Martial arts advice. Help me choose.

[Freak Show]

I need to branch out a little from bodybuilding. I want a new discipline to follow. I once tried an Indonesian form of martial arts for about 6 months called Pencak Silat (heard of it?). It was perfect for me cuz it dealt with situations you may have to face in real life. Disarming assailants, wrist locks, joint destruction. Nothing pretty but extremely effective. Unfortunately, I moved and that was the only place that it could be found. Anything you know of that sounds similar? I've heard a little about jiu jitsu, what do you guys know about it? Thanks.

 

[Latimer]

Hamster Style.

 

[Kakdiesel]

what up freak muh fucka!!

well my korean stank ass gotta go with Tae Kwan do..i know some friends who love it

 

[maxellyz]

I have seen some Pencak Silat and I think its kind of cool and it looks interesting, and jiu jitsu is alright I guess but I am not in to throwing and grappling styles of martial arts I myself have practiced karate and Shaolin kung fu, and the Shaolin Kung Fu was the best, if you want to start with some martial art I highly recommend it...

 

[Freak Show]

What up kak muh fucka, for real muh fucka! God I love that song. What can you tell me about tae kwon do? What kind of style is it? Is there big round house kicks and shit? I'm not lookin for pretty, more extreme.

Thanks for the tip Max. Can you tell me something a little more specific about karate and kung fu? I know its a vague question but I really don't know much about any of em. I guess I'm wondering if its more for tournament stuff or self defense. Like I told Kak, I want something really intense and disciplined. Thanks bro.

 

[Latimer]

Tae Kwon Do isn't what you're looking for. I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and Tang Soo Do. I was into all that when I was a kid. Sounds to me like you'd be more interested in the grappling arts like judo, jiu jitsu, aikido and the likes. They are more practical for self-defense purposes. Karate and Kung-Fu are mostly just flashy movements in my opinion and more spiritual.

 

[M.O.D]

Shotokan

 

[Cleaner]

I think aikido would be a good fit.
Tae kwon do seems really straight forward.

Could spend the rest of your life on kung fu and only know the f'in chicken dance.

 

[maxellyz]

Tae Kwon Do isn't what you're looking for. I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and Tang Soo Do. I was into all that when I was a kid. Sounds to me like you'd be more interested in the grappling arts like judo, jiu jitsu, aikido and the likes. They are more practical for self-defense purposes. Karate and Kung-Fu are mostly just flashy movements in my opinion and more spiritual.

Shaolin Kung Fu is one of the most diciplinded styles around, it is spiritual and that is good, if you want to become good then you must give it all.

Shaolin Kung Fu is comesfrom the Shaolin province in China and im sure you have seen the monks praticing it, in some styles of Shaolin Kung Fu there are animal styles like The Tiger, The Snake and so on, but the one that i praticed was Just regular stances. After a couple of years of training with a good master a practicer will be very good. I know.

in the begining we used to stretch for 30-45 min per training session and i used to train 3-5times a week. Its a lot of kicking and punching ...

If you want something really intense and disciplined then SHAOLIN Kung Fu is the thing....

Latimer: Tae Kwon Do is like that flashy, almost any fight with a Shaolin Praticer and a Tae Kwon Do praticer Will end in a victory for the Kung Fu fighter.... Shaolin Kung Fu isnt about beeing flashy.

 

[acneman]

whassup freak i got some advice for ya

ive never taken silat but i know some about it and i say jiu jitsu is for you its popular right now because of the gracie family and a lot of people are teaching it. now be careful, why? because its popular and a lot of people are teaching it. check refereces and ties to larger schools or associations any one can say they are teaching kungfu or karate and make up thier own documentation and its legal. also look for jeet kune do and any martial arts with range specific training as in : weapon range , long range(punch kick), trapping range(not all range arts have this one), and close or grappling range(sometimes divided into standing/throwing and ground grappling). the ecclectic martial arts are the best i like jeet kune do because they take the best martial arts and incorporate the art into thier art jeet kune do today(its always changing) is a mixture of boxing, escrima, tai kickboxing, shoot wrestling, jiu jitsu, savate and other arts and it is very rational and real world.

just my opinion
oh i was a bouncer and a street fighter in my youth and i took karate but when i was exposed to a range specific training regimen i truly learned how to fight and yet i havent been in a streetfight in 6 or 7 years. oh one more thing in boxing the ref makes them unclinch right so even if both combatants are trained in boxing the combat would still devolve to grappling unless a ref was there. on the street theres no ref.

dams i ought to put that in my sig

"on the street theres no ref"