Martial arts?

[Kidd]

Topic is self explainatory. What martial arts have you people trained? What are you planning to pick up? What do you WANT to pick up? Or do you think it's all silly? Why did you start martial arts? You know, just ramble about yourself and martial arts a little :P It'll be interesting, I bet!

Myself, I (as most of you know) fell in love with the fictional character Kenshin Himura. I wanted to come closer to him, but there was no way I could do that. After a while I stumbled upon an advert for a martial arts show in a city called Uppsala (about 40 minutes away with bus). I shrugged and thought "Why not?" and went there. I'm lucky I did, because there I got a sample of the martial art I would soon fall in love with; iaidou. I searched for a dojo, and now I train iaidou. I don't know if I really got any closer to Kenshin in doing it, but the feeling of swinging the sword in real, working techniques - it's wonderful. I don't think I'll ever give up iaidou, at least I hope not. It makes me more mentally stable, gives me something to think about, and... well... it keeps my legs fit - heh heh! Martial arts really is more than just knowing how to fight, it feels so great...

I'm thinking of taking juujutsu next time the dojo over here starts a new semester (I don't want to start in the middle of everything, it'd be weird). I wanna learn that too, heh heh... I've went to a practice session with a friend of mine in Uppsala, and it was very fun! (even though I felt like an idiot more than once because I couldn't do anything, but they were all very understanding, heh heh)

I ALSO want to pick up naginata... but I have no idea where I'd be able to pick that up, nor if I could afford it beside the juujutsu and iaidou.

Btw, the school I train in iaidou is called Muso Shiden Ryuu ^_~x

[Exodus]

my martial arts is homemade. i call it the mortal kombat movelist. now, don't laugh, its a very serious art. back, back, lowpunch WILL make a spear come out of my hand.

seriously though, the idea of martial arts is good. i wouldn't mind knowing a few good moves, but alas, i have no motivation.

[Regulus]

Ive always wanted to know Karate just so I could say "I know karate!" Or Kung Fu because it sounds funny.......so never seriously wanted to learn it.......

[Boltzmann]

None. I never will train in any martial arts. I don't like this kind of thing, and probably never will.

I'm all for uploading my mind and living inside a computer

[_E_]

/me thinks exodus has been playing too much on his good ol' SNES

as for me, I studied 4 years Shorin Ryu Seibukan Karate, earned m brown belt before I transferred to Chito-Ryu karate and I am still learning till now

After I am done, I ll probably study weapons martial arts ( Kubudo for example) or I might take Ninjatsu ( but the later is a very hard choice ofcourse)

Yours,
-Elly

[Kidd]

Real Ninjutsu EXISTS in this time and age? o_O

btw, Exodus, wasn't that the excellent move called "Come here!"? Scorpion? heh heh...

Seriously guys, you don't know what you're missing! Try it out once at a dojo somewhere. They always let you take 5 sessions or so for free, so try it! You're not losing anything, and chances are that you'll like as much as me and Elly does! ^_^x

[Exodus]

Originally Posted by Elly

/me thinks exodus has been playing too much on his good ol' SNES

game gear and genesis to be exact.

Originally Posted by Kidd

btw, Exodus, wasn't that the excellent move called "Come here!"? Scorpion? heh heh...

actually, there were 2 variants. it was either "get over here" or "come here" depending on whether or not you were playing the SNES or genesis version of MK1. now i *think* they've gone with "come here", but i'm not sure.

anywho... we all know how happy keanu reeves was when he found out he know kung fu in the matrix.

[Regulus]

um.....im not quite limber (is that the word??) enough for karate in any way, shape, or form........

[Proto]

Humm.....i tried Tae Kwon -do till blue belt and only liked it moderately... i prefer swimming anyway, at least you only finish clean and almost bathed Guess im not much of a sports man anyway, only sport i really like is chess

[_E_]

I am not sure about Ninjatsu, but a friend of mine said that he began learning that style after he's done with Karate,..I think there are some academy's for Ninjatsu.

As for Martial Arts, I just want to clarify something. From what I saw, people seem to take Martial Arts as what they see in the movies or as a sequence of punches and Kicks. Infact, for every move you do in a Kata , theres a reason for it and there is a secret behind it, its not just a punch you throw on the enemy's face ( you dont have to worry about that now )

What I find really interesting is sparring. I often return home with bruises all over my body, but at the end, I got used to it. Its fun ^_^ ( as long as you are winning that is )

Yours,
-Elly

[Kaiser Sigma]

Used to practice Tai Chi back then, although it's not a martial art itself... in any case it's excellent for channeling your energy and focus your thoughts...

[Kidd]

We do sparring (we call it randouri though, japanese original term) with bokken made out of a very soft material, so that it doesn't hurt immensly to be hit in, say, the side. Hurts a lot more in the side than the head, anyway... just the way it's designed, somehow. It's really cool!

[Demigod]

I used to do Tae Kwon Do. Like ProtoMan I reached blue belt before I quit. Now the only kind of exercise I do is with my fingers and brain.

[Yeloazndevil]

I am a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, I started it cuz I wanted to

[Kaiser Sigma]

So... kinda like we could gather and take control of a small city, neh ?

[Kidd]

Yeah! Someone get me a katana so I can fight for REAL! >:D

[vivrantpig]

if u really want to get good at a type of martial arts kidd dedicate to jus doing one style.

[Yeloazndevil]

>>Real Ninjutsu EXISTS in this time and age? o_O

yes its real, in fact I kno of a place in Japan that teaches NinJutsu

btw did anyone have to do the splits in Tae Kwon Do?

[Kidd]

Originally Posted by vivrantpig

if u really want to get good at a type of martial arts kidd dedicate to jus doing one style.

This isn't ancient Japan - you only train once or twice a week (aside from a little exercises at home now and then), it shouldn't matter if you train other martial arts on the side. Or should it?

[Unicron]

I might try learning ti chi...htose folk can do some pretty funky shat...