Hey, Who here is learing any kind of Martial Arts?Me I'm learing one that you can only learn from my Uncle in America! my Grandfather is the grand master of the Martial art and I'm planning on following his ways. The name of it is Kamagong, an old Philippino Martial Art. Teaches not streangth but power over your opponent. Teaches you to controll your feelings of anger and hate. Strickly Self-Defence, but you name a boan I can break it.

see ya later

hmm never heard of it but it sounds cool.
I only do plain ol karate..about 5 years now.

Um... I started karate now so long ago... I should practice more though, because I kinda suck a bit at it... well, it's not my main interest in life, yet I think it's cool anyways ! ^^ I'm going with Shotokan, for I head the Kyukushin style's not as good... well, I dunno for myself. Anyways. ^^;

What grade am I ? Um... orange... ._.;

*slaps himself in the face*

I'll practice more. ^^;;

i'm in tae-kwon-do. fun sport! my master lets me use knives, numchucks(which i suck at), night sticks, staffs, and my favorite...katana's!!!!!!!!!!
i've been doing it for....6 or 7 years now.

Well, I'm not in any martial arts per se... But i really want to be in Tang Soo Do, Jujutsu, or the Secret Art Of Ninjitsu ( basically any ninjutsu that has not been tainted by american hands... The original ninjitsu) I don't really want to do Karate, or Tae Kwon Do, mainly because those are for sport fighting, and have regulations which limit the lethality of the techniques. Granted, they can both be very violent when they need to, they are both still sports. There are, however, exceptions in those two arts, styles which are not for sport, but they are few and far between...

i'm in tae-kwon-do. fun sport! my master lets me use knives, numchucks(which i suck at), night sticks, staffs, and my favorite...katana's!!!!!!!!!!


YATTA (Hooray) Katanas are Sooooo fun to use! I'm not too bad if I say so myself.
I'm learning abit of the staff, but numchucks are the only weapon My master (grandfather) can't fight with, but he sure can stop them! Yeah I've been in my Martial arts for a good 11 years now... still no black belt... :unsure: the test for it is VERY VERY high standards.

oooo...that sux. i'm on my third degree. our testings aren't that hard, most of it's in korean and i AM korean, then we gotta break a few bricks...kick a few butts, and do a couple forms. then boom! u get ur black belt. (i know some ninjitsu by the way, the original ninjitsu.)

Originally posted by AsianSensation_wow@Jul 2 2005, 11:28 PM
(i know some ninjitsu by the way, the original ninjitsu.)
awesome! could you teach me?
please?

hmmm for me my problem was i had no self control when i got into fights would always revert back to street fighting. So i took choy li fut tai chi for 5 years to improve my concentration and be more self efficient in myself rather than be self efficient in how i can hurt others.

That is one of my problems when my friends and I spar with kendo sticks, I don't know how to hold back, so I end up Seriosly huring one of them. The last time we fought I brused a few of his ribs and almost broke his wrist. :unsure: oops

see ya later

I have been in karate for about 2 years, as well as kobudo to go with it. Luckily, since I am in Japan, I have taken some days to train under some better teachers of karate, and I can tell you, karate in Japan is far more intense than karate in the United States. It is like...they actually make you work!

When I return to the U.S., I shall be taking Kung Fu and Taekwondo as well.

Originally posted by aoiryuukishi13@Jul 3 2005, 12:32 AM
Well, I'm not in any martial arts per se... But i really want to be in Tang Soo Do, Jujutsu, or the Secret Art Of Ninjitsu ( basically any ninjutsu that has not been tainted by american hands... The original ninjitsu) I don't really want to do Karate, or Tae Kwon Do, mainly because those are for sport fighting, and have regulations which limit the lethality of the techniques. Granted, they can both be very violent when they need to, they are both still sports. There are, however, exceptions in those two arts, styles which are not for sport, but they are few and far between...
Ninjutsu is sooo awesome.
I saw this special once about the top 10 martial arts and a ninjutsu pupil could just sense someone being behind him.
I thought that was bullshit in movies, but he actually blocked an attack when someone tried to backstab him(not literally of course).

And martial arts are as hard as hard as you make it yourself.
The teacher tells you what to do and you do it, so if you slack off it's your own fault.

Sometimes the teacher doesn`t push you hard enough, or show you all the possible ways you can train harder, leaving you by yourself. I noticed this taking karate in Japan-the teacher has so many more ways he shows you on how to train harder. It is also harder to move up in karate, in Japan. Factually, karate IS harder in Japan. So is the training, simply because of the resources they actually give you, and use in every lesson.

I practice Brazilian Ju-Jitsu. I'm in the 1st Kyu, and it really hurts. :P

Here are a few pics of me in my Formal out fit, but it looks cool to pose in.


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a196/Sukate/P10100047.jpg


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a196/Sukate/P1010004.jpg

Yeah, thats my gaming TV behind me... :bleh:

haha awesome.
You look like a soul caliber warrior.

soul caliber is a great game. That game is the one that kinda motivated me to keep getting stonger

any martial art that is in the original place it came from is much more hard core than the u.s. ones...kinda sad actually. i don't really have any challenges anymore, tournaments are fun and all...but they get lamer and lamer all the time. it's hard to control ur self i agree, at this one tournament, head shots were worth 2 points and i accidently knocked this kid out... :heh: i felt kinda bad. yeah, i know a lil nijitsu...it was a long time ago in korea. i have a training book that my dad got when he took it as a kid.

that's kinda kinky...girls who kick butt!

kinky?! :blink:

Originally posted by AsianSensation_wow@Jul 5 2005, 10:35 PM
any martial art that is in the original place it came from is much more hard core than the u.s. ones...kinda sad actually. i don't really have any challenges anymore, tournaments are fun and all...but they get lamer and lamer all the time. it's hard to control ur self i agree, at this one tournament, head shots were worth 2 points and i accidently knocked this kid out... :heh: i felt kinda bad. yeah, i know a lil nijitsu...it was a long time ago in korea. i have a training book that my dad got when he took it as a kid.
I know what you mean.... I've lived in the US all my life but it seems all the people I do battle with lack skill (I sword fight by the way) I know that there has to be better people than that out there

Originally posted by AsianSensation_wow@Jul 5 2005, 11:21 PM
kinky?! :blink:
not everyday you get an ass-kicking girl

any martial art that is in the original place it came from is much more hard core than the u.s. ones
Yeah I'm learning it strait from my Grandfather(or at least I was before he went back to the Philippines now I'm learning it from his son...my uncle) so i'm getting the hard core stuff

I've been dong tae-kwon-do for...two years? can't really remember. I'm now one below black, but I want to become STRONGER. Sure, we gotta break boards and I can, but it doesn't feel like enough. At my dojang, we don't use weapons, although that'd be AWESOME.

Onece I get my black belt, I'm starting kendo ;) Also, I would LOVE to start nondo, ninjutsu, whatever, something along those lines ^_^

oh, and an-kun....MIND OUT OF GUTTER!!! NOW!!! :P

Inu's an ass-kicking girl too! :P

If you ask me, women often have a slight advantage over in men in the aspect of flexibility in martial arts. Being able to stretch your body adequately is very important. Thus women are typically able to perform kicks faster than the average male can, along with other things. The problem is, men generally have more stamina, and also can train their body to stretch as well, so...it all evens out.

Originally posted by Sukate@Jul 3 2005, 12:43 AM
That is one of my problems when my friends and I spar with kendo sticks, I don't know how to hold back, so I end up Seriosly huring one of them. The last time we fought I brused a few of his ribs and almost broke his wrist. :unsure: oops

see ya later
i do kendo! kendo stiks hurt.the thin in kendo that u learn, is that u dont need much strenght, because its more speed that counts. real katanas are so sharp u sont really need that much strenght. i got a katana, and if i imply the righ kendo techniques..... damn its deadly.

