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    Anyone here learn Martial Arts?

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    edited January 19 in Chit-Chat
    I'm a basic instructor in Filipino Martial Arts (Escrima/Kali/Arnis).
    I've also took a few Korean Tang So Do classes.
    I really want to learn Muay Thai Kick Boxing and perhaps Krav Maga.

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    • Posts: 2,312 Member
      I got an orange belt in KiDo’Kyo Moo Kwan, a Korean martial art very similar to Thai kwon do, but had to stop going due to having too much on my plate with my divorce. If my ex wife starts exercising her mid week visitation with the kids again, I think I am going to start taking bjj, muay thai, and krav magra.
    • Posts: 373 Member
      Im currently a Kravist(Krav Maga), and I'm just getting into Combat Submission Wrestling. Fun stuff. There is a unique kali group near where I live and im considering them. It's called atienza kali. Seems more effective than the inosanto stuff, as they really get into using knives as projectiles, and multiple opponent, as well as working as a group.
    • Posts: 857 Member
      I've tried a bit of everything.

      Underage: Capoeira (before I left the Bahamas) American Freestyle Karate (earned my deputy Shodan between 1991 and 1997), Wrestling

      Adulthood: Kyokushin Karate, Jujutsu/Judo, Wing Chun.

      Looking to get back into (knockdown) Karate, either Kyokushin/Shin-Kyokushin, Daido Juku/Kudo, Enshin, Shidokan, or Ashihara Karate or perhaps an RBSD, like Keysi Fighting Method.
    • Posts: 16
      Currently a 2nd degree in Tang Soo Do. About one year from my 3rd degree pre-test. Have also trained in Judo, Escrima and Hapkido.
    • Posts: 429 Member
      I suck at it, but I was forced to learn by my Uncle who owns an MMA gym and trained in Korea. I like it, but I was always the only girl so I felt uncomfortable and quit
    • Posts: 417 Member
      I just got my 15-year pin at my Al Bender's Kung Fu Academy of New Jersey. Martial arts are a BIG part of my losing weight and getting healthier. I love doing kung fu, but I was really only mediocre. As I lost weight, however, my kung fu got better. This made me want to put more into it, which helped me lose more weight... It was great!
    • Posts: 793 Member
      Took Tae Kwon-Do to brown belt in Toronto. Moved away because of work..the new schools wanted me to start over at white belt, and that was the end of my Tae Kwon-Do. Outside of that it was a good experience and a fantastic work-out. Non stop for and entire hour.
    • Posts: 1,196 Member
      Filipino Martial Arts are cool! I have had a few Kali classes in my Jeet Kune Do school. Very cool!

      I also study Capoeira.
    • Posts: 1 Member
      I practiced a Korean martial art called Kook Sul Won. I trained for over 2 years and reached the giddy hights of red belt.
      My divorce in 2008 and my move to Buckinghamshire ended my opportunity to take things further; but the love of marital arts will never die.
      Suzanne Hill
    • Posts: 143 Member
      Trained in Judo and Karate as a child. Tae Kwon Do as a teen. Boxing, Muay Thai, Judo and freestyle wrestling as an adult.
    • Posts: 611 Member
      I am trained in the martial arts of black girl arm windmill fighting.
    • Posts: 5 Member
      I'm training in Goju Ryu Karate. I'm ranked 2nd Kyu -brown with two black stripes. I should be ready to test for 1st Dan later this year.
    • Posts: 1,358 Member
      I am currently learning Tae Kwon Do. I would love to learn Krav Maga and Aikido someday as well.
    • Posts: 373 Member
      I am currently learning Tae Kwon Do. I would love to learn Krav Maga and Aikido someday as well.
      Aikido will take you years. Krav Maga is an EXCELLENT choice. In all the street fights I got into as a kid, if I had known this art back then, I would have never lost. I cant say the same for the kungfu and the brazilian ju jitsu i tried. I was usually jumped by 2 or more people, and submitting one on the ground would have gotten me kicked and stomped in the head. But this Krav stuff makes you a brilliant fighter. Not because its a magic art, but because it increases your gross motor awareness and strategy.
    • Posts: 56 Member
      MMA since 2008. Not a fighter, but involved in the industry and train with fighters.

