>In our dojo we do more sparing then kata with a little bit of grappling/ground work.
Good man. I've only done live randori, never kata.

I've been into martial arts for a little more than three years now. The class I attend at my dojo is self defense oriented, but derived from competitive martial arts to ensure efficiency. The main purpose is controlling an attacker while causing the least amount of harm to all involved. As such we rely heavily on grappling arts. I've got a blue belt in Brazillian Jui-Jitsu, My original base was in Judo, but I was ranked in our class, not straight Judo. I've also done some wrestling and basic Thai boxing. Various other arts are used in our class, but ranking is not offered in them, nor is their approach used. I started and run a MMA club at my college.

Pic related and OC

I'm currently involved in stage combat, but I've just signed up for the ISMAC coming in a couple months. I'm primarily a western martial arts enthusiast these days, but I've also done Sports Chanbara, which is a strange version of Kendo where you use padded swords instead of armor.

I did Taekwondo for 12 years. It's been about 2 years since I've even practiced, which makes me kind of sad sometimes... It was a fun and easy way to stay in shape.

What it's all about? I dunno kicking and punching lol

>>31
Not so much punching. You should take up kickboxing then since you'll have a good background.
Competition is fun, and helps make sure you're moves are hardwired responses.

>>36
Kickboxing is something I've been considering getting into and I think I wouldn't find it too difficult since, as you implied, Taekwondo has a large focus on kicking.

The one thing I didn't like about TKD was the forms and shit. I mean, I enjoyed learning forms and I think they are important, but I always preferred sparring and wished I could get into something with a more competitive focus. But alas, I grew up in a small town where nothing else was available.

Aikido - 3 years. It's a looooooooong way to Shodan, though :(

Judo - off and on for two years.

I really like the idea of using someone else's strength to your advantage. There's something inherently beautiful to me in yielding to someone's attack and using their own momentum to throw them to the ground. I think it's sort of the mentality of being "untouchable" - that you don't even need to exert any force to destroy an opponent.

I got the blue belt in Taekwondo and the red belt in some kind of Kung Fu when I was a little kid.. Boy that was a long time ago, I gotta start doing something again.

BJJ here (white belt only though - 3 stripes for what it's worth). Been a couple of years, with a year of Judo before that and some kickboxing.

Judo for three months *cough*, some Wing Chun, half a year of boxing, nine months Muay Thai and knife sparring over the time of three years - I even had the pleasure to train with Jim Wagner and Marc MacYoung :>

Once my knee is healed up, I'll probably go on with Muay Thai or try BJJ/Escrima.

hahaha...holy crap i do Yoshukai too.. i did it for 12 years and got my second degree black belt.. and now im moar focused on Muay Thai,;thailand kickboxing, extremely offencive based with lots of elbows and knees for the last 7 years...and ive been doing ju jutsu for the last two years;which is pretty much self explanitory...

oh btw...question for OP: is that an old picture of master Yamamoto?

>>74
Yes, it is. Grandmaster KatsuoYamamoto on the left and Mike Foster on the right.

>>76
woah.. thats Mike Foster..he looks alot different now

"muay boran," so to speak.

i've been training in the traditional way for about four years.

Wado Ryu Karate for 6 years, Wing Chun for almost 2 and the same for Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu here. I still train in all three, and do BJJ once/twice a week.

I've been taking Shotokan Karate for a year now. Attempted Tae Kwon Do at the same time but realized the styles were clashing in my head.

For about 2 years I went to a school here: http://www.ccmaa.com/ that was mostly TKD but incorporated Karate Kata and Akido/Judo as well as some Krav Maga. This was about 5 years ago though :/. It was a very "hard" style, well balanced punching and kicking. I liked it a lot, but we could have done more sparring...
Then I took Kung-Fu for a little less than a year here: http://www.ephratamartialarts.com/. A much more "fluid" style, however they also incorporated MMA, very competitively based and we got to spar almost every day.
I stopped going there about 2 years ago though and haven't been in anything since...

