Oops, sorry. Didn't realize it was a contentious point. I studied a bit with Peter Ralston and its pretty much his brainchild as a concept. He...
I think something of real value that has not been mentioned in this thread so far is the power of the mind to create dynamic feeling states. When...
Xue Dian branch xingyi Cheng Youlong branch bagua Beijing 24 Yang style and a little bit of Chen style basics for hips and back. Mostly...
I'm seriously considering buying a grappling dummy that can be used for both neiwaza and standup takedowns, throws etc... Anyone have any...
The knees one is a bread and butter technique of both bagua and taichi, but I've never had much success at getting the right angle on it.
The entry is the hard part for me, usually if I get a clean entry and surprise them with a punch in the mouth, doing the actual throw is pretty...
Hey Cloudz, its mix. Anyways, yeah I think so, since we don't usually spar on the mats and the floor is hard (though in the past I have set up...
Rebel: Cool, for the Thai round kick, I usually just do it to the thigh or the ribs, I have never seen anyone step off line like that before with...
This is something I have used to some success a couple times, but my sweeps often fail because they either pull away their legs, or the mechanics...
Hi all! From a couple years ago I started being able to regularly set up throws from striking situations in freestyle sparring, but I don't have...
I'm trying to work out a few warmup type routines for grappling and I just wanted to canvas people here for what their favourite warmups are? So...
Cool vid, nice use of a weird angle for the roundhouse. :)
The only reason I asked here is because I was sparring karate guys, so I figured I might pick up some perspective from that point of view. The...
Any tricks for getting in? I used to run in like a bull throwing straights (actually, bengquan from Xingyi), but I noticed that I god punched in...
:wow: Moral of the story: Strike first, strike hard, strike often. The amusing thing is the prevalence of flying knees, which is a technique...
Hi folks. I've been hitting up the local karate class a bit recently and the other day we sparred. I had very good success but I noticed (as I...
Cool. I'm sure you will have a good time if you go to the school. The people there are nice and the training is good.
Who? Yang Laoshi? How long have you been going to his school? What is your name? Maybe we know each other.... :)
Rad, I'm glad you liked it! :D
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