Martial Arts anyone?...

[ramenkage]

style: level

and comment if you want


Tae kwon do: red black

[park]

kempo (tama ryu kempo jujitsu), black, been at it a long long time,

[Ballistics]

MUHA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA~ Any kinda style I got a belt for it...sure there all white belt's

-_-;; what else can i say? I just use street fighting...with a little bit of Boxing [Really the best and most $$$ kinda fighing there is]

If you had to give my style a class...it would be kinda like Boxing/Judo...I remember beating a Brown Belt from a Karate Class when I was going to Karate Class...

Well there you have it amigos, I one bad mother-*Shut your mouth* Ballistics out...[B]

[itachi]

Tae kwon do: red

I quit Martial Art when i got red belt for a month. If i stayed for little bit longer than i could got red black belt.

[Shinigami Atma]

Kenpo Karate: Purple belt with red belt honors

Kickboxing: Orange belt

Boxing: Orange belt

[TheUnlimited]

Tae Kwon Do: Brown

I stopped there in 4th grade

[Orihime]

Tae Kwon Do ~ second red

Not sure if it's really under martial arts but
weapons ~ stick/white belt (just started wednesday!) ;)

[Soul Abortion]

I can beat all of you down with my ninjutsu.

but um. I think heinzbitte does some martial arts.

[park]

I can beat all of you down with my ninjutsu.

but um. I think heinzbitte does some martial arts.

lmao we dont have ninjitsu in ohio we have.... KEMPO :headbang:

[-kunoichi-sasuke-]

does any one here take n e martial arts?... and if so, which one(s)?

i take tae kwon do and tai chi right now... i want to get into judo or something else later on though ^_^

.... so how about everyone else?

[Hits]

I did take a bit of kung fu when I was 10 years old. Never made it past yellow belt since I took up swimming instead. I hear rumors that martial arts slows down height growth. No thanks. And is tai chi a martial arts?

[-kunoichi-sasuke-]

i dunno... i just take it so i put it up... well i kinda stopped going to tai chi kinda... and i dont know about that short thing >_>... ill go ask or something...

[Hits]

i didn't really get the whole point of kung fu. i personally hate fighting and kung fu seemed to validate my point.

[Kenken]

i did karate years ago but i left it, now i would like to study kendo

[Ryuujin Massatsu]

I'm a sissy, I'd prolly get kicked in the face and die.

[Sanzora]

I would really like to do Tai Chi! Haven't started yet though ^_^ YET...

[kaede822]

been studying Taekwondo for years now...i've been through promotions but sadly our Korean master had to leave the country..so our dojang is on hold for a while...but yeah, i've also tried Karate and Muay Thai..but its hard adapting to a new principle...

[SoundWave]

Been training judo for about 6 years now.... Tried some karate and jiu-jitsu(sp?), but I found out that I didn't really like the whole punching and kicking aspect. I train judo because it's good exercise. ^^

[kiMMii]

Yeah, my brother and me did it for 7 months then we left, it got boring lol.
This was when we were 13-14 so i dont even remember what type of teaching it was.

[Mercurius]

I've been doing Judo now for about 7 years I think....

...cause it's (lots of) fun (atleast when you're Judoing in my club ^^)...and like Nos said it's good excercise

[kiMMii]

What belt have you reached now? i got to yellow haha

[Raku]

Did Taekwondo for a couple of years. Doing Tai chi for 3, you can really feel a difference when doing this. Your day is just easier to overcome and all that

[Sandal Hat]

I used to take classes online, but then that just got kinda boring and old so I just lift weights now.

[Raku]

I used to take classes online, but then that just got kind boring old so I just lift weights now.

o.O --note to himself--

Dont tease Sandal hat..

oh and forgot to say.. I quit Taekwondo for Kendo prefer that by far

[Shinigami_Josh]

i did karate long time ago for a bit then did tae-kwon-dofor a year or to now i am doing kendo witch i contiue to refer to as beating people with sticks

[Mercurius]

What belt have you reached now? i got to yellow haha


....I'm brown ....and I'll going for Black within 2 years...

[Lolable]

just self defense :(
u got only to kick the guy in that spot :P
nah but iwant to study judo

[miso_ramen]

Is Kendo martial arts? I did a paper on it (in 6th grade so it was probably trash) and someone said it isn't...
Yep, Kendo is nice ^_^..
There's Judo class next to my home... Wonder if I should try it... Oh yeah, it's got high METS! ^_^

[Random Havoc]

There's a long forgottten thread about martials arts already.

[kiMMii]

....I'm brown ....and I'll going for Black within 2 years...
Good luck :winking56

[AltoK]

I'm going to start Qi Gong in September ; and maybe Tai Chi Chuan someday.

[SLVR]

I do
Muay Tai
Aikido
Iaido (next year if I pass I go to battojutsu)

[Wabisuke]

jeet kune do and kali

good times

[Sacred-kun]

i never taken any form of learning martial arts but ever since i was a kid i've wanted to. damn those power rangers xD

[Someguy1]

Is Kendo martial arts? I did a paper on it (in 6th grade so it was probably trash) and someone said it isn't...
Martial Art - Any of several Asian arts of combat or self-defense, such as aikido, karate, judo, or tae kwon do, usually practiced as sport.
(from answer.com)

yeh, kendo certainly sounds like a martial art!

i did hapkido before in 6th grade and did some Wushu at my sister's class a few times. Then my Hapkido master got in a car accident and things sorta went downhill after that....
nowadays i just practice the Art of "Angrily Shaking Fist" and
"Running Away-Do."

Seriously.

[Shinigami_Josh]

lol answers are bars*** martial arts is any sport that involves fighting so it includes boxing... ect

[AltoK]

Martial Art - Any of several Asian arts of combat or self-defense, such as aikido, karate, judo, or tae kwon do, usually practiced as sport.
(from answer.com)
yeh, kendo certainly sounds like a martial art!
i did hapkido before in 6th grade and did some Wushu at my sister's class a few times. Then my Hapkido master got in a car accident and things sorta went downhill after that....
nowadays i just practice the Art of "Angrily Shaking Fist" and
"Running Away-Do."
Seriously.

