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Hey guys, i'm just wanting some opinions here... I've been thinking of taking up a martial art, and I hear different things from different people. I heard Kempo Karate is good, but Judo is most "pure", and that Taekwon-Do covers everything. My main choice at the moment is going to Rick Young's Black Belt Academy, where he teaches a mix of Gung Fu, Muaythai, Jeet-Kune-Do, etc...Help!!!  |
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I'm going to go to a Judo class this coming Monday, to see how I do. If it doesn't work out, to it's time for some Kempo Karate! BTW, Carve...didn't you leave man?  I AM flexible, by the way...surely doing the Van Dam lift speaks for that (elevated splits, making a sort of bridge, and doing barbell or dumbell curls )...I can kick a guy I know, who is 6'8" in the head...so yeah, I don't think that's going to be a problem. I'm only like 200lbs, which is, considering how much bodybuilding I do, quite little. By the way Carve..."UFC grappling" covers alot of martial arts...UFC is MMA (Mixed martial arts). Everything from karate, to judo, to wrestling, to sombo wrestling, to hapkido, to gung fu, to kung fu...*shuts up* This comment was edited by  on Aug 15 2003 07:15pm. |
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Plo Koon - Student 
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oh and at my class you can sign up to take a Judo class,ive tried it its good self defense _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Plo Koon - Student 
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lol thats Tae Kwon Do and i never got bored i dont think most of you know what Tae Kwon Do means do you all?its the way of the foot and fist _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too This comment was edited by Plo Koon on Aug 15 2003 12:18pm. |
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Ash - Eats Babies 
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i thought JJ already wrestles? _______________ "We keep odd hours...." ----------------------- They Live, We Sleep |
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Bubu - Hubbub 
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to back aeth's words about fighting on the ground, why don't you take up wrestling? that's on the ground, it's alright for big guys too and you already like to watch wrestling so it might also be fun to actually do it _______________ make install -not war |
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Carve - Student 
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JumpinJedi is a big guy. Weight-training the way JJ does is counterproductive to standard martial arts. Either do boxing, UFC-style grappling, or kickboxing (your best option). You'll probably have to lose about 40+lbs of muscle to do a martial art effectively, but the abovementioned focus more on power and strength than flexibility etc. _______________ © |
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Aeth S'kray - Retired 
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I did some teak-won do or however you spell it  It got boring after some time. 3/4 of the lessons we were stretching and doing stuff to get more agile. May be a good thing, but it's boring as hell. And we only did some fights against the air. Combos and stuff. Only every now and then we trained with humans.There are two choices. You either do martial arts to actually fight, to actually be able to knock somebody down, whatever. Or you do it as a way of life, some kind of medidation/religion stuff. From what I've heared, Judo is trying to use the enemys power as his disadvanatge. Like doding a hit and pulling his arm and let him fall down. Karate is mostly hand figting. Teak won do uses a lot of kicks. There are so many variations... i'd just try out Oh, and btw. Statistiks show tat about 75% of all serious fights happen on the ground. Maybe search for a martial art for ground fights? ^^ _______________ Aeth S'kray *June 2002 +September 2003 |
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Rei D'Kana - Ex-Student |
YOu should try Ju-Jitsu. THat really kicks it. And its pretty hard. But Taek Wondo really covers everything. Including Sticks and Swords |
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Garos - Student 
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I do kickboxing. It's a bit hard sometimes, but it's worth it; if someone throws a punch at me today I know how to get him in an armlock before he knows I've moved. It's very usefull and very fun. You know those stupid clothes? They're called "gees". A 'gee' is a really really reaaly offensive word in ireland or somewhere. hehe...gee... |
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Plo Koon - Student
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i took tae kwan do for three years and im going to return,i dont know much about the others but i really enjoy it.my master (Master Hyde) is very nice and the way he teaches is good.its very good excersize and helps so best luck JJ....just that karate and all those others are different styles. _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too This comment was edited by Plo Koon on Aug 14 2003 11:39am. |
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Kueller - Student 
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You gotta take Aikido. Very cool, uses the power of the other opponent to completely destroy him. (If you do it right) I broke a polse from a mugger with it. _______________ Personal sleepness-nights-supporter of Virtue. Owner of the 1000th comment of Daidalus and 1943th comment of Gradius! Owner of the 300th comment of Carda! -Taught Gradius all his laming skills
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Jenko - Student 
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Gentleman Loser has pointed out got type of martial arts which I know instincivly as I am already Welsh! It's a great art to learn and it really catches you opponent by suprise! Seriouslty have a look at the like provided by Gentleman Loser. _______________ Wyt ti'n siarad Cymraeg? rhyw ar y traeth! |
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Bubu - Hubbub
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LMAO @ Llap Goch!!! that's the funniest thing i've seen all week. don't miss the small print at the very bottom  _______________ make install -not war |
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Jenko - Student
