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Tom Lawrence (Lan Kin Fa, Yellow Belt)
hi, could u please put some info about my style please as theres nothing about it here although it's a great site. please help.
Thursday 27th June 2002 at 12:49
Tom Lawrence (Lan-Kin-Fa, Yellow belt)
Thanks for putting your site online it's hard to find descent sites, but i've found this one so you can expect to hear a lot more from me.
Thursday 27th June 2002 at 12:27
Steve (caller 60)
Point taken, well defended, sorry if I've come across as offensive which was not my intention. The website is damn good in fact one of the best structured ones I've come across (second only to judoinfo.com)
You are right that only so much can be shown on a website's picture sequence in breaking down a technique. The techniques shown are 'normal standard syllabus' in their execution as taught across the whole of Europe & the USA....they are basically Dr Rod Scharnoski's 1960's Juko Ryu (off-shoot of USA based Juko Kai) as brought to this country and expanded out of Liverpool.
What I was trying to put across, obviously poorly, was that they can be made much more effective if they are 'entered' in a fashion more conducing with the technique being executed,
e.g. the first evasive movement/step and block/trap/deflection should flow into the following throw/locking technique rather than oppose it. Basically trade in the hard (ko) karate style entry for a more fluid (ju) style entry and the whole thing will gel much better.
apologies,
Steve.
Monday 24th June 2002 at 13:09
Paul (Choi Kwang Do and Combat Ju-Jitsu, 1st Dan CKD - Green Belt Ju-Jitsu)
http://choikwangdo.20m.com
I'd like to defend Robs gallery of techniques,i think all techniques can be shown in a complicated way with many diferent photo angles showing diferent ways to pull and push, grips, stance, places to grip and many many more, to further complicate things each martial art has a slightly different way of doing each technique, one tells you one thing, another tells you something else, but all very basically the same at the root, what Rob shows is simple, clear and uncomplicated and shouldn't be taken as the only correct way of performing a technique. I hope i haven't spoken out of turn Rob.
morphus
Saturday 22nd June 2002 at 11:33
Todd (Aikido, Capoiera, Yellow, 3 years)
Excellent site. Thanks!
Friday 21st June 2002 at 22:26
Steve (Juko-Ryu and Myo-Shin Ryu, Shodan in above + kempo karate)
Interesting site, but conflict between your obvious passion for realism and what you demonstrate in the syllabus section of the website. The application of the syllabus stuff is poor....the entry to most of the techniques is not realistic, body positioning & posture poor & you do not flow with the attacker. Also the technique itself in some of the examples is poor, e.g. when next applying white belt straight arm lock, make sure you move fully alongside your partner and instead of 'pushing your partners wrist down, twist it back to you like 'revving' a motor bike until your partner raises to his toes and loses hih posture & ballance,as well as sqealing!
As for the flowing you will know from competition that a static opponent is hard to get moving, so try fluid blocking which 'hooks onto and keeps moving' your partners arm...thereby keeping his body in motion and leading him onto the throw. If you have ever tried Judo at a decent competative level you will understand what I mean about the importance of maintaining momentum in a throwing technique. If you dont believe what I tell you get your partner to throw random dynamic punches at you, cross, hook, uppercut, swinging, etc and see if you can still take control of him and execute your throws.
On a positive side your groundwork looks good and once again if you wish to get better try some supplementary training with decent standard judo boys.
Hope you will recieve this as constructive criticism, the spirit in which it is meant
Try a look at the UKJJA for the syllabus techniques improvement...website www.neglobal.co.uk/ukjjai (the videos Hanshi Tattersall has are second to none in demonstrating good ju-jitsu technique)...the British Judo Association the best place to learn groundwork & grappling.
In Martial Spirit, Steve.
Tuesday 18th June 2002 at 23:28
Karl (Ju-Jitsu, White (2 hours to go))
Hi Rob, I stumbled on to your site through WebFreeet, wikkid search engine, I was at Grimsby last time u came to do ground-fighting, really enjoyed it, ace web site, hope to see you again at Grimsby.......Karl.
Thursday 22nd November 2001 at 13:46
Songahm=ATA= (American Taekwondo Association, 1 gr RED)
Hello. I am not sure how to get apart of this site but I would like to. I am not in Jujitsu but I am apart of apart of Martial Arts its Taekwondo. How I found this site well my brother was going threw sites & he saw this & we where just playing with stuff in here most of it we already know but a lot of it we did not. But I would like to sine up so I could talk to the people here & just chat with people that are into Martial Arts as I am. I live in Charlotte N.C my name is Jake I am 16/m & I am a red belt 3 more belts to go before I am black.
Tuesday 11th June 2002 at 22:17
Janel
This website kicks ass! I've been looking for a website with all the 411 on ju jitsu and I found it. Thanks for making the website so informative.
Sunday 9th June 2002 at 08:34
Al Krinker (budoshin jujitsu / sambo, green belt)
very very nice site
i was web master and from view point of web master and martial artist, can say very good job!
very clean
very fast
nice!
Tuesday 4th June 2002 at 18:44