Have you ever learned 'martial arts'?

[Rosalisa]

[Rosalisa]

[Englishuser]

Hi,

Speaking of cousins, we might like to know these as well:

[Jamie (K)]

The only ones among these expressions that I know or have used are "third cousin" (who is the child of your parents' second cousin) and kissing cousin (usually pronounced kissin' cousin). A kissin' cousin is a cousin who is distantly enough related that it's legal to marry him or her.

[Ahmadov]

"Kissing cousin" sounds strange...
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[Jamie (K)]

[Ahmadov]

[Prezbucky]

Rosalisa

Kung Fu is another good all-around art to learn. It focuses more on striking (kicks, punches) than does Jujitsu. If I'm not mistaken, there is also a lot of emphasis on pressure points. I think (though am not certain..) that Bruce Lee was a Kung Fu master.

The white-bearded dude in Kill Bill (I think it was Volume 1) is a Kung Fu master (well, that character is, anyway).
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[Prezbucky]

Jamie

Is the fighting application of Aikido (more or less) all about redirecting your opponent's energy/motion against him?

I've seen enough Seagal movies to know that the bad guys always start the action, and Seagal always seems to take their motion and turn it against them. I'm assuming that he's incorporating his own knowledge of Aikido into his battle sequences (as opposed to some other martial art).

Is there grappling in Aikido? During Jujitsu sparring, my aim was to get my opponent on the ground -- it was sort of Judo-like in that approach.
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[Jamie (K)]

[Prezbucky]

looks like fun -- bars, locks, leverage, redirecting motion

neat, thanks for the link.
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[Prezbucky]

http://www.stanford.edu/group/jujitsu/Video/index.html

The sparring move I put on the sensei (the one he allowed me to do, that is...) is in the third video down from the top.

Differences:

1) We were facing each other when i took his wrist and initiated the hip-throw.

2) I, of course, did not keep the wrist and step over the arm, as is shown in the video. That's the resulting arm bar/hold I'm talking about, the one I should have fallen back into once he hit the ground.
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[Jamie (K)]

We have the same one in aikido.

[Prezbucky]

Because we were facing each other, my hip throw was a bit different.

I took his right wrist with my left hand. At this point we were about four feet apart.

I bridged that gap by jumping "into" him and twisting my body 90 degrees to my left. At the same time, I crowched down a bit to make my center of gravity lower than his.

His right wrist is still in my left hand.

My right hip is just below his waist.

My right arm is behind his back (in other words, wrapped around him).

I pull on his right arm, drive my right hip into him, and use my right arm and torso to complete the throw.

This combined effort launches him into the air and turns him upside-down. I still have his right wrist.

He lands on his back.

I still have his right wrist.

Now I (ideally) step over his right arm, fall back, and voila.
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[Prezbucky]

Jamie, your message slipped my last emission.

I meant that it was a tad different from what's shown on the video in that we were facing each other. He made a dummy lunge, which started the whole throwing sequence.
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