Anyone know about Martial Arts?

[solidj55]

I am considering taking up some sort of martial arts. What I have in my area is Karate, Aiketo(spelling?) or Hapkieto or something like that, and Tae kwon Do(spelling). What Im looking for is something that is most practical to use in a street fight, bar fight, or whatever. I will be starting a bouncing job soon and when i get out of college Ill be a cop so I need something practical in real life situations not Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon shit. Also, Im a powerlifter and wondering if this would hurt my strength? How do most martial artists train with weights? I hear there is a lot of cardio but you guys tell me.

 

[SeXKiTTen_CanDy]

Kickboxing.

It's excellent...

It also teaches a bit of Tae kwon Do, and some other forms....

 

[solidj55]

Thanks for the info, I may try that if I can find a legit trainer.
Anyone else out of the ones I listed?

 

[youngdeltman]

Well, you're on the wrong track for starters bro. The only thing half decent about the ones you mentioned is Karate, so if you choose Karate make sure it's a strong style like shotokan, Go Kan Ryu, kyokoshin or kenpo.

But if you want somthing really practical, subbmission wrestling (shootfighting/wrestling) is the way to go. Muay Thai is good also and MMA's have proved the effectivness of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

Then on the other hand if you're intending to become a bouncer (I've been one for 1 1/2 years) you don't want to go around beating up your patrons in a bar fight...you want to restrain them and remove them from the premisis in which case Aikido is ideal. If you go around going Muay Thai on on every intoxicated patron in your club then your days as a bouncer are numbered (at least they would be around here)

Hope that helped you out

 

[danielson]

yeah lots of cardio

and the bastards make you do loads of pushups so 48 hrs rest after a heavy day at the gym isnt always gonna haoppen depending on when you train

as for what style....i let somepne else handle that. generally i would havr thought in bouncing you wouldnt wanna strike the guy too much but just supress him and get him the fuck outta there i might be wrong

i have heard tae kwon do isnt as an effective art, but more of a sports thing. not sure, and i guess it depends on the instructor but i wouldnt. the same goes for kickbxing as well...some might be these type of kick aerobics things, swome might be actual nasty-ass kickboxing.

i know mu-thai is a nasty ass style as it incoporates kness and elbows a lot into the striking but they make you condition you body a lot (i.e. smashing shit into you to harden you up, it hurts!)....same for thai kickboxing......standard kickboxing you dont get that same conditioning.

Jeet kun do is said to be quite effective as it does away with the tradition of kung-fu but keeps its effectiveness and adds other arts (boxing etc) to make ot more effective, bruce lee invented it and when i get a bit better at kung fu, i may start doing it. it also incoporates grappling

aikido can be very spiritual ive heard, same with kung-fu. all depends on the instructor, my style advocates full contact sparring and is more effective than other kung-fu styles but still has sprirtual aspects

karate is cool, not sure of they do full contact sparring, my mate doesnt

ive heard good thinga bout brazillian ju-jitsu and shootfighting from another member (kwai-chump-change )...apparently very effective

a lot of what you learn might not be practical on the street. a lot will. at the end of the day it depends on your instructor, how much he emphaisse chi focusing and shit and on you. giove them all a go and make your mind up, whos nice etc. i cant stand an overly harsh guy for instace who just barks orders like the bad guy in K.Kid I.....a guy like miyagi is better

 

[danielson]

fuck i type that all out and someone has done it before me and in less text. asshole

but young deltman is right

 

[solidj55]

Thanks for the info guys, its not my plan to beat up on drunks lol but the bars here in my small town take that sometimes. A lot of these thug wanna bes bring it to that level. Anyway, tell me more about Aikido. The guy that teaches it is really cool, he was supposed to go to the UCF to fight but ended up having blood pressure problems(due to "gear" usage)and was in the hospital. I am more interested in something that would allow me to throw some effect blows in a brawl and something that would allow me to fight if it went to the ground. Also some restraining things.

 

[TxCollegeguy]

I studied some Kenjubo(SP?) during my last semester of college.

We went over some basic boxing, wrestling, kung fu, and a few others. Our instructor wanted us to learn a bit of everything so we could decide what style if we continued in the future that worked best for us.


Why not take a beginers class and try a few different styles to get a feel for what you think might work best

 

[youngdeltman]

Thanks for the info guys, its not my plan to beat up on drunks lol but the bars here in my small town take that sometimes. A lot of these thug wanna bes bring it to that level. Anyway, tell me more about Aikido. The guy that teaches it is really cool, he was supposed to go to the UCF to fight but ended up having blood pressure problems(due to "gear" usage)and was in the hospital. I am more interested in something that would allow me to throw some effect blows in a brawl and something that would allow me to fight if it went to the ground. Also some restraining things.

Well, if you wanna throw strikes, then Aikido isn't what you should be looking for, but if you want to be a good bouncer then you should do Aikido - restrain patron, remove from venue, let the cops deal with it from there.

Just look it up on the net, there's plenty of info.

 

[danielson]

aikido is all the defensive moves of judo i think

it does incorporate a lot of the spiritual stuff depending on who teache it. this can severely suck ass
like Tx c.guy said, try all the begining classes....if you want brawling and grappling, mabe bjj or shootfighting? you gotta find a place that teaches these first

your average class will only tech you theory, they wont let you spar unless you grade, they wont let your grade until you go to lots of classes which means $$ for them.