These are *external* martial arts, but there are also *internal* ones that seek mastery upon the inner flow, Chi (Ki), to improve health, focus, and various abilities.
-> Qi Gong, Tai Chi Chuan, Wing Chun, Bagua Zhang.
Most internal martial arts are Chinese though.

[Vlad]

I have done many years of Wu Shu golden belt right now (I am about black belt level)
Have done Karate for a few years. I did Karate only to fight with many people. Did not care about belt.
Have done year of Judo, was bored, so quit.

There was thread about Martial arts before.

Shinigami_Josh: boxing is not a martial art.

[-kunoichi-sasuke-]

there was a martial arts thread before? oh im sorry... im new so i didnt know... sorry about that then...

you did quite a few ^_^... is judo really that boring? do u know any other 'ground' martial arts... i dont know what to call it... any martial arts that will help me when im down on the ground or something like that...

[Helikaon]

Taekwondo been doing it for about 4 or more years.. im a red 2nd and in about 3 days ill probably be a red 3rd

[Lex]

I did Judo until I was 12, got my brown belt and South African colours but quit when they said I needed to be at least 16 before I could go to black belt. Annoying.
I'm doing Haedong Kumdo now at 19, it's martail arts/ street fighting with swords, really cool! I haven't graded yet, next week though I do, but it's fairly simple and strengthens your arms very well and it's fun.

[Helikaon]

cool sounds pretty good to me.. but since ive already been in a gang and was a streetfighter.. it wouldnt be so new to me..

[odanion]

Jiu Jitsu here...currently about to go for my yellow belt...although my sensei said that I would need to fall asleep to miss out on my yellow belt :p

[AmenoKitarou]

I studies Karate up to blue belt then got promoted to a Sensei....but I told the head sensei that I cant teach because of busy school work and stuff...and so I stopped...now im a little rusty.

[M-50]

I do judo.

[opticlink]

I've been taking tae-kwon-do for about nine years and I am a third degree black belt.

[MatsumotoRangiku]

I want to take Tai Kwan Do or Karate I just wish I did not have asthma cause it keeps me from doing it.

[evilMJ]

i would really want to take martial arts. but i sad i cant.
but i would go to a martial art school if i get some kind of martial arts scholarship

[Ichi-Zoro 3]

Oh Ye all fighters heh! Anyone knows the 'Wu Shu' its a type of martial arts from china.. i think it's the one that jet li uses.

[airswifter]

I am doing Akido.....and know some unarmed combat........going to military school in 2years time

[Vlad]

Oh Ye all fighters heh! Anyone knows the 'Wu Shu' its a type of martial arts from china.. i think it's the one that jet li uses.
Same here. I have trained for 4 years and golden belt. And it is Jet Li's stile of fighting.

[airswifter]

In Wushu...it is seperated by Southern Fist Style and Nothern kick Style....there are 18 types of weapons in total.....one of the strongest should be a chain

[Vlad]

In Wushu...it is seperated by Southern Fist Style and Nothern kick Style....there are 18 types of weapons in total.....one of the strongest should be a chain
Nice so you know, it's very rare to find some body who knows.
I am Southern Fist Style. My chose of weapon is staff.

[airswifter]

My friend practises in Saber and Spear....which is the southern fist style
I practice Tai-chi ....

[Vlad]

My friend practises in Saber and Spear....which is the southern fist style
I practice Tai-chi ....
Saber and Spear my school do not have spear. But I am good at hand to hand fighting, my hands is specially quick.

[Daifuku]

I used to practice tae kwon do.... o.o
lol but then I quit... :S dont know why but um... yeah
I dont regret for having those practice.. >.>

[Lupin]

Aikido　
second black belt ( nidan)
Iaido First
some Jodo and Bo jutsu for fun.

Want to start english boxing or Karate:redbiggri

[strydr]

I want to start a Martial Arts but i dont know what to do... i promised my friend that i would do Kung fu next year... but i dont know really what i wanted to do... i want to concentrate on my legs... is Kung fu the thing for me?

[airswifter]

Kung fu is not a thing for faint hearted..
I broke one upper rib and twisted my neck....yea that the risk involved

[strydr]

Kung fu is not a thing for faint hearted..
I broke one upper rib and twisted my neck....yea that the risk involved
THanx for the advice... its something i also fear, doing anything that is really HArdcore or Xtreme... there is a factor of danger, but WHAT THE HELL... is the reaction of many people... i usually analyze it. Many friends of mine had serious injuries during fights, as well as some of my friends who have broken many bones of others...
One friend did a side kick (mawashigiri - or something like that) and kicked a guys ribs broken... they rushed him to hospital... but my friend got disqualified.

Its a hardcore world out there... Martial Arts makes you prepared!

[Vlad]

Yeah, some times it's dangerous. I doing Wu-Shu it's a Jet Li style of fighting.
I broke both of my arms, two of my ribs and rip mussels in my left leg.

[Lupin]

If you want to concentraite on your legs Tae Kwon Do is The one!

[Cloud.ff7.Ac]

i would like to learn martial arts and the use of weaponry but i dunno where to start :S i would suck aswell like really badly xD

[aaabbbxxx]

try eskrima. it uses a wooden stick and a knife as weapon which is so practical you can get it anywhere unlike swords, nunchakus, and spears/lance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskrima

[Delta]

Friend gave me a crash course in toshindo and I have some experience in Judo.

[Black_Lotus]

20 years Various Shaolin branch kung fu forms, Specializing in Wu ying quan (5 forms fist.) and 5 point cherry blossom spear.
7 years WTKD Tae Kwon Do, instructor exam passed.
4 years Sambo.
6 weeks Boxing.

Boxing is a martial art. Just happens to be a western one.
By definition martial arts are systems and/or programs used for the preparation and training for fight situations.

Other non-eastern martial arts.

Krav maga.
Fencing.
Wrestling.
Kickboxing.
Savate.
Capoeira.

[Shinigami_Josh]

any one know were to get bogu online for relitivly cheap

[Helikaon]

very nice.. i can see your devoted to martial arts. I forgot to mention that aswell as taekwondo ive trained with bo-staff for 6 years and have an expert ranking in knife throwing.

