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I just started Tae Kwon Do at the start of the new year and I was wondering what yall study?

I did some Tae Kwon Do and some other stuff. Martial Arts are cool. If it gets difficult, stick with it. It's worth it.

I did a Tae Kwon Doe and Karate mix years ago. It was good stuff.

I did Tae Kwan Do as a youngster up until I was 17 when my trainer / friend died. He stopped teaching at a school, so we just trained in a garage the two of us. It was much fun.

Really enjoyed that a lot

I have been learning Yin style Baguazhang for the last few months.

MagnusTheBuilder wrote:I did some Tae Kwon Do and some other stuff. Martial Arts are cool. If it gets difficult, stick with it. It's worth it.

Mag, modesty doesn't suit you...

Mag use to travel around the world and fight professionally. He had sponsors, trainers and people to rub his feet.

He could kill you with his pinky finger.

erosvamp wrote:

MagnusTheBuilder wrote:I did some Tae Kwon Do and some other stuff. Martial Arts are cool. If it gets difficult, stick with it. It's worth it.

Mag, modesty doesn't suit you...

Mag use to travel around the world and fight professionally. He had sponsors, trainers and people to rub his feet.

He could kill you with his pinky finger.

All true.

I think that everyone starts in Tae Kwon Do (it must really mean "That Which Everyone Knows"). I've gone from TKD to Kuk Sul Won (a Korean blend of styles) to Aikido to Mixed Martial Arts. So far MMA has been my favorite, though I study it mostly for the work-out and the discipline. I really like learning a fighting style that teaches me to fight on my feet AND on my back (which I unfortunately have a tendency to end up on...in a fight that is...don't think I can save this one).

I've met Magnus and I wouldn't want to fuck with him even IF I hadn't known his pedigree.

Hang in there Scumbag, the benefits will start to kick in in a few months. The hurting, however, you'll just have to get used to.

Not a popular one, but I did Kendo for five or six years.

I started with TKD back in university (ooh, shocker). Chewed through a bunch of different styles (aikido, shotokan, kung fu, etc.)... lucked out and finally found a school (Koryu Uchinadi ) at my gym that really suited what I wanted in a system. Been with KU for coming up on 4 years and anticipate sticking with it as long as they'll have me.

--Jaeger

Kun Tao Silat.

Been a few years though and even after getting hurt I took lessons how to fight from a wheelchair and chairs...and with canes/crutches.

I've been thinking about Grav Maga since the girl is doing it and silat doesn't exist here in the pit of Texas.

If you're totally style agnostic and just want to disassemble your opponent as quickly as possible, I'm pretty convinced that Krav Maga is the way to go, especially if someone's starting from square one (which, BG, you obviously ain't, but from what I've seen it's still a slightly different critter and a totally different focus than any other style I've seen).

And cane techniques are cool.

--Jaeger

Just got back from class. As far as the burn goes I am learning that I have no upper body strength but I have legs on my side. Skateboarding and snowboarding have made my legs rather fit but left much to be desired up top. I have found that there is a really close tie between skateboarding and martial arts, in that the only way to fail is to fail yourself; there is no team just you, yourself, just standing by your lonesome. Also a huge amount of balance, body control, and funny as it sounds the ability to take multiple hits and not get dazed. If there is one thing that skateboarding has taught me it is how to abuse ones body to the point of failure. I am not trying to brag in saying that all the instructors and senior students always ask me if I have done martial arts before. I want to stick with tae kwon do for awhile but I have always been intrigued by silat and the filipino martial arts... Someday... Someday.

You want to talk about your story magnus?

sul sa do for 23 years. Took 2nd overall in flyweight Coors superfights two years running - guess that makes me a pro too. overall? great way to teach your body to do things that it does not want to do naturally. good for repitition and aerobic exercise. just remember that sparring is not fighting, the motivation is all wrong. have fun and enjoy it, it all comes together at a point, or you quit. Either way, you'll be better for having done it.

Oh, and Eskrima is cool too. i always wanted to do wing chun kung fu just because . . . .

You may want to talk to Kam, he's well versed in close in hand techniques and extremely skilled with a knife

Scumbag congrats on starting TKD,
Any style you like and study will benefit you. Personally never
cared for TKD and went with Kenpo, kung fu and then Aikido.
Of course at work we do a variation of Combatives. Then again I
prefer not to have to get that close and just squeeze a trigger, just a personal preference.

Then again you could try this:
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goose wrote:You may want to talk to Kam, he's well versed in close in hand techniques and extremely skilled with a knife

Oh... I have learned this... intimately.

What more can you tell me about Sul Sa Do?

I took Jeet Kun Do (Bruce Lee's invention) for a few months and took a short TKD course at the YMCA.

JKD was pretty cool. Its pretty straight forward in its goals: end the fight as quickly as possible (Bruce Lee said that no fight should last longer than 30sec) and no showy stuff. No kicks above the waist, no fancy stances, etc. They pretty much cherry pick all the best stuff from all the forms. My teacher was mostly trained in Krav Maga. It seems like a pretty brutal form. That and kickboxing were the main focus of the training. But we also incorporated alot of training with sticks (Kali/Escrima) with the notion that sticks move FAST and if you're used to that, an opponent's fists will seem slow.

I was pretty bad at it, but LOVED sparring. Would have liked to continue training but a career change left me w/ no time.

Good luck and have fun!

