Martial Arts?

[Spacelord]

Did judo for a while

That was fun.

This.

Also JKD, or Jeet Kune Do, because one approximate translation is "Way of the intercepting fist".

I mean, holy SHIT. You won't ever have to get into a fight anymore, EVER. Just say that you've studied the WAY OF THE MOTHERFUCKING INTERCEPTING FIST.

 

[thisisyournamenow]

MMA would be good if your looking for a good fighting system, but lets be in the real world for a second most fights end in one or two punches, fighting is not fun. most of the older styles are not very good for steet fightin.

i would say stay away from the older arts they stick you with katas which are crap and are there not a very good way for fightin.

so
MMA
Muay Thai
boxing

sorry for spellin and grammer ok

 

[jim_doki]

My girlfriend is a Green Belt in Karate. I'm more of a verbal jouster
EDIT

I'm also a master of Swine Fu

 

[Dante_Alucard]

I am taking Chayon Ryu. Chayon Ryu is Chinese Chu'as fa, Korean Taekwon, Karate-do, Judo/Jujitsu, and Hapkido/Aikido. It is not like mma it teaches more balance of forms and actually educating selfdefence. I am LUCKY enough to be taught by Grandmaster Kim. He is the first person to bring Taekwon to the US. If you go to the website and look at what he's done then you will know why it is such an honor to work with him. http://kimsookarate.com/awards/awards.html

 

[eatenbyagrue]

http://www.cracked.com/article_16595_6-great-martial-arts-killing-man-with-your-bare-hands.html

If I were coordinated enough, I would probably try Eskrima.

It'll test your pain threshold. To recap: you spend most of your time being hit by wooden sticks. If you drop the wooden sticks, you do 20 push-ups. I have friends who take it, and their hands are blistered and cut like nothing.

 

[bulbasaur]

So I've decided to take up a martial art, there's a lot of them out there but I'm thinking of Kickboxing. I was wondering does anyone out there do any martial arts and do they have any tips/stories to share?

I do kickboxing and i strongly recommend it if its a good club. there's a good variation in clubs some will be non contact nd some will be full contact, just check its a well equipped gym and go for it. i been doin it just over a year nd u can see the difference in punching/kicking power and technique.
its well rounded and pretty practical but so are most martial arts, just depends what your looking for in it, whether it be for defense, fitness or if u just wanna fight in comps nd shit.

 

[Scambug]

I do Aikido, and it's fun. I've gotten a better posture and gained better balance and more control over my body out of it, as well as having fun.

But for real world self-defense I recomend a quick kick to the shins and the art of running away as fast as you can.

 

[Jharry5]

I did Kempo (a mixture of Karate, Aikido and Ju-jitsu) for nine years. Its a really good work out and it covers pretty much every base I can think of (in terms of defending from different attacks). Highly reccommended, but it depends on whether you're wanting just a hobby or to learn to defend yourself/have a workout. It does take a big time commitment (I only took a belt once a year because of the range of styles taught).

Out of those I learnt, Ju-jitsu comes recommended the highest.

 

[Dangerious P. Cats]

I did tae kwon do for a great many years, good art and it made me very fit by the end. If done a few other things though the only significant ones are Japanese Swordsmanship and Fairbarin Combatives. I currently learn historical swordplay, which includes a bit of grappling and even a bit of bare knuckle boxing.

generally martial arts are a product of their purpose and historical period. Nowdays we have the ability to research and practice arts of previous periods. So I guess the question is why do you want to do martial arts?

I think the best thing you can do is take a look at the martial arts classes in your area. Chat to the instructors and see if you get on with them as people. See if you can watch a class before joining. If you feel like you learned something from just watching, even if it isn't much, the instructor is probably a good instructor.

 

[RH3INLAND.]

Just pick which Street Fighter character you'd most like to be like, and choose their style.

That will show you the answer, grasshopper.

 

[broadblik]

One of the few martial arts that actually works in real combat (and one that people have heard of) is Krav Maga, Akido possibly, but you should still go for Krav Maga

 

[PAGEToap44]

I did Judo for a while. Got to Blue belt.(That's two off black.) Now I can't remember a thing.