[airswifter]

If you want to suffer less in martial art training, try Tai Chi Fist or Tai-Chi Sword..
It emphaise on the repelling of hard attack using soft approach. I am pretty good at it. It helps keeping yourself fit. The attacks are as demotion as other martial arts.

[AznPoi]

Kung Fu for four years. Then I quit. Never really got into it.

[Black_Lotus]

very nice.. i can see your devoted to martial arts. I forgot to mention that aswell as taekwondo ive trained with bo-staff for 6 years and have an expert ranking in knife throwing.

Kinda, I started traing from about 8 yrs old in basic shaolin long fist forms with my dad. So martial arts was a part of my upbringing rather than just a sport or a hobby. I was never aware I was doing anything different from anyone else until I was much older.
Other kids played ball with their fathers, I did kung fu forms.

[Shinigami_Josh]

Kinda, I started traing from about 8 yrs old in basic shaolin long fist forms with my dad. So martial arts was a part of my upbringing rather than just a sport or a hobby. I was never aware I was doing anything different from anyone else until I was much older.
Other kids played ball with their fathers, I did kung fu forms.

kung fu forms > playing ball

i want to do ninjutsu but no one does it were i live now i find out a guy i knows dad has an insturctors licence for it but he wont teach have to get on it

i do kendo and my school next term is starting a aikido club taught by my physics teacher

[Vlad]

20 years Various Shaolin branch kung fu forms, Specializing in Wu ying quan (5 forms fist.) and 5 point cherry blossom spear.
7 years WTKD Tae Kwon Do, instructor exam passed.
4 years Sambo.
6 weeks Boxing.

Boxing is a martial art. Just happens to be a western one.
By definition martial arts are systems and/or programs used for the preparation and training for fight situations.

Other non-eastern martial arts.

Krav maga.
Fencing.
Wrestling.
Kickboxing.
Savate.
Capoeira.
Nice, I have done Wu-Shu Souther Fist for a wile + five animal forms. Karate and Judo also taekwondo from friend. Also a Ci-goon (do not know how to spell it). Right now I have mixed fighting style that works very well for me.

[Ichi-Zoro 3]

Hey anyone knows the brazilian(?) martial art???

[airswifter]

No, but russian martial art is also great. They only use fist technique to fight...and it is pretty defensive-minded.

[Black_Lotus]

The Brazilian martial art is called Capoeira, do a Google on "Lateef Crowder" for some sick demo vids. He was the guy in Tom Yum Goong.

Which Russian martial art would you be referring to?
I do the Russian military martial art (Sambo) and we use way more than just fists.

[SoundWave]

Sambo is pretty dangerous.. We've had some "ex-samboers" in our judo club.. And also some ppl that have trained Krav maga, Krav maga is pretty violent, so i've heard.... Is Krav maga from russia btw?

[KuroShinobi]

i used to take up taekwondo but i quit cuz its boring.. i would love to pick up a martial art with loads of fighting though..

[Black_Lotus]

Krav maga is an isreali art developed by the military.

As for Sambo being dangerous...well....ok I'll agree with you on that one but all martial arts can be applied in ways which would be considered dangerous.

[iladys]

I did something called Silat, which is traditional Malay martial arts. Uniforms same as taekwondo cept instead of white,its black and you start with a light green belt

[SoundWave]

Krav maga is an isreali art developed by the military.

As for Sambo being dangerous...well....ok I'll agree with you on that one but all martial arts can be applied in ways which would be considered dangerous.
Yup.. I agree... You're right, now I remember where krav maga is from... I heard that in krav maga you're allowed to press your fingers into the opponents eyes and pull their hair and so on...

[mrmyz]

So yeah I just got the ok from my superiors and me and some of the other guys are going to begin training in krav maga. for those of you that dont know krav maga is the no nonsense israeli martial arts. Supposedly expertise in it only takes 4 months for the hand to hand combat where as other martial arts may take you a year or two. I know because I practice Judo, Jiu Jitzu, boxing and muay thai. I was looking at it and the knife fighting and shooting skills and all the training is insane. I cant wait to take it because its more effective in real life situations then muay thai boxing and the other stuff I take because most of that stuff is tailored around fighting one opponents this krav maga stuff is desighned to fight multiple apponents under worse case scenarios.

[yellow flash]

Expertise in martial arts only takes a year or two?? LOL Pipe dreams my friend, This thread really doesn't seem like it has much of a point. Just created to make yourself sound cool.

[shinmeiryu]

well ive done karate till ive got the green belt.....but ive quit cause there was not really any full contact battle......
i really wanna fight good instead of those tight karate moves.....

[ProtoFunc]

^^ Totally know what you mean.. i rather win a street fight than jump around with my legs in the air.

style: I Keek Yo Bott (read at loud if you don't get it)

..a style i taught myself personall.., it's proven to be very handy.. no, jk, i took karate when i was like 10 and got a yellow belt.. yieh, what now.. all i know is how to take it off and slap people with it though, that's about the extent of my skill..

[strydr]

I did something called Silat, which is traditional Malay martial arts. Uniforms same as taekwondo cept instead of white,its black and you start with a light green belt

Holy PSYCHE! i did silat do, and im all the way in South Africa... thats mad. My uncle is the Ambassador of Malaysia or something like that he always brags about.
It stopped cause he moved, but i remember that there were black uniforms and the moves were mostly counter attacks... really cool though.

I wanna do a Martial Arts, but i wanna mostly use my legs. I promised a friend that i would do Kung Fu with him next year, but is there any type of Kung Fu that specializes in kicking?? coz i got stronger legs than arms... but my upper body is something tho... lol.

[+KuSaKaBe+]

Tae Kwon Do: Yellow Belt (Yes, I mean it)

I stopped taking Tae Kwon Do when I moved, so I pretty much ceased to do any more martial arts after that. I was decent, but I was really limited in terms of kicking, but I still managed to kick a wood plank in half. Once during sparing, they paired me up with a black belt (I thought~ Oh crap, I'm screwed) and I tried my best, hitting as hard as I could. I don't take any martial arts, but I do a little bit of boxing at home with my dad since I'm better using my fists. For some reason now, I can do kicks a little better.

