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[quote="tybald"]I've done wing chun and shaolin kung fu as an adult and judo when I was younger. I've also dabbled in TKD, ninjutsu and kickboxing but never got into them for some reason. I'm currently training in Krav Maga which I love for its directness (i.e. out and out violence!). I like the fact that a lot of the moves are adaptations of the body's natural reaction to an attack which makes it easier to learn. Its also fairly complete in that it has striking, grappling, multiple attacker defence and weapon training including firearm disarmament if you do the military style training. Its one of the few martial arts I've learned that I'd feel confident using to defend myself in the street without having to put in years and years of training.[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Karrit</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:36 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I've taken karate since high school and am a brown belt. I'm not a natural athlete mind you and I have problem with side kicks & balance, but karate's helped my balance while sanding and shifting. I'm planning to go back to college this fall and thought on taking tae kwon do to help with my kicks. <br /> <br />I also weight train and do some yoga stretches.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Tim_Tex</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:25 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I was in karate between the ages of 9-10. <br /> <br />I took cardio kickboxing in my early 20s.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Aquamarine_Kitty</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:59 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I took martial arts from age 8 through to age 11. <br />I'm not sure what it was called, but the belt succession was something like: white, orange, yellow, blue, purple, green, brown, and black, with stripes in between most of the colors. <br />I got to a purple belt <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /> <br />I wish I could get in shape enough to continue with it soon. I'm not nearly as active now <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_sad.gif" alt="Sad" border="0" /></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>JerryHatake</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:34 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I'm actually going to compete in my second Kumdo tournament in August. I have surely improved from the last one when I was a green belt.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>JerryHatake</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:33 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">^Nice. <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_cool.gif" alt="Cool" border="0" /></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>CMaximus</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:24 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I'll have been been doing Hwa Rang Do for five years in October. If all goes well, I should get my first degree black belt around Christmas time.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Rynok</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:07 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I did 7 years of Tae Kwon Do when I was younger. <br />They stopped teaching up to a point and it became a "study on your own" and so I left. It was fun though, but a lot of work for sure.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>JerryHatake</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:11 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>rjay09 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I think you misinterpreted my post a little Jerry. Allow me to clarify. <br /> <br />My iaido training and kendo training, while both under the same teachers, were mostly taught in a way to emphasize the differences you were talking about. <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.flatfishdesign.com/yagyu/edo.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="postlink" >Edo Yagyu Shinkage Ryu Hyoho</a> is the style of iaido I studied, with emphasis on both forms with live shinken blades - including drawing from seated seiza, cutting to kill, the ritual shiburi 'cleaning' of the blade, and 'notou', returning the blade to the sheath - and predetermined kenjutsu drills, performed with a partner using bokken. <br /> <br />The little bit of kendo training I did was mostly a supplement to the iaido training, as my sensei tends to emphasize training in both traditional iaido techniques and sport oriented kendo as way of rounding out our training. Training in kendo was distinctly different from training in Yagyu. We would use the shinai to slap our own butts while practicing overhead cuts to chudan (waist level) in kendo, whereas in iaido we would do the same cut by raising the sword vertically and follow through with the cut to the bottom of the motion. Yagyu kenjutsu drills were very static and would end with a strike meant to end the fight, whereas kendo tended to emphasize more fluid, continuous motion partner drills. <br /> <br />Good to see another sword aficionado on WP though. <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /></td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Ok I understand now. Well I'm Kumdo and U.S. Hwa Rang Kwan (dojang) for us to evenutally form (Iaido) upon become 4th Keup (Brown Belt) though some students start at purple or blue. Its actually part of the red belt test along the red belt one and all black belts which occurs once a year. I think I'm the only person in U.S. Hwa Rang Kwan with AS and in the Mason Kumdo Club. I'm the VP for the club for this academic year.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Greyhound</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:28 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I did judo for a while. Nice friendly club but it was mainly small children who were easy to overpower plus the instructor kept teaching us the same moves.