From: Badger_s
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
Subject: Re: The Hallmarks of a good Fighting System
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:35:00 -0400
Message-ID: <oq4t42hakrj6gc5itq9edp9u1hpe7pml2b@4ax.com>

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:55:59 -0400, Badger North
<young_for...@REEEMOVEhotmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:05:44 -0400, Badger_s<Badge...@south.com wrote:
>
>>I think we've come a long way in understanding unarmed combat and can
>>probably do a decent job of making a list of qualities that a good system
>>should include. In no particular order:
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>Good stuff, consider it stolen.

Hey, -I- stole it, why shouldn't you. Kudos to Matt Thornton, Rodney King,
Saulo Ribeiro, Trav, Frank Benn, Chas, Gi and Grap, and too many others to
name.

My intent would be to look at what you're doing and use this list as a
template. "Do I have this? Are we incorporating that? How can we get more
of these?"

Though it's nice to have on paper, it's better when it's part of you. IOW,
be able to derive it, prove it to yourself.

I've long had a template, a framework in my mind that I use to test
concepts and hang little ideas, though it has some gaps. (much like Trav's
mom). 

When I see good stuff, or see it couched in a perfect way, I grab it and
make it my own. The last good phrase was Trav's 'burst training', something
I was playing with and now I try to incorporate in most of my sessions,
working particularly well on hill training cycling. 

One of the tricks is to find a way that you can 'get there from here'. I
can't do stadium steps, but I can burst on the bike. 

The next thing is to find a core around which you can build your regime.

I can bike everyday and still recover enough to do a pm ride, then get up
and do it tomorrow. So I've made that my core. I never tire of it. 

For others it's rolling with friends and maybe doing some laps in the pool.
No problem. Still others like that pre-dawn jog - it renews the spirit.

Absorbez ce qui est utile... ;-D

-B

>
>Badger Jones
>www.youngforest.ca
>"Every fighter's got a plan until they get hit in the mouth." - Mike Tyson

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