[sto67]

i do taekwondo and hapkido, both korean martial arts. been doing taekwondo for like 8 years now i think, right now i just teach and dont do much training so i get a bit lazy and sloppy sometimes hahaha.
but if anybody gets their first black belt in 2 or 3 years, they are probably really crappy ones who dont deserve the title. i mean anybody can pay for gradings and get a belt at the end of it, but not everybody holds the skill befitting of their rank.
it took me a long 6 years before i got my black belt in taekwondo, and im proud to wear it since i trained hard to get where i am. in short, it took me 6 years of being the instructor's whipping boy to be called "assistant instructor".
but i reckon martial arts isnt just about learning to defend yourself or to be able to brag about, but its more a philosophical thing, it helps shape who you are. just my 2 cents

[MasterWordSmith]

1st Black Belt in Traditional Japanese Jujitsu. I have trained in some brazilian styles, but the cross training threw me off. I'm also a brown belt in Goju-shoreiryu Karate (Okinowan Karate) and I compete in both Jujitsu and Karate.

[buituyenjr]

taekwondo: (3,5 years)
black - 1 dan (stopped 4 years ago) ~ red/black belt (underage)

vietnamese traditional: (3,5 years)
sect (not sure if it's the right word): Tay Son (read Tai Xyon) inner force
levels: (from low to high) black ~> green ~> yellow ~> red ~> white ~> master ~> great master*
Belt: semi yellow
level: beginning trainer (?)

*great master: only one person achieve this level until he pass away or retire, another goes up and take this level, this level also conquers all the another [sect]. at master level you have to start studying about other sects ;p.

I did something called Silat, which is traditional Malay martial arts. Uniforms same as taekwondo cept instead of white,its black and you start with a light green belt
pencat silat you mean? that's very cool with weapons ^^

[Kzimask]

lol i used to do 'Tae kwon do' when i was 5 years old, whitebelt.. XD
but I had to quit before I lose my voice from all that yelling there...
I think those who did tae kwon do know what I mean by yelling...

[PandaSama]

I did Kempo when I was about 13. I was only in it for about 2 month when my family moved and I was about 100 miles form the dojo is I couldn't go any more and there wasn't one near by. Right now I studying Tai Chi and Aikido. I can't find a school where I live right now for them but when I move in about a month or so I hope to find one.

[mrmyz]

Im training under the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) and they are teaching a bunch of us Krag Maga. Im so excited. This is like no non sense no bs fight training.

[_mike_]

*watch It...ive Got A White Belt In Jujitsu* Lololol

[tha sandman]

i had training in kickboxing and tae kwon do...but i think the new era is heading into mixed martial arts...or mma....it really is the best of all combined..to be a great fighter i think u should know alittle of everything..u can b a great kickboxer and go against someone skilled in ju jiutsu...get taken to the ground and submitted..or skilled in the submission arts and get knocked out by someone with taekwon do...karate..or whatever...but if you are able to combine them all u.. u can take a fight standing up...or on the ground

[Azalea]

Woe man, good luck out there.
So what's Krag Maga anyway?

[Seto]

Sounds cool ^^. GL!

[Jasper]

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[HiDDeNMisT]

lol i used to do 'Tae kwon do' when i was 5 years old, whitebelt.. XD
but I had to quit before I lose my voice from all that yelling there...
I think those who did tae kwon do know what I mean by yelling...

i did dat also. i got to be a yellow belt but then i just stiopped going cuz there was to much yelling and not enogh teaching me how to fight. lol i also did this when i was like 12

[Instanbul]

I take Wushu still. If you dont know what it is its a chinese martial arts. Anyone take wushu here?

[buituyenjr]

i saw wushu.. it's cool, i dont know where to learn though

[Vlad]

I take Wushu still. If you dont know what it is its a chinese martial arts. Anyone take wushu here?
I have done Wu-Shu for 5 years, I am golden belt. North fist style.

[Sora]

I did Taekowondo when I was 9... I reached level orange yellow... Not much... *keke*

[mrmyz]

Woe man, good luck out there.
So what's Krag Maga anyway?

its this no nonsense form of fighting that is taught in the military and alot of special forces use it. the reason behind it is that you can become proficient in it in like 4 months and theres no sport application to it like other martial arts. Its a str8 combat martial art.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga

[Angel_shikigami]

I did kempo bout a year ago. Till my teach moved. almost was an orage belt when He moved

[AznPoi]

Kung Fu

Never really liked it, quit after 3 years. I don't know, it was just not my thing.

[azusa_the_warrior]

Well I never really did martial arts but I am very interested in it, I did like 3 months of TKD, then I moved, but know I am really interested in bjj, and krav manga, but i guess I would have to move to israel for that. But I plan on getting into the military as an mp or infrantry.

[High On PCP]

Yes, go me. I have been doing Jiu Jitsu for like 2 years now. Getting better and it helps alot for rugby. Alot better balance and power.

[urusai!]

um. karate and judo. *nods*

[buituyenjr]

O.o so many ppl like martial arts... but mostly taekwondo, judo, karatedo... not much traditional?

[High On PCP]

There is a hap ki do place near where I live. I might take that soon too.

[Captain BenZ]

I think I know that I might not be able to find the martial arts insitute that I was part of for a good 5 years, I might have to give up martial arts, and decided to do kickboxing. I will still practice martial arts, at least practice what I still know of it with the help of the book and most likely work with the weapons I bought as well. Staff is my favorite weapon of choice, it's so badass looking when you know how to use it. :)

[~black butterfly~]

i've been doing taekwondo for a couple of years now..and i also tried karate..but i stuck with taekwondo though..because it was hard to get used to a new principle :D

[Aboroth]

Taekwon-do ITF

1st Dan.

But I stopped training it long time ago now I'm training Battodo >: d

[Iro]

i took karate lessons once but i never continued the program because school got too hectic, although i want to learn tae kwando and feel like a martial artist.

[Syotik]

I have no prior training I just have a natural infinity for martial arts since i was a kid I was interested so I trained myself by book

[High On PCP]

What are all your guys favourite techniques? Or moves you would call them. So far my favourite are the armbar(Lolz) and the Leg Triangle Choke. They are both quick and easy.

[MasterWordSmith]

You cant just grab armbars on decent players, it has to be much more forceful and controled. However on an amature, I can get away with just about anything I want.

