Tell Us About Your Teachers

[Jon Payne]

Originally Posted by racuff

As far as unarmed defensive tactics, half of mine has been government endorsed "least amount of force necessary" type training. Sho Kosugi films and Gymkata on dvd make up the other half.

Bro, you did not have justification for breaking out Gymkata.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mkl9rtttog

[Masterfinger]

I didn't know the Schmeisser MP-40 was a ninja weapon!


Franco

[Michael Swisher]

Nobody you would have heard of. Sensei George Eddy. Kyokushinkai Karate.

[Ryan Acuff]

"A new kind of martial arts combat.
The skill of gymnastics. The kill of karate."

GYMKATA




The wild tangent has now subsided...

[bae]

Originally Posted by racuff

GYMKATA

YAKMALLAH! Let The Game begin!

[blackballed]

My wrestling coaches and my drill sergeants probably did the most for me over any martial arts instructor as it pertains to mindset.

In wrestling practice, we have a match (fight) coming up. If we relaxed too much, we would lose. If we did not fight hard enough, we would lose. Coach would push us hard, but right. He would say everything right without coming right out and saying to lose is to die - which I truly believe was his mindset and it carried our team to first place in what was the same as state.

Our drill sergeants in OSUT (basic and infantry school) took it to that next level of life or death.

When I go to work, drive, shop, etc. I apply more of what they taught as opposed to any form/kata type of stuff I learned in the dojos. Not down playing the dojos, just that the mindset factor was not there anywhere near the same.

[bmp_sbi]

Originally Posted by Jon Payne

bmp sbi, hosting classes is a great way to train. Being a host gives you a vested interest in the class. That goes for weapons classes or empty hands classes. I'll talk about hosting SI classes in another thread. Thanks for bringing that up.

No Problem...yw.

[bmp_sbi]

Originally Posted by Masterfinger

I didn't know the Schmeisser MP-40 was a ninja weapon!


Franco

Would you want to jump on a ninja with an MP-40?...not me. I think it would be better than that wimpy sword....at least until you ran out of ammo.

[BB82]

Bill "Superfoot" Wallace.