Martial Arts

[Lemur]

I trained in Judo and boxing. Haven't kept up, sadly. When my boy lemur is old enough, I figure we may take it up together. Problem is, all the dojos hereabouts are Tae Kwan Do, which I'm not very keen on. (I saw a black-belt TKD practitioner get utterly destroyed by a big, drunk Irish guy. Tends to take the shine off.)

[Mouzafphaerre]

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[discovery1]

I am an avid practitioner of martial arts, and practice the Eastern arts of Tae Kwon Do, Judo, and Tai Chi, as well as the Western arts of Boxing, Fencing, Kick-Boxing.

And how often do you practice each of these combat styles Vuk?


I practice Choy Lei Fut Kung Fu, a style dominated by large arching attacks. I practice for 3 hours each week with actually instructors, along with a varying amount of time each week on my own.

[Fragony]

Kickboxing, the only one that matters

[Samurai Waki]

I was into boxing as a young kid, my dad would take me to the gym when I was about six, and one of the guys there was an old fighter and decided he would teach me a few tricks in his spare time. I did that until I was about ten or eleven, lot of fun, even though I was never in an actual boxing match. Then I when I turned about nineteen I got into Brazilian Jujitsu, which is something I still practice(d) about three times a week. However, where I'm living now there isn't any Dojos, so I might be forced to take Judo instead.

[Ronin]

Practiced Yoseikan Budo for a number of years....

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then an ankle injury and getting into college conspired to get me to drop it about 5 years ago.

[Slug For A Butt]

I was into my Bushido Karate many many years ago. I actually achieved Brown belt first tab and did a lot of free fighting before I eventually threw away all the hard work to pursue a career with girls and beer.

Kickboxing, the only one that matters

You want to tell that to a mixed martial artist?

[macsen rufus]

I haven't kept it up in recent years, but when I was younger I did Tae Kwon Do, Kyokushinkai karate and a smattering of judo. The judo is the only one that I ever needed, thanks to a drunken lout in a nightclub who kept going for me even though he couldn't work out how he ended up flat on his back every time Luckily the bouncers knew me as a regular and soon escorted him to the door... I suppose you could call archery and javelin martial arts too, both of which I enjoyed immensely.

I much preferred the TKD to the karate, though, but that has more to do with the teacher and the size of the dojo. The karate dojo was much larger, and more "sport" oriented - all katas and push-ups - whereas the TKD was a small group and definitely aimed at self-defence, with more time on the mats, 2 on 1, 3 on 1, up to 5 on 1 (only the teacher excelled at those odds though ), dealing with knife attacks etc etc. But the main outcome really was self-discipline and confidence.

[English assassin]

I did about three years of shotokan karate at school. I'm sort of with Lemur on karate, (well, he said TKD, but its pretty similar) in that its more of a sport with some possible self defence use than a real self defence thing any more. Not that I would have wanted to meet my Sensei on a dark night. Still enjoyed it though.

Then I did a year of Jujitsu, that definitely rocked. This is the one that the little assassins will be doing.

After that I too fell victim to the dreaded timetable.

[Fragony]

You want to tell that to a mixed martial artist?

Well if you take it for the ability to give someone hell, judo and kickboxing (and a few jiu jitsu tricks) are the only really usefull ones. The oriental fighting skills are more of an art like ballet. Completily impractical, you never get to land these hits in a real situation. Kickboxing might me the least visualy appealing, but it's about endurance and how much hits you can handle, it's much 'rawer'.

Subedei, add to that that in kickboxing you kick down just above the knee, unless you have good knees you are swept from your feet. And even if you are not it's still incredibly painfull. No such problem in regular boxing, I hope

[Kralizec]

I did JuJitsu for a while but I never got further then the yellow belt, when the times at wich I used to train became inconvienient. Fun though.

Fencing sounds fun, and so does horse archery (yes it's still being tought, I remember Orda Khan posting a video about it ) but these obviously won't be of much use in a dark alley kind of scenario.

