Anyone here do Martial Arts?

[Sp3ctre]

Hey people! I wanna learn how to kick serious buttocks, a.k.a learning a Martial Art, and I don't have a clue what to do! Does anyone here 'know the ways of [insert random dead japanese warrior name here]' and what does it involve?

I'm thinking of doing Iaido, involving the drawing of a sword, the death cut, the cleaning of blood from the blade (!) and the final returning of sword to the scabbard.

[Hamma]

not I, I know half the sky is a black belt ;) but she doesent post much :(

[Robot]

i want to do martial arts, but i grew abnormally fast so my flexibility is kaput

[Spider]

Well I did a bit of kung fu... hated it dropped it lol since they dont show us traditional kung fu here they show a variation of it for street fighting in America (at least here thats the way they show it lol)

I did medieval combat and still do it. (I tried every weapon I could... my favorite is the sword :D but there is alot of them coming in next month so I will have some new toys lol)

I will start two things soon: Bo (quarter-staff) and Bushido!

and as my friend who went toe to toe with his bushido master said!: I Blocked all of his hits! With my ribs!

[Sp3ctre]

I wanna use a staff, but no where local does anything with it. I guess a Katana is just as much fun :D

I tried Kickboxing once, it was boring and you had to do about 30 minutes exercise before you actually got to kick something! AND that something happened to be air! I guess that weapons related arts have less exercise.

[EineBeBoP]

/me wants to learn

but /me is too lazy

so it wont b happening any time soon :(

[shootx]

Originally posted by EineBeBoP
/me wants to learn

but /me is too lazy

so it wont b happening any time soon :(

thats the spirit!

i saw this clan once...it was the fat lazy boy clan....i was gunna sign up....but ahhh the enlist button was to far

[Squeeky]

HalfTheSky is in "WTF" tae kwan do. :lol: no joke

[Navaron]

I was a brown belt in tae kwon do, but I got tired of paying money to land on my head on a wood floor.

What do you want to learn for?

[AztecWarrior]

I'm a blue belt in Tae Kwon Do, but we moved away from the training center.

However, I am a firm beliver that fighting is for when you run out of bullets.

First defense:

http://www.glockfaq.com/images/guide/g30.jpg

Second defense:

http://www.martial-way.com/images/taekwondo2.jpg

[NightWalker XI]

I did Tae Kwon Do but now I am going to start doing swords and I am gonna do Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu :p :)

[AztecWarrior]

A Glock will pwn an assailant with a sword...no wait your British you can't have guns nm....

Revolt! Down with the monarchy!

[NightWalker XI]

erm....riiiiiight

While you going tog et your gun from you holster I'm already taking cover or slicing of your hand...so you'd be getitng owned, swords are the way of a true warrior, guns are for the weak who have no skill, anyone cna use a gun, only the skilled can use a sword properly

[AztecWarrior]

Ok whatever.

I still think monarchies=lose.

[NightWalker XI]

You do realise the monarchy controls nothing in the UK they are just...there...

[Spider]

:lol: for your own sake before trying anything like bushido or any type of advanced swords please take a basic to advanced class its takes about 6 months to have the feel of it unless you have a talent in that... like me :p

[NeoTassadar]

Learned for a little bit. But I was like seven at the time. I can shoot a hell of a lot better than martial arts. Flexibility=nill.

[AztecWarrior]

I'm also tall (nearing 6 feet and I'm 14 D: ). I simply cannot touch the floor in the touch your toes thingy. Most of that legnth is legs- I look like one of those anime characters with huge legs (except for the eyes, hair, and "ridiculously tiny mouth which is huge when opened" -Strong Bad).

[1024]

I just watch a lot of matrial arts movies. Just watch the moveis and you will become teh l33t mastah! :D

:lol:


JACKIE CHAN TIME!!!

[The President]

I'm taking Jui Jitsu classes in August with a couple of my friends, I also have looked into Krav Maga, it is an art based on the defense of chokes, stabbing weapons, firearms, etc and has some very deadly offensive maneuevers. The way it was explained to us was; used in a offensive forum it aims to defeat your opponet in the very offset of the bout. Very interesting stuff, you should check it out.