Originally posted by Nightmare@Jul 6 2005, 12:24 PM
If you ask me, women often have a slight advantage over in men in the aspect of flexibility in martial arts. Being able to stretch your body adequately is very important. Thus women are typically able to perform kicks faster than the average male can, along with other things. The problem is, men generally have more stamina, and also can train their body to stretch as well, so...it all evens out.
True, but tell that to Jean-Claude van Dam :D

Anyway, ya everybody has something motivating him.
Mine are mostly the people I see in movies...or Rock Lee from Naruto lol :sweatdrop:

Originally posted by shade@Jul 6 2005, 01:12 PM
i do kendo! kendo stiks hurt.the thin in kendo that u learn, is that u dont need much strenght, because its more speed that counts. real katanas are so sharp u sont really need that much strenght. i got a katana, and if i imply the righ kendo techniques..... damn its deadly.
:o Whoah, that's so cool!

@nightmare - aren&#39;t men stronger though in general because they have more muscle mass? Although that gives the disadvantage in the first place :think: <shrugs> I don&#39;t do martial arts so I wouldn&#39;t know XD .

Hmmmm my sword technique is nothing like kendo, it uses more of the mind and skill than power. Of course when you can incorperate both strength and skill then you can recieve a full package of abillity.

i do kendo&#33; kendo stiks hurt.the thin in kendo that u learn, is that u dont need much strenght, because its more speed that counts. real katanas are so sharp u sont really need that much strenght. i got a katana, and if i imply the righ kendo techniques..... damn its deadly.


Don&#39;t get hit then it won&#39;t hurt. lol. but seriousely I have a Katana too, I do a few exersizes with it too...and yeah the weight is soooo mutch different than with a kendo... but I set up card board statues around me and see how fast and efficiant I can cut them down...I know not very good idea for training but it&#39;s good fun none the less

Originally posted by DiamondSeraph@Jul 6 2005, 04:55 PM
Hmmmm my sword technique is nothing like kendo, it uses more of the mind and skill than power. Of course when you can incorperate both strength and skill then you can recieve a full package of abillity.
I think that is/should be with all martial arts.
You need to think and find a open spot to attack.

Yeah I agree but realy the only thing that is swarming in my mind when I fight with Kendo is "cut the enemy" over and over. then when I see and opening, BAM&#33; they get it good because that is what I&#39;ve been waiting for...the mto srew up

i learnt those crappy lame ass school *how to defend yourself* art..does that count? i mean i could probably still learn how to lock someone&#39;s arm, and step on the other person&#39;s foot so he won&#39;t go anywhere -_-;;

<.< i need to workout more. I lack muscles -_-

&#39;How to defend yourself&#39; is what martial arts are all about. At least, the good ones are :P

i know box(eo)... that&#39;s count as martial art ? :heh: , and the krav-maga ? i would like to learnt it but it&#39;s so difficult to find X_X

wow, isn&#39;t that a Israelian(or whatever) military thing?

yes, it is , i don&#39;t know how to explain it in english so here are some english webs of krav-maga:
http://www.krav-maga.com/
http://www.kravmaga.com/
http://industrialgothic.com/safety/kravmaga.html

^_^

Originally posted by Sukate@Jul 6 2005, 02:37 PM

Don&#39;t get hit then it won&#39;t hurt. lol. but seriousely I have a Katana too, I do a few exersizes with it too...and yeah the weight is soooo mutch different than with a kendo... but I set up card board statues around me and see how fast and efficiant I can cut them down...I know not very good idea for training but it&#39;s good fun none the less
just be careful when cutting up stuff. a katana when used improperly, can break. those peices can fly off and hit someone. sometimes the blade detaches itself from the handle, witch can makes lots of outchies very fast. a improper entry angle can mess up your blade, even if ur cutting stuff like wet straw mats. just my likkle warning :unsure: -_- ^_^ :heh:

that&#39;s only if you have one of those white man made katanas, with the plastic handle. and about that strength and skill thing that counts...it&#39;s more speed and skill. if you&#39;re fast, it hurts, trust me... :nosebleed:

EVEN IF its a good katana, there is risk involved. and yep, its skill and speed.

Yeah...my friends and I have made a video for school a while back...and it has us dressed as Samurai and ninja and we were fighting with real swords and yeah my first priority was not to get the film done but the safty of my friends...because ....well I&#39;m not bragging or anything but they don&#39;t know how to use a katana as well as I do...so I had to help them "Don&#39;t grab it like that..." and "swing it like this...not this...."

hehehe.... but were they hitting the katanas like in real battle? and were those good or bad quality katanas?

the art of sissy fighting... lol
I stink at that haha I cant fight for ****

Hmm, as long as it&#39;s JUST cardboard. Don&#39;t go practicing on people now&#33;

Even though i do tae kwon do, I still feel weak as and I&#39;m really kinda...little. Short and scrawny is this one =_= so if i was attacked by a massive kinda person...thank goodness I can run pretty fast XD

Doesn&#39;t taekwondo mean &#39;&#39;the way of the hand and foot&#39;&#39; or something like that.
But why do all the taekwondoka I know mostly use their feet.
It doesn&#39;t sound very smart to me.

Even though i do tae kwon do, I still feel weak as and I&#39;m really kinda...little. Short and scrawny is this one so if i was attacked by a massive kinda person...thank goodness I can run pretty fast



My Martial arts teaches you that even if you are smaller than the other guy you can take him down...like I said it is now strength over your opponent it is power over them.

I do taekwondo - currently green stripe, really want to go higher but I can&#39;t do any more lessons till I go to Uni in September because my nearest ITF group is too far for me to get to :( I&#39;m going to be so out of shape by then&#33; Learning self-defence empowers you in a way - I feel a lot safer going out at night than I used to, because even though the kicks and strikes I know are very basic, they&#39;re likely to take someone by surprise who thinks they&#39;d have an easy job of trying to attack me. Half of taekwondo is about surprise and distraction - the locks, releases, kicks etc work best when the other person isn&#39;t prepared for them, or when you hit sensitive areas in order to distract them long enough for you to strike them somewhere else or run away. In the early kups you&#39;re not meant to be capable of taking on a 6ft burly person or someone with weapons, but as you progress through the stages you become more and more capable of dealing with someone who&#39;s stronger than you. You don&#39;t need to be all that strong or fit either (I&#39;m weedy as XD)

yeah. i sparred this one dude, he was six four and weighed over 200. this guy was friggin huge&#33;&#33;&#33; he was slow though, i started running around him (bad idea) so he hook kicked me in the stomach. ouch, i flew like 5 feet. no protection either. it was painful but i got up and got some good hits on him, i managed to win cuz he was so slow. lucky for me, i would&#39;ve got my butt kicked. :blink: . tae kwon do does use both hand and foot, mostly foot though. tae means kick or strike with foot, kwon means strike with hand, and do means disipline or art. tae kwon do is like karate but more advanced, faster, stronger, and uses more spinning in the air kicks rather than just kicks on the ground.

Wagh, contact sparring is scary :cry: I&#39;ve only done non-contact so far, but it is good to have contact because it means you&#39;re not gonna stop short if you get into a situation outside of training.

Originally posted by AsianSensation_wow@Jul 9 2005, 05:20 PM
tae kwon do is like karate but more advanced, faster, stronger, and uses more spinning in the air kicks rather than just kicks on the ground.
i personally think that kicks from the ground are better... You stay much more stable, and you don&#39;t give your opponent an advantage... To me, aerial kicks are more for show (though they can be useful in certain situations). but, when you do an aerial kick, you do have the opportunity to perform certain attacks faster, and if you have good balance, it gives you a faster recovery time than a standard ground kick... As with everything, aerial kicks has its pros and cons, so it&#39;s up to the fighter if he/she wants to use them, but i probably wouldn&#39;t...

Well air kicks are easy to read...once you are accualy in the are you only have a few options. If it were a "run at the opponent then jump kick" air kick That one...if you realy don&#39;t know what you are doing... can be avioded very easely. in the air spin kick is too...you can only twist 2 different ways, one or the other kind of attack. Well realy all attacks can be easy to read "how is that way" people ask. The answer is an ordinary state of mind. remove thought by means of thought. When you are in your ordinay state of mind (when you are relaxed, not over whelmed of thoughts) things become easier, you are relaxed not stressed by your goal. In sword fighting, if you are overcome by the thought of delivering strokes you will have difficulty controlling your sword.
This not only goes for fighting but of many other things as well. in Archery if you are overwhelmed with the thought of hitting the target you will have difficulty, even with aiming. In music...if you are possesed with the thought of playing...you will go out of tune. In calligraphy, if you are thinking if nothing but drawing, your brush will not move freely. " One has thoughts, and yet no toughts;one has persistence and yet no persistece"-Yagyu Tajimanokami Munenori This means that tryting to expell a thought is a thought itself ...sorry I can go on forever....

nice thoughts there ^^ and it&#39;s true too, when I&#39;m breaking boards, I remember a few tmes where I&#39;ve just gotten so scared of all the "coulda shoulda wouldas" and just don&#39;t break. Like, for my most recent grading, i had to do four breaks in succession and when i went to kick the first one, I just couldn&#39;t get it, so my master told me to move on. I got the next one on the the third try, i just though "You can do this&#33; Yeah&#33; GO&#33;" and it broke&#33; and then it just felt easier. ^_^

I&#39;m getting faster though, with my kicks, blocks and punches and things, I can practically keep up with the black belts now&#33; And we all know speed=power.

