Poll: Martial arts
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Landsknecht, German medieval and Renaissance sword combat and the accompanying Rengen and Langmesser (wrestling and dagger) training. All the fun and dirty fighting of Krav Maga with a wider assortment of weapons. That and each weapon is a slight variation of the others so learning one allows you to learn the others quickly and how to switch between them. You have a knife? Guess I'll disarm you, throw you to the ground, and dislocate your shoulder in any given order.
Theres always one.probunk said:
People shouldn't assume that everyone does a Martial Art in order to fight off bad guys who want to fuck them up on the street. There are so many other reasons to train, and it's such a personal thing that being all "You shouldn't do that, its totally useless on the street" is completly invalid.
Anyways, I'm a Jiu Jitsu kid now, so thats what I voted for. I've also done Taekwon do, Kendo, Kempo, Wrestling and Ninjitsu.
Judo is quite useful thank you very much. Any grappling you see that is not wrist locks or leg locks fall under the judo category... i.e 80% of MMA and 60% of self defenseprobunk said:
I've been taking Wing Chun for almost half a year now and I like it a lot. It's an economically efficient, brutal art; however, I've found that structure is very important. I've been told that "bad wing chun is worse than no wing chun". I may end up taking a ground art as well, like BJJ.
Although I've got my black belt in Karate, but ya gotta love Krav Maga. It really matches with my personal philosophy: aggressive, extreme close range, and complete neutralization.
On martial arts, I think people need to participate in one focused on contact to know what it's like to get hit. It's impossible to train the pain management and mental will to continue fighting INTELLIGENTLY while injured unless you actually experience the pain. This is why I would recommend supplementing any strike/flourish art like Tae Kwon Do with something straightforward in this respect like boxing. Also, an art like hapkido or certain jiu jutsu focuses will train one to make practical grappling choices.
I am always weary of submission based arts because, if there is more than one attacker, you can't expect to lock up with one person - this will get you killed. This is why striking should be primary, followed by joint manipulation and body mechanics (throwing). A "fight" is a situation of either life and death - throwing punches at some guy for talking shit while drunk is not what martial arts are for.
In any case, Tae Kwon Do is greatly accessible as well as limitless. If you want to be deadly, the tools are available. If you're just looking to get some exercise, it's great as a health hobby as well. Be prepared to memorize a few things as per the discipline side, but there's no minimum in terms of physical prowess. To the best of your ability, as they say.
I am always weary of submission based arts because, if there is more than one attacker, you can't expect to lock up with one person - this will get you killed. This is why striking should be primary, followed by joint manipulation and body mechanics (throwing). A "fight" is a situation of either life and death - throwing punches at some guy for talking shit while drunk is not what martial arts are for.
In any case, Tae Kwon Do is greatly accessible as well as limitless. If you want to be deadly, the tools are available. If you're just looking to get some exercise, it's great as a health hobby as well. Be prepared to memorize a few things as per the discipline side, but there's no minimum in terms of physical prowess. To the best of your ability, as they say.
