regardless of what you take or how many arts you take, every individual has a certain philosophy regarding striking, some of it is based on the styles you have trained in, some of it is based on mentality, some of it is based on physical ability or lack thereof or mental capacity or lack thereof.
so why not share-
1)what your personal style is
defensive/mobile/distance guy[/COLOR]
2)how did you come to this style
lacking alot of natural phys talent/durability; it allowed me to manage the advantages others had, i.e. movement helped deal w/power and strength, distance allowed me to deal w/speed and explosiveness and being def allowed me a better shot at dealing w/tech (movement/distance helped w/it as well)Most guys, even skilled guys have trouble w/movement; esp when your fighting off your back foot or circling away or increasing maintaining range.[/COLOR]
3)how did the diff styles of striking (mt tkd shotokan kyokushin boxing etc) influence this style or support it; did you pick diff arts based on their fit w/your style.
I've done mostly boxing-trained w/alot of karate types and currently do mt; boxing the jab, lead right , bodyshots and movement (head/upperbody/footwork),
karate (mult) the distancing, using the stance switch to create angles instead of traditional footwork, potshots/leadshots and parries,
mt-clinch and kicks.
The boxing helped cus of the overall movement makes it harder for people to draw a bead on me when at range and allowed me to slip spin out when they closed to mid range, the jab and lead right are good distance shots; the bodyshots dissuade people from coming in too hard. The karate was good for an unorthodox manner of movement and creating angles, plus the parries. The muay thai helped extend my range w/kicks instead of just using punches and helped dev a clinch game so when guys try to run me over i can tie them up, meaning i can neutralize them some or make them hesitate on coming in and i began to work on legitimately blocking and countering kicks, not just parrying and getting away.. [/COLOR]
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4)what are the abilities or lack of abilities that allow you to do this style or maybe force you to use this style
Don't hit really hard, not particularly durable, nor fast , explosive or strong; not tech disciplined, so being def-moving alot and using range helps cover that up or lessen the damage done or opp available to an opp.[/COLOR]
5)what are the pluses of this approach and what could someone who doesn't use this approach add to their arsenal to round them out or what do they need to know about your approach to make theirs more eff.
Pluses it enables you to handle vastly superior opp tech and physically w/out having to lean on your toughness or offense; makes them have to think and work a bit harder cus you don't make yourself available for contact, most guys still have a prob w/a guy who is using movement to set up shots or shots to setup movement. Being more def aware is a benefit for anyone regardless of how tough, off skilled or phys gifted you are.[/COLOR]
6)which styles do you have the most success w/which styles cause you the most issues w/
Pressure guys give me the most trouble, i have most success against pure counter guys; i don't give them anything to counter and force them to lead.[/COLOR]
7)what have you done to fill the holes in your approach
MUAY THAI-helps extend my range, work on me standing in and firing back and having a clinch game so the opp can't just run me over.[/COLOR]
thanks in advance-
this isn't to give away any trade secrets; but to get people in the forum to get a better sense of the diff approaches or the diff combinations of approaches to broaden their understanding of it and as a way to find out things that they can add to their game.