Curious if anyone on here has ever had an interest in martial arts? Took a few months of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu but found that I enjoy Kickboxing a lot more. Fantastic workouts for cardio and you gain the skill of fighting with your bare hands.
I had to look that one up. What belt do you have?Goju-Ryu for 4 yrs.
He really didn't care about the belt system but he was a Red . He said belts really didn't matter it was to commercialized (he always said you will know when your are there) In my forth yr. he was broad sided and broke his neck and lived a yr. as a quadriplegic. He was from Ok Okinawa .I had to look that one up. What belt do you have?
I'm assuming you are talking about your instructor?He really didn't care about the belt system but he was a Red . He said belts really didn't matter it was to commercialized (he always said you will know when your are there) In my forth yr. he was broad sided and broke his neck and lived a yr. as a quadriplegic. He was from Ok Okinawa .
Is ninjitsu really about trying to become a ninja? That's the stigma around it anyway.Judo and some ninjitsu
Yes .I'm assuming you are talking about your instructor?
Both The Princess ( my better half) have studied Kung Fu. I did not stick with (being deployed at sea complicates things) but she has stuck with and is working on her 5th level black belt. She has also taken up Taekwondo. She likes it for the physical exercise.Curious if anyone on here has ever had an interest in martial arts? Took a few months of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu but found that I enjoy Kickboxing a lot more. Fantastic workouts for cardio and you gain the skill of fighting with your bare hands.
Well since I downloaded the videos...Curious if anyone else on here has an interest in martial arts. Took a few months of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu but found that I enjoy Kickboxing much more. Fantastic cardio with these sports and you learn how to fight with your bare hands.
That school was. Went for about 9 months. Belts didn't matter much, either. Had judo "untraining"....I was great for taking someone down, and to the mat, but in ninja you also pretend to take them out. Quit going because life got in the way, about the time I was going to start using some of the larger weapons. One fun thing we did for kicks was practice getting around without making any noise. I still like to do that. Still have my black gi, my weird toed boots, and my stars in my closet.
I got ga.
It's neat how your art can apply to other situations. I use my kickboxing core techniques and breathing when I'm felling trees with an axe and it makes the job much faster.One of my seven brothers is a black belt in Kung Fu (San Soo), along with his son (my nephew)... moi, I scrapped enough over the years to pick up some martial arts training from my brother and other "adversaries." Tae Kwon Do was popular in my high school, and I had to scrap with some of those disciples too, even though some were friends, lol... drunken brawls, you understand. But I always respected the discipline (and self-discipline) involved with martial arts. One hand I knew was a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and he applied all of those principles & techniques he learned to technical rock climbing... dude was a BAD@$$ climber, lol. Still a good friend too, though we've drifted apart over the years, more's the pity... I always liked the guy, because he didn't f#% around when crunch time came, he just took care of business. But he was DEEP with the core principles too, and would not use force except as a last resort. 
I even stopped drinking beer for a bit because I was seeing double.Two threads.
I think new guy isn't proficient with forum use yet. I've been here five years and still screw up. LOLI even stopped drinking beer for a bit because I was seeing double.
@Curmudgeon can help.
Two threads.
I even stopped drinking beer for a bit because I was seeing double.
@Curmudgeon can help.
The Princess stopped the competition after the youngest in the senior division were 20 years her junior.Back in my later thirtys I was taking a computer repair class at the local junior colledge. I had paid for a full load of hours and the computer class didnt use up all the hours so I signed up for a karate class. The Sensi got the class accreditation because he taught a lot of the history and spirituality.
It turned out to be far harder than I imagined and I enrolled in his dojo after the college class was over. Got into sparring and got as high as brown belt.
Somewhere in there I went thru a messy divorce and karate became a outlet for frustration. I was training and sparring four nights a week and competing in various tournaments on the weekends.
My brown belt was in Shutokan traditional okinawan karate and I also did several other forms at different schools including Goju Ryu and Penjat Silat at a place in Denver.
When I moved from rural washington state to denver and showed up at the local school I didn't really know my skill/bezerker level and i promptly squared off in class with their young guy they were flying to various tournaments around the country. He had all the fancy moves but I had the timing and was able to use timing and closing the distance. After that I got to spar with everybody and only ended up with one broken eardrum, a couple of broken ribs, a broken toe, a kidney infection and a messed up nose.
What did I learn....some very good methods of gathering energy and the fact that there is always someone who is quicker, faster and more deadly, even if they don't look like it.
Don't get hit.
Use more than one technique.
Fight your own fight.
Never stop fighting.
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