Began in Kung Fu
Then Bjj for a few years along with Pankration, and finally Catch.

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>>2232
>Why do I hear 'real martial artists' talking about how Tai Chi is not a real art?
You posted under the fa/q/, yet you have clearly not read it. Maybe you should pay more attention to the section on aliveness.

I really hope this post was a joke. I'm an American who takes martial arts very seriously, and if OP is not making a very poor and uninspired jest he is a true douchebag who is fucking it up for people like me! If that is the case, OP, here is my advice~ step 1-fill up the tub
step 2- place face in water and breathe deeply.
step3- stay there.
The last thing we need is another McDojo teaching an art like Tai Chi which can be a very deep and interesting form of movement/breathing/physical and mental focus, or, when taught by people that know nothing about it, a bunch of arm waving and blathering about that stuff that is forbidden to talk about on this board that begins with mys&*$#&** ch* po#$%

From what I heard Tai Chi is probably the top most McDojoed art, rivaling Karate. People are right, you can't just learn it in a bit and start seriously teaching it. No problem in giving people a few pointers you thoroughly understand, but that's pretty much the limit.

I've been studying Tai Chi for two years now, and Shuai Jiao (sort of an external Tai Chi in a sense) for four years. While I may understand things pretty well, I'm far from seriously teaching. One of my Tai Chi mentors explained it this way: With internal martial arts, you need to be given the ignition. And what he meant by ignition, is putting your hand against the body of someone while they perform internal movements and feel that movement. Only then will you begin really learning.

>>2330
Kitchen knives are also bad ass if you know how to use them well.

If something wasn't some degree of bad ass when you knew how to use it applicably in a combat situation, that would be because it sucks.

>>2330
Isn't ANYTHING bad ass if you know how to use it really really well? I mean, anything looks like crap if you really really suck at it, so the reverse should also be true. The Gracies didn't get where they are by really really sucking.

>>2280
There really aren't any magic tricks. At least in the systema school I go to. It's all about learning not to use strength against strength, learning how a body moves and reacts to different things, learning to react spontaneously to a threat and learning timing, distance and other basic things. The one biggest difference I find between Systema and other MAs I've done is the training method. In systema we don't generally try to learn specific techniques. Instead we try different things and see if they work. At first slowly and then increase the speed.

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>>1814
that was fucking hilarious, I bet that guy thinks he is the biggest badass ever.

>>1837
Part of a scam university.

>>2302
Interestingly enough, in Karate you kick with the ball of the foot. The whole kicking with the ankle thing is so we don't accidentally break each others ribs.

>>2302

Yeah at my gym I was tought to move my elbow slightly so that it's in the way, if the person is kicking with their foot around the ribcage. Even when you're wearing padding if you kick with your foot and you kick that guys elbow accidently it hurts so bad.

Somebody broke their foot at an ametuer wako tournament. It was nasty. His foot turned into a fucking melon.

  some pretty cool sambo moves

I'm not really sure if they count as "warriors" but I'd have to go with pirates. I just love that they weren't like knights, how they go into battle and then come home and rest, pirates were always on the run. They constantly upgraded ships, weapons, crews, etc. Some pirates were badass as shit (i.e. François l'Ollinais), and they did whatever the fuck they want, no orders or any real wars. And I love that they have a sort of 'honor code' amongst the fellow pirates, well, some did. Also, I don't want to hear the whole "pirates are evil and shit" argument.

>>2326
Pirates lives revolved enitrely around sailing into a port and staying in port and partying for as long as possible.
they rested, same as anyone else.

>>2326
I think you mistake 'privateers' for 'pirates' the difference is massive. Privateers were somewhat secretly funded by a government to disrupt an enemy/rival countries shipping, they had a code of honor, they were constantly upgrading equipment, etc, because they were usually navy/ex-navy. Pirates on average, however, were punk bitches that never got anywhere near a ship they thought had even the remotest possibility of successfully defending itself, because they didn't have the funding to repair shit if it got really messed up. Real pirates weren't like that Caribbean movie. Oh yes, and pirates were evil and shit.

Well you're going to have to be genetically superior to other people who want the same job.

I would suggest that you don't join the military unless you have no other viable options. If anything I would suggest that you instead go for a different branch of the Navy. Learn an important technical skill while in the Navy and make full use of the Navy's college programs.

>>2314

You don't need to be the perfect genome soldier to become a Seal, but you do need to be very intelligent, score well on the ASVAB, have great strength in body and willpower, exceptional endurance, great swimming skill, and be able to work in a team. These are pretty much qualities anyone is capable of having, but you'd probably need them honed to
elite levels to stand a chance.

There's all sorts of specific skills that would help too, knowing how to read a map, shoot accurately, scuba dive, parachute, speak another language, etc. I think most of those skills are easier to pick up as long as you're sharp enough to do so in a timely manner later in your training, having the physical and mental readiness to make it through the early stages of BUD/S and Hell Week is probably going to be the biggest challenge.

If you're already in great physical shape, maybe a competitive triathlete or have been playing on a high level team sport, something like that, and have been an excellent student at least through high school, consider it. Otherwise I'd look into a different career in the Navy as >>2314 said. There's plenty of less glorious jobs to be had, that are at least as important.

Personally, I'd say don't waste your time. There are TONS of people out there dying to be a Seal, and the Navy's cashing in on that desire to help boost enlistment. With so many people looking to make a very exclusive cut the odds are heavily against you, and some people have been training for this for most of their lives. And really, being a Seal requires that you maintain yourself in excellent shape year round, so busting your ass to get through training isn't going to be enough. It would take one hell of a work ethic to train, study, and fight constantly. There are plenty of other cool jobs to be had in the Navy, and many of them can land you good jobs once you're out, and all can get you money for college.

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>>2315
I read it all don't worry, I know what you mean. Thanks for the advice man, I appreciate it.