>>167
The second place looks like the tits. Arlovski came? AWESOME.

xing yi (hising yi) 6 years
Tang lang 4 years
krav maga 200 Hours (8 month)
jkd 2 yers
"mma" 1 years

I usually do more than one AM at time...
Currently training in:
Xing yi
mma
jkd

I was in Karate for about a year, and it was great.

I was really young though, so we never sparred, only practiced kata, and went to tournaments and shit.
I really want to get back into it, but I'm not as comfortable in an open social environment as I used to be.


My teacher (Sensei, whatever) who had been in the art for 20 years, was robbed at gunpoint.

Ironyyyyy.

Past:
Tae Kwon Do
Shotokan Karate

Present:
BJJ
JKD

Future:
Baguazhang
Krav Maga
Capoeira

>>38
I was planning on getting involved in aikido after having heard about it from a friend and looking up shit online. As someone who's been at it for three years, what do you think of it?

>>216
Learning Akido is like buying hollow points. You still need a gun.

Its Taekwon Do Noobs

Judo 1.5 years
Jui jitsui 1.5 years

Currently
Wrestling 2 years
Bjj 4 months
Boxing 4 months

Future
Whats a good stand up Martial art for me to learn next? Any suggestions that would go well with what already know would be appreciated.

>>230

Muay Thai or TKD. Something to help you with your kicks.

>>237
I was just about to say Muay Thai, as it incorporates grappling as well, to the best of my knowledge.

I went to Taekwondo for about 6 months, but stopped going when summer came around because it was held in a tin shed at 2pm. I once tried using it in a fight but someone hit me in the back of the head with a brick.
I like to keep telling myself I'll get back into something one day, but realistically I know I never will.

  for the past 4 1/2 years I've been studying Seibukan Jujutsu in Monterey along with bujinkan for 3 1/2. I have a shodan in Seibukan and a shodan in Bujinkan. Hopefully at the end of the month I'll be doing my nidan in bujinkan. I train under Julio Toribio, who from: www.seibukanjujutsu.com is the grand master of Seibukan and also the Creator of it. He has a 15th dan in Bujinkan, a godan in aikido, has a Kaiden Shihan Sandaikichu in Hakku Ryu Jujutsu, and rokudan in Enshin Itto lyyu Batto. he Seibukan Jujutsu Headquarters is located in Monterey, California. Toribio Sensei is co-developer of the Model Mugging self-defense and empowerment course for women and men, and founder of the Action Self-Defense program

my style is American kenpo. ed Parker's style. i have been doing it sence i was about 3 years old. so... almost 16 years now. i like how it is close quarters and how its not about flashy moves its about doing what is needed and nothing else. so not to wast energy.

Kyokushin Karate (2nd dan) & Boxing for 17 years
Judo & Jui-jitsu (Same school) for 7 years
All-American "Wrasslin" 4 years (through HS)
Also some mixed Ninjitsu and Muay-Thai training.

I have also studied Kendo & several schools of Iaido for over 12 years now. Besides training myself in all sorts of other weaponry. Knives & knife-throwing, archery, axes & axe-throwing, etc.


Keep in mind kids that no matter how many black belts you have none of it matters a pile of beans if you can't utilize your training in a real street fight. Which after being in literally hundreds of life-or-death fights and brawls in my life, I can safely say I have learned the most from compared to actual-formal training. Most people in situations like that (no matter their training) will just adrenaline-dump and find themselves on their ass, waking up from unconsciousness. Real life isn't like "Roadhouse".

I consider myself retired from my days of brawling I've come to terms with how stupid and childish fighting is. I have had the good fortune of remaining undefeated to this day. I have reached the apex of my ability and I came to a crossroads where it was either A. Start training again, this time for a Pride or UFC career. or B. Focus on my writing/photography/music career and the things that make me happy. I have decided to go with the latter.

