What martial arts do you study?

[Martialartsnovice]

Yeah, I practiced Jeet Kune Do, for a time, but I currently havent been practicing any sport. Hey anyone know of any good swordsmiths from Japan, or in the US. I know that in Kenjitsu the practicioner trains with a bokken or iadito before they can handle live blades. I know of a company called Buegi but Ive heard mixed reviews

 

[Ikyoto]

What ever type you get do NOT get stainless. While it may look prettier, stainless blades tend to be lighter and more brittle. I've got a couple of sites that have really great katana, but they are over $500.

Example of quality and type of steel to look for.

 

[-Rudel-]

Marine Corps Martial Arts A mixture of Jujistu, Aikido, and old forms of Line fighting.

The Aikido moves are great.

I have plenty of bruses on my leg from practicing striking moves...haha.

I'm just so luck that I have a broad range of motion when it comes to stretching my body in moves that most people can even do. Doesnt hurt a bit....that is until my partner takes my fingers to the bending limits..haha.

 

[Ikyoto]

Hey Rudel - I was Thundering Third, Bravo for a few years - You?

 

[Martialartsnovice]

Cool, Im curious as to what styles or forms they train the Armed Forces in. I heard that the Rangers get taught Cobra Fighting, but I think its a different style.

Hey anyone know of any dojos that still teach Kenjitsu that are located on the West Coast, or near the American Southwest.

 

[Ikyoto]

USMC teaches a stripped down and dirty form of combat that draws from a LOT of other sources. A good site to read for those interested:LINK

 

[-Rudel-]

Thundering third as in the 3rd Marine Division? I was there for a 1 year and a 1/2. u still in the military?

 

[Ikyoto]

Shoot - I mustered out about the time most people here were starting to get hair in funny places and worrying about zits!

I served from 82-90. First duty was Beruit -got both legs busted when the barracks went. After that I went to Granada after the s**t started there. Rest of my time was spent equally between carrier detail, being stationed in Okinawa for a big old 6 weeks, Korea walking the line (in the winter - THAT was the worst tour I ever did!) and then finished up back here training young punks like you.

Pass the geritol.

And yes, 3rd division. Bravo company. If you get near any of them see if there are any old timers from back in 86.

 

[alexriversan]

i read one taek-won-do magazine, how to cut a bundle of straw into pieces by sword.

given the opportunity, i would like to begin practice...

and, i do mediation sometimes. however, right now, i do not have an empty room.

 

[Shooter452]

Escrima scares the feces out of me!

I currently study arnis/escrima/kali

I saw an elderly Philipino eviscerate a 200 deck-ape from the USS Oriskany while I was at Subic Bay back in 1975. He was an expert in escrima. From that point on I give little old Philipino men a lot of courtesy and a wide berth.

The (in)famous American soldier of fortune Paul Balor (a pseudonym) wrote that the only cure for an escrima artist "...is a face full of bullets." He may have a point.

As far as ninjutsu goes, the only true practitioner I ever met was Michael Echanis. He was an Oregon native who left the US Army (after a disabling wound) to study matial arts and recover from his disability. He studied hwarang do and isshinryu karate, but more to the point he may be responsible for the recreation of ninjutsu as we know it. Many--including Hon Kim, editor of Black Belt magazine--say that Echanis remade himself in ninjutsu and also remade ninjutsu in his own image.

Echanis was respected enough in the SpecOps community to teach his arts to SeAL's and Special Forces operators, but he went commercial and became a gun-for-hire in Central America, working for Tacho Samoza, the despotic "president" of Nicaragua.

I was introduced to Echanis when he came to the US Embassy at Managua. He was perhaps the most dangerous looking man I ever met, but he was also an insufferable putz. His personality probably also got him killed--his airplane spontaneously exploded over Lake Nicaragua one day, killing him and two other independant gun slingers in September of 1978.

The point is that Echanis could point a patrol as good or better than any Marine with whom I ever served in combat, myself included. He could also stalk a sentry (or anyone else) like no man alive. He was also a crack shot with pistol and rifle, making him as deadly as he looked.

If there are any more like him out there, I've yet to see them, so anyone who wants to study ninjutsu has got their work cut out for them.

 

[Budderfly]

Tong Moo Do http://www.tongmoodo.com

(Korean eclectic style)

I've been there for almost 5 years and I get my Black Belt this fall (providing I pass my test)

 

[Ikyoto]

Escrima is something I've allways forund fascinating, but far too fast for this old guy to get into now.

 

[Martialartsnovice]

Yeah, Ive heard of it, and my neighbor from the Philipines where she had grown up, was taught it as a child. It was kind of scary at how good she was at it. was only maybe 4yrs old then.

 

[Loyalist]

Matadon

Is this before or after his *** goes to jail on a life sentence for premeditated assault?



