What martial art do/have you practiced?

[56kninja]

An emerging trend in these arts, to teach directly from the period texts, is relatively recent, and was started about 15 years ago. Essentially...recreating an fighting art dead for centuries. The result is so totally different than the exaggerated choregraphy seen at dinner theaters and I suppose renaissance fairs.

Keith

Yup. I never found much point in rapier fencing. It's great exercise, I'm sure it's fun. But it was only practical in a duel.

With my limited knowledge on the subject, Conan the Barbarian (movie) was probably the closest thing to actual sword art seen in film.

The highlander was a joke. But the real stuff is amazing, and has it's similaritieis to the famed martial arts of the east.

 

[woodman689]

GUN-FOO with emphasis on the lockednloaded-style!

All kidding aside-- HAP KI DO 3-years.

that would be gun-kata

 

[woodman689]

I always wanted to learn some, but my back has degraded so far that I'm stuck studying the ancient arts of hitting people with my car, throwing bricks and drawing my firearm. Also have a high proficiency of "Sock full of quarters-fu".

thanks made it hard to breath i was laughing so hard

 

[Bigbaddude]

Hey everybody, just curious to see what kind of martial arts experience all the members here have. I myself am currently taking Krav Maga in Milwaukie, and have been doing so for about a year. What about everybody else?

A couple of years of poekoelan it's a Indonesian martial art

 

[peterj]

I've studied the "Quart of blood" technique and similar to Savage's "sock full of quarters-fu", I'm pretty good at "Padlock in the sock-doh!"

 

[Ben B.]

I just showered the sweat off from 1.5 hours of muay Thai at a local fight gym. I'm getting a little old for full bore Thai boxing, but it sure gets me into a smaller pant size quick.

I've done Aikido, Japanese juijistu, BJJ/mma, Arnis, 6 years of collegiate wrestling and a semster of Italian longsword. But Thai boxing is the thing I like the most and have stuck with it on and off for 20 years.

 

[parallax]

I am a titanium belt, at the hidden art of the , flying missile kick.

 

[Trlsmn]

I practice the Art of Ching Ching Boom!

 

[x503Codyx]

Boxing and Jiu-Jitsu I have been doing it for about 3 years now. By the way Team Quest is a great place to go.

 

[supergenius]

Punchyewintheteethwhenyoutalktoomuch.

SRSLY?

JKD

 

[8ball]

I studied a bunch of stuff, but mainly Kung Fu. And I got my *** kicked the first time I sparred with a friend who had studied Gracie style jiu-jitsu.

UFC and the like has convinced me that most of the 'traditional' arts I loved aren't much use when so many fights end in a grapple on the ground.

 

[John Brown]

Gun-fu here.

And knife-fu if you get in close.

 

[jrozes]

+1 Krav Maga

 

[Ben B.]

...UFC and the like has convinced me that most of the 'traditional' arts I loved aren't much use when so many fights end in a grapple on the ground.

Working concerts and bars, with the occasional "altercation", convinced me that rolling on the ground is fine if it's 1:1 or for sport in the cage. But in many situations it puts heads in easy "punting" range for the participant-observers, AKA "his buddies."

 

[coyoteman5]

It's somegun Fu

 

[56kninja]

I studied a bunch of stuff, but mainly Kung Fu. And I got my *** kicked the first time I sparred with a friend who had studied Gracie style jiu-jitsu.

UFC and the like has convinced me that most of the 'traditional' arts I loved aren't much use when so many fights end in a grapple on the ground.

Just depends on how good you are at what you do IMO. Chances are you wouldn't perform a technique 100% as taught on the mat, but you can always take pieces.

But in terms of pure self defense I'd say Krav Maga looks the best. But you wouldn't take that into an UFC fight because people would leave snapped arms, knees, ect (well more often..)

 

[ArgentineSteel]

I was a wrestler in my youth, my muscles still remember most of it. A little judo and karate. Get in close and take the opponent down to the ground. Then start to dismantle them. Still practice with my 23 year old. He can take me, I'd have to hurt him to win. But with the right holds I can hold my own. If I can hold my own with a 6'5" 270# 23 year old I feel good about my ability with unarmed close combat.

Of course if I have to stand off from an opponent the next resort is to gunfu

 

[Ravenous]

How much does the krav maga class cost at the place in Milwaukie. I think it would be great for my fiancée and I to take some self defense classes.

 

[unionguy]

A couple of years of poekoelan it's a Indonesian martial art

Me too, but just started. I like the focus on self-defense.

 

[phathom]

Took about 4 years of Traditional Tae Kwon Do and a year of Shōbayashi Shōrin-ryu, one of the older (possibly first ) forms of Okinawan Karate, which is an older version of and inspired the more popular Shotokan Karate.

I agree that having a good sense of what to do on the ground is a good thing as a majority of fights end up there. But my goal is to avoid getting on the ground in the first place and end it sooner with well placed strikes. If his buddies are there, I don't want to be on the ground while they jump in and start kicking me and as one person said earlier, punting my head.