Any one practice martial arts?

[riskybizz007]

BOXING is it man.
in street fights most people you face don't know shit about fighting. if you are a GOOD boxer you will take a guy out with one punch. I am a kickboxer myself, but i try to stress my arm work much more than legs. trust me aikido, kung fu, karate are all bullshit. karate especially, because in karate you don't cover your face after a punch. in aikido you fucking need 1 year just to learn how to fall right.
start boxing man. trust me.

Bro i completely disagree w/ you. I know a little bit about boxing, I've tried all those punches and shit w/ my uncle in Aikedo. His offense will not allow you to land successful punches or devestating punches i should say. And once you are close your punches are ineffective. And like i said, once you get one of those guys "in" close to you, it's over b/c they go for your eyes, ears, and your joints. And if they grab grab something you might as well call it quits right there and then. Punches are good and everything but you need space to throw the punch. Close the distance and what happens?

 

[booger]

I know a couple of guys called Smith and Wesson that can 'kick ass' on any martial arts expert.

The times they 'Hava Changed'. It's no longer the fisticuffs of the past. These days if you don't kill the enemy he may come back to kill you when you least expect it.

 

[riskybizz007]

I grew up in L.A. w/ just that problem. Conflicts w/ 1 person amount to conflicts w/ the 50 people he knows. But I'd much rather kick his ass than kill the guy, you kill the guy and either his family or his buds are gonna get you sooner or later. Now i'm living in Miami, very peaceful city compared to L.A., good thing about this state is that you can carry a gun as long as it's concealed. Maybe that's one of the reasons people don't mess around too much on the roads, who knows?

 

[mlomker]

I know a couple of guys called Smith and Wesson that can 'kick ass' on any martial arts expert.

Doubtful. You have to be very skilled with a firearm to use it well under stress. Trained police officers can fire dozens of rounds and not hit anything. If you are close and hesitate for even a moment a trained street fighter will disarm you.

I've studied Shotokan, Kempo-Goju, Judo, and kickboxing. They all have philosophically different approaches to fighting. Boxers may be good at covering their faces but in Kempo-Goju the fighting style was 100% offensive. The style was all about obliterating the opponent in the first few seconds of the fight...it usually worked. The Tae Kwan Do boys didn't stand a chance.

Judo/Aikido/ju jitsu are great forms because few people can fight once they are off their feet (myself included). I'd also be careful about Aikido and bouncing...you can't break bones as a bouncer or you'll be sued and unemployed. Judo and some of the joint locking techniques of Aikido could be useful; both arts use the opponents weight and momentum against them.

 

[b fold the truth]

I'll agree wth the TKD boys....I love sparring with them...so much fun. Put that little chest protector on and they don't know how to throw a punch...gotta love that old-school traditional TKD....

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[Lord_Suston]

I have done a lot, but as a bouncer greco-roman wrestling and aikido are the better forms to learn since you are there to throw someone out and not kill them. Don't get me wrong these techniques really fuckin hurt and can get very deadly but I have yet to see someone throw a punk out of a bar with a straight right cross. Personally I like Shotokan's motto of maximum force in minumum time and boxing's toughness, but man does wrestling fuck shit up.

 

[b fold the truth]

Man...everyone on here gots it all wrong. Pro Wrestling is where it is at. WWF baby...that's all you need to know.

I have been working on my "peoples elbow" now for a while...wait till I perfect it...you guys better watch out.

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[Thaibox]

"Do you smell..... what B-Fold is cookin'!!??"

 

[b fold the truth]

Hamburger Helper???

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[Thaibox]

And to the S&W response... if you can pull that thing out from your belt (locked & loaded) and put 3 rounds into a 2 inch group in a controlled manner in under 2 seconds you might stand a chance. Otherwise you'll be fucked. If I see a guy's hand disappear I am on him and all legal concerns are gone. You will fall. Bad argument.