Comments on: Strikeforce; Cyborg Santos vs Coenen! /strikeforce-cyborg-santos-vs-coenen/ Reviews of common self-defense, karate, and MMA issues Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:09:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John W. Zimmer /strikeforce-cyborg-santos-vs-coenen/comment-page-1/#comment-3692 John W. Zimmer Fri, 21 May 2010 20:59:55 +0000 /?p=2204#comment-3692 Hey Cheryl! I love Cyborg but not to the point of having a favorite really. I respect her work ethic and how tough she is. I've not really kept up with MMA other than a few fighters. Thanks for the info on Modafferi and Larosa... I'll look them up. Hey Cheryl!

I love Cyborg but not to the point of having a favorite really. I respect her work ethic and how tough she is.

I’ve not really kept up with MMA other than a few fighters. Thanks for the info on Modafferi and Larosa… I’ll look them up.

]]> By: Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny /strikeforce-cyborg-santos-vs-coenen/comment-page-1/#comment-3679 Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny Fri, 21 May 2010 02:11:42 +0000 /?p=2204#comment-3679 I don't know who can beat Cyborg right now. I'm just starting to get to know different women fighters. Cyborg is a beast! She is rock solid! I wonder who is coming through the ranks to take her on. Roxanne Modafferi, who might have fought Cyborg if she had beaten Marloes, is fighting Tara Larosa (rematch) on Friday in Worcester, MA at Moosin's show. Tara's won 15 straight matches! I want Roxanne to win this time :D .-= Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny´s last blog ..<a href="http://thatgirlisfunny.com/2010/05/paris-hilton-vs-roxanne-modafferi-demonstrating-different-mma-training-styles/" rel="nofollow">Paris Hilton vs Roxanne Modafferi Demonstrating Different MMA Training Styles</a> =-. I don’t know who can beat Cyborg right now. I’m just starting to get to know different women fighters. Cyborg is a beast! She is rock solid! I wonder who is coming through the ranks to take her on. Roxanne Modafferi, who might have fought Cyborg if she had beaten Marloes, is fighting Tara Larosa (rematch) on Friday in Worcester, MA at Moosin’s show. Tara’s won 15 straight matches! I want Roxanne to win this time :D
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]]> By: Matt Klein /strikeforce-cyborg-santos-vs-coenen/comment-page-1/#comment-3041 Matt Klein Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:44:17 +0000 /?p=2204#comment-3041 Hi John, agree with you about the lack of groin shots. Even in point karate back in the 80's and 90's we were allowed to scoop kick to the groin. If you weren't wearing a cup, well that was your problem. They have since outlawed it, presumably to bring in more high kicks to bring attendances up (it is the best anecdote against high kickers). It is also a top technique on the street and you cannot call yourself a "reality fighter" without knowing how to use it. I say bring it back. Hi John, agree with you about the lack of groin shots. Even in point karate back in the 80’s and 90’s we were allowed to scoop kick to the groin. If you weren’t wearing a cup, well that was your problem. They have since outlawed it, presumably to bring in more high kicks to bring attendances up (it is the best anecdote against high kickers). It is also a top technique on the street and you cannot call yourself a “reality fighter” without knowing how to use it. I say bring it back.

]]> By: John W. Zimmer /strikeforce-cyborg-santos-vs-coenen/comment-page-1/#comment-3022 John W. Zimmer Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:14:23 +0000 /?p=2204#comment-3022 Hey Dr. J, I just saw cyborg fight over at megavideo... wow she domanited. I saw Hershal the other day and boy is he strong... he just stuffed everything the other guy threw. Cung Le fight more to my liking. My wife's newphew, Tony Corleone, wrote his song, "It's going down": <font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#999999"><br /><a style="font: Verdana" href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=32982172" rel="nofollow">Cung Le Movie Trailer</a><br /><object width="425px" height="360px" ><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=32982172,t=1,mt=video"/><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=32982172,t=1,mt=video" width="425" height="360" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br /><a style="font: Verdana" href="http://www.myspace.com/tonycorleone" rel="nofollow">Tony Corleone /T.C.</a> | <a style="font: Verdana" href="http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=videos" rel="nofollow">MySpace Music Videos</a></font> I watched Le's last fight and he was easily beating Smith (who did not know what to make of spinning rears and side kicks). Yeah Machita does some karate but has too wide of a stance and is starting to fight too close to be effective with karate hands. My beef with MMA is they ignore the groin. In any real fight you cannot do that because you will lose fast. So if they had groin kicks - they could not adopt the Mauy Thai, Boxing type of wide stances. Karateka are good at bridging the gap from the outside. I guess we need some more fighters like Cung Le to make karate popular again. :) Hey Dr. J,

I just saw cyborg fight over at megavideo… wow she domanited. I saw Hershal the other day and boy is he strong… he just stuffed everything the other guy threw.

Cung Le fight more to my liking. My wife’s newphew, Tony Corleone, wrote his song, “It’s going down”:


Cung Le Movie Trailer

Tony Corleone /T.C. | MySpace Music Videos

I watched Le’s last fight and he was easily beating Smith (who did not know what to make of spinning rears and side kicks). Yeah Machita does some karate but has too wide of a stance and is starting to fight too close to be effective with karate hands.

My beef with MMA is they ignore the groin. In any real fight you cannot do that because you will lose fast. So if they had groin kicks – they could not adopt the Mauy Thai, Boxing type of wide stances. Karateka are good at bridging the gap from the outside.

I guess we need some more fighters like Cung Le to make karate popular again. :)

]]> By: Dr. J /strikeforce-cyborg-santos-vs-coenen/comment-page-1/#comment-3017 Dr. J Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:23:34 +0000 /?p=2204#comment-3017 I don't have Showtime either but was able to see all of that event the next day on Internet Justin TV. The Cyborg fight was a good one with each fighter having some strong moments. Hershel is something else! Of course I was able to see him in his prime when he decimated the Gator football team in the old days. For Hershal, however, there are no old days lol! What do you think of Cung Le? His style is more karate than any MMA fighter I've ever seen, even Machita. Also, it seems to me that MMA fighters still have a ways to go with learning how to block, and when to move forward to get inside a kicking opponents strike rather than back up into their opponents power zone. Although I must admit that when asked about defense by students, I have suggested attacking and letting the opponent worry about defense :-) I don’t have Showtime either but was able to see all of that event the next day on Internet Justin TV. The Cyborg fight was a good one with each fighter having some strong moments. Hershel is something else! Of course I was able to see him in his prime when he decimated the Gator football team in the old days. For Hershal, however, there are no old days lol!

What do you think of Cung Le? His style is more karate than any MMA fighter I’ve ever seen, even Machita.

Also, it seems to me that MMA fighters still have a ways to go with learning how to block, and when to move forward to get inside a kicking opponents strike rather than back up into their opponents power zone. Although I must admit that when asked about defense by students, I have suggested attacking and letting the opponent worry about defense :-)

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