martial arts
 

Just wondering if there are any people here who in the past have taken, is taking now, or hopes to take some form of martial arts in the future. :D If so, what kind and what style?

If this counts, I took Karati at the "Y" when I was six for a year. I also wouldn't mind taking something like that in the future.

I took Karate when I was a kid. I got to like the second or third belt and dropped out.

It's "karate".

And yes, I took American Karate for about 3 years (4th-7th grade).

I still have my white belt somewhere. :D

Same here. I have the whole suit still.

I took it for only one year, I dint get real far as you can tell

Eh. I took Karate for a bit. Got to the 4th belt and dropped it. It sucked.

I'm actually reading about different styles of martial arts, and trying to decide which one would be best for me to take.

Take Ninjitsu! Take Ninjitsu!! :lol:

:lol: :lol: hey all karate stuff is good, because they teach ya how to beat people up!

If you use it at the right time!

ya Ive learned it dosent work so well againt a brick wall :roll:

:roll:

American Martial Arts is pointless. You don't learn how to defend yourself against street thugs and murders. Why? Because a lot of martial arts was devised for unarmed peasants to fight armored warriors. The armor warriors were slowed by their armor and gave the peasants the ability to sacrafice speed for power. It doesn't work like that today. If anything, go for Kung Fu. As for Ninjutsu, while it's vastly superior to most martial arts, good luck finding someone to teach you. I mean, come on....their ****ing ninjas.....

True. I don't need Karate when I have guns.

Kung Fu and Ninjutsu are actually at the very top of my list. And there actually is an online listing of ninjutsu practitioners/teachers, I just have to get the guts to contact someone... :oops:

My cousin and I tried a karate class once back when I was a sophomore in high school. The classes we took were free, but after awhile we grew bored of it and decided to quit.

I've always wanted to learn Martial Arts with a good teacher but none of the areas in my neck of the woods teaches Ninjitsu...so there goes my Karate teachings. :cry:

I'm going to sound like one of those childhood prodigies for saying this... :P but I started taking karate at the age of six (almost 9 years ago). I've stayed with it, and I've learned a lot of things. Yes, most of the stuff done deals with not using weapons (empty handed), but I am fluent in my ability to use both nunchucks and the boastaff. :D Added to that, my style of karate actually does teach how to get a knife or gun away from someone... unarmed. In my style, I can also learn to use sais, tonfas, just about anything. Lately, I've just been instructing little kids. :wink:
I'd like to see a ninjitsu class, and also kung-fu.

If you wanna talk actual effectiveness in combat situations, for most people, karate is not the way to go--at least not the way it's generally taught in America. You're better off taking, like others have said, kung fu, for effectiveness and variety, since there are a staggering amount of disciplines. Of course, for something really effective, you'd probably wanna go for jujitsu, or better yet, Brazillian jujitsu--very effective stuff. I'm partial to kendo, myself, because it's a sword art, but just for fun, I was considering going into shotokan karate--simply because it's the style Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter use, lol. Hadou-ken!!

I never took martial arts, but I wrestled for a time. I haven't gotten into too many fights, but a few were with black belts in karate and I was able to basically beat the crap out of them by hooking an extremity, applying a joint lock, pulling them to the ground and locking on a restraining hold. If I were ever in a "real" fight I'd probably replace the hold at the end with some type of armbar designed to hyperextend or dislocate the elbow, or something similar designed to do maximum damage with minimal effort.

Smaller guys like me need to end fights quickly, so I personally find holds, locks and throws more effective for me than strikes and kicks. I'd rather block a punch, hook a guy's arm and break his wrist than punch him in the face or learn how to kick above my head, but that's just what works for me. I've considered taking martial arts in the past but I figure "dance with the one that brung ya".

Never did wrestling, but I used a similar approach to ending a fight once. The guy was bigger than me, and he tried pushing me against a wall. Of course, then I spun him around, and he tried to lift me off the ground, but I out-levered him, grabbed ahold of his arm and pinned it to his back, after which I proceeded to grab his jaw and made him gag. He gave, and I pushed him away. Needless to say, I never had any more trouble with him. :wink:

:lol: You used my favorite hold, Knux... the Buzz-Killer! Or a variation of it anyway.

The way I do it starts with pinning your opponents' arm behind his back and threading your own arm through his, chicken wing/hammerlock style, so your hand is on his shoulder. Then you take your other arm and cup your hand around his jaw and pull back while applying pressure on his shoulder with your other hand. To be really sadistic, interlock your hands and THEN apply pressure to the jaw/neck/shoulder area, THEN lean back and wrestle him to the ground, wrapping your legs around his waist and squeezing. At this point, you have them locked in an inescapable hold and can do almost anything you want... dislocate a jaw, seperate a shoulder, or break a rib with pressure from your legs.

I've ended a LOT of fights with it, and nobody has ever gotten out of it once it was locked in. On bigger guys, you can neutralize them. On smaller guys, they scream and beg for mercy, and THAT is what I really like.

One time I challenged my buddy who was captain of our wrestling team to get out of it. The guy was bigger than me by a fair margin, about 5 inches taller and 70-80 pounds heavier. He put up a valiant effort, but I held him in the hold for a good 7 or 8 minutes until I finally let him out.

So yeah... that's a great hold to use. :D

:lol: Right on.

Shotokan... really? My style is a branching of Shotokan and Kyokushinkai, which also branches off from Shotokan. Have you ever been to www.24fightingchickens.com? Last time I checked it had some pretty good stuff.

I just checked that site, and it looks very familiar--I think I may have been there a while back. Thanks for the link, though. :thumbsup:

All I had a chance to do was kickboxing, i never have time
as soon as I do, I will take any class that works with my insane schedule

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I took some Okanowain (can't remember how to spell it :oops: ) karate when I was about 12. I got to white belt 3rd degree when I was forced to stop because my parents coulden't get me there anymore.

I've considered finding a school that would teach me how to use my sai's, but weapons are usually reserved for higher level students =\.

I've also trained my self with the bo, although I'm more than likely doing everything wrong :lol: . I've also gotten very profecent at wapping myself with my knunchuku :dead: .