Martial Arts

[Bender Rodriguez]

I trained Karate for years, was 3 graduations away from black when i moved.
It got a bit stale in the end, but i figured out how damn good it was when i got in my first fight.

Blocked every single attempt at hits and kicks.

I highly recommend it as a social activity, its great.

 

[shadowstriker86]

Jeet Kune Do, mostly because it's what my dad taught me, plus some basic CQC, like weapon disarms, limb breaks with minimal effort and 1 lethal move

 

[Chairman Miaow]

Taekwondo is the best style I've practiced myself, but the best I've seen/fought is Muay Thai.

Karate is just..... no..... I beat up a black belt when I was two years younger than him and was a white belt.

Judo is fun and great exercise, if you don't mind it rough (at least with the group I was with) but it's not a very flexible martial art on it's own (at least as far as I've seen/experienced).

 

[Wing Dairu]

I hold a purple belt in Shotokan Karate, a discipline started by a man named Gitchin Funakoshi. His pen-name was Shoto, hence Shotokan. Shoto-sensei was awesome. When a typhoon rolled into town, I am not making this up, HE WENT AND STOOD ON HIS ROOF IN THE MIDDLE OF IT TO WORK ON HIS STANCES. Good enough?

 

[aLivingPheonix]

I've done Jiu-Jitsu (Ground fighting) Krav Maga (Self Defense) And Kali/Escrima (Knife/Stick/Self Defense).

I achieved rank 2.0 in K/E, and got up to green belt in Krav Maga when I was a kid, and yellow when I transferred to the adults class, and yellow belt in Jiu-Jitsu.

Depending on what you want in a martial art, there are a load of options. If you want street fighting/good self defense, Krav Maga is a good choice.

If you want self defense/weapons (Sticks, knives, bandanas, etc) try Kali/Escrima.

If you want to do it for sport (UFC style) I'd say do Jiu Jitsu, and Muay Thai or Kick boxing.

Judo is also good for sport, if you get good at Jiu-Jitsu