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I did Karate for 4months and I got to green belt adn within 3months of training I managed to do the splits which you need for 'kingeru' and 'washageru' (kicks) because if you can do the splits then you can kick over an adults head and accuratly aim. Very uncomfortable too! I also quit because I was bored. But I've always wanted to try Judo...I've done a bit of it before and it was great fun, it's more physical than Karate and it's a lot more handy if you need it becuase you basically learn how to chuck people everywhere making sure that they are knocked out or on the floor! One thing I have to say about Karate is that 'Sensaie'(don't know how you spell it!): 'Master' wnats a lot of commitment to Karate, they usually ask for you to practice sequences ('Katas')every night and practice doing the spilt every night too! You also have to learn a little Japanese here's a taster: (This is the words the way your meant to say them not the correct spelling!) itch - one knee - two san - three she - four go - five row - six seech - seven hatch - eight koo - nine joo - ten oos - yes/ok Well you asked for help! lol Good luck! _______________ Wyt ti'n siarad Cymraeg? rhyw ar y traeth! This comment was edited by Jenko on Aug 14 2003 09:18am. |
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Gentleman Loser - Ex-Student 
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http://www.ppsa.com/gif/llap01.gif "Llap Goch: Walk Softly, but Carry A big pint." _______________ "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" Bhagavad Gita & J. Robert Oppenheimer This comment was edited by Gentleman Loser on Aug 14 2003 08:50am. |
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Bubu - Hubbub 
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You are in a JEDI ACADEMY and you ask what martial art to take.... sheesh!! lol j/k of course. but the force CAN come in handy at times. I did karate myself, got to green belt and also kinda got bored of it. ahh well... i dono _______________ make install -not war |
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JavaGuy - Student 
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Oh yeah, I forgot...buy a gun! _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Gentleman Loser - Ex-Student 
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Hey! Now fencing is something that really 'tickes my fancy', as they say. I've always figured it as being quite an expensive sport tho. What sort of outlay would I have to make to get 'up and swinging', as it were?  _______________ "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" Bhagavad Gita & J. Robert Oppenheimer |
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EAF_fencer3 - Student 
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FENCING!!!! _______________ |"Evacuate? In our moment of Triumph? I think you overestimate their chances."|"hurray broccoli!" -Tarpman| |Godson to Carve|Ward of Flamori|Brother to Gunrow| |
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Ale'Velkyrii - Student 
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If you can...JEET KUNE DO! I REALLY want to take Jeet Kune Do, because I have heard GREAT things about it. It's kind of a flexible style...maybe you can read up on it. Search Google or something, you'll find info. _______________ Wanna know what my name means? Peralos Ale'Velkyrii: Perilous Drunken Angel, or PDA for short. Perilous, because I'm bound to get into fights I can't win. Drunken, because ALE! Angel, because a valkyrie is basically an angel of Odin. I'm here to send you to the afterlife, but I can't gurantee I'll be stable enough to win a fight.
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SilkMonkey - Distributor of Cold Ones 
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I did Tae Kwon Do and got up to Bo-dan before we moved to England. Haven't done it since then. I did use it in a fight once, this kid came after me with a knife and about 4 cronies. Koriyo comes in handy for teaching you some useful moves. _______________ |-HK-47 -SilkMonkey: You are receiving a warning for being_too_sexy. If you do not stop, action will be taken against you.|| (11:13:43) � Virtue dances for Silk ||Smiling owner of Smilykrazy's 6000th comment =) ||Odan Wei's Proud Big Brother|| Janus is my official TaruTaru Cuddly Animal Type Person. ||(@Virtue) Or you could just be a man and set fire to your genitals.....you won't fall asleep for days after that.......trust me.||Thomas Skywalker er for sexy for sitt eget beste!!!!| Not changing sig until the JA loosens up. (Started: Aug 31, 2005) |
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Gentleman Loser - Ex-Student
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I took up Karate for a while, but it bored me senseless. Dunno, maybe it was the instructors. Also tried Tae Kwon Do and had waaaay more fun! Sigh... but then, I got a job, working shifts and all that jazz, and had too little free time to continue. Now I have the reflexes of a house brick, a belly, flabby man breasts and an addiction to cheese. My advice is avoid cheese... _______________ "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" Bhagavad Gita & J. Robert Oppenheimer This comment was edited by Gentleman Loser on Aug 12 2003 09:19pm. |
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SS/ph00d - Student 
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Yeah, Tae KwonDo is a fun martial arts. Once you get to black belt you learn how to defend yourself against guns and knives. But before that you learn to defend yourself against some grab attacks, like wrist and collar. You do forms(imaginery fight scenes) too which are pretty fun, some challenging as well. You also get to spar which is where you fake fight with equipment and stuff. As well as breaking boards Good luck JJ, I suggest Tae KwonDo, whatever you take will probably be just as good. _______________ -ShadowSith: CTF/gunner specialist. |
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YinYang - Ex-Student 
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Me ive studied ALOT of martial arts(thx to my mother)but ima put it in the simplest way in the great ones own words "if it helps u 2 win a fight,then u should learn to use it and defend urself"so which ever u chose is a good 1 _______________ Sister to Smily,Axion,and CT Friend to ALL... SMILY, LUKE,MAGRA,AND KOYI RULE!!!!! . . : :There is ALWAYS 2 Yin and Yang , Good and Evil: : . . This comment was edited by YinYang on Aug 12 2003 03:36am. |
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JavaGuy - Student
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I took Tae Kwon Do for a couple years and loved it. We used to get together with a Gong Fu school for sparring classes, and they were pretty good. I've heard good things about Jeet Kune Do. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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