Phaenx, I know what some of the styles your thinking of. At the moment I'm at a loss of words (for their names)... Those types yeah.. but is EVERY martial art trying to jump kick their way to someone's head? If you want to answer yes, then you need to do some SERIOUS research. Your post (that I responded to), sounded like you were saying that martial arts are dumb, but Judo is good.
Pressure Points. I have yet to hear anyone (aside from you) say that a 90 year old grandmother will be able to disable a 230lb man in 5 seconds with one hand. Nope, never heard that. But I have heard how someone a lot smaller can take down a larger person. Shit I've use pressure points on people that could easily beat me up. That said, They are definately worth it. There is a man.. Dillman. He is the foremost Pressure Point guy in the States. He's also a good friend of my Instructor. This guy looks like Scottie from the original Star Trek, kinda sounds like him, and he likes to drink.... a lot.
He can find pressure points BLINDFOLDED... I've seen him do it. Heck, he once just... touched... my arm. The actual pressure was seriously not much lighter than a mere touch, but if I were to say that I didn't immedately fall to the ground, then I'd be lying. With enough practice, you can just take people down without a second thought.
My training hasn't taught me to jump around like Bonkers (remember him?
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There are some cool pressure point holds and such I learned from a friend of mine, but they won't help you if someone is drastically stronger then you are.
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SOME, not ALL, so you have no room to judge on this.
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then tackle you and make you their bitch while you're unbalanced.
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I bold faced that word on purpose. See one of the main things you're taught to do is to KEEP YOUR BALANCE. So if you're relying on a martial artist to lose their balance, you're about to get your ass whooped. Point Blank. You're taught how to attack and defend all the while keeping your balance. Another thing you're taught is to stand a certain way with your body so that your chest is not open to attack. Also when I know how to parry your punch.... and yes I can do it, how does that help you? It merely only throws your energy with the flow of my punch. Parry, grab the arm, pull with your body, then punch you in the floating ribs with my other arm... Yes quite effective for you, huh?
As Basmoq said, if you faught a master, you'd be down in a matter of seconds....