Martial Arts Quiz #3

Question

Since no one has asked a question in a few days, here is my stab:

1. Muay Thai has X weapons. What is X and what are the weapons.

2. Judo/Jujitsu: What are the key secrets to successfully executing a throw.

3. There are X fighting ranges. What is X and what are they.

4. What is bunkai?

Answer 1

1  every asian striking art uses the 8 weapons and if you are training in a dojo that doesn't train elbows and knees you are in a mcdojo

2 kuzushi and low center of gravity taking the flow of an opponents attack at it's inception and using it to throw lock etc.but that's more a jujutsu /aikido thing

3  kicking punching elbows/knees grapple the best hook punch upper cut combo is 2 elbows.

4 ideally to "break " the technique in kata as generally taught or any other explanation of a move.If you can break it then it doesn't work as explained .

Answer 2

1. 8, as everyone has says, fists, elbows, legs and knees.

2. Kazushi (off balancing) is the most important, without proper off balancing any throw will fail, leverage, the ability to ensure that you center of gravity is lower than your opponent. Nage: The technique itself, ensure proper foot, hip, and hand placement, pushing/pulling all in the right direction Kime- finishing the technique off, or following through.

3. YOu will get a ton of different answers on this, because each art has different idea of this. Some will say long range (kicking), Medium (jabs, straight punches) short range (hooks, elbows, knees) and grappling range. Some will say striking range, trapping range, and the ground. Some will say long (outside of strike range) medium (kicking) short (punching) and grappling/trapping range. Lots of different answers, I think they all warrant merit.

4. Not much to add where others haven't already, but essentially using understanding the application of the moves from a kata, or essentially getting the spirit of the techniques in kata. Don't want to spout off the whole disassembly thing, it is practial understanding in actuality, at least as I understood it.

Fun quiz! Thanks!

Answer 3

1.  8, feet(shins), knees, fists, elbows

2.  I forget the japanese for it, but you have to unbalance the opponent first.  Also get under their center of gravity.

3.  4, kicks, punches, clinch, ground game

4. No idea

Answer 4

1. Muay Thai , The 8 limb martial art, Knees, Elbows, Legs, Fist.

2. Using your opponents weight to throw them over, also have the right amount of leverage to lift the opponent of the ground to then use their weight against them.

3. 3 Long range( High kicks, Distance kicks, extending fists) Medium range ( Low kicks, hooks, regular fists but not as far) Short Range (Tight hooks, elbows, knees)

4., literally meaning "analysis" or "disassembly", is a term used in Japanese martial arts referring to the application of fighting techniques extracted from the moves of a "form" (kata).

Answer 5

1)Muay Thai has 8 weapons. They are the two fists, two feet, two elbows, and two knees that each fighter posseses.

2) Off balancing, Positioning, and Timing. They all play into eachother. Off balancing breaks uke's base, making it easier to topple him/her. Positioning affords tori the proper leverage to off-balance and actually execute the throw. And timing is essential for utilizing both positioning and off-balancing, since most fighters are dynamically resisting your technique. They won't just stand there.

3) There are 3 ranges in unarmed combat that are worth mentioning. There is the Free Motion Standup range, in which neither combatant is gripping one another. There is the Clinch range, when fighters are gripping one another. And there is the Ground range, where one or both fighters are on the ground.

Free Motion Standup is where most strikes occur, such as punches and kicks. Shot-based takedowns also occur in this range.

Clinch is about takedowns and short ranged strikes, like knees, elbows, hooks, and uppercuts. Jointlocks and chokes can also be executed here.

The ground is all about positioning and pinning. The fighter who's in superior position can effectively strike and go for jointlocks and chokes. A fighter in inferior position can't effectively attack. Guard is a relatively equal position, where either fighter can attack. There is big edge to striking for the man in top of guard, but submissions are all but impossible from anywhere but bottom guard.

Some would divide the ranges further, but I don't believe that it is necessary or efficient to do so. Why? Because these extra ranges melt away so quickly, it's almsot pointless to try and distinguish them. Sure a kick is longer than a knee, yet a flying knee can be thrown from the same range as a sidekick. If you break it down excessively like "long kicking range, short kicking range, long punching range, short punching range," all four of those ranges disappear within the blink of an eye against somebody who can shoot from really far.

Why bother compartmentalizing all of these ranges when you shift in and out of them every couple of seconds in even a kickboxing match, much less a NHB type deal.

4) I could be wrong, but I believe Bunkai Japanese terminology for 'practical applications' of techniques. As in, you practice the technique in a specific situation that it was intended for, rather than in the air.

Answer 6

1) 9 : 2 each of fists ,elbows, knees and kicks plus the head but

2) disrupt opponents balance, ensure your own alignment, commit to the technique

3) grapling, trapping (and infighting), punching, kicking and out of range for empty hands plus long, thrusting, middle, close, trapping, grappling and projectile ranges for weapons, some of which overlap with the empty hand ranges

4) Don't know

Answer 7

1 ) 8 weapons - fists, feet, knees, elbows - 2 of each = 8

2) low center of gravity for thrower, wide, stable base when possible, - also removing the base of the opponent through re-directing his momentum or by removing his support (legs)

3) I'm only talking empty hand (no weapon) techniques here, as weapons have added ranges... How many ranges there are depends on the school, but we consider there to be 4 ranges.- from outside to inside we go 1) kicking  2) punching  3) standing clinch 4) close clinch/grapple.  There are some that say clinch & standing clinch are the same - we focus on "dirty boxing / standing clinch as a separate range because there is striking inside the clinch and there is typically more separation than the grapple/pummel range for knees, elbows, and short strikes.  Some schools also consider being outside striking distance altogether to be a range, but we don't.

4) I don't train in a Japanese art, but we do something called "situational sparring" which sounds similar - bunkai is the application of fighting techniques by "disassembling" the kata / form.  In my school we take basic combo or short series and apply it to various attacks (e.g. right cross/left hook/right knee - this can be applied as a counter to a kick, straight left, or haymaker depending on the need.)  We also flip it to have various responses to the same attack - say 1,2 combo that comes from the attacker.  In response, the defender uses parts of combos, defense techniques, etc. to counter the combo.  So we disassemble parts of our training and apply them in a fighting situation.  

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