ive always wanted to do karate, but people would think im a loser, i geuss i care too much about what people think of me. for instance, none of my friends know that i go on this site or even know how to use photoshop (if they even know what photoshop is...)
hey. i started tae kwon doe when i was 9 or so (yeah its young) i did it for 4 years and i only got up to reccomended black belt which meant another year of training, 10 mile run, community service for a few monthes to help community, and something like a 5 page essay on how tae kwon doe changed ur life and what u learned before you could get a black belt. Tournaments were the best part though. competion and medals. if your good enough u can go to nationals where the best are. If u need to get in shape i highly reccomend it. I dont do it any more but it was alot of fun. Logically definatly knows what hes talking about though. The only problem was there was a freakin 9 year old that was a reccomnded black belt as well..of course he was the son of one of our instructors but i mean come on!! way to young some dojos make u wait untill you are 18 before you can even test for a black belt.
Competitions was one of my favorite things about my training. Not because I was worried about being better than others, but because it was fun for me to go and watch all the other people showing off their various styles and seeing how good they are. I was lucky enough to attend nationals twice for competition, and even luckier to come home with trophys both times in my selected divisions. Competitions can be a very humbling experience too. Before I attended my first tournament, I had a bit of an ego...a girl a few years younger then me quickly put me in my place when she whooped me so fast I was out of the competition before I even knew what was happening. Some places do make you wait before you can get your black belt. Other places I think though, encourage the younger students by allowing them to be promoted when they have earned it. I've met some extremely well disciplined and well trained children, and it blows my mind some times. One can only imagine the sort of future they will have when they get older. To the guy worried about what his friends think. Don't worry about them. If its something you want to do, do it. I can guranttee once you get into your training, its going to build your confidence so much, that its not going to matter what your friends think. Besides, odds are, they may respect you a little more for it. My friends always did when I was in school. Its amazing what kind of respect you can earn when someone sees the hard work and dedication that you put into something.
Nice post I like to muck around with my brother alot, he used to do kick boxing and some kind of other style, you pinned people to the ground and stuff so they couldnt reach you, someone posted a link of it before I'd like to learn how to block which has already been explained and how to pin people etc
Heh, Martial Arts, i did quite a few of em, still do some of them still... I do quite alot, don't know why, I've been doing fencind since i was 9, but that TECHNICALLY wasnt a martial art I can give you some good recommendations on some Martial Arts, just hope that they teach it nearby. Akido - I recommend this alot, i believe it means 'fundamental harmony within the spirit of the universe', my main reason to learn this as a top priority, is that it teaches you the basics and mastering of unarmed disarming (say a person with a knife/gun) without causing injury to you and the opponent. Really really helpful when you grow up Arnis, Kali, or Escrima - These are filipino martial arts, i know cause im part fillipino, i guess you can find them in UK now, their basically the same as Akido, only they have more variations and much more different ways of disarming, i cant remember which one teaches the sleeper hold, been some time... Bojutsu - This, is by far, one of my favourite martial arts, combat with bamboo sticks, yes it's painful, yes it's hard, but it's fun, and really helpful if your going to get a fight at the bar with the pool table you know =P!? By far a high priority recommendation from RagnaroK! Hapkido - This is more like, physical fighting, its a Korean martial art, it gives a variety of throws, locks, hand work and some kicking. Judo - Good for throws and groundwork, really really really essential if you are 100% sure goign to be in a street fight, this will really help. Kondo - Well I personally love this martial art, this takes ALOT of practice and is really dangerous, i do it as better training for my fencing you know, its a martial art that uses split bamboo swords, if you can get ahold of this i IMMEDIATELy advice you to go into this Martial Art! Okinawan - This is a really good martial art, i'm trying to find someone who can teach it, i believe it's a Japanese martial art, its really good for fighting with weapons and how to combat them, using defensive skills and such, only if they made a star wars version ! (LIGHTSABER) Taek Wan Do - Probably the most famous of all martial arts, although i do not recommend it for weaker framed people, since it consists of power blocking and strikes which oppose force rather then redirecting it you know? If you DO want to take Taek Wan Do, i advice the next martial art... Shotokan - Alot like Taek Wan Do, only a bit more fluid with extra stuff, mostly build around speed and strength. That's all i can think up of right now, if i remember more ill be sure to post =) You have heard from the GR prophet =)
some clubs you can get black belt in less then 1 year or 2 year it sohuld take about 4 year i think. some clubs oyu can grade like once a month
Taekwondo is defienetly not all about power blocking and strikes. It doesn't matter how strong you are, its all about the follow through that you put into your actions. When your executing a kick or a punch, you don't aim for the target itself, you aim beyond and through the target. Taekwondo has been my primary style for years now and im not exactly one of the stronger people, but even I thrived well against my stronger opponents while training. Its all a matter of how you execute what you've been taught. In martial arts, the size doesn't matter and any strength you desire, comes with time from all your training. I would actually suggest Taekwondo as a style for beginners. Some of the other styles can be complex in their execution without basic knowledge of martial arts. Taekwondo can help build that basic knowledge base and then from there you can branch out. If your lucky, you will find an instructor like I had, who was trained in a few different styles and would some times incorporate other styles slowly into what we where learning, to help strengthen our techniques, knowledge and overall ability to defend ourselves. However, as far as on the ground self defense, the only ones that I know of for sure, are grappling and judo. I am sure there are more, most likely many more, I just dont know what they are.
I do Taekwondo and Grappling. I began Taekwondo a few years back but I had to quit within five months because of school. I started up again in September of last year. I was lucky to find an instructor who trained under someone who with the traditional ways. My instructors students all test under his Master aswell. I know of many young black belts. If they put in the training and effort then they deserve it, regardless of age.
I'm into Martial Arts deeply. I take the following. - Drunken Boxing (Black Belt / 3 Stripes/ Advanced Trainer) - Beijing Butterfly (Ex. Darth Maul's lightsaber fighting style except you would use 2 swords held together or a bamboo staff/redwood) - Aikido (Grappling Fighting Style) - Gun Kata (Taught myself, it was a style made for the movie Equilibrium, so I kept watching the movie over and mimicing the moves and stances and based my own attacks.) - As of now I'm trying to learn the art of Capoeira. The style you see Eddy Gordo and Christie Montiero use in Tekken.
karate means ---- if you ever watch ultimate fighting or something the wrestlers :censored: them up cause all the karate :censored: know how to do is block while wrestlers crack their arms
