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Should eyesight factor into the boxing stance a fighter chooses?
Standard procedure for most right-hand dominant fighters would suggest that they adopt an "orthodox" stance where their dominant hand is typically "in the back". But what if that same fighter is blind in their right eye?
It seems that a…
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Final punches in Shotokan's Jion kata: Straight punch or hammer fist?
The final two punches in Jion are described as straight punches out to the side. With very little exception, however, videos show people doing a cross between a straight punch and a hammer. Some bunkai interpretations explicitly turn this into a…
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Shotokan morote uke: Use hammer fist surface of supporting hand?
Many years ago, at a university club, an instructor said that some standards group studying the mechanics of shotokan were recommending a change in the augmented block (morote-uke). Instead of placing the knuckle surface of the supporting hand…
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Is aikido a good addition to Karate? Or shoud I go for jiu-jitsu?
First a little background here, I've done Karate for 7 years and quit some years back because of reasons I won't discuss here.
In either case I have all this experience build up and recently met someone who is good at aikido. It seems they have…
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How to improve my knee impact in clinching
In my first match I was doing pretty good in clinching but my knees were too frequent and not powerful. I've been working on a bag pretty much every chance i get and do about 50-100 knees after every training but I wanted to know if there's any…
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I still look like a complete "noob" during drills with long combos I've never practiced before hand
In our class we get long combos thrown at us, something like e.g. jab cross jab switch kick then body hook head hook right. I can never remember when they're said in class. I can do OK when it's my turn to do the drill (taking cues from my partner…
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Can hitting a heavy bag lead to wrist or finger arthritis?
My hands have been sore after dozens of punches with MMA-style light gloves on a heavy-bag.
I'm wondering if many strikes to a heavy-bag (many of which likely land on the proximal (third from end of fingers) phalange bones rather than being "good"…
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Risk of head injuries or cognitive impairment from training BJJ?
I recently started training BJJ and after certain classes I've felt light-headed, mentally slow and will sometimes even have a headache. These symptoms can sometimes span a couple of days. This led me to have a few questions I couldn't find answers…
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Why are punches to the head prohibited in some Eastern striking martial arts?
Some eastern martial arts (such as karate, taekwondo) prohibit straight boxing-style strikes/punches to the head in their sports rules:
A punch that makes strong contact with the opponent's hogu scores 1 point. The punch must be a straight punch…
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am I thinking about this correctly? (deciding whether to move left or right after a strike)
I'm a beginner and have a question that may be basic. I figured out when you hit left I can feel my body loading up on the right side so my combos tend to be left right left right left right so they 'flow'
I've also realized if I strike and I'm not…
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What makes this seated Daito-ryu technique work?
Let us examine this one section (9:35-9:38) of only a few seconds of a video of Okamoto-sensei, a Daito-Ryu practitioner, demonstrating a way to free oneself from an opponent grabbing both your wrists when both are in a seated position. He shows one…
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Why was blue chosen to distinguish competitors' judo-gis?
In the 90's the IJF introduced a requirement for one competitor to wear a blue gi, and the other a traditional white gi, in order to better distinguish them during high level competitions.1
Was there any reason the colour blue was specifically…
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Why do some nunchakus have one or two rings?
I want to buy a nunchaku. I saw some of them had one or two rings on the cord.
Why purpose does it server?
Examples:
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Is there a canonical resource for the classification of Judo mat techniques?
For throws, I use Toshiro Daigo's book Kodokan Judo Throwing Techniques published by Kodanasha International, Tokyo 2005. It specifically addresses some of the arcane points of Kodokan classification that distinguish what is considered one throw…
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How can you take steps to decrease risk of brain damage during Thai sparring?
For example I'd much rather take a kick to the leg than to the head, or even to the body. Is there a way I can incorporate this into my style to minimize risk of damaging head shots?
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