Do you guys often practice martial arts in Japan?

[Muz1234]

Do you guys often practice martial arts in Japan or some other sports?

 

[Paint_Black]

oh well..

 

[Petaris]

There was a member here for a short time that did. He had a YouTube channel and website ( Home - The Japan Guy ) but didn't really have any content about it other than mentioning it a few times.

 

[nice gaijin]

There are many martial arts in Japan and therefore, many people who train in martial arts. Training schedules vary, when I was in college I joined a karate circle that gathered once or twice a week, and when I was staying in Nagoya I convinced my friend to take me to his old karate club which met once a week.

When I visited Okinawa I trained 5 days a week, but that was the main reason I was there.

 

[johnnyG]

Marital arts are really common. And roughly the same proportion of males and females do it.

"Birds do it, bees do it,
even educated fleas do it..."

 

[Master of Time]

I practiced some mixed Karate and Aikido in the U.S. When I came here I heard stories of how most Japanese approach martial arts, esp. Karate. But after one visit to a Karate Dojo here, watching the "sensei" grumble about the students' poor performance every 20 minutes or so, and ordering laps around the dojo in Kossack dance style, I decided that both my psychological health and knees were more important and just gave up.

Moral of the story: There may be good dojo in Japan, but I think you should resign yourself to the probability you will need to do a lot of legwork to find them. But of course, if you enjoy being abused, welcome to Heaven!

 

[musicisgood]

I think most of us here that have served in the military and stationed in Okinawa and Japan most likely took up some form of martial arts. Judo and Karate for me, but I now longer practice it. But for Karate, the wind is my sparing partner these days. Good to keep in shape at 70 I guess. I can still do 3 fingertip pushups. Could do 2 fingertip pushups for many years, but now maybe no.