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WTG · 04-13-2001, 08:41 PM

Thanks Armlok!

Good points.

What is the hardest thing about dealing with a kickboxer? For me it is not getting faked out or lost in a barrage attack. So how do I train that? I do drills to develop my eye sensitivity, to be able to read angles and fakes ect...

It is often said, any art can look good if you know what attack is coming. So train your eye to see quick and well.

Next problem is resistence, so drill to develop the ability to flow with resistence.

Some techniques are not as well designed in regards to structure as others, but for the most part, to quote Burton "if an art has survived over the years, it must have been working over the years" (Burton of the past, Sifu may not aggree with that now I don't know)

I believe the principals of TRUE arts, those that survived from pre WWII are VERY valid, but, and this is a BIG but,
those founders had real fighting and killing experience, so they could show the principals in a useable way. Modern day folks with no real experience in fighting have all they need, but they can't see it. Like they have a book with all the answers, but it is written in a language they can't read.

So, I look at training as in JKDU as a way of me getting a certain amount of experience, this is why I see what others in the same art can't.

Good discussion!

-Rick

04-13-2001, 08:41 PM	#13 (permalink)
WTG Novice Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 117	Thanks Armlok! Good points. What is the hardest thing about dealing with a kickboxer? For me it is not getting faked out or lost in a barrage attack. So how do I train that? I do drills to develop my eye sensitivity, to be able to read angles and fakes ect... It is often said, any art can look good if you know what attack is coming. So train your eye to see quick and well. Next problem is resistence, so drill to develop the ability to flow with resistence. Some techniques are not as well designed in regards to structure as others, but for the most part, to quote Burton "if an art has survived over the years, it must have been working over the years" (Burton of the past, Sifu may not aggree with that now I don't know) I believe the principals of TRUE arts, those that survived from pre WWII are VERY valid, but, and this is a BIG but, those founders had real fighting and killing experience, so they could show the principals in a useable way. Modern day folks with no real experience in fighting have all they need, but they can't see it. Like they have a book with all the answers, but it is written in a language they can't read. So, I look at training as in JKDU as a way of me getting a certain amount of experience, this is why I see what others in the same art can't. Good discussion! -Rick __________________ White Tiger Gym "Truth through experience..."