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>rjay09</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:57 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I think you misinterpreted my post a little Jerry. Allow me to clarify. <br /> <br />My iaido training and kendo training, while both under the same teachers, were mostly taught in a way to emphasize the differences you were talking about. <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.flatfishdesign.com/yagyu/edo.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="postlink" >Edo Yagyu Shinkage Ryu Hyoho</a> is the style of iaido I studied, with emphasis on both forms with live shinken blades - including drawing from seated seiza, cutting to kill, the ritual shiburi 'cleaning' of the blade, and 'notou', returning the blade to the sheath - and predetermined kenjutsu drills, performed with a partner using bokken. <br /> <br />The little bit of kendo training I did was mostly a supplement to the iaido training, as my sensei tends to emphasize training in both traditional iaido techniques and sport oriented kendo as way of rounding out our training. Training in kendo was distinctly different from training in Yagyu. We would use the shinai to slap our own butts while practicing overhead cuts to chudan (waist level) in kendo, whereas in iaido we would do the same cut by raising the sword vertically and follow through with the cut to the bottom of the motion. Yagyu kenjutsu drills were very static and would end with a strike meant to end the fight, whereas kendo tended to emphasize more fluid, continuous motion partner drills. <br /> <br />Good to see another sword aficionado on WP though. <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>JerryHatake</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:23 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>rjay09 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Wing Chun kung fu has been one of my AS obsessions for about 4.5 years now. I also cross-trained in a few different Japanese weapon arts, like Iaido, Kendo, and Naginata, but when I went to uni I dropped most of them to let me keep my focus on Wing Chun. <br /> <br />Looking forward to doing some tournaments this summer. If anyone happens to be going to <a href="http://usksf.org/?page_id=16" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="postlink" >USKSF</a> or <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/wongpeople/2008tournament.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="postlink" >Wong People</a> this year I'd love to meet up there!</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Kendo and Iaido are both with the sword the difference between is one is the way of the sword (Kendo) and Iaido is the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard. I'm not trying to be offense here but they are both sword just different principles, teachings, and techniques basically.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>rjay09</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:46 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Wing Chun kung fu has been one of my AS obsessions for about 4.5 years now. I also cross-trained in a few different Japanese weapon arts, like Iaido, Kendo, and Naginata, but when I went to uni I dropped most of them to let me keep my focus on Wing Chun. <br /> <br />Looking forward to doing some tournaments this summer. If anyone happens to be going to <a href="http://usksf.org/?page_id=16" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="postlink" >USKSF</a> or <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/wongpeople/2008tournament.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="postlink" >Wong People</a> this year I'd love to meet up there!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>LKL</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:47 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Space wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I agree. When I say "martial arts", I mean arts that use realistic hard sparring... fight sports. For the most part, that would be boxing or muay thai kickboxing, or grappling arts (brazillian jiu jitsu and wrestling). There are a lot of people with "black belts" in various "martial arts" that would get murdered in a real fight. If you enjoy it, fine, but don't let it give you the sense of confidence that you can actually defend yourself.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />better to be 99.9% able to avoid a fight than 99.9% able to win a fight - at least in our modern world.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>burnse22</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:05 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I did Karate for a few years, but ultimately I was useless at it.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Space</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:26 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>traveller011212 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Yes, I have some training in most types, which many tend to be different flavors of the same thing. I have found that active forms of martial arts (ie. what current militaries use) are by far the most effective. I have splayed out 4th degree black belts prior to much training, thus have little respect for arts that emphasize point sparing. Ultimately, unless you are going to fight, martial arts are only a plyometric cardiovascular exercise.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />I agree. When I say "martial arts", I mean arts that use realistic hard sparring... fight sports. For the most part, that would be boxing or muay thai kickboxing, or grappling arts (brazillian jiu jitsu and wrestling). There are a lot of people with "black belts" in various "martial arts" that would get murdered in a real fight. If you enjoy it, fine, but don't let it give you the sense of confidence that you can actually defend yourself.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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