1. So when you've knocked Matt Brown, you know--the guy with the excellent chin and recovery ability--how do you plan to prevent him from taking you down with him?
2. Because simply standing over someone and throwing a series of reverse punches is often not going to end a fight, especially against a competent wrestler, especially especially when you are not also a competent wrestler, which you are not.
^^^You're in a fight and you're slipping dude....
1. I guess the trick is to hit hard.... if you don't have confidence in yourself... that's your problem....
2. If you say so. I can't think of anything to add except you're obviously hung up on convention if you think the only karate punches to throw are the reverse variety. Highlights you're lack of understanding of traditional karate.... karate punches don't work, blah, blah, etc....
1. So wait. The issue with focus mitts is that everyone using them already has good striking, and so their time would be better spent doing other things?
2. Doesn't that mean that you, as someone with (a little bootleg quotechopping here): "really good skills," should stop focusing on doing one-step kumites and instead focus on some other, undeveloped aspect of fighting?
1. "So wait,"--I lvu eet. It's no wonder your karate training has failed you; you're incapable of keeping statements in context. Can't imagine how bad you've mauled karate principles....
2. See 1. above. What's the context of my statement? Even the black-belt tournament competitor @ my dojang who uses boxing and has used the boxing training to outfight other TSD tournament competitors, knows why I do the 1-steps, which he does also.
He's a young man in his mid-twenties and he was able to articulate the philosophy to me in two sentences--yet a Sherdog pro such as yourself and contact fighter & trainer can't??? Says it all....
1. So again. You expect to one-shot KO Matt Brown (nickname "the Immortal"--relevance of that fact up to you) before he has a single chance to shoot on you, someone with no takedown defense to speak of. I mean, have you seen UFC 1? Because you should really watch it. It's not that a grappler will always beat a striker. But a seasoned vet with both passable grappling and striking will always beat a seventeen year-old green belt in Tang Soo Do.
"So again," (another great comeback
). We're getting kinda heavy here....
Guess I'm sunk then. You forget, I'm almost undefeated amongst my local clubs. Of course the few "experts" such as my 1st TMA instructor, don't bother sparring with me because it would be a waste of time. They're doing the foundational training as I am.... I'm trying to catch up to their level....
2. I know that doing nothing but one-step "sparring" with predetermined outcomes can give you an inflated sense of your own skills. So I encourage you to once, just once, step into the ring with a fighter with a similar number of years of experience to yourself (presumably 1/2 of one year), but who spars. Even someone who only spars medium contact will do.
3. I think you'll find that the term "mental discipline" becomes quite hilarious when faced with actual fighting discipline. You know, the kind that knows what a punch feels like, and knows how to react to someone who actually plans on hurting you.
1. Now we're getting somewhere. I've already accomplished the black-belt level of skill. Now it's my turn to coach. I'd consider a highly-paid coaching contract.... My advice to you though, is that you'd be wasting your money and my time....
2. Well, now we know that you know everything.... And unlike focus mitts which are held passively or maybe moved around in pre-determined settings.... :icon_lol: The first thing you need to do is stop contradicting yourself in your haste to post copy.... It's ok if you don't understand 1-steps, most karateka don't either....
3. I have, unfortunately had a few full contact bouts, with pissed off sore-losers like yourself.... They all retreated or quit fighting.... The last one I caused enough pain that person literally dropped their hands in front of me & conceded....
If you don't understand how karate instills strength and the ability to utilize body power for fighting without having to go, going around beating on other humans, my recommendation to you is to sit out traditional karate. Take a break....
Stick with your Muay thai, which as we've seen against Machida, has been effective @the UFC championship level....
Your mental discipline is strong enough that I'm sure simply trying contact sparring won't destroy your worldview or anything, so in fact this is a way to prove how mentally disciplined you really truly are.
Make sure to tape it!
The question is, "...is your mental discipline strong enough?" again, I'm undefeated @ my current dojang including instructors.... perhaps 1 could beat me on a bad day.
I don't do full contact. I am prepared to do full contact. If that's over your head, well.... VVVV
It's a test of mental discipline to keep from shouting at KarateStylist every time he posts. So perhaps he's teaching us in his own special way.
KarateStylist
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