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Well, for the rest of the people on the list, I am a little disappointed that one of the posts seems to have scared people off. I am NOT a teacher/shifu, ect. I don’t hire training partners to beat them up. But anyways, Sascha, that sounds amazing. I would love to experience this. In fact, since my experiences are with BJJ, Judo, Kickboxing, and the whole western self-defense movement (anything that will disable an attacker), doing this would be almost like one of the final pieces of the puzzle. Problem is I am only here this time for one week (I am a physician, and I go back to earn money, then come back here and volunteer/get some time to train in martial arts). Would Master Li allow a student to come and experience his style, which I am sure is amazing, for 1-2 days, with a plan to return?
Thanks,
Dave
Wow, lots of replys. So I’ll just spell out exactly what I do, so no one has to talk about trusting other gear, breaking ribs. So, I bought two protective masks. One I cut out all the foam. The only place I strike, I placed about a foot of foam there in addition to what as there. This isn’t sparring, cause it is self-defense. I wear thick boxing gloves, and only use palm strikes. So, you throw a punch, and I either parry or move in, then strike the area which has like a foot of foam, then get in position to either do a foot sweep ( I do not do it), or a throw (I may lift you up, but not actually throw). We also might do a fun little drill where we each try to either lift the other person up like a throw, do an outside sweep ( no practicing inside sweeps, cause then you risk wrapping up your legs and someone destroying their knee ligaments), or trying to get behind the person. Also, I practice getting behind the attacker and using a choke. with the face mask’s padding, I can’t even contact your neck, but it is getting in position. I also have you do choke holds or rear bear hugs. But those are so I can practice bending my knees and moving. Those would have almost no contact. So, that is what we would do. I am actually about to put more padding on the face mask. And, even though I have done martial arts for like 8 years, I am definitely not opening up any dojos:)During all of it, I would love to say why I am doing what i am doing. Cause the idea of this self defense system is you learn few moves, but learn them really well, as opposed to learning a ton of moves. Also, if anything seems to uncomfortable, we just don’t do it.
Best,
Dave