Now I just carry a concealed handgun. Fuck wasting my talents on people who are no longer worth a good beating.

>>290
>after being in literally hundreds of life-or-death fights and brawls in my life

Holy fuck. Either you live in the wrong neighborhood or you go looking for trouble.

Kickboxing for... four, five years, got to purple belt the stopped four, five years ago
Then switched to Jun Fan/JKD, which is good stuff, onto my green belt now (WUMA).

Recently took up FMA (kali), which is good, but less of a workout (because you can't really go full-out when practising stuff like wrenches and arm-breaks), as well as moving from one hour a week to four hours a week in total.

Had a Jun Fan seminar with guru Rick Tucci yesterday, feel like absolute shit today, but it was great stuff and I'm doing kali tomorrow.

i done ninjutsu for 4 years.
learnt most the disciplines within ninjutsu;

Seishin-teki kyōkō (spiritual refinement)
Taijutsu (unarmed combat, using one's body as the only weapon)
Kenjutsu (sword fighting)
Bōjutsu (stick and staff fighting)
Shurikenjutsu (throwing shuriken)
Sōjutsu (spear fighting)
Naginatajutsu (naginata fighting)
Kusarigamajutsu (kusarigama fighting)
Shinobi-iri (stealth and entering methods)
Sui-ren (water training)
Intonjutsu (escaping and concealment)
Meteorology

We didn't get taught;

Hensōjutsu (disguise and impersonation) Kayakujutsu (pyrotechnics and explosives)
Bajutsu (horsemanship)
Bōryaku (tactic)
Chōhō (espionage)
Chi-mon (geography)


We mostly done Taijutsu and Bojutsu. Every couple of weeks we'd go camping in large forest near where i live and do escape and concealment, stealth and entering methods (lock picking, fast climbing, using graplings etc), and water training. we also got to learn alot of survival skills.
I haven't been in a few years, i plan on returning though. I learnt invaluable things.

>>292

To put things into perspective for you, I didn't have a white friend until sophomore year of HS.

When you grow up in the most disgustingly poor and violent areas of New Jersey that is to be expected if you carry yourself as a warrior like myself. Most notably Camden, Newark, and Paterson. The street gangs I associated with in the early years would simply roam around town (myself included) and fight people. I would just go around and challenge people who had "that look in their eye". My favorite prey was big, fat dudes who thought they were tough.

However it doesn't take long for one to realize the true implications of living a life of petty crime. If you give it enough time to fester it doesn't become petty anymore and you wind up doing and seeing things you wish you could take back. And god help me, I know I do.


Oh and WORD UP to my Ninjutsu friend above. It's good to know some people on here are true. There aren't enough truly well-rounded warriors these days. Where are you from Ninja? I'd love to put your Kenjutsu & Taijutsu to the test.

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>>303

Haha, fuck yeah, Camden. My car broke down there once.

That day sucked.

>>303

Ah, so the answer is "both."

Congratulations on coming out of that wiser (not to mention alive). I have a feeling you know a little bit about street fighting.

>>20
starting a school after 3 years of training?

this sounds like bad idea

Who do you train under?

>>326
Not a school. A university-affiliated CLUB. Our stated purpose is "to provide a conrolly pollyed environment in which members can practice the sport of MMA." Basically it was a way for us to get the college to shell out some money to help us buy some mats and basic training equipment for those of us ALREADY into martial arts to train with each other. Now with that said, we DO offer to help those not involved in martial arts share in our collective pool of knowledge (limited though it may be). In my case that means helping catch everyone else up on a BJJ blue belt curriculum so we all have a decent ground base.
>>346
Who is this directed at?

>>290 >>303 >>315 Oh dear. So credible.

>>372
The credibility OOZEZ from those posts.


make me fucking laugh at that guy.
hes obviously a rolly polly, he said "word up"

>>377
Pondering delete and ban if he doesn't pony up some proof of his credentials. Pretty sure he's violating rule #1

I've trained in TKD for a little over a year now...

