Jiu Jitsu

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  • rayfu75
    rayfu75 Posts: 209 Member
    Kickboxing is an awesome workout. Light sparring is as far as I go though. There are a few guys in my gym that current and ex mma fighters so I try to keep the beat downs I receive to a minimum. Kind of why I like sport jiu jitsu more because i don't get punched in the face !
  • Carlg1967
    Carlg1967 Posts: 1
    I've done kickboxing, Thai boxing, judo and Japanese combat style ju jitsu for the last 19 years. Half the class are female and we all train together. When fighting someone weaker, back off the power and use technique only otherwise neither learns anything. Train with gi and no gi. Learn everything. No style is best so have some of everything.
  • rayfu75
    rayfu75 Posts: 209 Member
    I've done kickboxing, Thai boxing, judo and Japanese combat style ju jitsu for the last 19 years. Half the class are female and we all train together. When fighting someone weaker, back off the power and use technique only otherwise neither learns anything. Train with gi and no gi. Learn everything. No style is best so have some of everything.

    Truth!
  • zorbaru
    zorbaru Posts: 1,077 Member
    ive done quite a few MA over the last 25 years or so. got a BB in tkd and 1st kyu in shotokan karate. also dabbled in capoeira and ICHF Hapkido.
    The art i was doing when i gave it up was Okinawan Kenpo (Koryu Uchinade Kenpo Jutsu), which is basically MMA but done in a more traditional japanese setting with gi and kata etc. www.martialartsadelaide.com was my school, there is a demo video (starring me and the reason i joined this site) that will explain what it is..
  • Mauthos
    Mauthos Posts: 128 Member
    I currently train in Kenpo, Kick Boxing and Tang Soo Do, but due to travelling around a lot in my previous career I have tried my hand at a few things.

    Funnily enough though, a good friend of mine who is female loves jujitsu and trains with a fairly tough mma gym near me and competes regularly but even though she is well known there, one of the hardest workers in the gym, sometimes she still gets odd comments from the men. One claimed he couldn't roll with her because he is happily married!
  • Tuala42
    Tuala42 Posts: 274 Member
    I used to and I really miss it. I sparred and grappled usually with my husband. The instructor was a policeman, taught jiu jitsu and he was a big jeet kune do fan, plus a little kali. Had the opportunity for a fantastic weekend seminar once years ago in NY with Richard Bustillo, Ted Wong, Chris Kent, that was amazing. I quit when I got pregnant with twins and never made the time to go back. Now that they're almost 13 I really should talk them into going with me, but will have to find a new place now.
  • zorbaru
    zorbaru Posts: 1,077 Member
    i love seminars. wish i had the time and money to go to more. the stand out ones ive been to were Dan Inosanto and Jeff Speakman. Mr Speakman was awesome, acted like any other student, not a movie star or "superior sensei"
  • urban_ninja
    urban_ninja Posts: 175 Member
    Kickboxing is an awesome workout. Light sparring is as far as I go though. There are a few guys in my gym that current and ex mma fighters so I try to keep the beat downs I receive to a minimum. Kind of why I like sport jiu jitsu more because i don't get punched in the face !

    I agree with not getting punched or kicked in the face. Don't like that so much anymore. I do like that I can go 100% in ground fighting for a better "real world" experience (except for eye gouging and biting). Wing Chun compliments BJJ so well. I used to be a high kicker back in the days but my flexibility is no longer there...unless they are 4 feet tall :laugh:
  • Kekkling
    Kekkling Posts: 9 Member
    I started Jiu Jitsu in February of this year and I completely in love with it, will be going for my yellow belt very shortly. It gives me the drive and the energy I've been looking for. Our Sensei is a strong believer in combining Jiu Jitsu with Kickboxing in order to get more of the finesse in our movements. I started Kickboxing also and now I cannot seem to get enough of doing both at the same time!

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