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Légion étrangère close combat system
What is the system of close combat taught in the Légion étrangère? How did it evolve during the history of the Légion?
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How effective are foul techniques as a side control escape?
How effective are techniques such as biting, eye pokes, groin grabs et cetera as escapes from side control or other hold-downs? This would be in comparison to other escape methods like bridging, shrimping back to guard or a technical stand, or…
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Elements of a good reverse punch
One of the challenges I've been running into lately is proper chaining around a reverse punch, especially with my off hand. I continue to practice, but there are some fundamental difficulties with getting my off hand to fully cooperate.
I have a…
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Are handwrappings used only together with boxing gloves?
I need some expert´s support for doing a piece of fiction. I am working on a scene between two fighters, fighting each other about a matter of honour. They are both trained in mixed martial arts and agreed on a fight without any weapons, but before…
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What to look for in a training/mock gun?
There are a lot of different options out there in guns to use in martial arts training, including wood, plastic, rubber, and with various degrees of realism.
I know from working with knives that the differences in material and behavior makes a huge…
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What are the most effective exercises (hojo undō or otherwise) for martial arts?
A while back, my Aikido teacher adviced me to do do-in / tao yin exercises to improve my flexibility because a particular muscle in my leg is relatively short and sometimes hinders me while practicing. I found that the exercises are quite effective…
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Short leg issue and wide-soled shoe
My left leg is 3/4" shorter than my right leg. I have trained in Tae Kwon Do for 6 years and earned my first Dan. However barefoot training is becoming a real problem. Martial arts shoes all seem to have very narrow soles not suitable for buildup.…
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Endurance problems while practicing martial art
I have been attending krav-maga lessons (twice a week) for two years and always had low endurance. After every lesson I feel exhausted a little more. My stamina improved since I started but I still have big problems during warm-ups (30-40 min). Will…
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Safely Training Axe Kick Throws
We have a technique in hapkido that flows as follows (using the hard-grab variation for simplicity, there are variations):
Opponent grabs left hand with their right.
Defender pulls arm out to the side with their left.
Defender steps forward with…
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Aikido ikkyo variations
I had few inital classes where we have been training ikkyo. And I'm already getting pretty overwhelmed with the variations.
I know that ikkyo is usually followed by the attack name, and than it is defined by Irimi or Tenkan (which could be…
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Where did knee-on-belly come from?
According to the IBJJF, knee-on-belly happens:
When the athlete on top and free of the opponent's guard, places the knee or shin (closest to the opponent's hip) on the opponent’s belly, chest or ribs, without the opposite knee touching the ground,…
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Karate doesn't provide defense against wrestlers and MMA fighters. Or does it?
Let's say it out loud: karate doesn't provide defense against wrestlers and MMA fighters. Or does it? I heard the old-school karate (Okinawan karate) includes grappling and such, but I never saw any old-school karate v. MMA fights. The argument "we…
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What elements of a typical Tai Chi curriculum are useful for fighting or combat sports?
On various internet forums and websites over the years, I have managed to acquire the impression that there are elements of wrestling/grappling (and perhaps even striking) within Tai Chi, though it is no longer taught in that manner in most places…
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Why would anyone want to use a shuffle backwards step instead of a pendulum step?
In most martial arts there are two types of steps as far as I know, the first is the shuffle step when a fighter moves his rear leg back first and then the lead leg follows and there is the pendulum step where the fighter moves his lead leg back…
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Why do Boxers always grab each other mid match?
Watching the Mayweather vs Paul fight, and even the TikTok vs YouTubers fight, I noticed they always grab each other by the head or the waist when they get close. Is this to reset the match, or even just part of a tactic?
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