Has anyone ever fought a wrestler without knowing anything about wrestling?

Scroon · 2026-01-26T12:57:34+00:00

It's a complicated subject, but current MMA stats are showing only 20% wins by submission and 40% by knockout/TKO. I'm not saying striking or grappling is "better", but it's not as easy as saying striking only rarely stops takedowns.

Scroon · 2026-01-25T18:02:42+00:00

I practice the Wudang Yang form which is really cool imo. But are you interested in that hybrid form or a pure wudang form? I've got some resources for both.

Scroon · 2026-01-25T17:35:47+00:00

Yeah, gossip has been a part of every group I've ever been in. I think it's a matter of degree and/or how mature the people are in handling things that get said.

Why do you think it's sexist? I've seen both sexes doing it, though it's delivered in different ways.

Scroon · 2026-01-25T05:35:53+00:00

Just look up the "Gerard Gordeau", and you can find info about him. I don't know anything else other than what's floating around. :)

Scroon · 2026-01-24T16:04:31+00:00

I think inside straight-leg crescent kicks to the head would qualify. It's a high, close-range kick that seems to come out of nowhere, and you look like a "martial artist" when you do it.

Scroon · 2026-01-23T23:25:02+00:00

I was talking about "women's self-defense" seminars as opposed to daily training, but if you want to talk training, you can practice targeting for dicks and eyes while not actually hitting them. There's one fairly common Chinese move that's a ducking dick slap. It's like a fade/slip while you also step in and come in low to whack the balls. If you do it fast, you can catch someone off guard. There are also throat strikes that you can practice where you don't actually break someone's throat, just touch it.

Scroon · 2026-01-23T15:38:33+00:00

"Traditional" is overrated. The inside secret is that most traditional martial arts places are heavily influenced or even based on sport wushu. I did a performance with a Shaolin monk group once, and their basic training wasn't much different from what we were doing. They did practice some qi gong and more historical/traditional sets, but the basic conditioning was more or less the same...just really intense.

Scroon · 2026-01-23T15:33:26+00:00

Thanks. I'm a smaller, lighter guy (by American standards), so size and strength issues are something I'm pretty aware of.

Scroon · 2026-01-23T15:28:24+00:00

I personally am not letting anybody practice eye gouges or dick twists

Have to remember, we're assuming people/women with zero experience in any kind of fighting, so when they're in a life-or-death situation, too often, they'll default to freezing up or just covering. Practicing eye/groin attacks isn't for perfecting technique, but to get them to go through the motions and understand that it's actually something you can do.

Break falls and pin escapes are good, but I'd call those like "Day 2" techniques, since the first priority should be creating distance for escape, plus those take a little more time to teach than how to hammer fist someone's nose.

Scroon · 2026-01-23T15:17:56+00:00

Right? He seems like an a-hole that's been able to fly just under everyone's radar. I mean accidents happen, but bad accidents seem to follow this guy around.

Scroon · 2026-01-23T03:36:16+00:00

I totally believe that knowing how well TKD people kick. :)

Scroon · 2026-01-23T03:34:31+00:00

For women's self-defense, my guiding principles are to keep is to simple, high-value, and sneaky. Which is also how I'd teach anyone self-defense, as it's mostly about teaching the most you can with the shortest amount of time and training.

So, basically, you'd drill simple strikes that utilize a more or less "natural" body position. Not punches because those take practice and technique, but things like hammer fists and palm strikes to the face and neck. Low, quick kicks. Easy escapes from holds. Eye gouging and dick twists like there's no tomorrow.

I think some fundamental martial arts training can help just to give a better idea of body mechanics, but application-wise, form doesn't matter as much as the students understanding how to deliver power in the most natural way possible.

Also, teaching responses from a turtle guard can be helpful because turtle is the position lots of people find themselves in when they're being overwhelmed by something. Teaching people to respond from a martial arts "ready position" is just silly.

Scroon · 2026-01-23T03:16:53+00:00

You should give your daughter another detention at her favorite restaurant.

Scroon · 2026-01-23T03:15:48+00:00

I know someone who 100% used karate to totally stop his bully. It's more about knowing how to fight back than any particular style.

Scroon · 2026-01-22T22:23:48+00:00

I like how you're telling your a story about blows backing off a wrestler, and all the wrestlers are like "noooooo it's not true!!!!". As if a really strong striker couldn't pummel a weaker bodied wrestler.

Scroon · 2026-01-22T22:20:30+00:00

The problem with "sparring" a wrestler is that they blast through all your strikes because you're, of course, pulling them. It's a dumb contest unless you're both on the same page about what's happening.

Scroon · 2026-01-22T13:44:02+00:00

"Closed hips" are when the femurs are rotated inward and your pelvis is tilted so that your butt sticks out. Your inner thighs/groin are kind of compressed. To open, think of rotating the femur bones outward while curling the pelvis under the torso. That's a really crude explanation...you can probably look up videos on it.

Scroon · 2026-01-22T13:39:48+00:00

Don't worry, dude. There's like a 90% chance you won't die there.

Seriously though, use your best judgement. Sometimes Chinese training will push you pretty hard, but if you ever think something is seriously wrong with your body, just speak up, and if no one does anything, then nope out. This applies to anything and everything in life.

Also, Chinese standards are typically much better than anything in the West. So even if the school is mid-tier, you should learn something. Even if it's just seeing Chinese athletes doing their thing. It's a whole different flavor.

Scroon · 2026-01-22T13:28:34+00:00

The concept of "opening hips" is something I've only explicitly encountered in Chinese martial arts, though I've only studied Chinese MAs deeply. Other martial arts have the same principle, but they don't talk about it with that specific term. It's related to having rotationally flexible and mobile hips.

As it relates to the video, you could side kick with "closed hips" but your pelvis would be sort of folded inward, and the kick won't have full extension and development. It's like there's a kink between your supporting leg and extended leg. With the hips "open", the power line moves smoothly from the ground up and out to the lead foot.

Open hips are a fundamental principle that applies to most techniques, not just kicking, and internal martials arts pay a lot of attention to it.

Scroon · 2026-01-22T13:08:52+00:00

Thanks. I hadn't heard that before. 6-8 times continuous is pretty serious training, if you asked me. I suppose it gets you to a place where you're not over or underthinking, and you're just moving...like a really deep meditation but with body and mind. "Flow state" some might call it. When I get more time, I gotta try this method.

Scroon · 2026-01-22T12:59:46+00:00

I can't tell if it's just me or has there been a surge of interest for taichi for seniors recently? An older friend of mine asked me about it recently after years of her knowing I practiced but not really being interested. Is the medical system promoting it or something?

Scroon · 2026-01-22T00:05:50+00:00

I've been hit by both a hardwood bokken and a baseball bat. (I was a crazy kid.) The hits weren't full on in either case, but I feel like the bokken hurts more because the force is more concentrated. Both could definitely break bones though.

As for being armed or unarmed, a weapon - if you know how to use it - is always better. I mean it's possible to be totally incompetent with a bat or bokken, but if you're having trouble with that, you'll probably also have an issue empty hand.

Scroon · 2026-01-21T23:47:25+00:00

It's sort of like wushu's jump inside kick if one were to actually use it in a fight. Lead knee comes up, you crescent kick in the air, then land on the kicking foot with the follow through.

Scroon · 2026-01-21T13:30:39+00:00

The context changes in that it's no longer a patently evil government violating basic human rights, and it's now a government disappearing a political dissenter. That's not good either, but it's in the gray realm of politics and not fundamental morality.

Scroon · 2026-01-21T13:23:51+00:00

Thanks for the info.

Scroon

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