Anyone study Martial Arts?

You serous Terry? That's cool. My rommie reckons Frank's one of the very best and of course Randy's a cool fella and a very hard worker.
 
Aram, that's almost as good as my mum's best joke:

"I have a black belt in oragami". At least she thinks it's funny...
 
Whoa, I didn't realise so many of you guys were hardcore! All I know is how to talk my way out of trouble... not nearly as cool as roundhouse kicking people in the throat!
 
I did around 10 years of Tae Kwon Do and Hap Ki Do. I was the international champion twice and messed up both of my knees during the world championship tournament in Seoul, Korea around 5 years ago. I was planning on going to the Olympics but thanks to my injury, my career as a martial artist went down the drain.

I also did 3 years of Kum Do (Sword) and Dan Bo (the long sticks).

So I moved onto film. I'm starting to get back into martial arts but my knees still hurt.

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So stereotypical of an asian guy eh?
 
Grug said:
Whoa, I didn't realise so many of you guys were hardcore! All I know is how to talk my way out of trouble... not nearly as cool as roundhouse kicking people in the throat!
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yeah i'm always surprised how many people study martial arts, and how good they are. definitely makes me never want to get in a fight. you never know what the other guy knows, like in this great story.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/6133034.stm
 
Heh, I like that origami one. I have to try it someday. I got a black belt in origami and I WILL fold the sh!t out of a piece of paper goddamit! (said in the Bernie Mac voice)
 
Jon Starr said:
I haven't been doing it for long, but I studied Karate when I was younger, then dropped it because of my family. Then took Judo in school for a bit. Then I decided to take it seriously and joined up a nearby Kyokushin Karate Dojo. Been studying it for a year and a half now. I want to take something else with my karate. Something that would be more street wise. Something like Krav Maga, or perhaps some grappling, like more Judo (even though I hated it, ugh). But right now I don't have the time or money, so perhaps later on in life.

So anyone else study MA?
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I took Kajukenbo several years ago for about 3 years. After having Shotokan years before, it was refreshing to hav eso many techniques wrapped into one and feel like I could use the techniques on the street immediately.

Kajukenbo is cool since it's a hybrid style invented by several masters in Hawaii in 1949. It's a good mixof hard and soft styles, close quarter stuff, and lots of ground work (a common trend in Ultimate Fighting).

The name comes from Ka - karate, Ju - judo/jiujitsu, Ken - Chinese kenpo, and Bo - Chinese kickboxing. My instructor also threw in some American Kenpo and Eskrima. Needless to say, it was very hard but a lot of fun. Since it was treated seriously and not like a typical Business, you didn't just pass everytime you took a test to keep you interested and keep you paying. You had to bust your butt to prove yourself in a pre-test, so you didn't take the test until you were actually ready. The last test I took was almost 2 hours and I was ready to vomit my intestines, but in the real world you need that kind of stamina to stay alive in certain situations.

Give it a try if you can find it. I need to get back into it one of these
days.:nads:
 
When me and my brother was younger, we learnt "Ha-moo-do" (I don't know the correct spelling is, just typing how its said) Anyone know more about it?

Our teacher whent to the USA to do more "Training" and he never came back :(

But anyway always use your mind before your fist..
 
KingVidiot said:
The last test I took was almost 2 hours and I was ready to vomit my intestines, but in the real world you need that kind of stamina to stay alive in certain situations.
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That sounds like my 2nd degree black belt test. After about two hours, my instructor looked at the other three black belts who were testing that day, pointed to me and said, "Get him!" That was a fun sparring session.:Drogar-Happy(DBG):
 
5 years of Tae Kown Do and one black belt. Still going strong. Father is a black belt in Shito Ryu and my son is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do as well.
 
HorseFilms said:
Good luck in the World Championships!
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Well, I lost my first fight. I had trained hard and was ready, but I think I let the nerves get to me a little... I went into defensive mode for the first few minutes.

Here I am (top) scrambling in the last 15 seconds for points or a submission:

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Next time.
 