Doesn&#39;t taekwondo mean &#39;&#39;the way of the hand and foot&#39;&#39; or something like that.
But why do all the taekwondoka I know mostly use their feet.
It doesn&#39;t sound very smart to me.

I am currently a black belt in Songham Taekwondo. Yes, it does mean "The way of the hand and foot." In Songham Taekwondo we use hands and feet, actually.

My form is about, oh, some 80 moves long. I&#39;m not even graduating to a new rank- only mid-terming and I have to do: my form, weapons form, attack, defense, and counter sparring drills, and knife defense. Are you telling me that it doesn&#39;t "sound very smart" to you?

there there grasshopper...maybe they just don&#39;t understand... :mellow: . anyway, did you know that bricks are easier to break than boards? it&#39;s true&#33;&#33;&#33; don&#39;t break bricks on fire unless you know what ur doing...cuz lemme tell you, it&#39;s painful if ur uniform catches on fire...sheesh&#33; i do better with spinning air kicks, if ur slow then maybe those aren&#39;t the best for you. i&#39;m a small person, i&#39;m really flexible so i can usually reach the head of others, but when they&#39;re really big i do some jump kicks or whirlwinds.

And ice slabs are harder to break then boards, especially when you&#39;ve left them at room temp. for two to three minutes.

i&#39;ve never really broken ice slabs before...hmm.... :think: .

Tis true&#33;&#33;&#33;

OOOoooOOOOooo...and where does one get these so called "ice slabs..." ???? hmmm???? ^.^

Try the fishmonger&#39;s.

the fishywhaters??? ;)

Hmm, that&#39;s interesting... We don&#39;t breal real boards in class, as that would get wooden chips all over our pretty mats. :D We break plastic boards equivalint to a certain thickness of a real wooden board. I hate holding boards for people. One time I was holding one for my brother for a jump side kick and the board flew into my face because the other person wasn&#39;t holding it right. <_< It hurt. :/

One time the guy that owns our schools did a demo at my black-belt graduation. It was so cool, he broke like 6 boards stacked on each other, and thern they put 6 more boards and set &#39;em on fire. :blink: I was like, "Oh my god...you&#39;re kidding me&#33;" Because the guy is only like a 5th degree black belt. X_X Anyway, it was weird.

Originally posted by Sam&#045;chan@Jul 12 2005, 03:09 AM
Hmm, that&#39;s interesting... We don&#39;t breal real boards in class, as that would get wooden chips all over our pretty mats. :D We break plastic boards equivalint to a certain thickness of a real wooden board. I hate holding boards for people. One time I was holding one for my brother for a jump side kick and the board flew into my face because the other person wasn&#39;t holding it right. <_< It hurt. :/

One time the guy that owns our schools did a demo at my black-belt graduation. It was so cool, he broke like 6 boards stacked on each other, and thern they put 6 more boards and set &#39;em on fire. :blink: I was like, "Oh my god...you&#39;re kidding me&#33;" Because the guy is only like a 5th degree black belt. X_X Anyway, it was weird.
those plastic boards suck. when i was a white belt that&#39;s what i started out with. they wear out and break easily after a little while. you don&#39;t get wood chips on the ground either, unless u get really crappy boards. setting boards on fire would be extremely easy seeing as they&#39;re worn down by the fire.

That&#39;s why they replace them with new ones often.

As for the fire thing, honestly, I never thought about it that way before. :heh: I guess your right. :)

hm. must be expensive to replace them... :mellow: ^_^ anyway...has anyone ever been hit or has kicked a bamboo stick before?

Um...bamboo stick? Like real bamboo? We have wooden staffs. I&#39;m sure someone has, not me. Though I was hit with some Song Jah bongs (however you spell &#39;em, they&#39;re like nunchucks though) recently. Luckily they were the practice kind. :heh:

no, i mean real bamboo. i kick them to toughen up my shins. it used to hurt like crazy, it&#39;s all worth it in the end though. :doh: ouch&#33;

You&#39;re one tough cookie AsianSensation Wow...I wouldn&#39;t want to fight you. One ass-kicking bird - sweet :drool: :P

I love MA but my prob is no good schools and my dad can remember crap...but im willing for ANYthing ^_^ me and my friend spar and she practices her katana.When we finished our first ever spar match she asked me have I every spared before I said no and she told me who Ishould continue it and I was prettty good to beat her.and can anyone give me some tips? ^_^ Greatly appreshiated (sp?)

~Karie

Don&#39;t get hit&#33; :lol:

Seriously, just practice. I know that it may sound dumb to some people, but i actually do all kinds of technques which i know would work in a fight. Now, the mindset is something you have to work on, I could tell you a thousand techniques to down an opponent in one blow, but could you apply them in an actual fight? I still have trouble with that. That is an advantage with taking a martial arts clas versus training yourself. But, the decision is up to you. Also, when you pick a martial art, you should pick one which would suit your tastes. Such as myself for example, I would choose Ninjitsu because i like to infiltrate "enemy lines" ( :lol: ) without being detected. There&#39;s more to it than just that for my choice though. I think it would be better to strike faster than an opponent can, rather than to be seen and lay down a power blow. Ironically, that brings me to a second martial art that I would like to learn, which is Jujutsu, a predominantly throwing style. I could tell you why this style is like that, but it would take me off topic, so I won&#39;t. Anyways, I have a standard body frame. Not too large, not too small. Learning a throwing style would benefit me because I could throw most people. So, that is a style that is suited to me. So, reserch what you want, that way you don&#39;t get stuck doing something you don&#39;t want to do. I have more advice, but it would take too long for me to write...

@ the kicking boards people: when we break boards they&#39;ve never broken into splinters and such before. sure, once i kicked one and a sliver fell off, but hey, it&#39;s wood.

for my grading, i aimed really badly for one of my back kicks to break, and my foot connected neatly with one of the guys holding the boards knuckles :doh:

Originally posted by Sam&#045;chan@Jul 11 2005, 06:04 PM

I am currently a black belt in Songham Taekwondo. Yes, it does mean "The way of the hand and foot." In Songham Taekwondo we use hands and feet, actually.

My form is about, oh, some 80 moves long. I&#39;m not even graduating to a new rank- only mid-terming and I have to do: my form, weapons form, attack, defense, and counter sparring drills, and knife defense. Are you telling me that it doesn&#39;t "sound very smart" to you?
I think you didn&#39;t read my post very well.
I mean taekwondo should teach you how to fight with both hands and feet(since that&#39;s what it means right?)
But it has come to my notice that a lot of people mostly use advanced feet techniques, but leaving their head and body open like a bull&#39;s-eye.

Originally posted by kariekh@Jul 14 2005, 06:44 AM
I love MA but my prob is no good schools and my dad can remember crap...but im willing for ANYthing ^_^ me and my friend spar and she practices her katana.When we finished our first ever spar match she asked me have I every spared before I said no and she told me who Ishould continue it and I was prettty good to beat her.and can anyone give me some tips? ^_^ Greatly appreshiated (sp?)

