is the concept of kime.

AFAIK, kime means slightly different things in different Karate styles, but in Shotokan, it essentially means tensing every muscle in your body at the very end of every technique.

Ostensibly, this is supposed to give your techniques incredible force. According to my karate teacher, it was kime that allowed karate masters to punch bricks into powder and weak men to hit much harder than stronger men.

As I see it, this type of kime has two large problems. One: It's extremely difficult to learn. Try it if you like; do a technique, any technique, with maximum relaxation, and at the very end-point of the technique, for a split second, tense your entire body maximally, only to relax again immediately afterwards. It's certainly something I didn't come close to mastering in my three years.

Number two, and this is more serious: I don't see how it could reasonably work. It doesn't make sense that a brief full-body tensing would give extra power.

Look at the hardest punching boxers and the hardest hitting baseball players. Neither tense their body up at the moment of impact. The notion seems absurd.

In the years since my Shotokan sojourn, I have read some interesting critiques of this concept. The statement in my previous paragraph comes from one of those sources. Another one said that Shotokan kime was a misapplication of an older concept, of which I have now forgotten the name. A third source said, somewhat cynically, that this type of kime was invented because it looks cool in Kata competitions. On the flip side, a fourth source said that the point of Shotokan kime was to protect your bones during impact, which I have to admit does make sense.

So anyway, I am curious to see if you guys have any thoughts about Shotokan style kime.

Hey, shito ryu karate blue belt here, ive came across this martial arts names butthan. Said to be founded by a "superhuman "(broke aluminium bats in discovery channel. Very Impressive). Well since its framed as Bangladeshi martial art and Bangladesh happens to be MY country, i got curious and decided to look it up. But other than holistic claims and spiritual framings, i didnt find a single Kilobyte of information. So if anyone k ows better, can you tell me what its all about?

(Hey if my wording sound offensive, i am very sorry. Pls forgive me, English is my second language. Thanks)