Other than that, I've been attempting to teach myself various arts (mostly wing chun, karate, and Native American combat) with relative success... At least I have been able to hold my own in sparring against higher belt levels, and I've won the few street fights I've been in...

>>413
Not sure what part of this seems like a worse idea.

>>419

I practice to stay in shape just as much as to learn how to fight. Either way, if I had the option I would get professional instruction. The main reason I haven't until recently is money.

>>423
Understandable man. My condolences.

I practice Wing Chun
It uses center line theory and fights battles using science (i.e. the angles involved in fighting; the fastest and easiest ways to trap and/or attack your opponent)

>>425
No. It uses: 'scuse me Sir could you please back up! 'Scuse me sir! FOOM FOOM FOOM FOOM

>>430
WC practicer back here. Umm... next time, do your backround research on a martial art before spouting nonsence. Obviously, you didn't know this, but Wing Chun specializes in close combat, Simply take the goat stance and focus on defence. Then, once your opponent strikes, you can counter in the most effective manner and end the battle right there

>>436
Obviously you didn't know this, but this board already has a few inside jokes around it. Go look through the JKD thread for an explanation of this one.

lol. I took a look at the video. Sorry for coming off as someone far too serious in that last post of mine

Tae Kwon Do.

All the time, the assistant instructors keep on emphasizing moving of the hips and trunk. Kicks rely on pivoting and torque of the hips, punches, blocks and upper body rely on the pivot and torquing of the obliques for power. The faster you pivot, the better. I have a tough time with it because of being overweight, but at least knowing where to concentrate my focus helps my technique alot.

Trying to keep stances stable while moving can be a real bitch if you are too top heavy.

Shaolin Kenpo Karate steadily for about ten years, off and on before that when I was a real little kid. Boxing for about 3 months until I decided although it's fun it just seemed really limited. Attempted various japanese karate styles which I have not cared for. Did capoeira for about a month. And most recently I've been doing wing chun for about a year, which I am completely in love with.

>> 377
>> 372

How dare you.....

You are both foolish and cowardly for automatically assuming something via the internet. Just because I used a certain phrase. You are pathetic.

I mean, you might as well have just admitted how jealous you are of me, worm. I've noticed that certain people just can't stand the idea of someone entirely superior to them and have to assume that they are lying to protect their little anonymous-egos. Don't believe it little man.

Delete & ban? You make me laugh. Go ahead and do it, you think I care? I read all the rules for this forum and I didn't break a single one. Nothing I have said is bragging for it is fact, nor was it stated in such a manner. I don't "brag".

Nevertheless, I have decided to post up a video for you. Just a minor demonstration as to what I'm capable of, as soon as I can get a hold of a good video-camera. (which shouldn't be too long)

>>512
More important than demonstration, could we also get your lineage on, and proof of, your ranks?

>I read all the rules for this forum and I didn't break a single one. Nothing I have said is bragging for it is fact, nor was it stated in such a manner. I don't "brag".

>Which after being in literally hundreds of life-or-death fights and brawls in my life
>I have had the good fortune of remaining undefeated to this day.
>The street gangs I associated with in the early years would simply roam around town (myself included) and fight people. I would just go around and challenge people who had "that look in their eye". My favorite prey was big, fat dudes who thought they were tough.

sounds like toughguy shit to me.

I beg to differ, I was only stating facts. There was nothing boastful in those words. I'm not proud of the thing's I have done. "Toughguyshit" would be more like "I'll kick anyone's ass in here." Or "TKD is for fags, do Krav Maga" or some bullshit like that. If I came off that way, I didn't mean it and I apologize.

And don't worry, I'll provide plenty of proof in whatever video I decide to make. Lineage & Rank's included. I think I'll do some weapon tests as well; Tamashigiri, and some knife stuff as well perhaps.