I practice Ryusei Karate http://www.ryusei-karate.com/ which is an offshoot of Chito Ryu. I am supposed to test for black belt in June.
I love that our style is always evolving, never about scoring points, all about self-defense, power and pain.

'bout a decade of mixed Judo and Uechi Ryu Karate. Judo was good for things like falling off a bike. After you get slammed into a canvas-covered plywood mat several hundred times a day for years on end, falling off a bike just once doesn't even faze you. The karate's actually come in more handy in altercations.

Nowadays, Combatives, the US Army-designed style. It's a complete joke until you get to 'Level 3' or so out of the 4 levels, then it's only half a joke. One of the core concepts, starting off, is that fights between two relatively equal opponents are not ended with strikes (punches, kicks, etc.). They're ended with grapples that take control of the fight.

This is absolutely, 100% true. As long as you're talking about two untrained people throwing haymakers and tackling each other. Try a running, head-down tackle from 5-10 feet away against someone who's actually trained. Without a fair bit of luck, you will do it precisely once with your original set of teeth.

I took some Judo in junior college. The kids are in Tae Kwan Do right now. They really like it.

Gahread wrote: One of the core concepts, starting off, is that fights between two relatively equal opponents are not ended with strikes (punches, kicks, etc.). They're ended with grapples that take control of the fight.

This is absolutely, 100% true. As long as you're talking about two untrained people throwing haymakers and tackling each other. Try a running, head-down tackle from 5-10 feet away against someone who's actually trained. Without a fair bit of luck, you will do it precisely once with your original set of teeth.

absolutely correct. still, teaching your body to expand beyond its limits is worthwhile. Tkd will take you there. later in your training you should augment with ju jitsu or judo. as i said before, huge dif between sparring and fighting. grabs and sweeps are not well taken by korean martial arts. however, there is no fairness or honor in a fight, you should prepare for that if you want to be more well rounded as a fighter. never thought much of crav maga, likely due to the practitioners i've known. in theory, it makes sense

goose wrote:

Gahread wrote: One of the core concepts, starting off, is that fights between two relatively equal opponents are not ended with strikes (punches, kicks, etc.). They're ended with grapples that take control of the fight.

This is absolutely, 100% true. As long as you're talking about two untrained people throwing haymakers and tackling each other. Try a running, head-down tackle from 5-10 feet away against someone who's actually trained. Without a fair bit of luck, you will do it precisely once with your original set of teeth.

absolutely correct. still, teaching your body to expand beyond its limits is worthwhile. Tkd will take you there. later in your training you should augment with ju jitsu or judo. as i said before, huge dif between sparring and fighting. grabs and sweeps are not well taken by korean martial arts. however, there is no fairness or honor in a fight, you should prepare for that if you want to be more well rounded as a fighter. never thought much of crav maga, likely due to the practitioners i've known. in theory, it makes sense

I am with you Goose... I am not looking for a self defense methodology here, really my intent is to make my body do things it traditionally does not like to/can do. Sure the fighting is a great byproduct but the discipline to go and do kicks until I can no longer lift my leg is the rad part. I am really enjoying trying to push my body to the point of failure as sick as that sounds. My goal is to stick with TKD for awhile and then when I am satisfied with myself move into a form of silat.

scumbag wrote:really my intent is to make my body do things it traditionally does not like to/can do.

TKD will take you there. It's good for people who are naturally lean, tall and can develop fast-twitch muscles.

Tai Chi is another good one if you're interested in overall health and fitness. It's not as applicable for fighting, but doing the drills is enforced relaxation. It's hard to be tense if you're doing it correctly.

Wanna make your body do weird stuff? Yoga.

--Jaeger

Jaeger wrote:Wanna make your body do weird stuff? Meth.

--Jaeger

I fixed that.

Jaeger wrote:Wanna make your body do weird stuff? Yoga.

--Jaeger

I Agree.







Posted men so you can see them actually doing it... No Homo?

So I tested for my next rank this eve and I will not find out until next monday. I am pretty confident that I nailed it so I am at home chillin with a beer now. I had the flu for the past 2 weeks so I was not sure I was going to be healthy enough but luckily I was able to muster some semblance of health. Will let yall know how it goes.

Good luck!

scumbag wrote:So I tested for my next rank this eve and I will not find out until next monday. I am pretty confident that I nailed it so I am at home chillin with a beer now. I had the flu for the past 2 weeks so I was not sure I was going to be healthy enough but luckily I was able to muster some semblance of health. Will let yall know how it goes.

you'll be fine. a good school will fail you once or more as you progress. failure teaches you more about how to succeed than success. however, only if you care to learn . . . not just a martial arts lesson. . . .

goose wrote:

scumbag wrote:So I tested for my next rank this eve and I will not find out until next monday. I am pretty confident that I nailed it so I am at home chillin with a beer now. I had the flu for the past 2 weeks so I was not sure I was going to be healthy enough but luckily I was able to muster some semblance of health. Will let yall know how it goes.

you'll be fine. a good school will fail you once or more as you progress. failure teaches you more about how to succeed than success. however, only if you care to learn . . . not just a martial arts lesson. . . .

Like I said I feel good about my forms and one steps that I had to perform and I like to think I should pass but there were a few people in the class that if they pass then the school has lost credibility in my eyes. Good words, it truly applies to all facets of life. Learn, learn, and learn so as not to let your failures become habits.

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