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Post by miffersy on Sept 10, 2005 21:13:17 GMT
HI,
I have been a Shotokan Karate-ka for most of my life(a long time at 51 years young) but I have also dabbled in SD. with Dave Turton Sensei of the S.D.F. and minutely in Ju-Jitsu with Rob Campbell Sensei (Blackpool Budokan). Everyone who cross trains can take something from each Art they actively pursue. That's just my opinion.
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Post by Aefibird on Sept 14, 2005 17:06:29 GMT
Everyone who cross trains can take something from each Art they actively pursue. Absolutely!  |
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tez3
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Post by tez3 on Oct 9, 2005 18:08:01 GMT
I train in the traditional martial arts and in mixed martial arts/ no holds barred fighting/cage fighting. The traditional has the katas and the semi contact sparring, the mma is full contact. I enjoy both very much but for self defence it has to be the mma that is the better of the two as it gives you a wider choice, I can fight standing up or on the floor. I train with men, some of whom are professional fighters so am used to hard training.
People are horrified when I tell them I do mma as opposed to when I tell them I do karate but mma is kickboxing/Muay Thai, jujitsu, atemi jitsu, aikido, judo, karate, boxing all in one fight. In a self defence situation I find people who only train points or semi contact sparring are at a huge disadvantage if attacked because they are simply not used to actually being punched or hit.
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Post by AngelaG on Oct 9, 2005 20:28:08 GMT
Tez3, I am very interested in your experiences as a female in MMA - especially full contact with larger blokes. How do you cope with blows etc. from people much larger than you? Is it broken up into grades and/or weight ratios? What is your biggest challenge?
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tez3
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Post by tez3 on Oct 10, 2005 4:45:31 GMT
The biggest challenge for any female in MMA is if she wants to fight competetively, there are literally only a handful of woman who fight. It's in weight categories as well as division by amateur, semi pro and pro which cuts down the chances of getting an opponent even more. Training with the men especially the bigger guys is fine, makes fighting someone your own weight easier! It's not full on in training, you don't put arm bars and chokes etc all the way on. I have been knocked out a couple of times when doing the stand up while training though.
Training is very robust to say the least, especially after doing 2 hours of traditional teaching first, we do a warm up routine for half an hour this is usually Bas Ruttens( Dutch UFC veteran) training cds, then go into drills on the floor, bag work then grappling and stand up. Being punched doesn't bother me anymore nor does being choked!
There is a lot of technique involved but women are at a disadvantage where bigger men are concerned, if they use their strength there really is little that you can do. It's one of those things that made me realise that a lot of self defence stuff taught is rubbish and won't work. If you are used just to points sparrring as I was then the first time you are punched properly is a shock, the same with being put on the floor.
MMA fighters are a great crowd of people, they are no different from other martial artists!
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tez3
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Post by tez3 on Oct 10, 2005 5:20:21 GMT
We don't grade in MMA though you can grade in BJJ if you want, I should point out I'm 5' 4" about nine and half stone and over forty! I started MMA about six years ago but have done traditional martial arts for about thirteen years now.
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