Flashy Martial Arts suck and here's why

[GoldenRivet]

Judo is the best...

Judo know if i gotta colt 45

Judo know if i gotta beretta 9mm

Judo know what i got until i shoot you with it.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I use the Running Techique.

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Texas Judo

LOL

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Interesting post. How's your take on old school boxing ?? I plan to start training, purely recreational but still learning some self defence while at it

Many cities have local clubs. I'm too old now but boxed in our city club during my teens and 20's and still go a few times a month to help train youth. Many are city ran, so check. Course some are more inner city to keep teens off the street. We have several nice ones here and several clubs that fight each other.

In the late 70's and early 80's many of the pro fake wrestlers trained at our club here in NC, Ric Flair, Steamboat, Andersons, Paul Jones...Mainly to use our rings and script their routines.
It was almost funny. City finally stopped it, kept messing our ring ropes up.

Boxing and wrestling are the two best places to start to learn basics. Both are more endurance. We never lifted weights in training, cept light weights many reps. More muscles means more oxygen required to feed them, muscle bound men seldom can get past a few rounds. I did several city tough men contest back then, I never feared big muscled men. Back then no weight class, you just got in and went at it..I'll never forget the "Cowboy" lil dude trained at our club, 6'tall, prolly weighed 160lbs and he could hit like a horse. He was a golden gloves and a bassarse, but liked trouble...

I don't regret it, but I still have a bad nerve twitch over my left eye from boxing and once had my sternum hit so hard it detached almost every rib. So bad it had no bounce back if you pushed it...at 47 now I can still feel some pain if I exert and breath hard. Both my wrist ache and several fingers arthritis from untold numbers of small stress fractures. I certainly wish I didn't have this unneeded pain now.

As to the OP, yea movies are funny, but you'll see plenty high kicks in certain forms. As a sport each score different so to say it never happens depends on the sport and what's allowed.