-The President:sniper:

[Onizuka]

Originally posted by EineBeBoP
/me wants to learn

but /me is too lazy

so it wont b happening any time soon :(

[Navaron]

swords = gay

krav maga = fucking super deadly shit

[Pilgrim]

HEHEHE

Welcome my young children!

I've been studying Martial arts for 20 year now... scarry thinking about that. Probably longer then most of you have been alive!

Started out in Shorin Ryu (Okinawan) One of the 2 arts that with ishin Ryu that formed the bases for Karate. Started when I was 9 had my black belt at 15 (really hard school, if you are young, and not at a McDonalds MArtial Arts academy it should take about 4-5 years to reach black)

After my family moved across town and wouldn't drive me to old school I started in the ATA (American Taekwando Association) I started over at white and worked my way to black again this time in 3 years. Great combo because of Shorin Ryu has strong Weapon and hand use while Taek is great legs...

After that I started private study with a friend in Ed Parker Kempo, fun, leathal... VERY BAD! I think I still have bruises! :)

Then joined an open martial arts school simply teaching the way (Bushido, means way of the warrior, and is not a type of sword fighting) Trained others and just kicked around (pun intended) for the next several years doing independent study in kenjitsu, Aikido, and Iado (all closely related BTW) Then that school went away and I've been private study in Silat Buah sense then.

If you are wanting to study... and be serious, not just to "get in shape", or to "Kick some ass and impress chicks" Then I'd recommend you read 2 books.

1) Living the MArtial Way The authors name escapes me, and I've loaned out my only copy... oh well.
2) Karate-do my way of life by Gichin Funakoshi

Avoid Jeet-kun-do... great art, good book, not a great place to start, but a wonderful place to end up!

So here's the break down.

Find out what you are bad at... I mean really bad at... I have the hand eye of a lab monkey on Oxy! Find an art that requires alot of it! The RYU arts are all high hand eye, so I got lucky. If you are naturally tallented at it, you will not practice as hard, and never be as good as people who do have to practice hard.

You want to be able to destroy someone and make them cry like a little girl...

Ed Parker Kempo is probably what I'd go for, short, brutal... effective.

Want to learn sword

Kenjitsu clubs are at most college campuses, but this can get expensive, as the gear is steep, Alot of Aikido places will have Iado classes becasue the 2 arts are so simmilar.

Want to compete in friendly competition Go for Taekwando. Not a total combat art, though by no means a complete slacker art either, Taek is fun to watch and really does impress the chicks :)

Best over all however is to find a traditional Ryu school. These teach the old Okinawan styles. Find a school that is hard and caters primarily to adults, that way they teach the art... not entertain the kids.

Sorry about the novel.

Oh and about size... I'm 6'4 275 I cannot, and never have been able to touch my forehead to the floor. I can kick to about 7 foot, (my personel record when MUCH younger is 7'3)
The great thing about being tall and pondering is people assume you are slow, but I was trained as a speed inside fighter, With ym size and weight alone it pretty damn scarry!

Good luck in whatever you decide to do!

PAX

[Pilgrim]

One more thing to the sword/knife versus gun debate... cold hard facts.

A trained police officer with his weapon holstered cannot clear holster, chamber/ or take off safe and fire before a sword/knife user can get to him if that knife user is within 20 feet.

Either way only a real idiot brings a knife to a gun fight.

[Spider]

Well I dunno about training in something you suck at... I have a natural talent for swords and other weapons (any really :ugh: ) and I practice alot...

We had two serious injuries in our medieval combat club (involves more then medieval)

My friend got axe slashed on all his chest badly hurt now he has a scar diagonaly on his chest starting from shoulder going to left side about 1.5 inch wide :O_O:

And I tried to block a war hammer from landing a blow on my back... wrong angle.. sword broke and moved something in my back I wasnt able to move my legs for like 3 hours :ugh:


I'm still looking forward to bushido (dunno what the real name is lol they call it that but) it's a sword style with legs spread wide like if you were on a horse and big swings either upwards or side ways with katana. anyhoo its either that or Bo so :D

[Spider]

oh you might wanna try Mo Tai or however its spelled :p it's fun!

and is Kempo really worth it?