~Karie
well, there&#39;s a lot to learn about fighting...i still have a lot to learn and i&#39;m a third degree. :doh: . well, the best technique to learn (in my opinion) teaches you to never get hit. look at ur opponents eyes AT ALL TIMES. if he or she isn&#39;t very well trained they will always look where they will hit, if they are very well trained and you look at their eyes, they won&#39;t know where you&#39;ll hit them. it&#39;s a hard habbit to break, but sooner or later you&#39;ll get used to it. second, it&#39;s good to be fast, whether dodging, ducking, blocking, or hitting, speed is one of the most important things to have during a fight. if ur fast, ur strong. when hitting, make sure ur hit is like a whiplash, not just a hit, once you&#39;ve hit take it away quickly for many reasons. it&#39;ll hurt more, it&#39;ll give you more time to get another hit in, and the opponent won&#39;t have much time to act on it, they&#39;ll worry to much about the next hit. when doing a back kick, always...and i mean ALWAYS look before you kick. if you kick first, you&#39;ll do a bad job hitting. when spinning around, quickly turn your head and look at the target first then kick.....whew....i hope that helped. :heh:

wow&#33; any more tips on fighting more quicker?

ummm...yeah, but can't think of any right now....except PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!!! hurrah hurrah.

K...so I did Tae Kwon Do along with AsianSensation_wow and I kicked major butt! I stopped when I was a Junior Black Belt because of school and...stuff. hehehe! I was thinking about taking up some sort of Boxing or kick boxing. Yeah! lol!

I've been taking taekwondo WTF(world tkd federation) olympic style for 3 years now, but due to wart on my foot I stopped it for 1 year!! Sparring is fun, we wear all tihs head gear, chest protector, shin, arm guards and do contact sparring. ALthough we have all this gear, it still hurts a little. It's so fun. im red belt and i still have 1-2 years to get to black

woah mama....took me like five years to get my blackbelt, we only test like every 3 months and he added a LOT of extra belts...like green with a white stripe in the middle then the next step was to get a full green or whatever. Psht...who cares about guards and padding....FULL CONTACT ALL THE WAY!!! WOOT WOOT!!!

wow! any more tips on fighting more quicker?
Well when you are fighting with a weapon sutch as a Katana, Kendo, Boken, and others like them, one thing that you want to remember, don't let your mind get fixed on one thing. Whent you swing your weapon retract it back fast so your mind doesn't stick where your weapon is. Other wise if you don't bring your weapon back your mind will watch your weapon as it sits there (even if it is there not very long) and you will leave yourself open for attack in that small amount of tym if your opponent is well trained he will see that opening and strike! Always keep your eyes moving and your mind calm. If your exterior is in motion your mind must be calm and keep the caios out there so you can consentrate better and react to the enemy's strike. then you will be able to counter if you would like. :death: lol

always keep in mind to keep ur hands up...if anyone sees an opening they'll go for it. i notice sometimes when i judge tournaments that a lot of people drop their hands and get lazy, then of course the other scores some points. another very important thing that i forgot to mention...do not let ur opponent know ur hurt. if you say "ow" when fighting....that just put you in a horrible position. ur opponent now knows ur injured.

I've never been a martial artist so I was wondering what's the best technique to carry out a kick? do you have to keep the leg straight as well as the foot? I'm more concerned about the high jump swing kick. I tried it today, jumping on my left, swing my hip round and carrying my leg immediately after it. Any tips on how it's actually meant to be done?

balance is probably most important when kicking. also, pulling ur toes back so you don't jam them....um...i'm not really sure what a "high jump swing kick" is, i think you mean a tornado kick...or whirlwind. you sound like you're doing it right. i usually do a cresent kick first, then i spin around a kick. ur suppose to do your last kick while ur in the air, it ur foot touches the ground before you finish, then it's wrong.

When I kick I stay on the ground, no fancy juming in the air stuff. What I do is put all my weight on the foot I have in front but keep enough on the back to keep balance. This makes your stance strong so if they try they can't push you over if you have it right. In this stance you can do a snap kick. This is when you kick with your back foot
in a high speed. When you kick you snap you leg to bring it back fast. Or you can do a stonger kick, but of corse it is mutch slower. You start out in the same fation as the snap kick but insted of snapping your leg you shift your weight on the moving leg which puts force into it, but be sure to kick high enough to at least hit the chest and when you make contact put all your weight on that leg to force him to the ground. Yeah it sounds easier than done, because that kick and all other kicks can be countered easely if you don't do it right.

Hmm I'm not sure. I'm doing like a swing kick on the ground i think (not sure what you call all these kicks) but in the air. What's a crescent kick? They all sound hard to me since I've never done any martial arts. I'm just trying them in case I ever get into a fight for self defence.

You're prolly talking about a round-house kick. But Practicing kick alone won't really help you in a real fight, you need to know how to handle yourself in the situation other wise you might just look a little but dumb waving your legs and arms around not knowing what you are doing.

a cresent kick is when u take ur back foot and swing it to the opposite side. take for example ur right foot is in back. you take it and kick with the inside of ur foot. as for stances...well, there are two kinds of fight stances, a forward stance and a back stance. a forward stance is used for puching, if you have ur stance right, it is impossible to knock you over from the front. however, from the side, a mere hit can knock you over. a back stance is used for kicking, if you have it right, it's just the opposite. impossible to knock over from the side, but a hit will knock you over from the front.

alright I getcha! Does using your palm bone in like a thrust hurt the other person at all or does it just look powerful?

depends on how you do it...i break bricks like that...so i guess it does. ^_^

Yes it is stronger that a regular punch. for one thing if you do it right you have your whole arm boan suporting that hit. but remember keep you punches close to your body. Don't just extend your arm hoping it will hurt them. i mean it will urt them but if you keep your arms close to your body and punch short punches it will be a lot more efective. How you do that is when you punch you move your body with the punch. Move your hips with the punch in order to put you weight behind it. If you don't you'll just be useing you arm strength to hit...and if you aren't that strong it won't work. If you put your whole body and weight into that punch you have that mutch more force in that punch.

Another thing i like to do is to anticipate the opponent. If you know what they're going to do then it will always be easy to counter. Sometimes I pretend to drop my guard just to get my opponent focused on a certain point. That's why its god to spar over fighting inanimate objects because a bout is about you and your opponent not just you. I know that sounds obvious but it took me a while to really realize that all together.

Yes it is stronger that a regular punch. for one thing if you do it right you have your whole arm boan suporting that hit. but remember keep you punches close to your body. Don't just extend your arm hoping it will hurt them. i mean it will urt them but if you keep your arms close to your body and punch short punches it will be a lot more efective. How you do that is when you punch you move your body with the punch. Move your hips with the punch in order to put you weight behind it. If you don't you'll just be useing you arm strength to hit...and if you aren't that strong it won't work. If you put your whole body and weight into that punch you have that mutch more force in that punch.

Doesn't that make you lose balance? Also won't that be slower and leave you open to attack?

no way. it keeps ur balance, it's faster, and it hurts a heck of a lot more. ur always on offense and defense (at least in taekwondo you are) one hand is attacking, while the other is guarding...usually you guard your rib cage.

Yeah, just arm strength alone won't do mutch, but do as I say and put your weight in your hits and if you do it right (yeah if you could see me and I could show you it would make a heck of a lot more sence) you can do some sereous damage. But becarfull not to get too caught up in just gaurding your chest that you get clocked in the face. Be sure to watch your opponents moves so you can react and dodge that hit.

<_< ...you know....even though i'm a girl....it still hurts getting kicked ...."there"

lol so I've heard! Demo (but) for a guy it hurts about a million fold of the pain you guys feel! believe me I know, I use to skateboard!

I wish I was taking martial arts or somthing....

But I cant because my mom want me to do somthing else that my brother hasnt done/is doing, and thats what he is doing!

Well, my other brother is taking Aikido, and soon some samurai art form.....

He, I know what you feel like. My mum wouldn't let me do scouts for the same reason. I *will* be taking up TKD soon. Once I talk my mum into it.

TKD....If its a martial art thing, look into it first because One teacher of a class mate came to demastrate in our class a while back..You know what she does in class?!

She waves a water noodle around and gets the kids to kick it verrryyy softly...O_o

Try to watch a class of it first though, because it may not be what you expect.

Tae-kwon-do = TKD
And I would be going to the same school as Inu chan so I already have a good reference.

....I would nevery take 'tdk' im my life. It is to hollywood-ised. I would take AIKIDO!

I live in a small city and my mother would NEVER let me take anything that wasn't TOTALLY mainstream. Stupid overprotective mothers!!

I cant go to friends house because of that too...