 

[RyQ_TMC]

I've tried karate (quickly got bored) and jitsu, which was fun to the extreme. It starts out slow, mostly with joint locks, but then gets to throws, floor fighting and strikes, so it's well-rounded. And it's a great workout, if only because you spend a lot of time throwing someone your size over your head.

Gets you in shape quickly, too, and gives you the comfort of feeling like you can defend yourself.

 

[RoThgar]

I do Jitsu at uni. Its so much fun, friendly and its good because if you get into trouble with the police for breaking some limbs, you say...well i can only use the techniques once someone attacks me. hehehe.

 

[Fruitloops89]

I don't, but if I did it would be Aikido. Because I think it looks kinda cool.

 

[dwightsteel]

I took JKD for a couple of years, it's a very aggressive form of martial arts, but relies on making your opponent move first, and then counter-acting (a lot of the time).

JKD (Jeet Kun Do - sp?) is the martial art that Bruce Lee created. Its emphasis lies within being practical enough for street fighting, but also in being structured enough that you have a lot of self-discipline.

There are books Lee himself published regarding this martial art, and there are a lot of experts who have manuals on it as well.

Problem is JKD trainers are tough to find in some places, so good luck if you choose to go this route.

...One can't really take JKD. It's not a style. It's a philosophy on fighting in general. It's like taking a class on reading cook books instead of a cooking class. Yeah, you'll learn some great recipe's, but you haven't learned to cook yet.
I've read the "Tao of", and his "lost" notes that Linda Lee Caldwell hoarded for 20 years to make more money off of. He always talks about students of the philosophy of JKD already being practitioners of the martial arts.
By it's very design, it was meant to be more of a martial arts supplement; you take what you know and you incorporate Bruce Lee's philosophy. Sure, he does give some good tips regarding punching and kicking more efficiently, but seeing as he disavows the usefulness of fixed positions, there is no real "style" to learn.
If you did take a JKD class, it's more then likely your teacher was either showing your some old school wushu, or (from the sounds of it) judo, with some JKD principles sprinkled on top. I'm not saying that your teachers didn't give you the legit principles behind the philosophy, but I'm not happy with the way JKD has been taunted around in recent years.

Oh, and Bruce wasn't a pacifist at all. He had a lot to say on preemptive striking.

 

[dwightsteel]

Oh, and for those talking about TKD, it is a very well rounded style. It's one of the few very mainstream styles that doesn't focus specifically on either punching, kicking or throwing. It's a good incorporation of all those aspects, and really is a very diverse style of martial arts to learn. Muay Thai is pretty hardcore too. A lot of good MMA fighters are really starting to embrace it because of it's focus on power and speed.

 

[YTOfficer01]

I recommend finding a Tang Soo Do (Soo Bahk Do) studio. its great work-out, practical self defense. it shares alot of similar techniques with Tae Kwon Do (given that argueably TKD evolved from TSD) and incorperates strong upper-body work with a few joint based grapples

 

[cleverlymadeup]

One of the few martial arts that actually works in real combat (and one that people have heard of) is Krav Maga, Akido possibly, but you should still go for Krav Maga

actually neither one works really well in real combat, look at the UFC and any mma organization. the two styles that work the most are Muay Thai and BJJ

If you did take a JKD class, it's more then likely your teacher was either showing your some old school wushu, or (from the sounds of it) judo, with some JKD principles sprinkled on top. I'm not saying that your teachers didn't give you the legit principles behind the philosophy, but I'm not happy with the way JKD has been taunted around in recent years.

see my earlier post about Matt Thornton and the Straight Blast Gym. he actually teaches what he calls Functional JKD and has absolutely NO wushu or kung fu type maneuvers, there are some judo ones cause they work in real situations

for the most part the Tao of JKD was written long before Bruce died and published after it but by that time he had taken a lot of the trapping and other kung fu stuff out cause he figured out it didn't work. most schools teach it cause it's popular and make money for the school

i've found that most ppl don't like actual functional arts, it's the sparring and active resistance they don't like. personally i like that part where you get to see how it works in the real world when someone is resisting you.

 

[BladesofReason]

I agree with Tang Soo Do, I've done that for years and I like to think of it as the practical, useful version of Tae Kwon Do