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Devin · February 9, 2000, 05:18 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by KaliSIG:
Visit a few martial arts schools of varrying styles to get a feel for them. DON'T buy into their hype. A lot of them will try to tell you that their style is THE BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE. In reality, it's the fighter that actually makes the style. Hope that makes sense to you. Keep in mind that there are three distances in any given fight. First distance is long distance or kicking distance. Second is medium distance or punching distance. And third is short/close distance, which is grappling/wrestling distance. Make sure that whichever style or school you decide to go to trains it's students in all distances. Although your main purpose to train is to get in shape, you should consider keeping your training as realistic as possible. Often times, people will take an aerobic kickboxing class and think they're fighters. They're given a false sense of security. The way you train in a dojo or gym will be the way you react in a real situation. So learn it right the first time, or all you'll be doing is perfecting the wrong technique. Hope that helps.

Adrian
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I disagree on one thing. You have forgotten one range. That is trapping range. This range if practiced along with the other three you mentioned can be the most effective. Trapping range allows you to use other weapons that kicking range, and punching range is stuck with. JKD emphasized this alot. It is very useful and I reccomend everyone see it it applies to them.

February 9, 2000, 05:18 PM	#16
Devin Junior Member Join Date: February 6, 2000 Posts: 13	<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by KaliSIG: Visit a few martial arts schools of varrying styles to get a feel for them. DON'T buy into their hype. A lot of them will try to tell you that their style is THE BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE. In reality, it's the fighter that actually makes the style. Hope that makes sense to you. Keep in mind that there are three distances in any given fight. First distance is long distance or kicking distance. Second is medium distance or punching distance. And third is short/close distance, which is grappling/wrestling distance. Make sure that whichever style or school you decide to go to trains it's students in all distances. Although your main purpose to train is to get in shape, you should consider keeping your training as realistic as possible. Often times, people will take an aerobic kickboxing class and think they're fighters. They're given a false sense of security. The way you train in a dojo or gym will be the way you react in a real situation. So learn it right the first time, or all you'll be doing is perfecting the wrong technique. Hope that helps. Adrian [/quote] I disagree on one thing. You have forgotten one range. That is trapping range. This range if practiced along with the other three you mentioned can be the most effective. Trapping range allows you to use other weapons that kicking range, and punching range is stuck with. JKD emphasized this alot. It is very useful and I reccomend everyone see it it applies to them.