TKD school...it's more of a club ^_^; or to be rreeaally technical, dojang ;)

:bleh:

i'll take class of Tai Chi Chuan ^_^ , in my opinion it look very relaxant, soft , and not violent at all (however, it can be used only for self-defense)

Yeah, My martial arts is almost the opposite of that, but it isn't like you are doing the fighting, it is striktly self-degense but when you do a move to your opponent you wanna make sure that they don't try anything like that on you again, and maybe (if you do the hard core stuff to them) to nobody else (yeah, I know a few moves to kill a person, or put them out of commition of a long tym)

....I would nevery take 'tdk' im my life. It is to hollywood-ised. I would take AIKIDO!

:blink: hollywood-ised??? yeah right....all ppl these days use is kung-foo and karate....no one cares about korean sports sheesh! <_<

Same for Dutch sports. Or Italian sports. Or African sports.

:blink: hollywood-ised??? yeah right....all ppl these days use is kung-foo and karate....no one cares about korean sports sheesh! <_<

Okay, wrong words. I ment that no one even knows the diffrence. To many, kung-foo, karate and TDK are the same thing for all they care. They think its all about hurting other.....

what about Philippinos!!! I'm feeling left out!!

ps hey Asian wow, I haven't seen you for a while. PM me or something ok?

There is a big difference.
Chinese and japanese people are very ignorant.
The Chinese people say their chi ''hidden technique'' is the best.
While Japanese people use the kiai.
Im sure you all know what that chi stuff is.
As for kiai, its not only some sort of battle cry you make during a punch/kick.
Your body consists of 70% water.
Using sound with water is like electricity with water.
So shouting the right way could seriously damage the enemy's organs, which is always vulnerable no matter how much you train.

Anyway, do you guys have some kind of specialty?
Like something you can do really well?(blocking,high kicks,confusing)

specialty? Well, I'm really fast, good at blocking/dodging punches, and I have a punch (well it is how my Martial Arts teaches how to punch) that is prolly 10 tyms more effective than the average punch.

same here. i'm good and flying spinning kicks too...and i'm fast. except when your in a fight with a 250lbs guy who's 6'4'' and does a hook kick to you while ur running around really fast....ouch i tell you.

@angelic, i was talking about martial arts...and yes they leave out filipinos. lol.

thanx for including me. lol
Yeah I know how it is to fight a guy who is prolly about 300lbs, he is in my class and yes he is mutch taller than I am (and not just because filipinos are short! I'm pritty tall compared to my family in the Phillippiones, yeah I'm a whopping 5'5" and yeah I've stopped growing) and if you do the move wrong on him, you are going down too, he pulls me every which way.

Yes it is stronger that a regular punch. for one thing if you do it right you have your whole arm boan suporting that hit. but remember keep you punches close to your body. Don't just extend your arm hoping it will hurt them. i mean it will urt them but if you keep your arms close to your body and punch short punches it will be a lot more efective. How you do that is when you punch you move your body with the punch. Move your hips with the punch in order to put you weight behind it. If you don't you'll just be useing you arm strength to hit...and if you aren't that strong it won't work. If you put your whole body and weight into that punch you have that mutch more force in that punch.

So true.
Using your hips helps a lot.It gives you the chance to keep a distance between you and your enemy, since you have a farther range with punches using your hip.
The problem is that you have to learn not to just punch and stay like that.
When you punch, immediately withdraw back to fighter stance.
like 60% doesn't do this.

it's absolutely true, thats specially important in boxing, however, in my opinion, it's more important where you hit and a bit less how you hit it

Using your hips helps a lot.It gives you the chance to keep a distance between you and your enemy, since you have a farther range with punches using your hip.

Well "distance" does not nesissaraly mean being far apart, the martial arts I am learning teaches being close to your opponent. When you get them in one of the moves you want to be close so it doesn't give them a chance to counter attack, because that is how most people fight and how lost of other martial arts teach: to keep your distance from your opponent. but if you move in close they will have troble fighting because they are use to only fighting from farther away. And also when you are closer and you get them in the move, you use your whole body when you take them down, so you aren't fighting muscle with muscle, you are fighting with all of your weight plus you muscles. This works especialy on the guys that are bigger and stronger than you are.


it's more important where you hit and a bit less how you hit it
yes I agree with that. If you hit a guy in the face he might just get really pissed at you, you hit a guy in the right spot in the gut you'll nock the wind out of him.

i think your supposed to hit in the opening in the middle of your chest when your rib cage ends.

anywho, it's hard for me to fight close range because i got looooong legs, anywho, i don't really use punches much unless the get close.

i think your supposed to hit in the opening in the middle of your chest when your rib cage ends.

Yes you can hit there! there are many different Targets on the human body that are weaker and will stun the opponent if you hit it. That is one of the targets, an other is the nose, not the cheek. and of corse the goin. When you block a hit from your opponent you hit one of the weak spots right after, and make sure that you get it the first tym. Because oportunity only comes once or twice, because it you miss it, you opponent will get wise to what you are trying to do and figure a way to stop you.

i think your supposed to hit in the opening in the middle of your chest when your rib cage ends.

anywho, it's hard for me to fight close range because i got looooong legs, anywho, i don't really use punches much unless the get close.


Indeed that spot (forgot the scientific term >.<) is great, since no matter how much you train that spot remains weak.
I have experienced the pain many times -_- :cry:


@Sukate,your martial art interests me a lot.Where does your uncle live I wanna learn it too!! :heh:
Anyway, ''trying to knock the air out of him'' is another weak spot especially when the enemy holds his breat for some weird reason, because when he holds his breath his heart could go into fibrillation.
But in general trying this on another martial artist is futile.(I assume)
Cause you learn to breathe out if someone punches you.(well..at least we do)
That way it's less painful for your longs and chest.

hitting the lower end of the sternum at full power results in fatality... :hey: . it's a good thing my master told me to keep control... :heh:

Sukate,your martial art interests me a lot.Where does your uncle live I wanna learn it too!!
@A-jay, well if you live in Utah and in a little city called Tooele then you can come and learn it no problem. lol

Control is the first thing that I was tought, both in feelings and strength, thus I came up with one of my motos "Real strength is controling yours"

...Control is the first thing that I was tought...

Control is very important, if you get anger you probably will attack without a tactic and then your enemy will take you down quite easily...

...yeah. i know how that feels... <_< . anywho...martial artists should NEVER have pink rooms!!!!!! (sry kinda off topic)a lesson to you all!!!!

balance, action reaction, speed, and breath control, are your most important things in a fight...i forgot the other 2. :hey:

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this kid in the picture didnt' put his hands up...he got hit in the face, probably knocked him out. :mellow:

thanks for the visual aid A-Sen.

...balance, action reaction, speed, and breath control, are your most important things in a fight...i forgot the other 2. :hey:

Could it be knowledge of the human body and control of your feelings ? :unsure:

@ muffin dude....was that sarcasm???:blink:

I think it was, maybe you should show him a move or two. lol

XD *whips out katana*

*raises hand* (i love this thread) is fencing considered a martial art??? if so is there any fencers out there? ( i would like to know of all the types of fighting)

Well I would think so... I mean fecing has lost of the same pricipals of a standars Martail arts. Accualy I find fencing quite interesting, tell me more about it.

oh lol i was hoping someone else knew of it to tell me!!

he he...i know you stab each other w/ lil swords. XD

yeah so it seems lol I guess i will do a study on it so i can be "Ze rapier d'u understanding frenche'r fencer" ok lol so i can understand fencing lol

XD. ok, ppl wearing lil tights and a funny mask, poking ppl...luv it. he he. anywho, i forgot what the name was...but it's like the most hardcore martial arts there is...they do some crazy stuff i tell ya.

i did karate for awhile, but man i wish i knew how to use a katana, it sounds like fun to be able to use a sword, although i know a little about fencing

yeah, using a katana is waaay harder than it looks. i used one at about 4 or so...man was it heavy when i was lil.

ok, ppl wearing lil tights and a funny mask, poking ppl...luv it. he he. anywho, i forgot what the name was...but it's like the most hardcore martial arts there is...they do some crazy stuff i tell ya.

You wanna see Crazy Marital arts then watch these Videos!