In fact this whole thing has given me a brainstorm. I might just start a video series of lessons. Perhaps a new one for each aspect, style and weapon (separately). I suppose I should thank you then anonymous for giving me a little inspiration.

>>516*cough cough*Bullshit *cough cough*

I did these in the past:
Jiu-jitsu
Kendo
Krav Maga

Now, Jiu-jitsu I did when I was like ten years old or something, and quit after I got my yellow belt. I only did Kendo for six months because I moved away, and Krav Maga I quit after to training sessions because I was the only skinny guy there, getting my ass handed to me by two metre tall roiders. If I had to chose on of these again, it'd probably be Krav Maga, because it seemed like the most efficient one. Kendo was fun, but not really practical...

Anyway, what kinda freaked me out with Krav Maga, was that the instructor told us a story about how a buddy of his had broken a guy's neck in a bar brawl before proceeding to learn us how to do it. That was basically the first move we learned.

It's been maybe five years since I quit, and I'm thinking about getting into martial arts again, mainly because I've started lifting and want to practise a sport that enhances flexibility, balance and reaction. As well as fighting capabilities of course.

>Delete & ban? You make me laugh. Go ahead and do it, you think I care?
Dear jackass. I already banned you. It was for less than a week. It was supposed to serve as a light warning. Regardless of your intent, you came off as someone trying to sound tough. I am glad you are willing to substantiate your claims.

But now this conversation is OVER. I am going to delete the entire shitfest so the thread can resume as normal. If he posts any more "lol say that to my face and see what happens" shit that IP is banned until I receive verification of all rank and ability via IRC (and this will involve a timestamped pic to verify identity and your complete training history and lineage.) Any of the rest of you who prod him get banned.

TL:DR; It doesn't make half a shit of difference how good of a fighter you are if you're not contributing anything good to this board.

>>665 Two years and a brown belt? Doesn't sound too good.

>>685
Let's give him the benefit of the doubt here. It is possible that he just trains alot. I got my Judo brown in three. Not all places are going to work you as hard as BJJ for your first dan. Besides that, a lot of styles have multiple degrees of brown before moving a color up.
Source that this is not unreasonable: http://www.foxvalleyjudo.com/pdf_files/judo_ranks.pdf

>>692 Look, I know it's possible. I just said it doesn't sound good. And I stand by my statement.

I've been doing Tae Kwon Do for about 8 years now and Judo for about 6 years

I'm a brown belt in Kyokushin Karate, and have background in Wing Chun and Eagle Claw Kung Fu. I'm also currently learning Kenjistu.

>>766

Where do you live? Seriously, I can't find a Kyokushin school anywhere in Chicago. I found a Kendo school a while ago but it's 40 blocks north and I live 90 blocks south.

Isshinryu Karate: 8 years
Shaolin Kenpo: less than a year
Capoeira Regional: Two years

Capoeira was the most fun I've had in martial arts, but my academia began going over to MMA training. I have no desire to do that, so I left. I really miss Capoeira.

Muay Thai and bjj: 4years
Western boxing: 2 years
Also combat and bodyguard training I have no MA name for

Judo - 1 year
Aikido - 2 months

I hear a lot of people talking about the inapplicability of aikido, and in isolation i may agree, but what i has taught me about lines of balance, Ki (energy) control, joint manipulation, etc has been extremely helpful in developing me as a judoka. Also, knowing only armlocks and chokes/strangles from judo, knowing some pressure points and wristlock helps me feel i'm being trained in a more 'well-rounded' fashion. I'm not saying that to try and tell people how good i think i am, i don't particularly think im that great, i'm just saying why i think aikido can be a lot more useful than people give it credit for, when combined with another MA.

