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Welcome to Bullshido! You posted this in the wrong section. This type of intro post belongs in Newbietown. I expect it will be moved shortly. Make sure you read all the stickies in whatever section of the forums you are going to post in, to avoid infractions etc. This place is moderated like Hitler’s library.

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I met Sergeant Major Mayfield of MOJJO, and he has a 10th Dan in Judo after many years of training, competing, and teaching.
What I like more about SGT MJR Mayfield is his ability to teach self defense that he himself adapted from combat action while serving in the USMC.

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Hi, what’s up folks. :TrollDad:

When I read this title “clinch academy” I thought it would have been about Muay Thai, but I guess it’s about BJJ. My bad.

Hello, instead of trollshidoing your post I moved it to your newbietown thread. Please pay attention to dates and the subforums you are posting in. The post above has nothing to do with the Martial arts Bullshido and Investigative forum.

Hi I’m new and will assume you know nothing

@ Don Gwinn,
Do you have knowledge of traditional Thai arts? Did you know that BJJ took some techniques from Thai grappling, as well as Catch Wrestling, and obviously Judo.
MMA is nothing new. Many MA instructors have been combining many different arts that work for centuries.
Grand Master Gracie was a genius, and I would laugh at anyone who would say that Gracie was a fraud just because he added onto the Judo he learned.
I’m not sure about Ric’s BJJ lineage, but I do know of his Korean Art. As far as Ric’s lineage in the Thai Martial Arts you have nothing to worry about. Some people would disagree with me, but he has alot of knowledge in Thai MA that are almost extinct in Thailand, such as Muay Boran and Muay Pram.
In Thailand, Muay Thai is a poor mans sport, so for obvious reasons the Thai fighters have to follow the money. If the money is with sport Muay Thai with western style gloves, then that’s the department all of the training will be in. I know tons of Muay Thai instructors who have trained for years in Thailand and have won stadium titles from Thai stadium, but they know nothing of more traditional Thai MA, such as Muay Boran, Lerdrit, or Krabbi Krabbong. Within a couple of years, the Thai fighters will return to some of their traditional MA of clinch grappling, with the global popularity of MMA.
Many Americans in the Muay Thai community have agreed that the problem isn’t with any Muay Thai organization, the problem is with the Boxing Commissions, and the many government regualtions on all combat sports.
To cut along story short. Ric Sniffen is a major promoter of Thai MA, with many fighters trained and over 100 verifiable Muay Thai and MMA fights.
If you don’t like traditional Thai MA that’s fine, you’re entitled to your own opinion, but for many Nak Muay / Muay Thai students in America Ric Sniffen has offered them traditional Thai MA.

http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=52332

Krabbi Krabbong, is that fighting with elephants??? That’s awesome.

I was wondering about the title of the thread. Good thing is, these culls allow me to read the non inane parts of the discussion, via helpful cull-link.

[QUOTE=Kru_Kawalski;2586766]I met Sergeant Major Mayfield of MOJJO, and he has a 10th Dan in Judo after many years of training, competing, and teaching.
What I like more about SGT MJR Mayfield is his ability to teach self defense that he himself adapted from combat action while serving in the USMC.[/QUOTE]

I know Sgt. Major Mayfield, although I have not seen him in a few years, and he is not, as far as I know, a 10th dan in Judo. You sure about that rank?

Wouldn’t having a 10th dan in Judo pretty much require that you’re 80 years old? I recently did a seminar with a 7th dan from Romania who was in his 70s. I’ve yet to meet a high-ranking (5th dan or higher) younger than 50

[QUOTE=TaeBo_Master;2586852]Wouldn’t having a 10th dan in Judo pretty much require that you’re 80 years old? I recently did a seminar with a 7th dan from Romania who was in his 70s. I’ve yet to meet a high-ranking (5th dan or higher) younger than 50[/QUOTE]

Pretty much. USA Judo just promoted Keiko Fukuda Sensei to 10th dan. I don’t think any of the other three national judo organizations in the US have promoted anyone to 10th dan. 9th dan, yes, 10th, no. USJF has promoted a couple to 9th, I think, USJA a few to 9th.

Considering the source, I doubt I’ll get an answer from kru whatever.

Ben

Upon reflection, I would like to correct my previous post. Aforementioned 7th dan was from the Czech Republic, not Romania. Memory lapse.

Its possible to be under 50 and have a 5th dan or higher. Although usually you have to have been an elite competitor of Adams or Pedro class.

There are a couple of BJC 6th dans under 50, the likes of Neil Roode spring to mind.

According to this newspaper article Mayfield is a 6th dan, which seems about right for his age, achievements and contribution to Judo.
http://www.jdnews.com/articles/old-67010-bodycopyrag-player.html

Necro-

Looks like I got sucked in too by “Kru_Kawalski” 's post. Which has now been deleted. But it did sound like Sniffen himself or at least someone interested in propping up his BS.

@ Bobby,

I’m sorry, but this thread got placed on it’s own.
I guess if someone was good enough they could use Krabbi Krabbong to fight elephants, but I wouldn’t suggest taking on an elephant unless you have experience with them.

Yes Boby, Krabbi Krabbong could include fighting from elephant back. Since Krabbi Krabbong is sort of a catch-all for Thai weapon arts and they use a sort of Pole arm when on Elephant back.

More importantly Krabbi Krabbong may have the best MA name of all since it sounds like onomatopoeia for hitting someone in the head. :slight_smile:

Fighting with elephants sounds fucking brilliant but I imagine having to buy a big shovel for the poo is a bit unpleasant.

Krabbi Krabbong looks awesome. I have a video of Ajarn Arlan “Salty Dog” Sanford teaching it.
From what I saw, it’s a simple, brutal, military weapons-based system. It combines Muay Thai techniques with double weapon work. The stick attacks are often used to open up the opponent’s ribs for kicks. There are no purely defensive or passive motions with the sticks. All movements are attacks or attacking blocks. It’s typically trained with bigger, heavier sticks than the standard size Arnis/Kali sticks used for training. Because it is a military system, the idea is that you should be able to teach it in a short amount of time. So it does not have many techniques or drills. But it’s mean stuff. Ask all the guys who fought Salty Dog at the Dog Brothers Gatherings back in the day.

I think elephants are for senior students only. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Krabbi Krabbong is literally translated as ‘Irritated Crustacian Addicted to Canabis’

Sounds tasty