In terms of techniques I like sangakyu, chokes em good.

not much traditional?
hmm? I style goju shorei ryu karate-do. Otherwise known as tradidtional karate, with heavy influence on kata and practical application.

Other than that, Sport judo and jujitsu

[crushed_petals]

errh...
i did karate for a few months..
i neva made it past white belt, obviously..
actually, come to think of it. i didnt even get a belt.. T_T
but im doing taekwondo at skool. so yeah..

[Cleis07]

Tae Kwon Do - red
Aikido - green
but already quit martial arts 3 years ago

[laughingman]

Goju-ryu karate: 2nd Yellow

[KazeX]

I did karate many years ago and got to green. There is nothing decent to do around here so all my martial arts is just free style shit messing around and sparring with friends.

Bruce Lee: Belts are only good for keeping your trousers up

[High On PCP]

I love Bruce Lee. He is seriously my hero. Everything he said and did was like smack on perfect.

[Ichigo-Kurosaki]

Vosho : Red

Its what we call it here. A really hard martial arts. You get hit with big sticks at the start of each session.

[lilblu2]

I take Wushu! level 3! i'm not that good but i'm hopin to get betta when i get into the higher levels!

[Deathscyth Hell]

Kickboxing: Orange

When I lose it, I REALY lose it!

[ashiin]

well... i was black belt before i quit tae kwon do like 5 years ago XD

[Night Prowler]

Jeet Kun Do for like a year, till my Sensai moved contry.

Did karate when I was like 8 years old, got to green and then got bored... Bad habit of mine is just giving up on stuff that keeps me in a rut.

[Askand]

Well in college I got white I got white belt in Shaolin Tsu Kwan and a few weeks of Aikido until I got an accident and couldn't keep it up.
Right now I'm thinking in Tai Chi if I find a good sensei.

[lula m]

kung fu: 3 years
judo: green belt

i also pratice another arts whit my friends, going with them to their gyms, so i can learn from all the fight styles from flor fighting ( jiu jitsu and judo) to boxing ( kung fu, muay thay, tae kwon do, karate, and the ocideltal boxe) and weapon fighting( fung fu, kendo, ai ki do).

[Xazz]

I took Aikido for a few years with small breaks in between (Knee problems). Stopped when my Sensei had to quit doing classes. But we're getting our own dojo space soon, so I'll be starting up again :)

[Exodus]

My uncle taught me Muay Thai for almost 3 months when he was living with us then. That was way too long ago though. At least he taught me all that I need to know.

[Wolfman Walt]

Tae Kwon Do for 9 or 10 years, I got my 2nd black.
Hapkido for a year or so was intermixed with that.
Blue in Shaolin Kung Fu.
3 Years of sparse Kumdo training.
Yellow in Brazillian Jiujitsu/Combative Wrestling.
Yellow in Karate.


Those last ones aren't so impressive or long lasting, I just took them to help round me out abit, especially the Jiujitsu which was dramatically helpful. I'd like to take muay thai, savate, or western boxing some time though, simply because they have really good practical application in alot of areas.

This thread really doesn't seem like it has much of a point. Just created to make yourself sound cool.
Aren't most threads that are like "HEY WHATS UR FAVORITE ______" like that kinda? They don't really harbor any real discussion and generally it seems like you ignore everyone who really posts on it......except Black_Lotus in this case since he seems like a knowledgable sort on the subject and his commitment honestly impressed me. 20 years in one martial art is an acheivement, much less the time he spent in other martial arts.

[grieversangel]

I took Martial arts when i was in 5th grade. I still rememer some of what i learned but it's been so long.It's great self defense that's why my mom wanted me to take it.

[Rayster]

did martial arts for 8 years -
it included weapons training including the Bo and short bo's (ie/ bamboo sticks as short swords ^^).
don't know how all ur rankings work *shrug* but the way ours was run... i got up to black belt intermediate.

quit 2 years ago...
loved the weapons training. won contests etc :D... it wasn't too bad...

[Chaos_Overlord]

Taekwondo:Red Belt

I quit because I started to get bored and my parents ran out of money to take me there.

[Minami Ikki]

WAS in karate, this was about 3 years ago, then I moved schools and never came in contact with it again. Don't remember what discipline, just remembered yellow belt XD.

[Hakuoro]

I used to be in Karate. I stayed there for a year then decided it wasnt for me. My brother is a Black Belt though.

[Bear]

I have been in Karate, Wu Shu Kung-Fu, Tai Chi, and now Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. I am a beginner in all of them due to moving, but the Bujinkan I hope to get quite proficient at. I have my own fighting style so I find it a bit hard to learn new things cause my reflexes always tell me to beat the heck out of the guy attacking me, even when we are learning new throws. I have never actually faught anyone which is a good thing since the last guy that pissed me off landed up almost being driven head first into the ground in a pile driver style (I love wrestling). Luckily I had the good mind to stop because he was actually a friend.

I just have to know if anyone else has noticed this. I find that in Dojo's run by Europeans, some of them dont really do it the way it used to be done in Japan. My last two teachers were good at what they did, its just that they seem to lack the proper way that things should be done. I am a very old minded person, so I was just wondering :P

[Mercurius]

Well our Dojo (and every other I've been) all do it nicely to the ''rules'' throws and training are well tought and given. But however here Discipline isn't as scrict as in Japan, in Japan they are much more driven and ambitious (no wonder why actually the best in every martial Art sport usually are Jappanese people).

But I like it the way how I am tought for I do not want to be the best there is in Judo I just want to have fun, wich I believe is something that Sometimes is forgotten (But I could just as well be completely mistaken)

[Pon]

Iaido : 4th Kyu
Jodo : -none yet-

I tried so many other styles (mostly karate and TaeKwon Do) but I always changed clubs right before the grading ceremonies because I didn't feel the instructurs were serious enough about it.

