Martial Arts

**Beirut** · 10-11-2007, 23:08

Originally Posted by Vuk Brankovic

Khan, it is funny you should post about injuries. :P Just today I tore a tendon in my ankle, and broke my right arm. :P I will not be able to practice for a while.
(I also stubbed my toe :P, and while this may sound small, it hurts like heck. I think I broke it also. :P)

Really?

Well, on behalf of The Frontroom we wish you a speedy recovery.

We'll see if we can "send you a treat" somehow.

**Vuk** · 10-12-2007, 15:12

Originally Posted by Beirut

Really?

Well, on behalf of The Frontroom we wish you a speedy recovery.

We'll see if we can "send you a treat" somehow.

lol, thanks. I called my girl up and told her I wasn't going to be able to take her out for dinner because I broke my arm and toe, and ripped a tedon on my ankle. She hung up on me. :P

lol

Vuk

**Orda Khan** · 10-12-2007, 16:11

The toe.....I know what you mean, easily broken if you catch an elbow. I injured mine on a guys head (he pulled far enough out of range so it hurt me as much as him)
The ribs are another area, don't let anyone tell you that bruised ribs are not as painful as broken ones and they take weeks to heal

.....Orda

**Vuk** · 10-12-2007, 16:19

Originally Posted by Orda Khan

The toe.....I know what you mean, easily broken if you catch an elbow. I injured mine on a guys head (he pulled far enough out of range so it hurt me as much as him)
The ribs are another area, don't let anyone tell you that bruised ribs are not as painful as broken ones and they take weeks to heal

.....Orda

lol, I always catch my ankle of someone's heal, though I usually don't catch my toe. Wierd stuff happens though...

**Big_John** · 10-13-2007, 07:40

used to do aikido back in college. then brazilian jiu jitsu, but nothing at the moment. will get back into bjj or try out mma at some point though.

**doc_bean** · 10-13-2007, 15:59

I did some TKD as a kid, before it got really popular. Martial arts became pretty unpractical for me since I don't see to well without my glasses.

Originally Posted by Lemur

I trained in Judo and boxing. Haven't kept up, sadly. When my boy lemur is old enough, I figure we may take it up together. Problem is, all the dojos hereabouts are Tae Kwan Do, which I'm not very keen on. (I saw a black-belt TKD practitioner get utterly destroyed by a big, drunk Irish guy. Tends to take the shine off.)

If you want him to be able to deal out some serious damage just get him a gun !

**Vuk** · 10-13-2007, 18:08

Originally Posted by doc_bean

I did some TKD as a kid, before it got really popular. Martial arts became pretty unpractical for me since I don't see to well without my glasses.

If you want him to be able to deal out some serious damage just get him a gun !

lol, I need glasses as well, but I still get into MA's. In fact, I have been unfortunate enough to require them to defend myself recently.

Gun? No, a knife. I am much more afraid of fighting someone armed with a knife than a gun. I have disarmed someone with a gun before, the only time I fought someone with a knife, I got permanent damage to my arm, and suffered pretty bad bleeding. Not only is it much easier to avoid injury when the assailant has a gun, but dying from being shot is a lot more mercifull than how you'd die if someone killed you with a knife.

Vuk

**master of the puppets** · 10-13-2007, 18:21

I practice and teach Haidong Gumdo (Korean art of the sword), i also practice both Tae Kwon Do and Jujitsu.

**doc_bean** · 10-13-2007, 21:33

Originally Posted by Vuk Brankovic

Gun? No, a knife. I am much more afraid of fighting someone armed with a knife than a gun.

I don't know, I suspect people expect the gun to do all the work for them and just don't use it 'wisely' (remember: guns don't kill people, people kill people !). I don't think anything beats a loaded gun with the safety off if you've got reasonably quick reflexes and don't feel the need to extend your arm before shooting (making it easy to disarm you).

**Vuk** · 10-14-2007, 22:44

Originally Posted by doc_bean

I don't know, I suspect people expect the gun to do all the work for them and just don't use it 'wisely' (remember: guns don't kill people, people kill people !). I don't think anything beats a loaded gun with the safety off if you've got reasonably quick reflexes and don't feel the need to extend your arm before shooting (making it easy to disarm you).

Maybe. Most people DON'T know how to use a gun though, and it is a lot easier to disarm someone with a gun than someone with a knife. The guy I trained under (ex-military instructor and grandmaster

) likes to say that in a knife fight "you always get cut". From my experience, that is true.
I guess it depends on circustance, but I at least would much rather take my chances disarming someone who had a gun than a knife.

Vuk

**Lorenzo_H** · 10-17-2007, 20:07

Originally Posted by Vuk Brankovic

Maybe. Most people DON'T know how to use a gun though, and it is a lot easier to disarm someone with a gun than someone with a knife. The guy I trained under (ex-military instructor and grandmaster

) likes to say that in a knife fight "you always get cut". From my experience, that is true.
I guess it depends on circustance, but I at least would much rather take my chances disarming someone who had a gun than a knife.

Vuk

I'd like to see you disarm me when I have a 9mm pointed at you...and I am not being sarcastic; I would merely be very surprised if you succeeded.

I do MMA and a little Karate, to answer the original post.

**Samurai Waki** · 10-17-2007, 22:21

Part of my Jiujitsu Training Involved some Anti Terrorist Techniques performed admirably by some former Mossad Agents.

I agree that it can be easy to disarm someone with a Gun, but it's never safe to assume it, and that the person behind the weapon doesn't know how to use it. I've been firing guns since I was six, I'm pretty sure I could kill someone very easily who thought they could disarm me. Of course, I would have to assume that this person was a threat to me, and I had my 9mm on me.

**Vuk** · 10-18-2007, 01:41

Originally Posted by Lorenzo_H

I'd like to see you disarm me when I have a 9mm pointed at you...and I am not being sarcastic; I would merely be very surprised if you succeeded.

I do MMA and a little Karate, to answer the original post.

lol, I'm not saying I could, but I certainly think I would have a better chance of disarming someone who had a gun, than someone who had a knife.

Originally Posted by Wakizashi

Part of my Jiujitsu Training Involved some Anti Terrorist Techniques performed admirably by some former Mossad Agents.

I agree that it can be easy to disarm someone with a Gun, but it's never safe to assume it, and that the person behind the weapon doesn't know how to use it. I've been firing guns since I was six, I'm pretty sure I could kill someone very easily who thought they could disarm me. Of course, I would have to assume that this person was a threat to me, and I had my 9mm on me.

It is stupid to assume that anyone is incompetant. You should always assume the worst. :P
There are so many ways to distract someone with a gun, to evade him long enough to get close enough to disarm him, etc. It is easy to get killed when someone has a gun and wants to kill you, but it is a lot easier when they have a knife.

My instructor taught me a lot of rolls that can be executed faster than a gunman could react, and cover a pretty great distance. Hopefully getting you close enough to him to disarm him before he has the change to redirect him aim.

Vuk