[I:http://sportsrealm.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/AlCase34.jpg]I’ve taught for over forty years, and I’ve seen street fighting martial arts moves that work, and martial arts moves that don’t work. Of course, I haven’t seen everything that isn’t going to work. It seems like there is always some idjut that will invent a new move that doesn’t work.
To start with an odd one, I don’t recommend a front kick or side kick to the head. People dodge that one and throw you just by flailing their arms. On the other hand, if you do a flying kick to the head, or a spinning kick to the head, it can actually work.
I’ve actually seen it happen on the street, and the reason it worked was because it shocked the crap out of the guy being kicked. He honestly was confused by all the body motion happening. Of course, he obviously didn’t know martial arts, but still, if you practice it hard enough, you might be able to make it work when the guy doesn’t know what he is doing.
I don’t recommend footstomps not because they don’t work, but because a kick to the knee is better. It’s easier to pull the foot out of the way than it is to move the knee if you’re standing on that leg. One has to lift the knee and shift the weight, and that tells a person what is coming.
On the other hand, you must learn how to do a knee stomp well if it is going to become a real tool. Don’t raise the foot (your knee) so that the other fellow can see it, because, again, the fellow will know that something is happening. Try doing it old style, raising the knee just high enough, then snap/locking it out quick and fast.
I don’t recommend take downs if you’re not experienced. Too many people see the MMA and want to do the body slam, but those guys in the ring have many years of experience, they know what they are doing. They know what to do if the takedown turns into a rassle down.
They know what to do once they are on the ground. And, they know enough to avoid the takedown if conditions are not right. Really, though the body slam looks so cool, those guys in the ring only use it when they can get away with it, or when nothing else works.
Okay, I know there will be people with arguments with what I’ve said here, and there should be. After all, everybody comes from different schools and have different martial arts styles. Still, you can use my observations as a basis for figuring out what works for you when it comes to using street fighting martial arts techniques.
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