I normally work out in Filipino Martial Arts. However, the class on grappling was excellent. I thank Sensei Dunn and the students for willing to their experience and knowledge with me. I bow to you all in gratitude.
Most BBJJ , is on the ground . Most Uechi is practical standing upright. Both excell in a defensive attack . The only difference is no difference. Both defending attacks are devastating .
Uechi ryu is my favourite karate I want to learn in Okinawa, by the way I’ve been doing Jiu Jitsu for many years my advice is to be careful with your head position in double leg take down don’t get guillotine choke, nice video sensei thank you ❤️☺️🙏👍🇦🇺🇺🇸🇯🇵🥋 cheers from the knight family Melbourne Australia.
It's good that you guys are cross-training. It makes much more rounded fighters out of you. I am an Isshinryu karate 1st Kyu who has a heck of a lot of Combat Judo, small circle japanese jiu jitsu, and BJJ training. I even joined a BJJ dojo for about 1.5 years. I failed my "Karate" black belt test six times back in the day, but truth is only reason that happened is I suck at Sunsu kata. lol. I was really full contact "karate" fighting about 3rd Dan level anyway. Anyway, trust me, you are doing the right thing by cross-training your students. I can beat less trained okinawan fighters than myself pretty easily if they don't know enough jiu jitsu and judo techniques and strategies. I can beat BJJ black belts even at their own game most of the time even on the ground. About 9 times out of ten if striking and judo and small circle are all allowed in the format, then I'll beat the BJJ black belt. Cross-training matters, especially for street self defense, and that's what we claim to be teaching in Okinawan "Karate" so encourage cross training.
@@hrvojepazin3959 Well, if you must know, I would have stuck with Karate a lot longer if I didn't have stupid personal reasons around late 2000. Then I had a setback from 2006 through 2012 hwere i developed type 2 diabetes and very severe nerve pain, so I had a hard time training. My doctors have finally got me on the right combination of medication to stop the progression of the illness. I have started circuit training again and hope to be back in perfect 185 pound class again within a month or two from now. I wasn't lying. I have in fact tapped professional MMA fighters using MMA legal techniques, but I admit I probably got lucky most times because they didn't expect me to know enough of either type of jiu jitsu to be a threat,a nd by the time they realized i was a threat I had them tapping. My karate sensei did in fact have a black belt in BJJ, he just rarely taught BJJ for offensive technique. Mostly he taught some defensive tactics to help women either throw a man off them or shrimp out from under the man or whatever and some other BJJ defensive skills too much to list. For offense and most situations, we were hoping we could out strike any normal attacker in a self defense situation. We trained to a military standard "ten second rule" of fighting, so we were hoping to disable any normal attacker in ten seconds or less with superior striking or "combined submission/striking combos". That's how i circuit trained 20 hours or so per week on top of working in residential construction at the time. So I tended to be the fittest man in the dojo other than Sensei anyway. As a natural 185 fighter, I could beat the 2nd Dan natural 235 Marine Corps veteran in no rules sparring, but I couldnt' beat Sensei for sure. He was a 4th dan and pretty sure he was holding back every time I sparred him.
Also, as a natural 185 fighter, I know first hand if you get jammed and chop blocked by a 235 2nd Dan, your arm o rleg can go limp from the damage that does to your muscle groups, and he WILL finish you instantly after that. So if you throw a punch or kick against that guy I was no rules sparring against, your attack better be out,hit the target,and back asap, or you're screwed. If a natural 235 black belt hits a 185 brown or black belt one good time in the face, it's pretty much over too.
I assure you, even at my age and relatively poor fitness due to illness, when BJJ black belts see how hard I can still punch and kick the heavy bag in the dojo, they do NOT want to try a full contact nor even light spar with me with striking allowed. They consistently refuse to even light spar me much less full contact. I used to easily beat a guy who was a black belt in Judo and a 2nd kyu in karate, and he probably was just as good or better at takedowns and submissions as any BJJ guy. He never managed to tap me, but did manage to sweep me a few times, but once i learned how to avoid being taken down vs a judo black belt, then it became easy to beat him in no rules sparring situations. I say "no rules" but technically we were supposed to lay off the face and throat with punches and no biting. Groin kicks were not only allowed, but encouraged.
Well; it s easier when you are bigger than most...Edit to ask is there no any Okinawan sensei to teach in that seminar? Plus; AMERICA is a continent not one Country. Please understand that.
I normally work out in Filipino Martial Arts. However, the class on grappling was excellent. I thank Sensei Dunn and the students for willing to their experience and knowledge with me. I bow to you all in gratitude.
