Totus Tuus Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Does anyone practice Martial Arts? How long? What style? What's your favorite weapon and/or part of Martial Arts to practice? I took Kuk Sool Won, a Traditional Korean style, for three years and a blend of TKD/Karate for six months. I like practicing staff and forms... ours were similar to Kung Fu with sort of a TKD influence. Oh, btw, I like Kuk Sool much better than TKD and Karate :ph34r:
Noel's angel Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Wado Ryu Karate for about 9 years. A REAL form of Karate, unlike other forms where you can get to black belt level within 2 years, eugh. Wado-Ryu Karate is a Japanese martial art founded by Hironori Ohtsuka Sensei in 1934. Ohtsuka Sensei developed Wado-Ryu after studying the Samurai martial art of Jiu-jitsu, and Shotokan (another style of Karate). This combination, according to Ohstuka Sensei, is a softer, more natural means of self-protection. The full name of the style is Wado-Ryu Karate-Do. The term Wado-Ryu means "way of peace" or "way of harmony", indicating Ohtsuka Sensei's original intention to use training in Wado-Ryu as a means of solving problems in a non-violent way. Karate-Do means "way of the empty hand", as Karate is, for the most part, studied without the use of weapons. I am a black belt and instructor, i have been teaching for about 3 years. my black belt grading lasted about 3 hours and then we had to pass a written examination
spathariossa Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Euro Sport Fencing: 3 years Kendo: 3 years Hapkido: 3 years Hsing-I and Hsing-I sword: 2 years Crosstraining: TKD, Judo, Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Wing Chun Currently: Medieval martial arts based on period manuals.
ironmonk Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 (edited) [quote name='Totus Tuus' date='Jan 3 2005, 03:33 PM'] Does anyone practice Martial Arts? How long? What style? What's your favorite weapon and/or part of Martial Arts to practice? I took Kuk Sool Won, a Traditional Korean style, for three years and a blend of TKD/Karate for six months. I like practicing staff and forms... ours were similar to Kung Fu with sort of a TKD influence. Oh, btw, I like Kuk Sool much better than TKD and Karate :ph34r: [/quote] My Jhong Law Horn... it's traditional Northern Shaolin Kung Fu... the lost track... the oldest known martial art - it is the Catholic Church of Martial Arts... the original.... on and off for about 4 years - Life keeps getting in the way...lol [url="http://www.BrandonKungFu.com"]http://www.BrandonKungFu.com[/url] God Bless! ironmonk Edited January 3, 2005 by ironmonk
Tink Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 6 years of Songham Tae Kwon Do. I'm a first degree black belt. And yoga.. if that counts.
Noel's angel Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 what annoys me is that some martial arts have become more of a sport. also, i hate martial arts where u can achieve black belt in a short period of time
Dudette Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 hahaha!!!!! I knew it when I saw who started this thread Totus Tuus! Hehe, well I took Tae Kwon Do for 2 years. Unfortunately I can't go back, as of yet.
littleflower+JMJ Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 my two little brothers are awesome and have been winning tournaments in TKD.... the grandmaster who teaches them is the best!
Don John of Austria Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 10 years of Medieval and Elizabethan Western martial arts, I perfer the long sword to anything else-- Some training in various Eastern martial arts but they always have to go and be silly, the first time I have to hear about Chi when it is obviously something like umm leverage I tend to lose interest in them.
Benedict Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 A whole life spent in a smattering of martial arts - Jack of All Trades but Master of None. Tae Kwon Do Karate Judo Jujutsu Ninjutsu Kendo Aikido Krav Maga Medieval (longsword, halberd)
Don John of Austria Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 every one seems to have the notion that Medieval combat is A crude and B all about weapons, there is a great deal of unarmed combat that we still have records from,particularly wrestling. I would match a man who had mastered Tallhoffers wrestling and Peter's wrestling agianst anyone anywhere.
Scofizzle Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 I ahve been playing mah jhong for 3 years now.....does that count?
Totus Tuus Posted January 4, 2005 Author Posted January 4, 2005 Awesome. Glad to see fellow martial artists on the boards! I don't know if I mentioned this... please pray for God's will in getting a school starting out here in my little town.
spathariossa Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 (edited) [quote name='Don John of Austria' date='Jan 3 2005, 06:43 PM'] every one seems to have the notion that Medieval combat is A crude and B all about weapons, there is a great deal of unarmed combat that we still have records from,particularly wrestling. I would match a man who had mastered Tallhoffers wrestling and Peter's wrestling agianst anyone anywhere. [/quote] Definitely. And you're right on the ki/chi issue. It is just a matter of skeletal alignment and leverage and such. I did Hsing-I one of the 3 internal chinese martial arts. There are more than 3 of course but Tai Chi, Hsing-I, and Ba Gua are the three most important chinese internal martial arts. Their power generation mechanisms are the best I've ever seen. The funny thing about it though is that it has everything to do with proper posture and movement and nothing to do with a magical energy force. In fact, German longsword and Hsing-I were made for each other. German Longsword and Two-handed jian seem to me to be almost the same thing. Don't know why the Chinese felt the need to explain it in a way that causes so many misunderstandings... Edited January 5, 2005 by spathariossa
Totus Tuus Posted November 7, 2005 Author Posted November 7, 2005 All right! Prayers for my new endeavor, por favor... I've been asked by the Mother Vicar of the Order I'm joining next month to teach some of the sisters what I know. I started during my aspirancy in October, but we have a long way to go and I really need to get a refresher myself. She wants me to teach the sisters for self-defense
RemnantRules Posted November 7, 2005 Posted November 7, 2005 *prayers* I took Kenpo for almost 14 years. At first it was IKKA, International Kenpo Karate Assosiation Then later after the death of the founder of Kenpo, Ed Parker, his closest mentor Paul Mills formed the AKKI, American Kenpo Karate International. One of the best things I did in my life. If you asked me what it was I would say it teaches you just about anything and everything with great confidence and energy towards self-defence techniques. If you want to know more shoot me a message. God Bless Jason Gregory
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