[Vlad]

Well our Dojo (and every other I've been) all do it nicely to the ''rules'' throws and training are well tought and given. But however here Discipline isn't as scrict as in Japan, in Japan they are much more driven and ambitious (no wonder why actually the best in every martial Art sport usually are Jappanese people).
But I like it the way how I am tought for I do not want to be the best there is in Judo I just want to have fun, wich I believe is something that Sometimes is forgotten (But I could just as well be completely mistaken)
I have trained in Russian Martial Arts it's really tough a lot more tougher that in USA, where I live right now. I have so many scars from that time lol. Japanese not the best martial artists by the long shoot. Chinese for example can beat them any day.
Oh, yeah I am my self Golden Belt at Wu-Shu.
Also I have trained various fighting styles: Karate, Taekwondo, Judo and Kick Boxing. Hmm...Maybe it's not that various.

[Ian Altano]

I did Karate for 5 years, but I quit at brown belt, because I found it too boring for my standards XD

[toxxin]

My martial art history..
Karate - introductory course, so I don't really count it
Tae Kwon Do - 1 year, got up to a green belt blue stripe
Kung Fu - 1.5 years, got up to an orange belt....and by far kung fu was my favourite! I learned more as a white belt in kung fu than I did in almost all my tae kwon do training....thats also though because I was part of the "Kung Fu Club" where they taught a lot of advanced stuff...

But I'm thinking of taking kung fu again late december, I miss it...

[RahxephoN]

Well since i was 8 i hated any sport untill a day when i saw a tae-kwon-do dojo a few blocks away of my house and as you can guess i went...
Style:Tae-kwon-do
Rank:Black belt
Style: kick boxing
Training:1.5year(i quitted last year but now i'm starting again)


PS:And as for the record i didnt enjoy it at the beginning cause i just didnt like being punched and kicked!!!(but now its different):D:toocool: :toocool: :toocool:

[RahxephoN]

I just have to know if anyone else has noticed this. I find that in Dojo's run by Europeans, some of them dont really do it the way it used to be done in Japan. My last two teachers were good at what they did, its just that they seem to lack the proper way that things should be done. I am a very old minded person, so I was just wondering :P



Well its true that european teachers of any style teach different from other countrys but i think that in every country they have their own way of teaching;):rolleye09

[gbtennisjunky]

i've practiced judo for 3 years and won a couple national championships along with other dojo tournaments. anyway, just to say that i was a promising judo fighter. (i got to the blue belt).

but i quit a few years ago because i was in a real fight and i wasn't able to use my judo technique (for those who don't know judo, it's mostly grabbing techniques).
the thing is that judo doesn't really help you in a fight, because during practice your opponent isn't throwing punches and quicks at you. He's just trying to grip you and immobolize you.
so anyway, i got my ass kicked that day and decided it would never happen again.

so now, i'm learning karate and tae kwondo.
though i like karate better because it includes punches.

[Master O]

i've practiced judo for 3 years and won a couple national championships along with other dojo tournaments. anyway, just to say that i was a promising judo fighter. (i got to the blue belt).
but i quit a few years ago because i was in a real fight and i wasn't able to use my judo technique (for those who don't know judo, it's mostly grabbing techniques).
the thing is that judo doesn't really help you in a fight, because during practice your opponent isn't throwing punches and quicks at you. He's just trying to grip you and immobolize you.
so anyway, i got my ass kicked that day and decided it would never happen again.


Conversely, if you had been able to grapple him, you could have ended that fight really quickly.

Judo and Aikido are all about redirecting an opponent's force away from you, or at the very least, putting them in a position (via grapples and holds) where they cannot punch, kick, or retaliate.

Anyway, just out of curiousity, what'd you do to end up in that situation in the first place?

[Vlad]

i've practiced judo for 3 years and won a couple national championships along with other dojo tournaments. anyway, just to say that i was a promising judo fighter. (i got to the blue belt).
but i quit a few years ago because i was in a real fight and i wasn't able to use my judo technique (for those who don't know judo, it's mostly grabbing techniques).
the thing is that judo doesn't really help you in a fight, because during practice your opponent isn't throwing punches and quicks at you. He's just trying to grip you and immobolize you.
so anyway, i got my ass kicked that day and decided it would never happen again.
so now, i'm learning karate and tae kwondo.
though i like karate better because it includes punches.
DAMN! That what happen to me. About 6 years ago I was in the street fight Judo was absolutely useless against 2 people, they hit you with a punches and you try to resell and second guy kick you in the had wile you busy with a first guy.
SO, I have been kick-boxing, doing Karate and Wu-Shu. It's helped me out a lot more that stupid Judo.

[Ushio Amamiya]

....If you ask me if I know any martial arts...well no.
But, I admire people who performs martial arts...
It's really interesting.

[Hattemaker]

Well I have been traning Karate some years, got a brown belt. But I have no Idea how I was able to get that. rofl.

I quit this summer cause I moved to somewhere else in my country. And as I am quite lazy I havnt started on something like that, yet.

Actually I was traning karate mostly because I had lots of friends there that I didnt have the time to meet other days in the week.. :face82:

[Arei]

I got to orange belt in Tae Kwon Do... Unfortunely I could only do it during the summers at my grandparents because there are no places here where I live that teach true Tae Kwon Do, they're all those mixture of different martial arts places =P We did find one that was really close but WAY too far to drive to, would have to go through traffic hell and it wasn't worth it.

I'd like to pick it back up if I could (I still remember the moves, id just have to re-learn all of the forms XD)

I'm really interested in Caeporia, but I doubt theres any place here that teaches it =P Now THAT is an awsome fighting style XD

[Seto]

Soon I have my black belt in Judo <3

[Renji2006]

1st Dan black belt in Traditional Tkd, since March this year :D

[teddyen]

i just started taekwando this year and i'm like the only noob there in my class...plus i'm one of those older ones... bah >.< but nevermind, i just got to thicken my skin and continue if i ever want to learn :p
rofl

[pero_renji!]

Seto thats cool, i have been practicing judo for well over 6 years now, but i think im going to call it quits soon and start with kendo ( dont have anything against judo, just got a bit bored of it).

[pero_renji!]

I was 2nd on national judo champs today :D.
just wanted to share and brag a bit ^^.
To all you that say Judo is stupid because it doesnt help you in a street fight, i say you are stupid because you get caught in a street fight.Judo is a sport, and by the way we that have some side ju-jitsu training can defend ourselves really well (braking arms, suffocating etc)
But i never got caught in a real fight cause im mostly a peaceful guy, but like on judo trainings and competitions i love to fight cause its for the good sport and laughs..i really cant understand people who cry when they lose a match in any martial arts, i just pat them and say better luck next time buddy :D.I love fighting (sport-like) and competitivness, so thats why im training judo..but as i said i might start to train kendo.

