Hi all

I'll have to respectfully disagree with you fine gentlemen regarding the winning and the way of it. I am much more interested in winning the fight by something simple, repeatable and undefendable. I realise I am highly unlikely to be attacked in the street by a sword wielding opponent but I am really interested in 'training to reflex' so that I am unconsciously moving to a well defended position and being able to attack from there.

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Dustin R said Personally, I believe the more "boring" subtleties of footwork, balance, distance, and control are what true skill-at-arms consists of. These skills cross style boundaries

I am with Dustin on this one.

Interestingly enough I was talking to some folk down here who work in the movie industry and one of the reasons what we do doesn't play in the movies is the best techniques are nearly invisible - they are too small/subtle to be picked up on camera.

I do take the point about learning lots of different ways - a point Jean was making - but right now and my (low) level of capability I want to have a very solid foundation.

cheers

mike

I should have also been more clear, on re-reading my (rather too short) post, I realise that it could be read as being snarky and/or criticle. I was actually trying to be complimentory. Looking at that video it is obvious that you train in a way to genuinely learn more about the art you are practicing, and the fact that you naturally did one of the 64 kodokan throws from judo shows that you have a good sense of how human bodies react, and how to let your own "do its thing".

Unless of course you actually do Judo or a related art, in which case my compliment switches to "love how you used a technique from a different art at that moment when it was perfectly appropriate". :)