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Martial Arts Training for Ultimate Street Fighting and Self Defense
How to be a ninja. Here Inkei Ninja shares some of the secret training techniques used by master ninjas. These training tips will raise your chi to a whole new level and make you a martial arts master. Whether you are interested in self defense or are already an accomplished martial artist, these techniques will improve you. From boxers looking to add to their arsenal and take up free fighting or MMA such as the UFC, to shaolin monks looking to ditch the kung fu nonsense in favour of a fighting style that works in the ring and on the streets, this series of “how to” combat videos will make you a true master martial artist.
How to Do Better At Blocking??!!?
I train in taekwondo and is also a blue belt. I just got my blue belt and also started sparring (full contact) in the dojo and i found out one thing: i can’t block fast enough! I know the blocking techniques to use against different kick and punches but my reaction time is too slow for me to do them ucessfully in sparring. So i’m looking for some techniques to shorten my reaction time and make me think quiker. all opinions welcome thanks 
Karate/Teakwondo etc., Why doesn't martial arts sparring/fighting often result in eye injuries (or does it)?
I’ve been involved in taekwondo and karate for a number of years and while holding the bag for a new guy a few days ago in the dojo for him to practice some kicks, his legs were flying all over the place because he totally lacked control. One of his roundhouse kicks suddenly came up over the bag and nearly took my right eye out. His toes hit me on the right side of my head, his big toe about a centimeter to the right of my eye! I felt pain for days AROUND my eyeball in my head but luckily not IN my eye itself.
After seeing in my mind over and over again the blinding, life changing injury I just barely missed (and feeling totally horrified) I wonder how it is people kick each other in the head as often as they do in fighting or sparring (or nearly kick each other in the head in practicing techniques) without gouging out each others eyes by accident. I am always fearful of this and always use head gear with a face shield even if it’s not the macho thing to do. Because of this incident, which totally confirmed my fears, I will always be using it now even when practicing any kicks or strikes with another person let alone sparring with them. Please give me some advice if you can.
is this a legal taekwondo dojo?
SO i have being training in this itf taekwondo dojo for about a half a year now and its pretty good.The head instructor is pretty strict and would disciple the student if they are not paying attetion,fooling around and stuff he gives a warning first before punishing it he makes u do pushups around 50least some times if you don’t answer back at his punishment(like say yes sir) he would make you do another 50 also sometimes he would kick people out of his class either thier being rude disrespectful only if its more than 3 times in a class .
Oh there are no black belt clubs or contract the price is ok 75 dollars a month but it would be cheaper if u buy 3month 6month or a year at a time 2 class per week around 45minutes. The instructors would show us the technique that hes teacher to us carefully like every class also he would tell his to listen kick harder faster and stuff.Oh when we`re sparring he would always tell us to use the combos that he taught us to use it on our opponents.I do see people that are black belt that are younger than 16 but the men has to pay the bills and usually the younger black belts are age fromt 12-15 and yes people do fail tests
here are links to vidoe tour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pxcv-2kuRE&feature=related
and demos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA3LJioVjUw&feature=related
please watch the video before you tell me if this is a good dojo or not
the school is itf and disciple is really big in this school i mean really big thank you
SORRY ABOUT THE MISLEADING TITLE WHEN I MEAN IF ITS LEGAL OR NOT I MEAN IF IS THIS IS A GOOD DOJO OR NOT IN YOU OPINION
Merciless when you said its horrific does it mean it sucks
Opinions on Taekwondo
Few years ago I took Taekwondo, and got up to a green belt. I was kind of lazy back then being a computer nerd. I did good at the beginning but I thought my teacher was a meathead and he was always shouting. I was getting bored too so I quit. Then I took wrestling in 6th grade and I became more health concious and started to like fighting and martial arts. I watched bruce lee movies, mma movies. I used to practice just at my home, go to the gym. etc.
Now I want to get a black belt before I want to get stronger. so I’m deciding if I sdhould take tkd again. Though now that I’m more educated in martial arts I’m wondering if TKD would be practical outside the dojo. Whether it would be light sparring with a friend or a life threatening fight. sometimes I’ve noticed that it could be easy to just lay a kick to the balls when you do some fancy stance. I took traditional Taekwon do I think. we had sparring every fridays.
I’m might go to another TKD dojo, I think the guy does WTF TKD. Not sure what the name is. but he is some 4 time champion at kickboxing and does TKD too. so his style might be different than traditional I’m guessing. Can you give me opinions on both and what would be suitable.
The only other martial art in my area is Karate.