[Sting Rae]

I'm starting karate this year. I'm really good at kicking ^^

[Angel_shikigami]

I used to do Karate, till Master John moved. Then I couldn't do it anymore. But I still practice.

[Guy]

I take Tae Kwon do lessons. I'm a brown belt, but I'm gonna be a senior brown very soon... been training for a year now, but gonna need another year to be a black.

I also wanna take kendo and kungfu lessons.

[Momentum]

I would be doing Muay Thai right now but the place where the lessons are held are too far for me too go. But I really recommend it, definitely awesome! :D

[Kay™]

hmmm taekwondo is good:D

[*kaname*]

I started karate last year. I can't believe I survived the first lessons ^^. At the beginning I could barely move my body the day after the trainings.

[Sting Rae]

I hope it will be better for me when I start karate

[*kaname*]

Don't worry, I was totally untrained. So every sport would have been hard for me.

[Sting Rae]

I already know some karate so it'll probably be easier for me

[DireCry]

I'm part of a super secret Ninja club that trains me in the way of the Ninja, my main objective is too hunt down and kill anyone who opposes us. Namely, Pirates.

[*kaname*]

Yay, then do a good job *loool*.

Actually in my town there is a Ninjutsu-School, where you learn the "modern way of ninja-fighting" (don't mix it with Naruto, please) . A friend learned there crazy stuff like how to use throwing-stars und other funny moves ^^. I'd love to learn it too, but the trainer is really, really strange o.O . So I don't dare to go there ...

[minori]

Taido, blue belt (the first one). I'm taking a year off of it so I guess I have to train with the beginners again when I go back... :/

[*kaname*]

What's Taido?

[Olrox]

Muay Thai atm. Gonna switch to mma soon, since Muay Thai doesen't really have any ground fighting and mma fights are alot more fun. Muay Thai is still awesome and I would recommend it to anyone.

[renniw]

Black Belt 1st Dan Tae Kwan Do & Green Belt in Hapkido.

BTW. For anyone looking for Combat Self Defense Hapkido is a good choice. I'd say it is a mix of Tae Kwan Do Kicks Aikido Throws and Kick Boxing.

[_mike_]

i used to do judo and jujitsu and a few lessons of karate....but got bored =\

[.Kozmic]

I know Aikido ( Japanese defensive art) and I know Kendo, I'm telling you, it's all part of my ronin aspects

[SageOfHalo]

I studied Karate, mainly... 2 different styles, Goju-Shorin (Green belt), and Shotokan (still a beginner). I want to get back into it, though... but I'm wanting to learn some close-quarters techniques.

It's my understanding that Hapkido is ideal for that. Like Akido is good for large movements and redirecting of energy, Hapkido focuses on small movements to redirect attacks. But maybe I was mistaken...


and after seeing Ong Bak, Muay Thai looks crazy good. :) seeing those fights, it looks really different from what most of us "westerners" think of when the words martial arts is mentioned. :)

[Kisuke Urahara]

I used to be a brown belt in karate, though know i am a yellow belt in a not well known art.

[Ichi-Zoro 3]

I want to try jeet kun do and wushu. they're good martial arts

[*kaname*]

I'd love to learn Capoeira. Next week starts a new class and I'm tempted to try it.

[shaolongrimm]

i did kung fu ( hung gar ) years ago and i think i'm going to start again, but then splashing hands or iron palms, not sure yet

[Vlad]

Golden slash in Wu-Shu, namely Southern fist style and 5 animal styles.

Judo 1 year, orange belt

Karate around 2 years, red belt

[Lisa.]

Karate: Green belt
Kickboxing: We don't have belts here, we do have ranks, don't know the english words for them, but I'm one step away from being the highest you can get.

[Shezmu]

I used to do karate (kyokushin) green belt but i was too young to be serious about it so i quit.
i took up Tae Kwon Do not too long ago, i'm only a yellow belt =p

[.Rik-uh-shey]

i did tae kwon doe and got my black belt. and now im doing Ju-jitsu:green belt, which is alot more useful and interesting.

[DespoticWalnut]

I'm in Tae Kwan Do: brown belt, graduated in nunchaku and bo staff, soon to start katana and possibly camas
also in G-force where we throw in acrobatics/ gymnastics and other advanced martial arts
may soon start jiu jitsu

[skyoon]

I'm in Tae Kwan Do: brown belt, graduated in nunchaku and bo staff, soon to start katana and possibly camas
also in G-force where we throw in acrobatics/ gymnastics and other advanced martial arts
may soon start jiu jitsu

i sincerely hope that your taekwondo instructors arent teaching you how to use a bo or katana and youre learning it under separate schools of bojutsu/kenjutsu....

[DespoticWalnut]

Actually my schools Instructor is officially certified in bo, although he never really learned all there was to know for the nunchaku's, at least not all the tricks, he taught me the bacics and i figured a LOT out on my own.
And a seperate instructor is certified in katana. Our grandmaster came and gave us a short instruction on escrima stick fighting today, interasting to say the least. If i start jiu jitsu I will go to a separate school, there is one nearby, I just wish there was more of a selection around my city when it came to weapons training.

[SunnyPie♥]

Kung Fu! I'm in level one right now.... ^__^;;

[skyoon]

And a seperate instructor is certified in katana.

what ryuha? is it koryu? "certification" is not a term commonly used in the JSA, so I would be careful (there are more false teachers out there than meets the eye).

fyi i do muso jikiden eishin ryu iaido and TKD (2nd dan). been thinking about taking up hapkido for a while.

[Kay™]

i am taking tae kwon do currently

[jemz09]

I wanna learn Kendo! :Domo

[sorrowsjoie]

hey me tooooo!! I wanna learn it too........

It's really interesting

[Ushio Amamiya]

I know I posted here before...

But I wish I can take Martial Arts Classes..... :lol

[DespoticWalnut]

I know I posted here before...