#1 (http://www.compfused.com/directlink/259/)

#2 (http://www.compfused.com/directlink/352/)

#3 (http://www.compfused.com/directlink/522/)

all i can say is:ROFLMAO

XDXDXD OMG!!!!!! the third one's so funny, the second one's just dumb, and the first one's insulting.XD...wait...that's not good...:blink:

THE SECOND ONE WAS THE BEST FIGHTING I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME HAHAHA!

I thought all 3 were pritty funny. but yeah the sad thing is, I think that the first one is an accual Martial arts....I mean who goes around, screaming at a person swinging their arms around (note not even hitting the person) then truns around and starts hitting the ground? WHAT DID THE GROUND DO TO YOU?!?!?!??
The second one I just like because my friends and Imade a movie like that before! only done with real Katanas and better fighting!
the third one I put because it isn't every day you get to see Robots throw punches at eachother!! lol

for #1, I though somene was pregnant and giving birth there for a minute..so much shreeking and yelling...then I looked up and though they were doind a dance rutine...

that first one scared me a bit. lol. oh yea, who asked me about that ninjutsu thingy a long time ago...ah, nevermind.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a196/Sukate/ranma10.gif

Hey this guy kinda looks like me.

XD. yeah he does. lol....:blink: awkward...

I think its like some sort of monkey kungfu lol..

lol i don't think i've ever seen that.. its probably some crazy thai martial arts because i know of all the chinese ones and there is nothing like that there =P
the closest thing i've seen come to that was one move where you move your hands around like snakes to distract them, then kick them in the balls :heh:

One way I would really like to learn how to fight is Drunken Boxing, Drink just the right amount of Alcohol so you have a higher pain tonerance. But you have to be really agile to do it, I'm not that flexable yet

for #1, I though somene was pregnant and giving birth there for a minute..so much shreeking and yelling...then I looked up and though they were doind a dance rutine...

I second that. :blink:

I want to fight using muy thai boxing
lethal
surprising attacks
and technical

he he...drunken boxing look sooooo cool. i'm flexible and all, it makes your attacks stronger too. :think:

I like the Drunken Master style and the Xiangxing Quan style :P

(lol everyone has actual terms and i refer to anime) I want to be able to use the sword like trunks can. The way he was able to throw his sword around and make it come back in an attack is very much like my stiyle but mine is not as flashy lol (but then again flash is trash its all about the core and basics with the sword)

i don't think having your sword come back to you is possible...is it? :think: unless it's like boomarang shaped. XD. he he...was THAT rhyme intentional?

he he...drunken boxing look sooooo cool. i'm flexible and all, it makes your attacks stronger too. :think:
a style where the more you drink the better you are, works for me, i'll be the strongest there is, i love to drink
:shifty: i didn't say that :shifty:

Well it isn't "the more you drink" you have to drink the right amount, too mutch, you're just a drunken slob, too little and you'll get knocked you too fast.

@DiamondSeraph: Well if you watch, Trunks uses his sword a lot like a Katana, the way he holds it and swings it. But I'm not sure you can make a real sword come back to you....I mean you can try to trow it and make it BOUNCE back to you, them maybe, but Katana's are too sharp for that, they would prolly just stick into the wall or floor that you threw it at...but if you study hard enough you can get really good, maybe like Trunks (nah just kidding) But Disapline is a strong rule in Martial arts! DON'T GIVE UP!

a style where the more you drink the better you are, works for me, i'll be the strongest there is, i love to drink
:shifty: i didn't say that :shifty:

People who say they're good at drinking usually are the worst in the reality of the parties i've been to. Talk is cheap. It would be funny to see drunks boxing though. Don't think any punches will really connect with the right person. Imagine being the ref...being more likely to get hit :lol:

If you do it the wrong way that is. If you use the Martial arts and DRINK THE RIGHT AMOUNT it turns out to be a leathal art...

Alot of martial arts teach you patience and philosophy before they teach you how to bash a person's face in. Lots of people think thats a waste, but really it teaches you why you use self defense, and in what situations. Not for showing off.

Yeah! you need to always keep you mind calm. Other wise you will be too tence and won't be in total control of your own body.

41/2 years combined with Tae Kwon Do, Kenpo, JuJutsu, and Kung fu, with a bit of Ninjustu on the side. but I havent done it it several years.

The only reason one has to learn to fight, is so one doesn't have to!

But that doens't mean you don't have to enjoy it.

Don't forget that if you over drink, then dunken boxing is completely worthless. Besides real drunken boxing, is a technique that lets you appear drunk to confuse your apponent.

What the, what do you do with Jujustsu and Ninjutsu?

Nothing really, it doesn't have much of a practical use other than to keep those traditions alive.

that's pretty cool to practice ninjutsu, gosh i wished i didn't quit my martial arts. i did tae kwon do for about 3 years then quit because i became too busy and didn't spend my time well enough to leave some for martial arts.
ps. the drunken boxing comment by me was simply sarcasm so yeah, sorry if it caused some trouble

Don't worry about it.
I only learned the basics or Ninjutsu, it's only good if you can be stealthy.

Don't worry about it.
I only learned the basics or Ninjutsu, it's only good if you can be stealthy.

that's all ninjustsu is, the art of the stealth is the closest definition in english. there isn't really an exact way to describe it. it's extremely hard to learn though x_x

Hey!!!!!!!! Can you do all those weird techniques like the empty cicada ( I think its called that?) or the "Oh you didnt hit me that was a stump" move?? Or are they just overexaggerations of moves.... Recca has coo ninjitsu though even if it is fake

it's all tricks using explosives, and blinding powders. I know you can get the ingredients to make that stuff somewhere online, but you have to be an advanced student to learn it through a Dojo, I was only in it a few months, but had to back out due to money issues.

What is Jujutsu and what do you learn from it?

What about shaolin? What purpose does that serve?

it's all tricks using explosives, and blinding powders. I know you can get the ingredients to make that stuff somewhere online, but you have to be an advanced student to learn it through a Dojo, I was only in it a few months, but had to back out due to money issues.

you can get majorly hurt if your'e not mature with them though.

Yeah for one thing you can go blind! and sight is kinda imortant....yeah I'm learning so mutch more in my martial arts class ever sence I moved up to the advanced class! You can do reverses to the moves you thought had no way of getting out of! Soon as we get good enough then we can practice getting eachother in a move and reversing it bakc and forth to different moves! it is soo cool!

What is Jujutsu and what do you learn from it?

What about shaolin? What purpose does that serve?

Jujustu, also called JiuJitsu(which is a modified form of JuJutsu), is the unarmed grappling style developed by the Samurai if they had lost their Katana, or Naginata. Because their armor made it difficult to use standard martial arts, they developed Jujutsu to grapple their opponent to the ground and break their limbs, thus winning the fight.

Shaolin Kungfu, is basically about being one with nature, and was once used to defend Shaolin Temples. The training and tradition have changed little , and a fully trained Shaolin Monk can preform quite amazing feats. It you've ever watched those Martial Arts Breaking Championships on TV, Shaolin is much more impressive. I've seen demonstrations where they were struck in the troat by a 1-1/2" bo staff(breaking the staff), and didn't budge. Also I've seen them stack 5 solid(not cinder block) clay bricks with no spacers, hit them from the top and make a clean break perfectly down the center of all 5 bricks.
I have yet to see anything more impressive than that.


WARNING!
This is a certified Death Blow!
Do not even try this technique unless you want to go to jail for manslaughter!

Stike your opponent on the 3rd rib below the left nipple. if struck with proper force it wil break the opponent's rib and pierce part of their lung, and heart thus killing them.

certified death blow take 2.

hit the neck. hard.

certified death blow take 3.

hit the temple (side of the head near the eye) with backfist. hard.

you'd have to hit the temple extremely hard for that to work, besides neck and head shots are easy to see coming, a body blow is less obvious

a hit to the adam's apple or a hit w/ an upstroke to the nose causes death. You don't even have to hit hard. Has anyone had to fight with wooden staffs blindfolded w/ another person? ... >.< it makes big boo boos.

hmm i haven't tried it but it sounds painful

[QUOTE=AsianSensation_wow]a hit to the adam's apple or a hit w/ an upstroke to the nose causes death. You don't even have to hit hard.QUOTE]

Actually you have to hit hard enough to shove the nose bone up into the brain, and I've heard it's harder than it sounds.

not really, it's not the bone, it's the cartilage. it's not that hard to move. we demonstrated on a dummy, it was similar to a human's structure, so it was pretty close.

the noze is cartilage, but there is a "stub" of bone. thats the thing thats gets shoved into the brain.

and the reason i always say to hit hard is if u really have to kill, better over-kill than K.O. lol thats gruesome.

