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keysi fighting method...opinions?

Sat, 10/30/2010 - 06:52
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this skill set was used in the dark knight and mission impossible. it seems a little theatric but the basic principal is straightforward and solid IMO. its reactionary like tony blauer's SPEAR system and is driven by emotional reaction combined with offense/defensive techniques. if i am not mistaken i have seen tito ortiz and forrest griffin use the elbows up blocking techniques in the cage. just wanted to get some thoughts on it.

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Sat, 10/30/2010 - 07:52
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many martial arts use destructions or "defang the snake".
but batman took out a whole swat team in TDK, and a ninja team in begins...
to be truthful i thought this was kind of a movie fighting system, but now i dont know. it looks awesome.

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Sat, 10/30/2010 - 13:26
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dude 1st video was nes castlvania 2 rock remix...i swear!

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Sat, 10/30/2010 - 15:48
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jab, elbow, hammer, get caught in a triangle choke. Wink

But seriously, ain't nothing wrong with "keep yer fookin hands up, throw a lot of elbows" as the foundation of a striking system. Smile

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Sun, 10/31/2010 - 18:48
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For it's purpose (self-defense) it probably serves as well as any other. It sprouted from a JKD branch and uses stuff like hammer fists and elbows so it can be applied by people with hands unaccustomed to striking. Althouhgh there is a strange prevalance of head butts...

I've watched some of their instructional stuff. I like most of it, but some of the chains... I wouldn't use if I were being mugged, let's say.


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Sun, 10/31/2010 - 20:19
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i've got to disagree here. i watched a few clips when keysi was riding the batman-hype and i remember more than one occasion where the practitioner actively gave his back to his opponent to deliver an elbow strike.

any self-defense system that advocates turning away from any assailant for whatever reason is not worth anyone's time.

study good krav maga or fma instead.

--nick

10th dan in parnes jiu-jitsu.

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Sun, 10/31/2010 - 20:21
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I can just picture someone with there hands on their forehead eating a nasty uppercut to the chin...

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Sat, 11/26/2011 - 07:53
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I've been learning KFM and the hands on the head with an exposed chin or groin is a snapshot in time. It's like a photo. Keysi practitioners keep moving and are very hard to hit cleanly. They only show the opponent their backs to partially control them following strikes to deal with the next on-coming opponent if they can't get to use the first opponent as a shield.

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