      BJJ, Muay Thai, boxing, submission wrestling, etc.
    • Posts: 834 Member
      Kali is great. Always wanted to train that. There were lots of guys who did that where I trained Muay Thai years ago. But yeah, Muay Thai, BJJ, submission grappling.
    • Posts: 27 Member
      I'm currently a 1st degree black belt in Songahm Taekwondo and would recommend it to anyone. Great cardio workout after a long day!
    • Posts: 16
      I am trained in the martial arts of black girl arm windmill fighting.
      Awesome! I've seen alot of that :)
    • Posts: 844 Member
      yep. hand to hand military special forces, internal and external kung fu styles, take downs, submissions, locking, controlling, breaking, all the fun stuff. And weapons. I love weapons. Especially the flexible ones since not many people know how to defend against a whip, rope, chain or dart.
    • Posts: 1,229 Member
      I am def going to join an MMA gym when I reach a bit better level of fitness.

      A friend of mine is a fighter and I went to his gym the other day - and it was good times as I puked after their warm up LOL I can't believe how hard those dudes train.
    • Posts: 1,358 Member
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      Aikido will take you years. Krav Maga is an EXCELLENT choice. In all the street fights I got into as a kid, if I had known this art back then, I would have never lost. I cant say the same for the kungfu and the brazilian ju jitsu i tried. I was usually jumped by 2 or more people, and submitting one on the ground would have gotten me kicked and stomped in the head. But this Krav stuff makes you a brilliant fighter. Not because its a magic art, but because it increases your gross motor awareness and strategy.

      I'm not worried about it taking "years". I've been learning TKD for 3.5 years and LOVE the process.

      I've heard good things about Brazilian Jitsu as well.
    • Posts: 1,389 Member
      I've studies several martial arts over the years... I have a black belt in Shotokan Karate and an American Karate school. I continued practicing Shotokan, as well as Judo and Sosuishi Ryu Jiu Jitsu for several years. I also practice Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and have competed in grappling tourneys. I took Muay thai in the past and currently train independently as part of an MMA curriculum.
      I've also studied, albeit, to a much more limited capacity, Wing Chun, Ninjitsu, Kaze Arashi Ryu Aiki Jujitsu and Sipal ki.
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      I'm not worried about it taking "years". I've been learning TKD for 3.5 years and LOVE the process.

      I've heard good things about Brazilian Jitsu as well.

      Well you have to assess the WHY of taking martial arts. If you love the art and the learning, then yes TKD is just fine. It is not usable in defending yourself, however. Aikido is VERY usable in all of the above, but will take 7+ years to gain that level of proficiency. Time IS a factor, because often things change in our lives such as moving away or becoming too busy to do anything else. BJJ is ALSO excellent and applicable to everything. You can't go wrong with either Aikido, BJJ, or Krav honestly.
    • Posts: 106
      I'm a purple belt in Freestyle Karate .
    • Posts: 1,358 Member
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      Well you have to assess the WHY of taking martial arts. If you love the art and the learning, then yes TKD is just fine. It is not usable in defending yourself, however. Aikido is VERY usable in all of the above, but will take 7+ years to gain that level of proficiency. Time IS a factor, because often things change in our lives such as moving away or becoming too busy to do anything else. BJJ is ALSO excellent and applicable to everything. You can't go wrong with either Aikido, BJJ, or Krav honestly.

      re "It (TKD) is not usable in defending yourself"... Korean military would disagree.
    • Posts: 176 Member
      I'm taking Kung Fu (Hung Gar) and it's the best thing I have ever done.... also the fact that Elvis Stojko is our instructor once in a while :)
      The one thing I love about Kung Fu is that it trains you for real life scenarios and it's a great cardio workout.
      Being told that I have the strength and power to break a leg or an arm makes me feel very powerful. As a woman I do not want to be weak and want to be able to defend myself.
    • Posts: 141
      I am a green belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu.
    • Posts: 2,437 Member
      I've trained in Muay Thai for about a year and half, off and on.
    • Posts: 373 Member
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      re "It (TKD) is not usable in defending yourself"... Korean military would disagree.

      Any martial art is useful against powerless, and scared masses who will never lift a finger against the governing body for fear of capital death.
    • Posts: 3,614 Member
      I currently do Muy Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

      I did Krav Maga for about a year and I adored it. Unfortunately it was just really expensive.
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