Master level teaching, Mr. Dunn! I regret missing your session! Much respect!
Thank You Mr. Dunn
Most BBJJ , is on the ground . Most Uechi is practical standing upright. Both excell in a defensive
attack . The only difference is no difference. Both defending attacks are devastating .
Uechi ryu is my favourite karate I want to learn in Okinawa, by the way I’ve been doing Jiu Jitsu for many years my advice is to be careful with your head position in double leg take down don’t get guillotine choke, nice video sensei thank you ❤️☺️🙏👍🇦🇺🇺🇸🇯🇵🥋 cheers from the knight family Melbourne Australia.
It's good that you guys are cross-training. It makes much more rounded fighters out of you.
I am an Isshinryu karate 1st Kyu who has a heck of a lot of Combat Judo, small circle japanese jiu jitsu, and BJJ training. I even joined a BJJ dojo for about 1.5 years. I failed my "Karate" black belt test six times back in the day, but truth is only reason that happened is I suck at Sunsu kata. lol. I was really full contact "karate" fighting about 3rd Dan level anyway.
Anyway, trust me, you are doing the right thing by cross-training your students. I can beat less trained okinawan fighters than myself pretty easily if they don't know enough jiu jitsu and judo techniques and strategies. I can beat BJJ black belts even at their own game most of the time even on the ground. About 9 times out of ten if striking and judo and small circle are all allowed in the format, then I'll beat the BJJ black belt.
Cross-training matters, especially for street self defense, and that's what we claim to be teaching in Okinawan "Karate" so encourage cross training.
Please tell us more about yourself...
@@hrvojepazin3959 Well, if you must know, I would have stuck with Karate a lot longer if I didn't have stupid personal reasons around late 2000. Then I had a setback from 2006 through 2012 hwere i developed type 2 diabetes and very severe nerve pain, so I had a hard time training. My doctors have finally got me on the right combination of medication to stop the progression of the illness. I have started circuit training again and hope to be back in perfect 185 pound class again within a month or two from now.
I wasn't lying. I have in fact tapped professional MMA fighters using MMA legal techniques, but I admit I probably got lucky most times because they didn't expect me to know enough of either type of jiu jitsu to be a threat,a nd by the time they realized i was a threat I had them tapping. My karate sensei did in fact have a black belt in BJJ, he just rarely taught BJJ for offensive technique. Mostly he taught some defensive tactics to help women either throw a man off them or shrimp out from under the man or whatever and some other BJJ defensive skills too much to list. For offense and most situations, we were hoping we could out strike any normal attacker in a self defense situation. We trained to a military standard "ten second rule" of fighting, so we were hoping to disable any normal attacker in ten seconds or less with superior striking or "combined submission/striking combos". That's how i circuit trained 20 hours or so per week on top of working in residential construction at the time. So I tended to be the fittest man in the dojo other than Sensei anyway. As a natural 185 fighter, I could beat the 2nd Dan natural 235 Marine Corps veteran in no rules sparring, but I couldnt' beat Sensei for sure. He was a 4th dan and pretty sure he was holding back every time I sparred him.
Also, as a natural 185 fighter, I know first hand if you get jammed and chop blocked by a 235 2nd Dan, your arm o rleg can go limp from the damage that does to your muscle groups, and he WILL finish you instantly after that. So if you throw a punch or kick against that guy I was no rules sparring against, your attack better be out,hit the target,and back asap, or you're screwed. If a natural 235 black belt hits a 185 brown or black belt one good time in the face, it's pretty much over too.
I assure you, even at my age and relatively poor fitness due to illness, when BJJ black belts see how hard I can still punch and kick the heavy bag in the dojo, they do NOT want to try a full contact nor even light spar with me with striking allowed. They consistently refuse to even light spar me much less full contact. I used to easily beat a guy who was a black belt in Judo and a 2nd kyu in karate, and he probably was just as good or better at takedowns and submissions as any BJJ guy. He never managed to tap me, but did manage to sweep me a few times, but once i learned how to avoid being taken down vs a judo black belt, then it became easy to beat him in no rules sparring situations. I say "no rules" but technically we were supposed to lay off the face and throat with punches and no biting. Groin kicks were not only allowed, but encouraged.
I'm also 185 and I powerlift and condition exactly for this reason. so I can spar with the bigger guys@@WadeSmith-oe5xd
Are these guys hands conditioned or what? My gosh
Well; it s easier when you are bigger than most...Edit to ask is there no any Okinawan sensei to teach in that seminar? Plus; AMERICA is a continent not one Country. Please understand that.
At this seminar we did not have any instructors from Okinawa. Maybe in the future!