Jujustu, also called JiuJitsu(which is a modified form of JuJutsu), is the unarmed grappling style developed by the Samurai if they had lost their Katana, or Naginata. Because their armor made it difficult to use standard martial arts, they developed Jujutsu to grapple their opponent to the ground and break their limbs, thus winning the fight.

Shaolin Kungfu, is basically about being one with nature, and was once used to defend Shaolin Temples. The training and tradition have changed little , and a fully trained Shaolin Monk can preform quite amazing feats. It you've ever watched those Martial Arts Breaking Championships on TV, Shaolin is much more impressive. I've seen demonstrations where they were struck in the troat by a 1-1/2" bo staff(breaking the staff), and didn't budge. Also I've seen them stack 5 solid(not cinder block) clay bricks with no spacers, hit them from the top and make a clean break perfectly down the center of all 5 bricks.
I have yet to see anything more impressive than that.


WARNING!
This is a certified Death Blow!
Do not even try this technique unless you want to go to jail for manslaughter!

Stike your opponent on the 3rd rib below the left nipple. if struck with proper force it wil break the opponent's rib and pierce part of their lung, and heart thus killing them.

Interesting. I'll do that if someone is going to kill me.

And I asked about shaolin because I'm deciding to go practice shaolin. I've only known that Shaolin helps you build patience and durability while teaching you some attacks. Seems pretty balanced.

Just remember Shaolin is about peace, the only reason now to learn to fight is so you don't have to.

so does that mean shaolin does teach you some aspects of fighting, or doesnt at all?

it does, but it's very strict disipline. the monk train from the age of 5 and train for life.
it will take years to master.

Just remember Shaolin is about peace, the only reason now to learn to fight is so you don't have to.

isn't the Tai Chi more peaceful that the Shaolin ? , or both are equal ? :unsure:

Tai Chi, isnt that where you like a series of moves that helps your body improve circulation and etc? Tai Chi doesnt do battle though, if it does it will be too slow. Haha i remember that funny clip called Tai Chi masters were the fighting was reeaal slow yet deadly xD

Oh, damn no wonder alot of people had to train young. Not fair at all!

I love martial arts XD I've tried Taekwondo, Kendo, Karate and I'm starting Judo.
I really really really wanted to do Ninjitsu but the Bujikan is too far away :( Damn XD I'd be good to, I have a habit of sneaking up on people. 'specially Inu XD Eventually I want to study Kendo, Aikido and Kyuudo; and maybe eventually Wu Shu. ^^
But yeah, it's rather expensive to learn where I live and there aren't that many quality instructors.

Which actually reminds me that my family actually has their own martial art fighting style XD They're Chinese...go figure XDXDXD

...Haha i remember that funny clip called Tai Chi masters were the fighting was reeaal slow yet deadly xD...

hahaha, you mean this --> http://www.ilram.com/M_taichimasters_temp.html XD , it's soo funny lol , i didn't know it , thanks ;)

isn't the Tai Chi more peaceful that the Shaolin ? , or both are equal ? :unsure:


Tai Chi Chuan is an older and more relaxed style but the beleifs are the same.
Shaoilin is much more hard core.
Infact Tai Chi Chuan is the oldest form of Martial Art.

Really? sweet i didn't know that.

I would like to study Tai Chi, I need a new method of getting relaxed yet knowing more moves.

i just got my butt kicked by a little kid. not litterally but like, just ten minutes ago a kid came up to be, kicked me in my butt and ran off. :blink:...i swear, if he wasn't a little kid...:ninja:

I like ninjutsu because i always liked ninjas and i i was fan of the ninja turtles wayback :sweat: look at my pic ain't that some nice ninja stuff or whathttp://storage.msn.com/x1pxzZ39wV--_cjzyN-Teldu7wecUQvOxUExdWAEypOy3AZAyTqtQ0LW8tbmL0kctkZF9 RIN8cHgM2HhdA3uXd7Vweone0waTgszAJbnIytYAkAsLk344bM xUKno8wodkYF
Btw it's me freerunning^^ for those who think wth is he doeing :sweat:

what the-?! did you jump off a building? lol. awesome.

*looks up free running*

lol sorry about u getting ur arse kicked by a little kid
sweet, how tall was that building?
I like Tae Kwon Do and Kung Fu

I want to try martial arts....don't know which form to go for tho. They have adult classes for these things right? Because I'm 18+. I was thinking of doing Kickboxing but I want to try some other stuff. What do you guys suggest?

They have classes for every age group, and if you want to do kick boxing, i reckon you should go ahead and do it. you can do more than one type of martial arts at one time, so if you want to do other styles, then i reckon you should.

Yes you can start when ever you want, but you get a huge head-start when you start when you are small and young then when you get older you have just that mutch more experiance and knowage of it. But like I said you can (and highly suggested) when ever you can and want.

that is true and they have beginner levels for all age groups and advance levels for all age levels too

']I want to try martial arts....don't know which form to go for tho. They have adult classes for these things right? Because I'm 18+. I was thinking of doing Kickboxing but I want to try some other stuff. What do you guys suggest?

Togakure Ryu Ninjutsu, Currently run by Master Stephen Hayes the next up for Grandmaster once Grandmaster Hatsumi Masaki passes away.
But I don't remember where the Dojo is.

Though In Oregon there is a Martial arts school worth going to called Koinonia Combat Arts Club. Every thing you think you know about martial arts will be totally ineffective at that school, cause they utilize 4 different styles.

yeah, i'm trying to find out about schools in australia first

yea, i dont' think people are going to travel somewhere just to learn a martial art...some people aren't like that.

I only mentioned it cause I used to live in Or and went to Koinonia for 4 months

yeah i thought that was the case, so have u joined a class yet?

yea, i dont' think people are going to travel somewhere just to learn a martial art...some people aren't like that.

Yeah but if the person is dedicated to really learning t then they will. In the Edo period, how good you were in your skills drew the line of life or death for you.

that's true, and some of the best classes are in asia like china, thailand, japan and taiwan. but there is bound to be some good classes in whatever country you live in, ... i hope...:S

Yea, right, unless they were born and raised in that country. If they were trained in that certain country, then i'll deal with it. If they're some person that learned it off of movies...then whatever, they will never know the true art.

i wish i still did karate, i'd be like a 3rd degree blackbelt, but oh well i was a lazy kid and never managed my time well so i couldn't do it anymore cuz school had to come first. but yeah i agree with sensasian, you can't really know true martial arts by learning only from what you see on screen, it takes years of training

Multiple martial arts at once is not recommended by the way.Unless you are dedicated 24/7

and ass kickings 24/7 XD

Martial arts aren't just about the moves, it is about the sincraizeation of your mind and body. If you have too mutch strength, your mind will not be able to control it, if you have too mutch thought you cannot carry out your will.

Multiple martial arts at once is not recommended by the way.Unless you are dedicated 24/7


I think you'd have different veiws of that if you saw my former Shidoshi in action. He could beat single style blackbelts up to 6th degree, and Shidoshi was in his 60's when I studied under him.
Each style of martial arts has a weakness, when you incorperate 4-5 diferent styles, you lose those weaknesses. I was able to defeat a local TKD 3rd degree blackbelt at a school not far from my home because he couldn't tell what style I was using. and I knew how to exploit his weakness. I was once TKD myself.

no matter what you have weaknesses, doesn't matter if you know all the fighting style's in the world. there will always be someone that can whoop your ass.

yeppers because its like puzzle peices, you may have a unique peice but there is always another that fits yours

seraphs got it! *high fives*

Egg-Zactly! Humility is the key, if in your mind you have the thought of winning, you will loose. I always tell myself, no matter how good I am there is always some one better. Thus I push myself harder inorder to become better than what I am now and strive to be better than that person, but the cycle continues...