>>894 here

Also did a year of fencing, totally slipped my mind because i was thinking along the lines of eastern arts. Just another little point about aikidio - fencing and aikido are very much helpful when combined, seeing as aikido was made to be used by one who has a sword but is being prevented from drawing it. Would never be 'applicable' in a real fight, because you won't have a sword, but the two disciplines are a good combination.

>>894
This is the general consensus on the art. It's sort of like having a hollow point instead of regular bullet. Great, provided you still have a gun.

>>895

Fencing is actually a great way to develop your footwork--hell, the whole difference between a beginner and an intermediate fencer is how well they shuffle. Bruce Lee actually ditched traditional kung-fu footwork in favour of one based around fencing because of the ridiculous speed at which a skilled fencer can shift from offence to defence and back again.

And i guess, in keeping with the topic, TKD for a year (I know, I know--I was young and stupid, and it was a McDojo, so I don't think it really counts anyways), MMA for a year, and fencing at uni for 2 years. Haven't practised shit for a while, though. I'd love to get into Capoeria--not for any practical purpose, more for shits and giggles (and health and fitness and whatnot), and I would be a pig in shit if I could learn Drunken Boxing without having to plough through any other styles of kung-fu (I just love the rhythm, movements, and theory behind it), but the only decent gym in town is my old MMA hole.

>>305
I hate livng so close to there.

Ju- Justu 3 years
Judo 3 years
Shorinji Kenpo Karate 3 years
Tae Kwon Do 6 months
Eagle Claw Kung Fu 1 year
Kendo 2 years

I'd love to learn Monkey Kung Fu, Capoiera, and Pak Mei

i've done WTF style Taekwondo 7 years ( got my black belt then left the dojo.)
Japanese JiuJitsu and Judo for 7 years ( got my black belt in JJ and blue belt in judo.)

I've done western boxing for about two years

And at the moment i'm training in Muay Thai, BJJ and doing some mma oriented work.

I've been training at the Seido dojo in NYC for two years now and am still a blue belt. Advancement is very slow there, but the instructors are all very thorough and really care for each individual student. I can only go two days a week but try to get at least ten hour in. I sure do sweat a lot there! Best part of my week.

Sophomore year in highschool I joined a capoeira afterschool program because I had a crush on this girl and she dared me to do it. At first I was just messing around, and I wasn't really trying. I got more and more into it and started taking classes outside of school. I had the same teacher, and although he wasn't a mestre, he took breaks from the fun and tradition to apply more realistic combat pieces, throwing in a little boxing, some basic jiu jitsu, and other stuff into the motions.
I signed up for Karate later on in the year, thinking that I could apply myself more at an older age. Although Kata still bored me to tears, our teacher ended every class by having different combinations of us sparring, which really helped me out. I also ended up taking various basic elements from Karate, and pondered on how I could mix them.
Junior year, although my capoeira teacher was gone, I managed to practise and spar here and there with some friends. I signed up for Tai Chi, thinking the whole meditation thing would help my balance. MAN was I wrong. The teacher taught tons of grappling techniques that minimized work done. That class really improved my grappling game and various other bits here and there.
Christmas this year, I got the Tao of Jeet Kun Do. Practicing excersises and techniques from it, I got into better shape, became more muscular but still pretty lean. I also loved the nonrestricting philosophy.

What I've gotten from it all is:
Capoeira is basically all about using momentum from constant movement and disorienting your opponent with odd moves.
Karate seems to be about being fast, precise, and powerful.
Tai Chi is all about minimizing work, quickly hitting weakpoints, and eliminating strength-vs-strength in a fight.

As recently as I got into martial arts, I'm fairly confident about being able to defend myself.

I'm doing Taekwondo right now. It emphasizes kicking more than punching because the Koreans believe that the hands are to too imoportant to risk hurting in a fight.

Practiced karate for four months when I was eight
Fencing for a one-and-a-half years from when I was fifteen
Muai-thai and MMA for a grand total of two months
Yong Tjun (wing-chun off-shot) for the last five months, this includes skirmen stick fighting.

