Open hand blows are legal, but you keep hands clenched to throw with force
Open hand ground and pound is still practice, but throwing elbows is more efficient
i did Judo off and on for many years. started doing it hardcore back around 2006 but eventually got a hernia. had surgery and waited like 6 months to heal before going back. very first day i returned to training i got another hernia 
wait really? i have to get hernia surgery at some pointâŚi dont need that to happen 
I know theyâre legal, but the gloves make many of them difficult, at least during stand up. If youâre in mount especially, open hand becomes viable due to the angle, and the gloves donât interfere since you donât have to cock your wrist back as much.
The close range of grappling makes elbows better, sure.
Does everyone think she will get the gold medal in Tokyo 2020 (Summer Olympics)?
If you got re-injured your first day back then you obviously didnât heal the first time. Did it require surgery?
yunno the Praying Mantis kung fu style? a style invented after watching a bug.
wellâŚiâve invented a new kung fu style similar to the Praying Mantis style.
i call itâŚthe Cockroach style.
that style is simple.
if i ever get into a fight, i just lay on my back and just die.
Seriously, I hope you have a quick recovery from this. Hernia is something I wish on no one.
He healed up but didnât wait 100%
I had a partial hernia that got fixed and waited 4 months before lifting or any kind of training it sucks.
The thing with grappling is that throwing out your back and hernias happen because of over training
my doctor told me the surgery would only stop me from training for 3-4 weeks, not months.
I would rather be safe than sorry.
I did ddp yoga in the interim
first one required surgery and they put a mesh in there. doc told me to wait at least 4 months before doing judo. the second one was just underneath the first one. theyâre both inguinal hernias. i never went through surgery on the second one. i donât want to go through that again unless i absolutely have to. it really is uncomfortable when it pops out. sucks my right nut up into my body and i want to vomit. this happens especially during newaza. luckily none have been triangulated.
oh mines def different. it only causes me pain occasionally, oddly its when im going to a gym to do flips is when it tends to pop out the most. i dunno if its sumtin mentally but it seems to have the biggest coincidence in timing for that.
Would a certificate from 2001 (purple belt) the 4th belt in Okinawa Kenpo/Kempo Karate still be good today?
The belts were:
White
Yellow
Orange
Purple
Blue
Green
Brown 3
Brown 2
Brown 1
Shodan
I started with Pee Wee Karate in Pre School.
I did Judo in Primary School up to Senior Blue. I was to young to start brown. (Competitive)
Boxing for 5 years as a junior. (Competitive)
Olympic wrestling for 2 years.
Submission wrestling for 10 years. Its a lot like no Gi Jits, but the odd rule difference. You can do small joint manipulation and elbow presses on the ears and nose. (Competitive)
Jits - Gi and no Gi for 10 years. (Competitive)
TKD for 1 year. Felt to self defensy at the gym I went to and the people there wouldnât spa.
Muay Thai for 20 years. (Very Competitively). This is my favorite martial art style. Its fast, it hurts, it looks amazing and for people who do martial arts for self defense it is the best.
Boxing as a senior for 3 years on and off. I have a beard and we arenât allowed to compete unless we are clean shaven. So I donât put any real effort into it. I mostly go so the paid pros have a decent sparring partner. And it helps keep my asthma in check.
I did get into MMA in the early 2000s. Thatâs when it started to really take off around my neck off the woods. But I only did it for about 5 years.
It was really clicky and the only people who got fights outside of inter gym competitions where the ones who paid for privates and the ones who where friends with any of the coaches. On top of that it was all the âhard guysâ who thought they were the shit because they were cage fighters. OR the ones who did it because they wanted the image that went along with it. And I was left at the back of the class because I have always competed for the fun of it. Excuse the rant, haha, I just canât stand the personality of the generic MMA guy. There is very little more fun than two consenting pugilists who beat the crap out of each other for the sport, and then go have a steak and rum coke.
Then I have also tried self defense classes. Different boxing styles like Irish which has a more open posture and the back of your hands facing forwards. Dirty Boxing which allows shots to any part of the body including kidneys and legs. Just not to the rear of the head or the groin, as well as clinching and in fighting. Street Boxing which is dirty boxing with more corn rows and tattoos. And Pugilism.
I tried Mauy Boran. And Dutch Thai. And different styles of Kung Fu. But I kept going back to Muay Thai as my stand up and sub wrestling as my ground. And I think since I started Judo and Boxing as a junior the longest I have gone without doing any martial art has been about 8 months straight when I moved from one town to another and couldnât find a place for anything.
if you arent actively training no. are you trying to go into another style or the same style.
I got a first degree black belt in tkd
Got a purple in bjj
And i got a broken nose, broken toes, and hurt wrist from wrestling and muay thai
Iâll probably have Parkinsonâs in my older years.
While the athleticism of combat sports has itâs own benefits, thereâs definitely benefits to working on the âartâ side of martial arts.
Anything that gets you to pay real minute attention to your body helps mitigate the onset.
Iâd rather be 90 and still be able to remotely bust out a form, than 60 and crippled due to knee or back injuries.
Iâll probably do a run of fights next year just to collect up some more medals then quit and focus on the art side