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Jon,
how would you describe your personality?
Like, can you get real pi*sed or are your always the calm, in a shyish/frightened way, guy?
I´m just asking because, I´ve trained with a lot of guys and gals who were eager to learn any technic thrown at them, but simply lacked any fighting spirit.
When you´re in the situation to defend yourself from physical harm, than you should be ready to harm back.
Sometimes firm words can be enough, sometimes you´ll have to kill another person to protect your own life.
So no matter which MA you choose, you should work on your mental attitude towards physical arguments.
It also very much depends on the trainer and his personal approach to self defense, go talk with them after your free first session and see what their attitude is like.
Your personal fittness is another point to consider, eg Bas Rutten is a human pitbull, Bruce Lee is more like a cobra and Jim Wagner is german shepard, all of them are effective...
This means when you decide to do kickboxing, boxing, wrestling, BJJ, MMA or other "hard" styles (BTW I define "hard style" by "Take a lot, give a lot" and "soft style" by "take some, give many", so even if you don´t get punched in BJJ you´ll still suffer a lot), you should be aware that you need a good physique to become good (yes there are some fat boxers that can give you a run for your money...) since your body will have to suffer a lot of strikes and hits by your oponents...
If you don´t have the time or patience to transform your body into an armor of muscels, you might want to look at the the before suggested MA like Krav Maga, Wing Chung or any other MA SPECIALIZING in self defence or hand to hand/thrusting warfare (eg Systema, Kali...).
Yes, it might seem inherent that a MA teaches self defence, but a lot of MA arts have been reduced to combat sports eg modern boxing, kick boxing, karate, judo...
On last thing to all the grappling MMA followers, the last place I wanne end up in a street fight is on the ground...
Sorry for the lengthy post, but just like with sub 10K HD cameras, their is no easy answer to the question :evil:...
All the best,

Spart
 
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HorseFilms said:
Absolutely! That first time on a big stage can really get to you. Now that you have it out of the way, you'll be able to concentrate more on the fight. Experience is your best weapon.
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You said it. I have been to about 6 tournaments so far in my first year in hopes of shaking out some of those nerves, but wow, the Worlds was a big tournament. I'm in this for the journey (and for fun) though, so a loss is as important as a win.

Terry_Lasater said:
At least you made it there. Great attitude, Snodart! :thumbsup:
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Thanks :beer:
 
Spartacus said:
I´m just asking because, I´ve trained with a lot of guys and gals who were eager to learn any technic thrown at them, but simply lacked any fighting spirit.
When you´re in the situation to defend yourself from physical harm, than you should be ready to harm back.
Sometimes firm words can be enough, sometimes you´ll have to kill another person to protect your own life.
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This is a great point. In terms of self defense, it can be less about what training you have and more about the choices you make in the first few seconds of a conflict. This would include of course the wise choice to avoid conflict in the first place.

A guy in my Jiu-Jitsu class is a repo man. Apparently at one of his last repos, some big guy slammed him against the wall by the throat. He was telling me how he just froze at the sudden onset of conflict and couldn't even begin to think of what to do.

Anyway, good point.
 
for maximum effective-ness in a streetfight or self defense scenario I'd go with a mixture of krav maga and MMA (BJJ/kickboxing/boxing)

any art that encourages full force against a struggling and active opponent who is actively working against you

Boxing, wrestling, BJJ, kickboxing and throw in some krav maga for the "nasty" street moves

I think the more traditional arts like kung fu, karate, tae kwon doe, etc are nice for perhaps the "art" of it.... but they are inferior to the more reality based styles... not to bash or badmouth those arts, because alot of people are into them for the more romantic/traditional/artistic aspects and thats perfectly fine.

FYI just because you are a bluebelt in BJJ doesnt mean you should be jumping to guard in streetfights either.... on your back with your big strong opponent in your guard is not a good place to be, especially if he has buddies around..... thats why boxing and muay thai (kickboxing) are really the effective styles you should focus on... and then learn enough takedown defense (wrestling) and submission grappling, to where you can choke somebody if necessary or you can KO them on the feet.... big football type dudes will immediately try to slam you, so guillotine choke, clinch, knees, elbows

honestly, just learn everything and hope you never have to use it

btw, I love fighting and MMA.... been doing it for almost 10 years now..... if you dont feel like learning every style then go with boxing and some type of grappling... wrestling/BJJ/Judo
 
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