Yong Tjun is actually a decent martial art, and our grandmaster has some wicked skills. Add to that our trainer varies the training a lot, with many different kinds of reaction and feeling excersices., and lots and lots and lots of ways to take down an opponent (once you're inside his guard anyway)
What we don't have is sparring, but I think we could do that if we just asked our trainer for some.
The art itself is very efficient and quite brutal, whn we go for the takedown we go for the takedown, lot's of throat-strikes, elbows to the back etc, which is why I like it.

I've done fencing for close to a year now. Also done Tai Chi Chuan on and off for 3 years. Self-taught, mostly. Also some Judo, Karate, and Kendo.

i've only gone to one lesson of karate and found it was not for me. i love the martial arts but learning like a guppie in a school bothers me. i believe true masters find they learn the most when they are either in combat or one on one training. i have always done some sort of fighting technique but it was never professionally taught.
i understand there are safety concerns about making your own style while you haven't learned from someone that knows what their talking about. but i would like to learn how to do the basic moves and make my own style.

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k-fu for 11 years along with aikido and kickboxing. it being vietnamese making it ten times the awesome

>>1355

Gyahahahahahahaha, oh wow.

There are a mittful of thugs who are self-taught and reasonably successful brawlers (after years and years of refining their 'self-taught martial art'), but anyone who actually knows more or less any martial arts ('know' in the muscle-memory sense, not in the "Okay, wait a second, my foot goes here, and my hand goes like this..." stands a decent chance of flooring him.

>>1303

I'd be a little wary about actually applying any of these 'brutal skills' in real-life. While there's a chance that he just doesn't think that you (or your class, or whatever) are skilled enough to pull your punches and not seriously injure your sparring partner, as I said earlier in the post, a huge part of being proficient in martial arts is muscle-memory, and that includes your ability to react to a real, moving, attacking-and-defending opponent.

I recall an interview with Bruce Lee in which he said something along the lines of 'You can spend your whole life hitting a bag or breaking boards and not be proficient in a real fight. While a bag is good for training the muscles and boards are good for demonstrations, neither one of them can prepare you for an opponent who hits back.'

>>1398
You could have just quoted Enter the Dragon.
"Boards don't hit back."

>>290

That's funny because the average person has about fourteen to thirty full contact fights in them until their bodies can't take anymore

>>1456
wut

Judo for 5 years in primary school, but ended up badly injuring my knee in a tournament so was out of the game for most of high school.

Got back into it in university with 4 years of Ju-jitsu and 2 years krav maga.

Nowadays I slot in an hour of "normal" boxing in my lunch break and Judo twice a week after work.

>>136
Whoa! A fellow wado ryu guy!
Greetings. I'm in my 2nd year of wado ryu now.

Wing Chun: Half a year.

Boxing since I was like 7.

>>1686

FOOM FOOM FOO-FOO-FOO FOOM!

i did tai kwon do when i was 12

I am currently doing Usa goju karate which ive been doing for about 2 years and well its great its extremely well rounded practical and teaches you how to win in street fights

Took up Taekwondo in May. I'm testing for my yellow belt in the next month or two. For those not in the know the progression is
White--->High White--->Yellow
So it's not like I've been dicking around since May. I've literally been working my ass off (I've lost 10 lbs).

I've taken about 6 years of a variety of styles in street/reality based self defense. More focused on as sytem based on a methodolgy rather than any martial art that's out there.

I just don't find rank, katas, uniforms, rules and stances all that attractive. Holds little meaning to me when I walk out into the real world and all of that is for nothing. However I do enjoy a wide variety of scenarios from dealing with a drunk at a bar, to a stick up kid at the ATM and multiple attackers as well as working in confined spaces or in the water :)

Goju-ryu karate for 6 years. Very rooted style with deep stances and focuses on single powerful strikes. Cross training of some kind is required for agility training, but free sparring with my TKD practicing cousin was always gratifying; I'd have more bruises, but he'd have bigger ones.

