On the Ground, on your feet, or in the air

[Thai Bri]

Can you really judge a martial art off of one competitor. No one even knows for sure how long he has been training. I have been training in ninjutsu for many many years now and it has served me well. When I was 21-23 years old I worked as a bouncer in a downtown bar in Memphis. I probably had over 60 scrapes. Some of the people were drunk, some weren't. Some were big, some were small, some could fight, some couldn't, some were armed, and then there were a couple who seemed to be well trained fighters. Ninjutsu seemed to be an extremely good fighting system to me. Me, anyone who knows me, or anyone who has ever tried to fight me can vouch for it.

No, you cannot judge it from one person. Who was the guy in an earlier UFC (Scott someone) who did fantastically impressive demos at the beginning of the tape...... But when he fought Pat Smith he was beaten to a pulp in seconds. But I do not want to be unfair. If you had a good teacher that taught you things that wee of use in REAL encounters, then all power to you.

[ddrive]

Steve Jennum ... that name sounds familiar.

Quick question about Steve Jennum.... Did later down the line he went up against Marco Ruas with his some sort of discipline called Thai-jitsu and lost?

[sirmattu]

dude don't let people tell you that mid air kicks are completely useless. they have their time and place.

[jubaji]

dude don't let people tell you that mid air kicks are completely useless. they have their time and place.

Yeah. Right near the end of the movie.

[sirmattu]

Yeah. Right near the end of the movie.

sounds like you just dont know how to use flying kicks at the right time

[Ikken Hisatsu]

more likely, he has some idea of fighting. flying kicks are one of the worst things you can do in the street.

[bewing77]

I must say, in a real situation, stay on your feet if possible. That way you can get out easier if it turns to nasty. Trying to leg it if someone is in your guard and pulls out a knife would be hard to pull off, but if you are on your feet atleast you have a chance.

Also, beeing a small guy like me (70 kg, 179 cm that's what, 150 and 5,11?) I have a harder time against a heavier opponent if it goes to the ground. On the feet I have a shot at landing some good strikes and kicks. Like someone said, it isn't always necessary to "finish the job" on the street, either you evade and get out of there, or you start throwing punches quickly to catch them off guard. Hopefully a few quick hits will throw him off and either make him withdraw or hurt him enough to be less of a threat.

Also, most fight situations, in my experience, are either a standard "bar brawl" (may be outside the bar) and is often stopped by bystanders rather quickly, meaning that you only need to keep away from harm for a little while, or a mugging situation where the mugger(s) are either armed or outnumbering you wastly. In that situation it is probably best to swallow that pride and give them what they want. Silly to risk your health or even your life over some cash and a cell-phone wich you can replace easily.

Air.. hmm... the only time I think I have been airborne in a fight was when I once did a jumping knee into someone when he was totally off guard. Sure ended the fight before it begun, but don't count on beeing give that oppurtunity. But fancy flying kicks, movie style, I have only done when I was training TKD