Newbie interested in Martial Arts...

[npk9]

You're right, I am a novice.

You had a longer reply yesterday - I was going to post but its seems you have edited for a much shorter version. Oh well.

[Tom Yum]

You had a longer reply yesterday - I was going to post but its seems you have edited for a much shorter version. Oh well.

Yeah, my IQ has fallen at least 50 points participating in this thread, hence my inability to write elaborate English.

Is krav maga a good system for defending the urge to eat excessive pizza?

[npk9]

Well to tell a little bit about Krav Maga, instead talking about defending against pizza or whatever you would like to degrade my replys (I was hoping you might get back to your original unedited posting) - they do burrow from a lot of other systems. I don't know if there certification was done over just a weekend (back in 80's?) but I know that they have a week long cert. but thats only to teach the basics. Granted they do have far fetched defences. When I had participated in there civilian gun defence seminar I was privileged to also attend there gun seminar for law enforement - which is when they expld defences with all the guns that we would never see. When it comes to practical defence its pretty good. They do have there down sides in which they do try to analyze a lot of if's and do a lot of micro manage defences but I guess thats part of there system - all in all I really do think that its supplemental training works well for anybody.

[Innocence]

there's a fellow we train with who used to do krav maga~
practical combat defences.

he has nothing but good things to say about it. ^^

[fwtaichi]

Find a system you like and work hard

All martial arts are useful. Choose an art you enjoy, find a reputable teacher who can do the things you want to learn how to do. Observe the classes until you find one that you enjoy. Then simply work hard every day, pay attention to fitness and power training, and depsite what some people say the forms are the best training in techniques. Learn the forms, practice them diligently, ponder the applications. I teach the way my teachers taught me: Give them the proper method and work the hell out of them. This is the best advice I can give.

[Innocence]

hear hear~

[Tom Yum]

All martial arts are useful. Choose an art you enjoy, find a reputable teacher who can do the things you want to learn how to do. Observe the classes until you find one that you enjoy. Then simply work hard every day, pay attention to fitness and power training, and depsite what some people say the forms are the best training in techniques. Learn the forms, practice them diligently, ponder the applications. I teach the way my teachers taught me: Give them the proper method and work the hell out of them. This is the best advice I can give.

This is great advice.

[Tom Yum]

there's a fellow we train with who used to do krav maga~
practical combat defences. He has nothing but good things to say about it. ^^

Krav draws its techniques from karate, kung-fu, judo, boxing and most recently muay thai and BJJ, so there's no doubt in my mind that it has some good and realistic techniques.

My only concern are the empty handed defenses against firearms. That and the fact that any MA-ist can become a certified instructor of KM through a week long training course.

If you were going to learn how to struggle over a firearm in close range, would you rather learn from someone who took the certified course or someone who is a trained marksman and who has done this thing before in live situations.

[AlexJitsu]

I think you missed his point.

A defeatist attitude is retarded.

Do nothing, and you're going down. Do something, and you increase your chances of survival by at least 50%. Once you break his spirit, and he realizes that suddenly the victim is fighting back, he immediately will lose his confidence, and he just may lose control of the situation.

Btw, dealing with a gun at close range is much more realistic than a knife at close range. Knives are worse at close range, for obvious reasons.

[jubaji]

A defeatist attitude is retarded.

Do nothing, and you're going down. Do something, and you increase your chances of survival by at least 50%. Once you break his spirit, and he realizes that suddenly the victim is fighting back, he immediately will lose his confidence, and he just may lose control of the situation.

Btw, dealing with a gun at close range is much more realistic than a knife at close range. Knives are worse at close range, for obvious reasons.

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[chicken legs]

Can somebody please elaborate on these techniques used for overcoming firearms? I've heard of Iron Vest training but .. ....

back to the question.

try something you think you might like - if you like it do it, if you don't then try something else.

[polecat63]

Just skip all the BS and go right into Xing Yi. You'll have the legs of a giant in six months! It will teach you all you need to know and then some. It will also teach you the most important things you need to know; how to end a conflict quickly and decisively. The longer you stand there tot-to-toe the better chance you have of injury or death. Of course I could have a slight prejudice towards Xing Yi!

[jubaji]

Can somebody please elaborate on these techniques used for overcoming firearms? .

Its called "dying"

[jubaji]

The longer you stand there tot-to-toe the better chance you have of injury or death. !

"tot-to-toe"? Are you fighting children?

[chicken legs]

Just skip all the BS and go right into Xing Yi. You'll have the legs of a giant in six months! It will teach you all you need to know and then some. It will also teach you the most important things you need to know; how to end a conflict quickly and decisively. The longer you stand there tot-to-toe the better chance you have of injury or death. Of course I could have a slight prejudice towards Xing Yi!

Does the style/school you train at have a webpage? I'm learning something similiar.