3 years wrestling, 7 months boxing. Love boxing.

Karate from a legit school for a year.
McDojo for a week.
Kung Fu for a year.
Kickboxing for a year.
I hate getting hit, but I love the feeling of coming back twice as hard, so I'm gonna do kickboxing again, soon

I've practiced ITF Tae Kwon Do for 3 years, Kempo for a year, and dabbled in Shotokan Karate.

I specify that I've practiced with the International TKD Federation because of what is truly a drastic difference in focus and (in some cases, not all) quality of technique. I've trained and attended open tournaments with WTF students and in some cases we're nearly practicing a whole different martial art.

I like ITF because of its focus on the art of TKD. I've gotten plenty of what I'll call martial sport experience from Kempo and Shotokan, but ITF has really helped me build a lot of balance, grace, and appreciation for the aesthetics of martial arts. Likewise, as there is a time for aesthetics, there is also a great focus on effective self defense through Ho Sin Sul an annex (if you will) of ITF TKD that focuses on every day, real world defense. I love the people I train with, I like that there is a great sense of respect and courtesy. It is as much of a cerebral art as it is a physical one.

I've worked with a very strong organization and trained under some amazingly talented martial artists, I'm very grateful for my TKD experience.

Have done the following:

Goju Ryu karate
Wing Tjun (a branch of Wing Chun)
Muay Thai
BJJ

All in all, I liked Wing Tjun the best

I've taken this and that over the years, the things I took most seriously were Soo Hwa Kung Fu, Tang Soo do, and some wrestling. When I was little my older brothers and I sparred alot so I got used to fighting bigger faster opponents and my dad used to put me in Akido holds and I'd have to stop him from getting them set. He started off really easy when I was very young and got harder and harder as I got older. I've had alot of very unorthodox instruction through out my life. I've caught many a sparring partner by suprise with a 'WTF was that?' attack. A friend of my grandfather taught me something... I think it was Savate, but I'm not sure, I've never found anyone else that knows about it. He barely spoke english and after seeing my brothers thrash me a couple times he told me, "I teach you fight." I studied with him for about a year before he died. It was a lot of fun I wish I could find somewhere to learn more.

I was doing kali for a while but my teacher didn't really give a shit so the training was lackluster. I found a place that teaches muay thai but it looks like a mma hole so I'm out of options.

Doing Hap Ki Do, been doing so for about 4 years. Its basically about redirecting and utilizing opponents momentum. There is very little hyung involved, although it is there

Did Shaolin for about 4 years when I was a teenager. When I was little, I did a little Tae Kwon Do.
I've been thinking about joining a local Judo or Baguazhang school, or maybe a T'ai Chi Ch'uan group on campus. The martial art I really wanna learn is Xingyiquan.

Judo
Tai Chi Chuan
Nom Bi Pai
Wing Chun
Tae Kwon Do
Kun Tao
Shaolin
Chang Chuan
Monkey Kung Fu
Kickboxing
Hung Gar
Lau Gar
Liu He Men
Hoping to do Xing Yi as well.

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

>>2114
If you dont mind me asking how much focus is put into kumite in Goju ryu. I did kyokushin for 8 years and its mainly full contact, but since i moved ive been thinking of trying Goju ryu.

Thank you in advance to anyone who answers my question

>>2338
Depends on the club really. In my experience, a fair bit. I do a relatively formal and traditional style, so there is a fair bit of focus on kata and bunkai etc. and not everything is done with a focus towards kumite, but that said we still do plenty of kumite and practice for it. Rules in my club and others in the same organisation for free sparring are, no contact to the head (backhands are acceptable), no strikes to the groin, knees or toes/foot. 'Bout it really, though how hard we go rather depends on who you're sparring, with blackbelts/dans I just try not to break their ribs, with lower belts I utilise more control and am gentler.