But I wish I can take Martial Arts Classes..... :lol

Well if you do decide to join classes, make sure it's not what my instructor calls a "Blackbelt Factory", a school that makes you pay tuition and basically hands you a new belt monthly. It's no good unless you work for it. I've worked very hard to get as far as I am and I will continue to work hard until my body gives out.:Domo

[IntoTheHollow]

tae kwon do-first degree black belt almost second degree

[Riw]

Judo - orange belt (didn't really get into it, too competitive).
Aikido - 4. kyu (Yay, one more and I can start wearing hakama!).

[DJ Hayabusa:D]

i start to training for xma q_Q i hope next week is training @__@

[sirhchris]

heya, my martial art hobbyes:
karate, long time ago, quited before first graduation..LOL sux
taekwon-do, gone too 1 and a half year, 3 graduations with great comments from the graduator (if thats what he is called) but i quitted it too, because it got too boring, stopped figthing, only learned how to walk special patters... I WANT TO FIGTH GOD DAMNIT x)
well.. soccer now, not much figth's there, but still gotten some red cards for ugly tacles xD

[Olrox]

sirhchris, if you really want to fight you should consider boxing, kickboxing, Muay thai or MMA. I defineatly understand why you got bored. Kinda boring to train if you never get to test your skills, if you never really get to fight with full contact rules.

[Epyon94]

Tae Kwon Do: 1st Degree Black Belt...

Took me 8 years to get it and I'm damn proud of it!
This weekend I,m heading home, and sparring the hell out of my friend (He's a 2nd Degree)... It should prove interesting... lol

[Seff]

Urm, the first belt in both judo and taekwondo, a while ago. Their pretty useless though, if i ever get into fights i use my own special style of "Fight dirteh."

[SoulReaper109]

I do Muay Thai and it help me a bunch when I got into a fight when I was walking home from school.

[SoulReaper109]

I'm also a third degree black in tae kwon do but it's only help me in a knife attack from a group of prevs looking for a person to bang. then the muay thai kicked in and I got away safely with only a cut and a few bruises

[Starlight]

I was a Brown senior in Hapkido, but I had to quit because my family moved. I miss training.

[KJax]

Tae-Kwon-Do ; Red ; I was in it for about three years, and then we moved, i haven't been able to do it for about six years, but i would love to start another martial art. The thing that sucks is that nowhere around us is a traditional place. I remember in our classes we would have to speak Korean and learn all of the formals, which i enjoyed, but things are just so unformal these days. Besides, i can only remember how to count in Korean, but yeah, now i'm just rambling so i'm gonna stop now

[Pie <3]

Starting boxing tomorrow.

CANT WAIT WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Shadow_Strider]

I said most of this in another thread, but I'll just cut some of the explaining out.

I have been training in Kung Fu/Tai Chi Chuan/Shaolin for about 12 years.
My teacher is Master Huang who grew up at a temple in China, and at 18 decided to leave and pursue his life instead of becoming a Monk. To make a long story short he came to America 12 years ago, and due to a chain of events decided to teach me. He has been my Master for 11 years now. I have for about a year now been training in more advanced Shaolin Kung Fu, and I also do iron body training regularly. Do to the speed, control, and focused strength in attacks I find the combination extremely effective. I have fought a lot of fights against a lot of different styles and have not been defeated. I used to go to martial arts classes just a couple times a week, just so I could participate in matches, but I haven’t in 2 years because it’s just not a challenge. I believe this is because of the training I do compared to martial arts classes. Master Huang trains me the way he was trained at his temple, and although it is extremely effective, it would probably be considered abuse lol.

Anyway this combination is the best I have seen, I have gone to a gym and challenged a MMA fighter (the guy was a arrogant ass and truly believed MMA was superior do to brute strength, so I decided to enlighten him), and lets just say it was a short fight, I took out his legs and delivered a focused attack to his chest, which left him on the ground with the wind knocked out of him. I fought 2 more MMA guys at the gym because they challenged me, they said they were better then the first guy, and that I got lucky. So needless to say the last two fights weren’t any different time wise. The second guy I dealt with pretty much the same way as the first, but the third guy I knocked out with one attack, I jumped and did a round house which left him out for a few seconds. I also didn’t want to hurt them badly, I pretty much just wanted to put them in their place, because they live in the same area and were basically thugs that enjoyed beating up on weaker people ,so I held back a lot on my attacks. If I had wanted to hurt them I could of easily used a much stronger focused attack, and shattered some of their ribs, or worse. There are a lot of attacks in the styles I train in that can be used to kill your opponent in a matter of seconds, but of course these are attacks that are never to be used in a normal fight.
Anyway as far ranks or belts go, Master Huang says that belts are just a way to try and make students determined, and rank wise... Well I know I could sweep the floor with the head instructor at the Kung Fu class I used to attend and now teach at, and I could probably do the same with the other Martial Arts instructors in the area. I was recently offered a possission on a competitive martial arts team, as their Kung Fu/Tai Chi Chuan spot, but I turned it down, because I would have to travel a lot, and I wouldn't see much of my g/f (at the time), also a few days after the offer I proposed to my g/f and we are engaged.

[Chicken Chaser]

Well ive got 1dan in Judo and just started Ashihara karate so ive got the second belth there... It's true what u're saying Shadow strider about the Belth ranking...
belts are just made to have around your waist ^^ however i still think belts is a good way too show on wich skill level u are on (and by that I don't mean in fighting only)...

[Bamboobie]

Tae Kwon Do: High brown (half black half brown)

Shotokan Karate: 3rd kyu (Brown)

[JJAB91]

Bujinkon Ninjutsu - 10th kyo (but im still good dont judge me by my rank)

[Capt Kenpachi]

The school I go to is officialy a Tae Kwon Do school, it is branch of Martial Arts World (with Grandmaster Y.K. Kim), but my Chief Instructor teaches a lot of other styles in with the Tae Kwon do. So he would bring in something from mui tai when teaching sparring, kung fu with forms, and everything else. So I guess it would be a mixed martial arts.

1st degree, I have had it for many years while remaining active, I just choose not to test. I have been told that my skill as at the lvl of a high 3rd dan maybe 4th dan.

I just recently competed in the US Open and took 5th in continues sparring and 5th in forms (over 50 other competitors in my division).