*needs to remember the type of martial arts that makes you ''not feel'' pain the guy got kicked 4 times in the crotch and didnt flinch (without a cup mind you)*

[Robot]

Originally posted by AztecWarrior
I'm also tall (nearing 6 feet and I'm 14 D: )

holy crap, you're my twin

[Navaron]

Originally posted by Spider
*needs to remember the type of martial arts that makes you ''not feel'' pain the guy got kicked 4 times in the crotch and didnt flinch (without a cup mind you)*

I'm not sure what it's called either, but sumo can do it also. They draw their testicles into their body. I'm serious. Don't ask how, cause I don't know.

[Spider]

Gnah! *shudders*

Well that type of martial art is atually pain control... they cant get hit by a cement block and feel practicly nothing lol

*wants to learn it for sex :brow:* :lol:

[NightWalker XI]

I heard of that, they stop pain by using a specific breathing style, my friend wants to learn that, he know the name, Ill ask him, later.

[Revolution]

I bouned around as a kid having NASA parent so I took 3 different styles. Taekwando(SPL?!), Shodokan, and a basic ass kickin style that skipped all the tradition and shit and went straight to 'what to do to fuck someone up who is attacking you' attitude.

The problem nowdays is that I wont say the majority but I shall use the word SOME of the martial arts schools is about money to some aspect, meaning, the more belts they give and keep you in class the more cash they can make. So you have to be weary about the school. Sometimes its about profit, not passing on knowledge and wisdom. The best ones seem to be the free classes at the gym or the YMCA in my opinion, when it came to wanting to TRAIN WITH MASTER type attitude, sorta like the KUNG FU show. The best one I had was in Florida at the gym I joined. It was just a dude, who didnt make jack for cash, just liked to teach the art. Just a white guy who was a bad ass mofo and wanted to pass on like what was passed on to him.

Anyways, I hope that helps. But just a word of advice, dont learn to fight, learn to defend yourself. The arts are for the purpose of defence, not to be the bad ass at school. I have never provoked a fight(xpt once but this dude picked on me for a year and he finally just pushed me over the edge), and I have never lost a fight aka gotten my ass kicked.

In conclusion, learn for the right reasons, positive in nature, check out the school before you start shelling out cash, and check the local gyms and such that might offer classes included. I'd rather have a full gym to use as well as classes if I am gonna shell out some duckets.

And thats all I have to say about that.

[theironfist]

my teacher for Wushu was about the same he did it because he loved it not to make money the fees payed for the gym and not much more I paid like $60/mth Canadian but the class was mabey 8 people
Originally posted by Spider

*needs to remember the type of martial arts that makes you ''not feel'' pain the guy got kicked 4 times in the crotch and didnt flinch (without a cup mind you)*

the chinees equivilant is Qui-gong/ironshirt/ironfist/ironcrotch most good teachers won't teach this unless you study some martal arts for aleast a few years you have to swear off alcohale and sex while training.

I've studied wataroo Karate for 5 years and wushu for 3
wushu basicly means martail arts and encompases several different chinees styles. I've studyed alot of hard styles, staff, sword, some Qui-gong and tiachi.

rule #1 ask the teach about somthing specific if he says "I think we can fit that in some where" LEAVE:D (It has happened)

try checking out some of the local martail art supply stores. traditional teachers tend to have a better base, with out that everything else falls

[Sp3ctre]

The sword/knife vs. Gun debate...

A master of a sword, or someone who is l33t with throwing knives would easily beat someone with a gun (Holstered though). The Iaido thing I'm thinking of doing tells you how to draw a sword and kill someone in the blink of an eye. It was developed because the Samurai needed to be able to defend themselves when walking down the street, unprepared for battle.

