drop bear
Sr. Grandmaster
Wrestling, not protecting your head enough.
Wrestling is crap for striking,striking is crap for wrestling. Mma you are going to be a bit crap at both.
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Wrestling, not protecting your head enough.
All "sports" can build up bad habit. In the following clip, she steps back before stepping in. That's also a very "bad habit".Wrestling is crap for striking,striking is crap for wrestling. Mma you are going to be a bit crap at both.
if there's a weakness, it must be me. Right?
Is it necessarily a weakness that a style doesn't cover all things?
lol.. My style uses a spear.. so unless someone has a weapon longer than 8 ft or a gun. lol. Then Jow Ga wins hands down. Let's see how long BJJ stays on their backs then lol. But seriously it's like you say. Not every system was meant to cover all types of attacks. Some fighting systems cover more than others. Fencing may have a weakness in the punch and grappling areas, but the sword more than makes up for that weakness. The weakness should be viewed only within the purpose for which the system was designed for.Are we then 'criticising' our own styles or everyone else's? Is it necessarily a weakness that a style doesn't cover all things? The founders didn't think so, so why do people now think that one has to have ground, standup, weapons and probably even chi balls for it to be considered a 'proper' system.
All "sports" can build up bad habit. In the following clip, she steps back before stepping in. That's also a very "bad habit".
I don't think that was her personal weakness. Many Judo instructors taught this way - step back before stepping forward.
Same step back before stepping forward in this clip.
lol.. My style uses a spear.. so unless someone has a weapon longer than 8 ft or a gun. lol. Then Jow Ga wins hands down. Let's see how long BJJ stays on their backs then lol.
But seriously it's like you say. Not every system was meant to cover all types of attacks. Some fighting systems cover more than others. Fencing may have a weakness in the punch and grappling areas, but the sword more than makes up for that weakness. The weakness should be viewed only within the purpose for which the system was designed for.
lol.. My style uses a spear.. so unless someone has a weapon longer than 8 ft or a gun. lol. Then Jow Ga wins hands down. Let's see how long BJJ stays on their backs then lol. But seriously it's like you say. Not every system was meant to cover all types of attacks. Some fighting systems cover more than others. Fencing may have a weakness in the punch and grappling areas, but the sword more than makes up for that weakness. The weakness should be viewed only within the purpose for which the system was designed for.
ha ha ha.. yeah the bow has me beaten. My Style doesn't do any bow and arrow stuff. You win.How's Jow Ga's repertoire looking now? Bit limited, one may feel
in my arts, we have spears as well
I suspect If I were to defend myself I would try to put my fist or feet clear through the attacker in the hopes of crushing him with one blow,
True storry that happened to me as a kid, but it was with a running jump kick lol. I thought the kick would take him out but it didn't lol. First thing that went through my mind was "crap" the second thing was "run" lolOf course then you're buggered if that person doesn't go down! I saw this once, there was a fight in the local nightclub and a civvy lad threw an enormous punch at a squaddie who took it, stood there, grinned and then went on the attack, heard the civvy groan before he was even hit. His face was a picture at that moment he realised his very best punch did nothing. ( we let the squaddie get a punch in then apprehended him)
I thought this would be a good idea. Everyone here should know there's no perfect martial art and even our own do have weaknesses I've always believed you should tell yourself what these weakness are instead of making excuses for them that why you can develop your own soloutions to these weaknesses.
No, every style has intended uses and unintended uses. You can't tell me a hammer is not a perfect tool because it doesn't handle cutting wood very well. It's a tool, it has a job, and it's damn good at that job. Kickboxing is not meant for wrestling on the ground, it's not a weaknesses. It's just something it doesn't do, and that's ok. My car doesn't fly, and doesn't handle lakes very well... but I still like it just fine and don't consider those weaknesses.
The mistake is in thinking every style needs to be able to do everything, and it doesn't. It's impossible to be the best at every application. I mean MMA sucks cause it doesn't do fighting in full armour on horse back well... so what? Not what it's meant for, so it doesn't need to do it.
While I think you are correct, we should have some self-awareness of what we are doing and why, it's also important to recognize that it's not a weakness if applied in the context it is meant too.