Well, I'm not in any martial arts per se... But i really want to be in Tang Soo Do, Jujutsu, or the Secret Art Of Ninjitsu ( basically any ninjutsu that has not been tainted by american hands... The original ninjitsu)

crap lucky you!!! i wanted to learn that!

martial arts eh? well i took tkd for 4-5 years from 7th grade, but then i moved on to wah-lum kung fu. correct me if i am wrong, but that style is related to the praying mantis. as for tae kwon do: i stopped at green belt because of the way the belts have to be earn at my program. we dont do those tests: the only tests are the tournaments we go to(sparring and/or forms). its odd....but now i am still in wah-lum kung fu. say, is there anyone around here who takes wah-lum kung fu?

as for weapons: none in tkd, but got some so far in kung fu..... double-handed straight sword (sorta like a kitana but not close to it), straight sword, iron fan, broadsword, and the staff...thats it.

what do you learn from wah-lum kung fu?


I think you'd have different veiws of that if you saw my former Shidoshi in action. He could beat single style blackbelts up to 6th degree, and Shidoshi was in his 60's when I studied under him.
Each style of martial arts has a weakness, when you incorperate 4-5 diferent styles, you lose those weaknesses. I was able to defeat a local TKD 3rd degree blackbelt at a school not far from my home because he couldn't tell what style I was using. and I knew how to exploit his weakness. I was once TKD myself.

Ah. Where do you live and how old is Shidoshi now. I want to be his apprentice.

I live in Florida now, but I lived in Oregon for 23 years, and I belive he is between 65-67 years of age. The Koinonia Combat Arts Club Dojo is located in Hillsboro Oregon. BTW unlike some dojos Koinonia is non profit.

If you're intrested in Ninjutsu,
Try Togakure Ryu Ninjutsu, run by Master Stephen Hayes soon to be the 35th Grand Master, who lived in Japan and trained under Grand Master Hatsumi Masaaki for over 30 years. It is true Ninjutsu. Now a days a lot of next up Grand Masters are non japanese. I know of at least 2 both from reputable Dojos. MInd you there are only 4-5 Dojos in the world teaching True Ninjutsu








A quick note. No one can beat the art of Click Bang! LMAO

I'm not really interested in Ninjutsu. More interested in multiple fighting styles (ex. Shaolin, Kung-Fu, any chinese/japanese styles.) Howveer I always want to start by learning one style at a time, so I first master the first style, then next and etc.

Now I feel like i want to live in Oregon. I have a feeling that your teacher is one of the best. I dont know, i could be wrong.

If you're intrested in Ninjutsu,
Try Togakure Ryu Ninjutsu, run by Master Stephen Hayes soon to be the 35th Grand Master, who lived in Japan and trained under Grand Master Hatsumi Masaaki for over 30 years. It is true Ninjutsu. Now a days a lot of next up Grand Masters are non japanese. I know of at least 2 both from reputable Dojos. MInd you there are only 4-5 Dojos in the world teaching True Ninjutsu








A quick note. No one can beat the art of Click Bang! LMAO

:think: i where would i find this dude? he sounds good.

EDIT: ...:blink: whoops. *raises hand* my bad... :sweat:

Wing Chun anyone heard of that ive just started but i think its kinda good teaches you how to block and attack at the same time....and sticky hands...still dont undertsand how that actually helps that much,also done boxing for a while...thats ok but isnt that fun if you have to spar with a friend thats gonna kick your ass ..............because you drank his bottle of powerade...thinking its yours.... :sweat: :heh:

:blink: doesn't EVERY martial arts teach you how to attack and block at once? :think: oh, well mine does too. ^_^

Master Stephen K. Hayes, who studied under Togakure Ryu's 34th Grand Master for 30 years, and founder of his own To Shin Do, Martial Art can be found here:

SKH Quest Hombu Dojo
An-shu Stephen & Rumiko Hayes
6263 Far Hills Avenue at Whipp Road.
Dayton, OH 45459
Phone: (937) 436-9990
Email: daytonquest@skhquest.com
Web site: www.daytonquest.com

:blink:

Wow, maybe I should check this more often, I'm beeing left in the Dust lol

*hugs hubby* there there...:comfort: PAY ATTENTION!!! *hits over head*

I'm not really interested in Ninjutsu. More interested in multiple fighting styles (ex. Shaolin, Kung-Fu, any chinese/japanese styles.) Howveer I always want to start by learning one style at a time, so I first master the first style, then next and etc.

Now I feel like i want to live in Oregon. I have a feeling that your teacher is one of the best. I dont know, i could be wrong.

So am I, but I have been told I have to go to Japan to practise the art of ninjitsu, and I really don't think I can go to Japan any time soon... well that and survive the flight! T_T;

actually, ninjutsu originated in china.

you don't HAVE to go to japan, i'd just probably be better to. however...i don't know if they have Ryu's like that here...:think:

I was in ninjutsu for about three years.. not fun.. i disliked it, so I took kung fu.. I think its chinese but its fun! I can do a whole bunch of flips and stuff like that!

(to wifey) *Rubs back of head* that hurts, both ways. but I'll for give you :cheek:
cool I wish that I could do filps and tricks like that. Boy, just the other day I was givin a demonstation of my martial arts to a bunch of people, and I hurt my friend really really badly...I felt bad I hurt his wrist and is back. But then I told him that I could have done mutch worse to him and that I didn't even finish the move because I didn't want the other people to go and just try doing it or they could really hurt some one. x_x

actually, ninjutsu originated in china.

you don't HAVE to go to japan, i'd just probably be better to. however...i don't know if they have Ryu's like that here...:think:

Actually all Martial Arts Started in china. Karate, Kendo, Judo, Ninjutsu all started in Japan but they all have roots in China.

Tai Chi Chuan is currently on record as the oldset known martial art, and is over 5,000 years old

I would like to learn ninjutsu but I don't know if there are any original ninjutsu dojos/schools in South Florida.

Not that I know of in FL at all.

there are no ORIGINAL ryu's in america period.

That stinks...Think Think....I wish I could get out of America and find one... But I'm 13 and broke....

lol. that causes a problem. you might be able to find GOOD ones...but they won't be original. i suggest someone who was trained in china/japan and of is that origin.

I think it would be awesome to study Tai Chi, looks very interesting.

*mocking all the ones in here* ha ha I'm learning from an original, my Grandfather was born and raised in the Philippines and was taught under Master Francisco Andukal and instructor Augustine Viray. He became assinstant Master in less than 10 years and now is the Grandmaster of the Martial arts.

Original what?

Never heard of an assistant master, there are masters and grand masters as far as I know, Usually a master is 6th degree Black or higher and Grandmaster is 9th and 10th degree.

Maybe he means apprentice!

Never heard of an assistant master, there are masters and grand masters as far as I know, Usually a master is 6th degree Black or higher and Grandmaster is 9th and 10th degree.

7th degree is master, i'm a 3rd (almost hitting four wooo!!!) and assistant master.

Usually it takes 3-4 years to reach black then 1 year for first, 2 years for second, 3 for third etc. so you would have had to have been in it for about 8-9 years to just be 3rd, and 4 more years before you would ever be 4th, so your 3rd degree clain seems a tad far fetched. I'm not trining to offend you or anything, but that is just from my experience.

Well, i've been in tae-kwon-do for...:think:....i don't remember...long time though. i was little. yes, i can promise you i am a third degree, if i had a camera i'd show you. Maybe, that's how long it takes for YOU. I started little in korea, then came to america where everything was totally different. It took me about ....five years to get my black belt. we also have a lot more belts where i live now, dunno why he did it though. took me forever.

Traditionally the belts are white, yellow stripe, yellow, blue stripe, blue, purple stripe, purple, brown stripe, brown black stipe, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on til 9nth and in some schools 10th. my Grand Master was Master Hong Sik Kim a 9th degree black belt, and founder of Kim's Tae Kwon Do, which was a very traditional school.
The minimum age is 5 in the US.

....ok....well in korea, you started whenever, went to 10th degree, and the order used to be:

white, yellow, green, blue, black

now i friggin had to start all over and go through:
white, yellow stripe, green and white, green, blue, red and white, red, black and red, black and white, then finally my first dan.

Keumgang is the greatest form ever!!!

BTW TKD is good if you can keep your opponent out of grappling range, once they get to grappling range you're screwed, I learned that the hard way.