However, if the opponent had a minigun, aimed for you, the sword guy would die

[Cirkusphreak]

I've been studying Danzan Ryu Jujitsu for a few years now and have actually studied a few others including Aikido, White Tiger Boxing (Form of Kung Fu) and Kenpo. When finding the style that's right for you, you need to take into consideration a few things. Why are you studying? Do you want to make yourself a better person with renewed confidence and discipline or just beat someones ass? This is, I feel, the main distinguishing trait determining if you'll stick with it for years to come, maybe even your life, or whether you find out its more work than you'll ever know. One of the main things that mature martial artists want, is to never have to use what they've learned. As been said before, do not learn to cause pain and suffering, learn to prevent it. There are many different styles available (depending on where you live of course) and you'll need to do a little research before you commit to a dojo. First determine what suits you. I'm not a small person so Kenpo didn't last, it's designed for agile people, which I am certainly not. Go to a number of dojo's and talk with the instructors, and the other students there. Get a feel of the place, this will let you know if you'll be comfortable enough to come back time and again. If not, you'll make excuses to skip class and eventually stop going all together. Also, if you really enjoy the atmosphere and the style you'll be more apt to learn and practice more, even when not in class. Watch a few classes before you commit to joining. Talk about dues, class times etc. As for learning swordsmanship, I'll break it down like this. Iaido, Kendo, etc. are great to learn if its something you wish as a hobby. They are usually expensive to learn as well. You'll never use a sword on someone even in defense because you'll go to jail over it. I guarantee it. Even if someone breaks into your home and all you have is a sword, they'll probably run when you bring it out or be gone before you do. If you attack someone when they turn to run, it's considered assault and possibly manslaughter.This stands for anything, guns swords even martial arts. If someone is trying to get away from you, even though they attacked first, and you're chasing them..congratuations you're now the aggressor and could be punished as one. Sword-Canes are illegal and you'll pay fines and possibly serve time for them. Throwing knives? Chinese stars? Please, someone has been watching too many kung fu movies. Don't carry these in public, and for heaven's sake don't ever, i mean never use them on someone else. Anything else 'concealed' is also punishable by law. Switchblade knives, butterfly knives (also called 'balisong), darts, even paintball guns. I know this for a fact because I have a conceal carry permit in the state of NV. I carry a gun with me quite often, but there are numerous establishments that do not allow people to carry a weapon on the premises, and is punishable by fines, jail terms, revoking of permit etc. So in all practical terms, martial arts is always with me, no law prevents that. The argument has been raised about which is better: martial arts or a gun. Unquestionably a gun is, thats obvious. BUT, the majority of the time you won't be carrying a weapon with you.Many lesser lifeforms on the planet may be though. In the end these are a few thoughts, hope they help. Best of luck finding a style for you which you enjoy.

:usa:

[Pilgrim]

Kewl the leagal stuff!

I live in Colorado... with all the Texans and Californians!

We have 2 laws that apply!

One is the leathal weapon law, this requires you to warn someone that you are trained before smashing them into noting.

Bad guy: Give me your money PUNK

Me (in kewl NEO voice) I know Kung fu!

Bad guy: UMMMM... yeah

The other great Colorado law is the Make My Day law... God bless the wild west! It is leagal in Colorado to KILL anyone breaking into your property if you feel they are a threat to you or your property.

So run from me and my sword you pussy... just hope you make it out the front door!

The gist here is know the local laws. And never carry a weapon you are learning anywhere but too and from the dojo

Funny story

When I was younger and poorer I lived in a really crappy apartment. going to work was ok but comming home and then going out at night always made one feel a bit unsafe.

So I started carrying my Sword and a few other assorted weapons the cracxk heads never messed with me! Fun fun.


And if you wanna learn iado please go take a year of Aikido first!

You'll have a much better platform from which to start!

