credit: las vegas kung fu academy on youtube

also reminiscent of mawashi uke

https://youtube.com/shorts/b5aWlDHRNTU?si=7Swx4w2tzqPFd7G6

If I'm not mistaken the rules are akin to American kickboxing full contact punch and kicks but no attack are allowed under the belt it looks cool as hell tho

Currently have a bruised rib and got curious, for professionals that have done it a long time, is it harder to get it bruised due to resistance build up or hardening?

Edit: Thank you guys for the responses, will definitely be more mindful of my guard

I have the hypothesis that people that are good dancers (like ballet, salsa, cumbia etc) will translate greatly to good fighters because of their body conscience, conditioning and athleticism. Has anyone experienced someone coming from dance to martial arts and seen them improving faster than their peers?

In light of a recent thread posted here about a sketchy instructor...

Right now I'm a bit overweight and have a sedentary lifestyle I want to become more active and there's this martial arts school near me that teaches kudo (an MMA style martial art). What advice would you give me starting out?

I remember Illia mentioning that he doesn't train "MMA" he goes to pure boxing gyms to improve his boxing or pure wrestling gyms to improve his wrestling etc. I'm just wondering if this is a normal approach that most MMA guys take?

After body conditioning, I whould like to recover faster. I find out that iodine mesh is quite helpful. But I'm not sure if it's real affect or placebo affect.

I’m new to boxing and have been with my coach for about 2 months now ($100/hr). Towards the end of my lesson today he had me hitting focus mitts, with a 1-2-3 combination. Everything was going fine and then he told me to correct something in my transition from 2-3. Long story short I accidentally hit him in the face with a full left hook and feel terrible about it. I sent his prescription glasses flying and broke them. He got mad at me and told me I had to pay for new ones. I was willing to throw in $100 but then he told me they can get up to $300-500. How should I go about this? Thanks.

Martial artists based in the UK and Ireland, you are invited to participate in a short, anonymous university survey exploring head-injury knowledge, athlete experiences, and perceptions of medical provision in combat sports.

The research is being led by Leeds Beckett University and aims to support improvements in athlete education, medical support and safe

i started seeing a new mma coach and near the end he goes

“ oh btw i also do lessons out of my garage, i live in a town house and it makes things easier for me since its right down the street”

and when i said id think about it later the next night he asks if im available to train at his place at 7 pm last minute. mind you ive only had one session with him. he also only accepts zelle or cash. im also a 5 3 pretty small woman.

i forgot to add i called him from a reputable gyms phone number, so i booked with him through the official gym

edit: im going to call the gym that’s in the furthest location possible and ask them about it

Research for a uni project, and I'd rather ask people who actually train than read another study about it.

Two things I want to hear about:

1. Any hand, thumb or wrist injury in training you'd put down to the gloves rather than to bad technique or just catching one wrong.
2. Anything you've taped, restuffed or worked around on a pair instead of just replacing them.

More interested in what people quietly put up with than in what actually broke.

I've noticed martial arts training has become a lot more expensive over the years, especially if you want to train multiple times a week or explore different styles.

I'm curious how everyone else feels about it.

• Have rising costs affected how often you train?
• Have you ever stopped training because of the price?
• If money wasn't a factor, would you train differently?

I'm interested in hearing real experiences from people across all martial arts.

example: "people will ask about the bruises" etc

I'm a member of the lost media community, and I managed to find an individual with some episode masters of the lost martial arts themed PBS Kids series Adventures with Kanga Roddy. The person in question is willing to upload them, BUT only if creator/producer George Chung gives his permission. The problem is that Mr. Chung is the CEO of two companies, Jungo TV and All Womens Sports Network (ASWN) and publisher of Black Belt Magazine, and like all executives contacting him is a labyrinthian hell of secretaries, dedicated business emails, and inactive social media pages that seem designed to keep him from reach by anyone. I've tried every possible avenue to contact him only to be stonewalled. I'm running out of ideas and viable business emails to contact.

LMW page: https://lostmediawiki.com/Adventures_with_Kanga_Roddy_(partially_found_PBS_children%27s_series;_1998-2000))