Nei Jia Quan – Internal Martial Arts – Bagua Zhang
www.njqinternalarts.com The world within, creates the world without. NJQ stands for Nei Jia Quan, translated means ‘internal fist’. Nei Jia Quan is comprised of the Taoist internal martial arts Bagua Zhang, Tai Chi Chuan, and Xing Yi Quan. Bagua Zhang is famous as an ancient internal martial art and for improving health. Bagua Zhang emphasizes circular flowing movements, it develops upper-body flexibility, leg strength, and lighting-quick hands and feet. Bagua Zhang training generates a strong flow of internal energy that energizes your muscles for increased strength. It is considered by many Internal Arts practitioners to be the most effective out of the three main internal arts for health and fighting prowess. The main purpose of Bagua Zhang is to improve health. It is about the flow between the mind and body. The theory behind learning this art form is that once it is understood, a person’s overall life and balance will improve. Meditation and using one’s energy effectively are a part of it all. Video by www.ripplingmedia.com & Nathan Patrick
Nei Jia Quan – Internal Martial Arts – Xing Yi Quan
www.njqinternalarts.com The world within, creates the world without. NJQ stands for Nei Jia Quan, translated means ‘internal fist’. Nei Jia Quan is comprised of the Taoist internal martial arts Bagua Zhang, Tai Chi Chuan, and Xing Yi Quan. Xing Yi Quan is divided into two main systems the Twelve Animals and the Five Elements. The direction of movement in Xing Yi Quan forms is predominately linear. In practice one walks through the forms coordinating the motions of their entire bodies into one focused unit. The hands, feet and torso all arrive together and the nose, lead hand and lead foot are aligned along the same vertical axis. Great emphasis is placed on the ability to generate power with the whole body and focus it into one pulse which is released in a sudden burst. Video by : www.ripplingmedia.com & Nathan Patrick
Nei Jia Quan – Internal Martial Arts – Tai Chi Chuan
www.njqinternalarts.com The world within, creates the world without. NJQ stands for Nei Jia Quan, translated means ‘internal fist’. Nei Jia Quan is comprised of the Taoist internal martial arts Bagua Zhang, Tai Chi Chuan, and Xing Yi Quan. Tai Chi Chuan forms take the practitioner through a complete, natural range of motion, all the while maintaining their center of gravity. Accurate, repeated practice of routine is very effective at retraining posture, encourage circulation throughout the body, maintaining and developing flexibility through the joints, and further deepen ones understanding with the martial application sequences implied by the forms. Under the principles of yin and yang, all changes in the universe are accomplished through the Five Elements, which are, wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. The Five Elements produce one another and overcome one another. The art of Tai Chi Chuan is based on these cosmic principles, they are reflected in every single movement of the art. Tai Chi Chuan practiced correctly places one in harmony with the cosmic forces. Video by www.ripplingmedia.com & Nathan Patrick
Nei Jia Quan – Internal Martial Arts
www.njqinternalarts.com The world within, creates the world without. NJQ stands for Nei Jia Quan, translated means ‘internal fist’. NJQ is comprised of the Taoist internal martial arts Bagua Zhang, Tai Chi Chuan Chuan, and Xing Yi Quan. These Internal Martial Arts focus strongly on long-term health and therapeutic healing of the body, their roots deriving from the tradition of Nei Gung Taoist meditation. The Internal Martial Arts systems are based on traditional Chinese medicine. They are noted for their profound positive effects on mind, body, spirit, and health. They create a clear meditative state of mind for the practitioner. Their content is formidable for creating great fighting prowess. They are the roots of many modern day fighting arts, however, for a practitioner dedicated to these arts in their totality, improved fighting skills is only viewed as a useful by-product. When it comes to Martial Arts, our focus is on the Art first, the Martial, second. Each of us is an original piece of art in motion working in tandem with all of life. With effective tools we can improve our capacity to create whatever work we can conjure up in our imagination. Video by www.ripplingmedia.com & Nathan Patrick
Army or Marines?
I’m having a tough decision on choosing between the two branches, I’ve done a lot of research on the two but Its a really hard choice for me. I’ve read a lot of questions like this most people respond with "It depends on what you want to do" I decided to come on here and write what I’m interested in and see what others think I should do.
I’m interested in a Combat MOS, I’ve always wanted to jump out of planes and do awesome stuff like that. I’ve got a lot of skill in shooting [I've been doing it since I was roughly 5 years old] I’d like to be well played, Well disciplined, and highly trained. I’ve been very interested in Mixed Martial Arts fighting and I know the USMC has their MCMAP but I was going to go to a Dojo nearby for that. I’m interested in being in an Elite Fighting. I’d like to have really good equipment. What I really want is to be very highly trained, I’ve read that the Marine Corps Boot Camp is more Combat based then the Army’s Basic Training.
Is it true when you join the Marines you get to pick your MOS but you don’t have any choice of what you do in that MOS. For example if I want Combat Infantryman I could get Squad Support Gunner, Rifleman, Grenadier, Mortarmen?
And when you go out for Sniper in the Marine Corps how do they choose who the spotter is and who the shooter is?
I heard the smarter of the two is the spotter because their usually the ones with extremely good math skills.
I’m not saying the shooter is stupid I’m just asking if its true that the Spotter generally is better with math.