[Vuk]

I trained in Judo and boxing. Haven't kept up, sadly. When my boy lemur is old enough, I figure we may take it up together. Problem is, all the dojos hereabouts are Tae Kwan Do, which I'm not very keen on. (I saw a black-belt TKD practitioner get utterly destroyed by a big, drunk Irish guy. Tends to take the shine off.)

lol Lemur, TWD rocks. I am testing for my Bo Dan next semester. :P
TWD is a distance fighting skill, and usually becomes useless at close range. (though there are exceptions) That is why you need to know fighting skills for close combat and REALLY close combat. :P Where TWD leaves off, Tai Chi takes over. :P

And how often do you practice each of these combat styles Vuk?

Right now? I am only being instructed in TWD, but still practice Tai Chi and Judo at least twice a week.
Haven't fenced in quite a few years I'm afraid. :P

Vuk

[doc_bean]

I did some TKD as a kid, before it got really popular. Martial arts became pretty unpractical for me since I don't see to well without my glasses.

I trained in Judo and boxing. Haven't kept up, sadly. When my boy lemur is old enough, I figure we may take it up together. Problem is, all the dojos hereabouts are Tae Kwan Do, which I'm not very keen on. (I saw a black-belt TKD practitioner get utterly destroyed by a big, drunk Irish guy. Tends to take the shine off.)

If you want him to be able to deal out some serious damage just get him a gun !

[Vuk]

I did some TKD as a kid, before it got really popular. Martial arts became pretty unpractical for me since I don't see to well without my glasses.



If you want him to be able to deal out some serious damage just get him a gun !

lol, I need glasses as well, but I still get into MA's. In fact, I have been unfortunate enough to require them to defend myself recently.

Gun? No, a knife. I am much more afraid of fighting someone armed with a knife than a gun. I have disarmed someone with a gun before, the only time I fought someone with a knife, I got permanent damage to my arm, and suffered pretty bad bleeding. Not only is it much easier to avoid injury when the assailant has a gun, but dying from being shot is a lot more mercifull than how you'd die if someone killed you with a knife.

Vuk

[doc_bean]

Gun? No, a knife. I am much more afraid of fighting someone armed with a knife than a gun.

I don't know, I suspect people expect the gun to do all the work for them and just don't use it 'wisely' (remember: guns don't kill people, people kill people !). I don't think anything beats a loaded gun with the safety off if you've got reasonably quick reflexes and don't feel the need to extend your arm before shooting (making it easy to disarm you).

[Vuk]

I don't know, I suspect people expect the gun to do all the work for them and just don't use it 'wisely' (remember: guns don't kill people, people kill people !). I don't think anything beats a loaded gun with the safety off if you've got reasonably quick reflexes and don't feel the need to extend your arm before shooting (making it easy to disarm you).

Maybe. Most people DON'T know how to use a gun though, and it is a lot easier to disarm someone with a gun than someone with a knife. The guy I trained under (ex-military instructor and grandmaster ) likes to say that in a knife fight "you always get cut". From my experience, that is true.
I guess it depends on circustance, but I at least would much rather take my chances disarming someone who had a gun than a knife.

Vuk

[Lorenzo_H]

Maybe. Most people DON'T know how to use a gun though, and it is a lot easier to disarm someone with a gun than someone with a knife. The guy I trained under (ex-military instructor and grandmaster ) likes to say that in a knife fight "you always get cut". From my experience, that is true.
I guess it depends on circustance, but I at least would much rather take my chances disarming someone who had a gun than a knife.

Vuk

I'd like to see you disarm me when I have a 9mm pointed at you...and I am not being sarcastic; I would merely be very surprised if you succeeded.

I do MMA and a little Karate, to answer the original post.

[Samurai Waki]

Part of my Jiujitsu Training Involved some Anti Terrorist Techniques performed admirably by some former Mossad Agents.

I agree that it can be easy to disarm someone with a Gun, but it's never safe to assume it, and that the person behind the weapon doesn't know how to use it. I've been firing guns since I was six, I'm pretty sure I could kill someone very easily who thought they could disarm me. Of course, I would have to assume that this person was a threat to me, and I had my 9mm on me.