There is no such thing as 'fighting fair'. You can spar fairly, and treat people fairly, but it's beyond stupid to say that a FIGHT is anything but a free-for-all. And, in a free-for-all, my money is on the guy who is twice the size, four times the strength, and has spent a happy amount of his time getting beaten up for the sheer pleasure of it. You also assume that you don't get eye-gouged and groin-kicked in football; I assure you, linebackers are sneaky little bastards.

This is one of the reasons I stopped studying so-called 'traditional' martial arts; there are way too many 110lb Karatekas that somehow believe that conditioning and 'sports' are no match for 'dirty tricks' and 'secret techniques', and I honestly couldn't stomach the day-in, day-out mantra of 'Well, if we were fighting *dirty*, I could have beaten you.'



This isn't a 'secret technique'. This is what Los Angeles street punks do; taking a cheap shot at someone does not qualify as a 'martial art'. Honestly, it isn't even 'self defense'. If you have spent years preparing to knife random individuals, you are not training to defend yourself, you are training to mug people.

Moreover, why knives? If you're up against people with weapons, they will have guns. I personally own two.



Ok, maybe we're agreeing on this one.

Personally, I'd say throw a high school varsity wrestler in that mix, and I'll bet on the wrestler any day. Most, I would say 90%, of the karatekas I've run into (in the 'States) can't fight for crap. They don't spar, they don't train, and all they do is play with kata, one-step drills, and wear pajamas. At least the Japanese get it right; Karate in Japan is treated like a sport, and people train HARD.

1:before of course. And i belive it would be aggrivated seeing as the guy is attacking him for feeling up his girl. But thats not the point, he is still going to jail.

2:Fightig fair on the street exists. I have never ambushed an opponent or used a weapon on an unarmed opponent, its just not my style. I also let my opponent know before i hit him and give him a chance to fight back.

3:Im not claiming it so be a secret technique. And to clarify, they were training to randomly knife an individual not knife random individuals, so it can be applied to self defense. Why knives? Easy to carry and conceal (compared to most guns.) Noisless operation, not as leathal if applied correctly. If the fight involved guns you are stupid to be fighting anyways. Anyone VS gun=loose. Unless ofcourse it war or somthing to that effect.

4:Katate dojos in america =suck 90% of the time. They are run like bussnesses and not combat training halls. If the goal is to have combat effective students you wont have that many because people dont like to feel what it is like to get hit. One steps have their advantages but are worthless alone.


I Have heard that forsure there was a recorded escrima deathmatch in the 60's and that they still happen today. A freind in the Phillipines sent me a dvd recording of some escrima training.....HOLY CRAP! I was very impressed.

 

[Martialartsnovice]

yeah that stuff is intense, Ive seen the training for escrima and Muay Thai, I relize that they trian to have that kind of physical/mental stamina. But HOLY CRAP, I wont want to watch them fight a mug or a thief.

 

[Martialartsnovice]

Hey out of curiousity in Japan when they train the martial arts students, do they train them just to learn the art or is the emphasis put mores toward the Show/Tournament type. I know in the American system, that the emphasis is for the show stage, and not for learning to become better at the style.

 

[sabro]

I can't speak for all American dojo's, but in our dojo we take the art quite seriously. We spend a lot of time on kata and sparring. The founder of our system (Robert A. Trias) wanted something complete and practical, but very traditional- with the oldest forms he could find. The emphasis is quite traditional, and not necessarily combat related, but we do practice self defense, mechanics and ki as well as kobudo. On rare occasion we study ground techniques, holds, locks and releases.

I don't study Karate for self defense. I have never had a physical confrontration in my entire adult life (at least not that I can recall), and I don't plan on having one.

I do find great joy, and it is something I can do with my entire family. We do compete in tournaments, but don't often win. I find Karate challenging.

 

[LaaK]

We also spent a lot of time on kata's and sparring....the style i practice is Umi-Ryu..
If you wanna take a look on the website you can visit it at the following adres...
www.ernstvanderzee.nl

 

[LaaK]

Umi Ryu

Its better to visit the following adres: Waarom Karate - Umi Ryu Karatedo

 

[Martialartsnovice]

Thanks for the links I look at them. I said that US Dojos suck, because here I studied they seemed to put more stress on the showy moves, and little time on the basics, and stances. Im not saying all US dojos are like this, but the one I learned at thaught the American kickboxing style, not any real recognized Karate style.

P.S

Check out my site, I have a forum dedicated to Martial Arts, http://s9.invisionfree.com/JapanSource

 

[SIR-MOJ]

I've Studied Boxing, Kempo, And Crazy!!

 

[BIGGTRUB]

Kempo, Wing Chun, and Ghetto quicc to woop yo azz...

 

[SIR-MOJ]

^^^^^ Yeah Ya Did.

 

[BIGGTRUB]

Moj mixes in a lil ballet from his days as a broadway female impersonator...

 

[SIR-MOJ]

Trub Does Capawetta Butt Naked With A Cell Phone And Ankle Weights!!!