Any Martial Artists Here?

I haven't trained since October and I'm definitely missing it. Glad to hear the BJJ's going good for you though.

 

It's cooler than I thought it would be. Ever since starting it, I've been reading and watching YouTube, to see what I can use during live rounds. I'm being paired up with whites and blues for that training, which would not be bad if I had proper technique. I went for the noobie americana and coulda got
a tap if I had proper form.

 

Currently training in Aikido, after 4 years of Muay Thai; definitely a HUGE change! It seems a bit tougher since i am so used to kicking and punching rather than throws, grappling and ground techniques. I think it's awesome though. The awesome thing is that we have 10 minute sparring sessions where you can use any techique, and there are some dudes there that have all kinds of martial arts training (one guy is a 50 year former pro boxer from Russia and the Mofo can punch...boxers are much better punchers than other techniques from what i have seen).

Oh, and i got a tooth knocked out.

 

Damn thats crazy. Is the conditioning different?

 

Not conditioning, i think the skill set is. Soft martial arts depend a lot more on balance and technique than power, so it's been a much bigger learning experience, for example, i suck at doing back rolls, and falling techniques are a big part of Aikido and similar martial arts.

As for my tooth getting knocked out, my own damn fault for not having a mouth guard and blocking too close to my face when a 300 lb mofo is throwing kicks to your head.

 

Oh yeah epic fail my friend lol. I did judo for a year and that shit was fucking tiring. You use your entire body all the time. I thought about doing aikido in my area but its like 80 a month. These martial art studios don't play.

 

It is exhausting, but i find it well worth it. It's made my stand up skills much better too (same with the russian boxer guy- he's helped me not telegraph things and be more solid when i am punching, still working on what stance is comfortable for me).

 

the guy training us in bjj has a black belt in judo, so he's been mixing that in with us. I can agree that it's tiring. I don't know if the bruises on me are from the throws and ukemi, or from the bjj grappling we did later on.

btw, the throw we were drilling was the seoi nage. I always wanted to take judo anyway, so I guess i'm knocking off two birds with one stone. It's just that the first time I was thrown, I didn't really have any break-fall tech, besides tucking my head in and preventing that from hitting the ground (you can thank hs football for that natural ability). Other than that, I was a brick hitting the pavement. But after telling us that we needed to let our free arm slam on the ground, to disperse some of the impact, along with not crossing our legs as we fell to the side, that helped.

he said if you didn't do that, you'd get the wind knocked out of you lol.


crappy gif but you get an idea

 

Knowing how to fall is a big part of it. I am glad i am doing Aikido since it makes me think about what a fight is really like rather than fighting with rules. I've been pretty curious about Krav Maga; any thoughts?

 

I did that a couple of years and its an interesting system because of how practicle it is. No useless katas or nonsense scenarios but I didn't like how soft the conditioning was. Outside of actual sparring it wasn't a good enough work out. The traditional martial arts teach better body strengthening and all the breaking training gave very tough skin. I haven't trained hardcore in years but I can still punch a brick wall at least thirty times before breaking skin.

 

You learn how to wrestle yet?

 

nope, unless you count WWE



so far the bjj instructor has been cross training us with judo. i've only been there 2 weeks, so i'm still getting a feel for what he does. I have yet to participate in a 'team training' session and stuff like that, where they get together each weekend and spend the whole day practicing for competitions.

 

you know, judo seemed like a fascinating art with beautiful throws...until you actually do throwing drills with lots of reps with a partner.

I haven't been to bjj since monday.

slept with ice packs on wednesday

still black and blue friday

it's a wonder I was able to be productive at work all week





it's easier to just buy a hand cannon and pop a mothafucka

 

My bullets will kill your karate lol