Martial Arts
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Well noted, my uncles study medieval european martial arts: sword fighting, fencing, and even jousting.Quantum Roberts said:
I'm more partial to the eastern styles and I've studied a bunch from more passive styles like Iron Shirt QiGong to the eclectic (and my personal favorite) Jeet Kun Do (originated by Bruce Lee) to weapon centered styles like Sayoc Kali.
The good: I'm fit and wont be f***ed with.
The bad: I'm probably on some government list.
I frequently do jujitsu and i' going for my blck belt grading soon. Also through jujitsu i have done a few kobodu courses which have been good. Also i am lookig into doing some more martial arts when i get my jujitsu black belt probably some that are less heard of like Aikido.
this depends on what you want to learn it for, ie show or somewhat practical defense. i say someone practical because it's more of a sport than anything because it's not really practical but i digress.la-le-lu-li-lo said:
if you want to do it for show, well just twirl it around and do some really cool moves and "strikes" with it, it's not really that hard.
if you want it to be more practical, then you and at least one other friend each get a bo staff (a long piece of dowling should do fine), a hockey helmet, hockey gloves (tho cricket gloves can be substituted) and any other pads you want, such as a cup and shin guards. now both of you fight and see what stuff actually works really well against each other, try it with one of you armed and the other unarmed if you want.
the second method was actually done with escrima sticks by a group known as the Dog Brothers and works pretty good, cept it really is nothing more than a sport because really you don't walk around with a big or short pieces of wood
Kung Fu Master used to be our resident martial arts expert. He hasnt been on in a long time though. Scratch that, apparently he was on yesterday.
I myself used to participate in the art of the street brawl. That was a while ago now, I still do a bit of shadow boxing, but I dont belong to any school.
I myself used to participate in the art of the street brawl. That was a while ago now, I still do a bit of shadow boxing, but I dont belong to any school.
i'm going to start carrying around a large stick with me, just to prove you wrong!!cleverlymadeup said:
and i don't need a cup... i don't have family jewels to protect.
but nonetheless! i want to learn how to do it the right way, not for show or anything. what good could that ever do you??
Same... think it was 4th grade... I would rather learn how to sword fight or something... Hopefully I can buy a sword on vacation...la-le-lu-li-lo said:
you've obviously never been punched or kicked there, it doesn't hurt AS much as getting kicked in the jewels but it's no walk in the park either, i've seen it happen and it's rather funny cause it starts off with "go head and kick me there, i don't need a cup" then they get kicked and end up on the ground crying cause it hurt. they do make female cups for a reasonla-le-lu-li-lo said:
as for carrying it around all the time, it's not practical but i think you understand what i mean. do look up the Dog Brothers tho, they are pretty cool, if not overly crazy, guys and no they aren't really brothers
i has a sword, thing is deathly sharp too.Assassin Xaero said:
just don't know how to effectively use it. :[
i have been kicked there before, and i don't remember it being that bad. being punched in the boob is worse. i also don't cry. /:cleverlymadeup said:
i will look them up, when i'm not watching other things. and yes, i understand, i'm just kind of a smartass. and i think it would be much fun to carry a stick around!
My teacher back in the UK trained me in Wing Chun primarily, also learned some JKD, Chinese Boxing, a little bit of Tai-Chi, and Escrima.
I quit when I was unemployed and couldn't afford the rapidly rising costs, he started off with a fiver or 10 pound per month, then it escalated from that to what I last heard was 40 per lesson (1 hour), and the same for whatever part (6 or 7 different parts, including weapon training) of the training you wanted to do say JKD, and Tai-Chi that would be 80 quid straight off the bat, plus 70 quid for the monthly membership.
I still practice what I learned when I left as a Blue belt (his belt system seemed a bit short, would go from white, red, blue, brown, and then black), my nephew is pretty keen on learning what I know, I would like to continue learning with someone local around Silicon Valley, maybe even look into Khali, looked effective in the Bourne movies, but then that's the movies.
Still got my Escrima sticks (one set bamboo, the other some proper hardwood like mahogany or something), also have two training chinese broad swords and one spring steel that they sent to me by accident (should have been a training sword), I ain't complaining though.
I quit when I was unemployed and couldn't afford the rapidly rising costs, he started off with a fiver or 10 pound per month, then it escalated from that to what I last heard was 40 per lesson (1 hour), and the same for whatever part (6 or 7 different parts, including weapon training) of the training you wanted to do say JKD, and Tai-Chi that would be 80 quid straight off the bat, plus 70 quid for the monthly membership.
I still practice what I learned when I left as a Blue belt (his belt system seemed a bit short, would go from white, red, blue, brown, and then black), my nephew is pretty keen on learning what I know, I would like to continue learning with someone local around Silicon Valley, maybe even look into Khali, looked effective in the Bourne movies, but then that's the movies.
Still got my Escrima sticks (one set bamboo, the other some proper hardwood like mahogany or something), also have two training chinese broad swords and one spring steel that they sent to me by accident (should have been a training sword), I ain't complaining though.
I have a feeling a zombie apocalypse could change that... >_>la-le-lu-li-lo said:
And you aren't the only smartass around here...
no offense, but when I hear "Dan" and "martial arts" together it doesn't sound intimidating >.>aruseusx said:
tell me you don't wear a pink gi XD