PAX

[Febnon]

me a thhird division black belt lder cousin 6th in martial art:o

[Sp3ctre]

:lol: I'm only doing it for fun! I don't know how you can conceal a Samurai sword! yeah, just a hobby. I think Guns are cool, but I'm NEVER gonna kill someone! Movies are movies, reality is a WHOLE different thing

[JonnyK]

I have a friend who's from cuba. I don't know exatcly what kind of fighting he knows, but he owns and knows how to use a staff(big stick), nunchucks, katana, ninja stars, the two fork things that the orange ninja turtle used, and some ofther cool ass weapons

[EineBeBoP]

Originally posted by Sp3ctre
:lol: I'm only doing it for fun! I don't know how you can conceal a Samurai sword! yeah, just a hobby. I think Guns are cool, but I'm NEVER gonna kill someone! Movies are movies, reality is a WHOLE different thing


...reality? what are ya talking about? :confused:


;)

[Spider]

The ''two forked things'' are Sa�'s (cant make the sutpid two little dots of the ''I''

I've used them too... pretty easy to use

The staff is probly bo stick's or quarterstaves.

The ''ninja stars'' are named shirukens.

Samurai sword = katanai or Dai-katana if big.

I Used both of them :o I own at any kind of swords, my draw speed is currently timed at .75 seconds or so wich is quite fast but not fast enough so I need to pratice with a heavier and hard to unsheat sword to raise my speed. :brow:

[shinken]

Originally posted by Sp3ctre
Hey people! I wanna learn how to kick serious buttocks, a.k.a learning a Martial Art, and I don't have a clue what to do! Does anyone here 'know the ways of [insert random dead japanese warrior name here]' and what does it involve?

I'm thinking of doing Iaido, involving the drawing of a sword, the death cut, the cleaning of blood from the blade (!) and the final returning of sword to the scabbard.
yeah iaido, sry i love katanas anyway, i was going to do kendo but i couldnt get my shinai in time so i have to wait for october, i would like to do kenjutsu (kendo is a way of improving yourself through mastry of the sword, kenjutsu is learning to kill ppl w/ a katana also niten ichi ryu {myamoto musashis style btw} is only kenjutsu :( ) but there are no kenjutsu dojos any where in oregon.
i used to do tai kwan do but the sensei made us do the splits for 20 minutes every day, naturly being a guy i quit after a week or two, it was when i was younger so i was more flexable, i'd also like to do jeet kun do which it the martial art bruce lee founded, i'd rather do shaolin kung fu but the whole vow of chastity living in the mountains w/ no technology thing wouldnt be very fun but again no jeet kun do dojos in oregon so just doing kendo for now.

i think this is the longest post ive ever written, /pats self on back
*edit* brain fart (1) katana is a general referance to nihon-to (japanese swords) the specific ones are shinken (a true samurai sword at least around 10 folds very strong around 3 shaku[11.9 inches] with a slight curve from the tsuba{hand guard} to the kisaki{the tip} note my user name. tachi, a straight sword,
wakazashi or kotachi: short sword a little more than half as big as a shinken/tachi and tanto which is a knife basicly also what is commonly known as a ninja sword is the wakazashi, mistakes abound in what people commonly think of as a ninja btw
also i would love to learn how to throw shuriken and kunai which is a throwing knife, if youve played Shinobi[which means ninja basicly] he has kunai on the back of his arms
ok now i know this is the longest post ive ever written

[Ghost06]

I have one fighting style and one only: Jeet kune do. I also fence, with the eppe being my best weapon. I have been in swordplay (mostly broadswords and hand and a half blades) since I was 6.

[Ghost06]

If it was up to me, I'd be in a Shaolin monestary, but I've seen some of the things they do, and I think I'd pass :D Jeet kun do is all about interception, and using your opponents force against them. Longest weapon vs. their closest target.

P.S. to the guy above me:
There is no such thing as a Jeet kun do dojo. Finding someone proficient enough in it to train you is a rare thing. You usually train yourself.

[shinken]

Originally posted by Ghost06
(mostly broadswords and hand and a half blades)

yay bastard swords, sry i just like to say that