Whats up, Im Jay. My Martial Arts training began at the age of fourteen while in an orphanage. I impressed my teacher/staff worker so much he adopted me lol. Ive recieved my Blue belt in his system which inclues vsrious tecniques from Boxing,Kickboking,Judo,Kenpo,and Shotokahn Karate. I have also studied juijitsu during my millitary enlistment. Im here for advice but will offer it if I know what the rightansewer is, good hunting...
Hi! My name is Ian Dingle, Dingle to my friends. I am a ripe young age of 27 hailing from Colchester, Essex, England. If you don't want to read the essay there will be a TLR at the bottom ;op The Essay: I am Currently 1st Kyu (Brown Belt) in Jikishin Jujitsu Having been training twice a week for the last 2 years, and have just started the 15 month path to my Shodan. In my Mid-Late Teens I trained TKD up until Orange Belt with a Green stripe - I took to it very naturally and while my Belt may have only showed lower ranked colours, most classes I was training and sparring with the blackbelts. It was the 6 month gap between gradings that held me back! =p At about 16-17 I had an injury while messing around with some friends playing football which tore all the ligaments and tendons etc in my ankle and left me on crutches for age, at which point I decided in my infinite wisdom that TKD wasn't the art for me, because we were being trained for competitions, rather than learning the art. Over the next few years I tried various things out, from Tai Chi to Escrima, but never really settled on one thing, or when I did like something I ended up moving to somewhere where it wasn't available to me... 2 Years ago after recovering from another injury I suffered while on a charity bike ride and hike - I decided to try something new, I did my research, narrowed down what I wanted to train between Jujitsu, BJJ and Ninjitsu. Either the Ninjitsu people were so good I couldnt find them, or there actually werent any classes in my area, so had to give up that one. Between the others I decided I wanted something well rounded and with weapons - so looked around and joined the North East Essex JuJitsu Club I started the same week that the Cast came off my arm (with lots of strapping) and before long I'd set up a direct debit and started training twice weekly. Since starting I have made lots of friends throughout the association, and performed pretty well in competitions: 2011 Jikishin Summer Comp - Silver in Kumite 2011 Jikishin International - Bronze in Sparring and Bronze in Ground Fighting 2012 Selected to join the UK team for the European Random Attack Competition and made top 16 in the Mens Masters (16-39) Category 2012 Jikishin International - Bronze in Random Attacks and Gold in Heavyweight Ground Fighting. Now I'm concentrating on my Shodan Syllabus, which is proving a bit tricky as one of my main training partners dislocated his shoulder very badly at the last international and won't be training until the new year at the very least =( I am liking that now I have started the Shodan training everything is moving from Brute Force to more proper technique, and starting to really appreciate my uke attacking properly so that my life is made easier! In the last couple of weeks I have also started back at the gym and started a new diet to get in better shape for my Black Belt grading, as my Brown Belt nearly killed me (it was during a 30-35 degree heat wave though =p) and I want to drop to 93kg to potentially start in the cage as well . . . (started at 105kg 5 weeks ago, 100kg at the moment) Hope the essay wasn't too long! TLDR: Ian Dingle - Dingle to Friends Experience - 2.5 years TKD (Orange with Green Stripe) 2 years of Jikishin Jujitsu (Currently Brown Belt) Now Training for Shodan
However if that is the style it does give a quick overview of the contents of certain parts of the system.
http://www.jikishin.com/grading_black.htm "After completing the Kyu (Coloured) Belt System, the dedicated student must now commence training on the most difficult of paths, the Black Belt. In order to qualify for*First Dan (Shodan)*Black Belt the student must overcome a number of hurdles:* Third; the student must revise and study the Kyu (Coloured Belt) Grade work completed so far.* The student will have to successfully pass an*Pre-Grading*examination showing that he or she has learned and mastered all of the Kyu Grade (Coloured Belt) techniques."
Lots of replies to sink my teeth in to! The "third" is related to the tick list of things that must becovered before the shodan grading itself. First - must train for a minimum of a year between brown and black Second - Must obtain minimum of grade 5 in kobudo weapons training - which covers the first kata for Nun Chaku, Sai, Bo, Tonfa, and Katana from our kobudo syllabus Third - Pre-Grading Examination - covering all of the previous belts Fourth - Must pass anatomy test Fifth - The Shodan Syllabus itself The Syllabus is probably one of the hardest in the entire system - as it is a mix of technique and physical fitness, earlier belts aren't as hard, and latter belts concentrate more on more technical techniques such as emboes etc (from what I understand) Without going into too much detail (as I'm not sure what would be frowned upon etc) our Shodan syllabus starts with "25 throws" which is actually 30 throws which are a set sequence of 30 of the throws learnt up until Shodan, but with different finishes or different attacks leading into them just to throw you off, these are to be performed non stop (so as soon as lock is on or finishing strike is performed get up and straight into the next technique) from both people, so in effect you are throwing or being thrown 60 times non stop - this is done largely to wear you out to see if you can still remember the rest of the syllabus while sweating buckets with a ****ed body =p and if the Sensei overseeing the grading isn't happy they shall make you both redo all 30 =p Then there is 10 variants of Open Hand Strikes, 10 of Elbow Strikes, 10 of bottom fist strikes, 8 palm heel strikes and variations attacking the eyes and ears. 27 variations on counters to throws 2 inside leg sweeps 10 combination throws Shodan Blocking Kata Palm Heel Blocking techniques 10 counters to kicks Uses of upward X Block Uses of Upward Rising Blocks with throws Defenses against Knife attacks (annoyingly 5 of these are the same as the ones performed in the blue belt but in a different order with a new one thrown in the middle to confuse you) Defenses against a sparring partner who kicks The 4 most used kicks in JuJitsu Batton Defense The 4 most dangerous throws in your opinion and why there is also a few other bits and bobs as well as a weapons kata test for two of the weapons. Regarding my cage comment, yes I would like to at least try out a cage fight or two, but like many other things it will probably be something I concentrate on after I have my Shodan out of the way, as that is my Priority for 2013, the head of our association does offer MMA training when I am ready to start, although it is a bit of a trek to get over there, so I might just join one of the local MMA gyms.
Hi, Might as well introduce myself. Like previous poster I'm a brown belt in Jikishin style of jujitsu which I recently obtained. I started training when I 39 and been training around 3.5 years.
maybe, I sometimes train at Park Lodge under Sensi Chris Harvey. Also usually compete at Wakarishin Southend International in May.
can't say i'm familiar with those off the top of my head, were you at the braintree international in october?
no, I haven't been to Braintree. Go to competitions in Southend in May. Who did you say your sensei is, may have come across him ?
