Ok, going over this month’s (November), let’s see what the articles are about. I’ll sumarize for you:
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(skips a few pages)
I’m on page 46 and there’s been maybe 6 or 7 one page articles, the rest ads…
pg 46. article on Dan Inosanto (hey look, another Bruce Lee refrence in a Martial Arts magazine). I mean, the article is about Dan, but “Bruce Lee” appears in every paragraph.
pg 53. I shite you not, this article is about how to use a spinning backfist in a fight. If anyone has this issue, look at the sequence in page 56, photos 5 and 6. This guys is a NHB champion? That technique wouldn’t work on a white belt TKD guy.
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Now the big one:
pg 68. David Carradine Seriously. I don’t want to read about how he’s traveling now spreading nine palms mantis or whatever the crap he does is called. What is this wasting 6 pages of my magazine? I think I’d prefer ads to this.
pg 74. 6 Hapkido Baiting Techniques. I guess this was ok.
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Knife article
Hidden moves in kata article
Sambo article. Oops, sorry, American Sambo article.
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a few continuations of articles, on the same pages as more ads
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Well, at least I learned how to fight with a spinning backfist.
Oh the speed man. Yeah. Uh… i don’t KNOW him personally, but I’ve seen his ads. I almost ordered one when I was in like 9th grade. Heh, good thing I didn’t.
Come on guys lets all go practice that NHB winning spinning backfist technique!!!
The book store I usually get magazines at stopped carrying any of the martial arts ones a few months back. Every once in a while, I’m like “That sucks. I want my kung fu fix.”
Then, I actually get a copy of one of them, and I understand again. The kung fu mags could not get any worse at this point(IMHO). All ads, no content, and hardly any kung fu worth mentioning. Of course, its my understanding that that is how it goes, you might get a quality mag for a year or two, but then the publishers put their money on some fishing magazine or something, and your kung fu mag is stuck pandering to the advertisers.
Yeah, I bought a copy of BBM, the 40th anniversary issue. I thought it was the issue with the article by Don Cunningham (it was wrapped in a bag, and I wasnt allowed to open it), so I took my chance and bought it. Failed. And I will never buy another issue again. I might look at that issue tomorrow before I go to work (or while I am at work) to see the article about the spinning backfist and Hapkido stuff.
believe it or not
i landed a spinning backfist in a street fight and almost ko’d the guy. he gave up after i hit him with it. this was back when i was a begginner.
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Religion is like a prison for the seekers of wisdom. (killa priest)
I wish the price wasn’t so high, but I really like the Journal of Asian Martial Arts.
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Shonnie Carter KO’d Matt Serra in the UFC with a spinning backhand (He landed 2!). Bas Rutten busted Frank Shamrock upside the head with one (open hand, though because of Pancrase rules). He didn’t KO him, but it sure stopped Shamrock from moving in for the takedown. I practice it all the time on my heavy bag, and I’ve also seen it land in some amateur Kick Boxing matches (the guy that landed it was just plain sloppy and fat, but when he threw that backfist…BAM!)
It’s a good tactic for people who think you’re low roundhouse kick is just way off, and causing you to turn your back to them. That’s not how I use it, but that’s how I see it land all the time. I personally attack low, and spin out high with either an open backhand, or a chop. Unless it’s the heavy bag, then I include the back fist in my options. after all, I don’t want to hurt my partners if I get too lazy to control my techniques (although my brother is the “Van Damme” of the group with no control…oh wait, that’s only when we’re making movies).
silumkid,
LOL. I’m not trying to angrily prove you guys wrong. Black Belt does suck :eek: I was just saying that it’s not a totally stupid technique. It’s not a guaranteed fight ender, but it sure does catch them off guard.
I hear ya…when I was still in Karate I actually had a pretty mean one. We had a technique that was called “Cutting the Pagoda” that finished with it. Pretty wicked.
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