[Tenchu]

Originally Posted by CrazyLee

And once your out of the way of a direct attack (puch, kick, etc) then you can do the second most important thing in a fight - run.
Lets be honest here, when you learn a Martial Art your learning to defend yourself. The best way of protecting your life is by not being in the fight.

That is not always an option, though. I have a wife that is with me almost always. She can not run, and I can not run fast carrying her. If she was in danger I would have to completely destroy the threat. The same would go for a home invasion where I can not afford to loose my valuable possessions. Running is rarely an option, as I see it.

Originally Posted by Amnell

I more or less agree with you about Aikido. It is a pacifist's art and aimed at doing everything you can to NOT kill or seriously injure your opponent. Even still, as has been pointed out already by CrazyLee, Aikido does teach some very good techniques for surviving an attack.

I would like to know some of it, too, but I dont see it as powerful as a stand alone skill.

Originally Posted by Amnell

I also agree with you that size can be a big help to anyone who knows how to use it when it comes to ground fighting. However, our cumulative system is designed for fighting the Average Joe who has not trained in BJJ, Muay Thai, and Shaolin Kung Fu. This means that our smaller students have an advantage, even over larger opponents. Your average street ass hole won't know how to break fall, won't know how to escape an arm bar, won't know that posting will get him rolled by someone half his body mass, etc..

Yeah, that is true. I like that one. No idiot on the street has the reflexes to block my punches - and I am 90 kilo, now, I can land a single hit KO if it is a flawless punch. Why was the arm bar good for me, again?

You have fun, though, Amnell.

Originally Posted by Amnell

To demonstrate:

Kenpo is known for redirecting the opponents attention to land a strike. They will telegraph horridly with the right hand to make the opponent watch the hand (even one who knows better than to actually look at the hand will have more attention on the hand than elsewhere). Then a left snap kick will hit the opponent just below the rib cage.

That sounds pretty dull, really.

Try something a little more simple. Like, flick kick at the groin then an upper cut to the chin...

You might want to watch the eye gouges, however, Amnell. When some piss head takes you to court because he was a little out of control wandering home one night and started at you for a random reason, and then procedes to explain how he lost both his eyes... you get the idea... Only do things like that when you are in serious danger.