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Although I really like aikido very much (the jj roots I guess) well its common knowledge that is not the best choice for self defense if you know what I mean and I stop here...

1. Muay thai is bad example, because in a normal street fight, guys tend to punch in the face and then try to throw the opponent to the ground. Using the low kick is used much less frequently than a kick in the groin, for example. And what if someone did attack you like that?What would you do?To ma...

Muay Thai? It is sport with the rules. Without grips and throws. No good example You are speaking about the SPORT type kumite WITH RULES of kyokushin that is knockdown and they not allowed punches in the face and you said that if were allowed then the low kicks wouldn’t be so many.. Then I answer y...

Good luck with blocking a low kick. Most kickboxers don't block it but are trained to endure it Yes that’s truth but in Wado we don’t have that kind of hard body training so that is out of question... Exactly because Wado has some great techniques to deal with it. But it involves taisabaki, not blo...

Leg attacks happen in our Dojo. Leg attacks like sunegeri and sukuto fumikomi are part of many Wado syllabi, defences against low line kicks occur in Kihon Gumite. As low kicks I was mean that (please not focus on show just the move) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdxpG5ySo80 the simple fast and ...

Hi Tim, think your understanding of ‘irony’ has perhaps become confused with my idea of humour; hey it’s a language thing and probably doesn’t travel across international borders very well. Well English isn’t my native language after all so no hard feelings... Regarding “why don’t they exist in the ...

Hi Shep, which I found disrespecful to say the least about a man who has a lifetime of study under his belt It wasn’t personal for him but you are right it was wrong word at least... Considering wado is based on principles of movement (amongst others), it just seemed like you were ridiculing wado. M...

Hi Tim, You are entitled to your own opinions, but when you present your opinions on a public forum be prepared to have them challenged. Your previous comments on the forum were addressed and discussed and it was clear to me at the time that everyone stated their cases and you have a choice to accep...

Many of the guys around here for the last couple of years are practitioners with many years of training and study and a basic explanation (kaisetsu) is traditionally a simple role for ukemi where the explanation involves only a part of his anatomy - usually his arm and perhaps his leg in a basic mo...

must......keep.......awaaay......from.......keyboard.... Get thee behind me Seishan! I tried, oh how I tried shep Dear friends, if this is a close forum for only those that share the same opinions and must handling with irony anyone that ask and write something different then my apologies I didn’t ...