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Originally Posted by Tim McFatridge
Liberty,
First off thanks for posting the videos. The competition is not exactly fair if you want to be honest about it. I know a few people from both sides on this video. The Dallas Ninjitsu school is owned by Ralph Severe who is an old JKD guy. He trained with Dan Inosanto and Larry Hartsell back in the day and then switched over and started doing Ninjitsu fulltime. He is also pretty good with stick and knife. The JKD group is headed up by Marco Hernandez (I believe) and he is certified under Ted Wong. The JKD guys on the video are limited by what they train. They are primarily "original" JKD (and I hate using that terminology... by saying that I mean they only train Ted Wong type Jun Fan. They do not train boxing like the Ninjitsu school does. They do not cross train like the other guys.
Ralph Severe is a hardcore martial artist and a survivalist. He is the big bald guy sitting on the mat by the door. Even though his guys did not look that impressive in way of technique or form I feel they still have the advantage as they cross train in different arts.
Tim
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That's why I posted the clip of how the Ninjitsu guys trained. They were cross training. At the same time both sides looked rather horrible at that sort of thing. How new are they at it?
As for the "Original" guys not training "boxing like," isn't Terri Tom's, with her her boxing, fencing mechanics, "Straight Lead" book, "Original"?
At the risk of setting off that debate, just curious about that? Then again, if these "JKD" guys are that, perhaps it would open the door for exploring that issue from that angle - effectiveness. Didn't Ron Balicki ("Concepts") do some competing? What about that "O" group in Europe (Germany?) that's done well in competition? Or is that EBMAS Wing Chun people?
I'll have to track it down.
Whoops - you sure it's Marco Hernadez? Take a look at this:
http://academyjkd.com/
http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/jkd/