During a practice we were discussing what is more important if not equal, should you learn to defend, or attack. We thought blocking your attacker was a more...
... That is actually a good question...but I am not sure I have the answer:) For the legal reason you mention, I do agree that defending yourself is the most...
tom21obrien, One of the best things to remember is that the first person to attack is the first person to leave themselves open. As long as your defense is...
... If you're in a dustup that gets cops called then you're clubbing someone anyway. Personally, I find it far easier to learn effective attacking than...
Ive not added to one of these debates before as Im not strictly a stick fighter more of a hand to hand person with a very keen interest in stick, bata. However...
When teaching new folks I always stress how to defend first for many reasons. Attacking seems easier to folks defense seems harder. I mean real defense, It is...
... I do remember that in his movies, Bruce Lee nearly always let the other person make the first move. Of course, this may just be the movies, but Bruce knew...
Finally some action. The subject came up because about a week prior to our practice, my fire company was dispatched for an EMS run for a victim of an assault....
Great Discussion! We train Defence a lot because you really can't eat a blow to the head as a previous poster clearly illustrated. IMHO though if you ONLY play...
good thread in my experiance training others if you manuipilate the flintch reaction to a defensive action you get someone that can flintch defend a very handy...
not everyone gets that or how to apply and control the chemicals that are dumping into yrou body ... I developed a method for that Rick Overcoming Fear in a...
First to Kirk and everyone who knew him. I am very sorry to hear about Mark's passing. Hi everyone, I've been off of here for a while. I finally made my escape...
... Thank you. It's still hard sometimes but life goes on. ... Glad to see you back around. Thought you'd fallen off the face of the earth. ... The video is...
Kirk ... I might as well have :-) seemed like all I did was work and sleep, but I'm back. ... My younger son Alex was doing the filming on a handheld camera...
Hi Gary, Great to see you back! Your fall of the edge of the earth was a topic of discussion for Kirk and I as we headed out to the Thai restaurant at ISMAC...
Nice clip guys: I can't wait to see the longer stuff. How did the sticks work for you? They look pretty well made from what I can see on the video. Please tell...
... No, not at all. Some folks never "get" the need to be aggressive and "push" the opponent. ... Makes two of us. ... Sounds good to me. :-) Peace favor...
Ken. ... I'm glad to be back. Nice to know someone was wondering what happened to me :-) ... Thanks, I just hope we can lure a few more suckers in so we have...
John. ... Thanks. ... The sticks work really well we made 6 to begin with, right after you put the how-to on you site 2 four footers and 4 three footers. The...
Kirk. ... That is a very good point, until I started working with Maarten I only had Tom to spar with and he (at that time) had enough aggression for the both...
... I understand. I've been described as a "counter-puncher" too. It works great as long as your defenses are up to snuff and good enough to keep your...
Whats the average stick length folks are using? We were trying to go with what best worked as a cane length for the individual. Then we would switch in a...
... "Cane Length" is different for everyone, of course. But even then, it's a lot of what's comfortable for each person. The shortest that I usually measure...
... Personally most of my sticks are between 36 and 39 inches. I am 5'10". longer sticks are great and have alot of different applications but since I want to...
hey man the way i heard it, your supposed to put your fists together with your elbows out and then measure the distance from elbow to elbow and add 6 inches....
Dee Overland
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Aug 6, 2009 2:45 pm
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... My Walking stick length is measured (while standing in my preferred shoes) from the floor to my wrist joint. For a short stick I use 10-12 inch hardwood...
John. ... Amen. ... We are definately going to add gear as time and money permit, we want to add elbow and shoulder armor so that all the bony targets can be...
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