Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below At best, styles are merely parts dissected from a unitary whole. All styles require adjustment, partiality, denials, condemnation and a lot of self- justification. The solutions they purport to provide are the very cause of the problem, because they limit and interfere with our natural growth and obstruct the way to genuine understanding. Divisive by nature, styles keep men 'apart' from each other rather than 'unite' them.
Martial arts advice. Help me choose.
- Thread starter Freak Show
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SHOTOKAN KARATE, KENPO, ISSHYINRYU, SHORINRYU ARE ALL AROUND GOOD SYSTEMS
TAE KWON DO = SUX
JU JITSU = GOOD FOR THE GROUND GAME
JUDO = GOOD FOR ESCAPING HOLDS
HAPKIDO = GOOD FOR JUST HAND WORK, A FEW HOLDS
AIKIDO = NO STRIKES, BASICALLY COUNTERS AND A FEW HOLDS, NOT REALLY COMBAT READY
KUNG FU = GOOD AFTER LEARNING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS
MUAY THAI KICKBOXING = STREET READY COMBAT SYSTEM
MMA = STREET FIGHTING, GROUNDGAME, DIRTY TRICKS, GOOD FOR IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION, GIVES GOOD ALL AROUND FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON
IF ID RECOMMEND ANYTHING ID SAY GO WITH SHOTOKAN TO START OUT, AFTER A YEAR YOU WILL HAVE TRICKS TO USE ON THE STREETS, ONCE YOU GET A HIGH RANK IN THIS SYSTEM VIRTUALLY ALL OTHER SYSTEMS WILL PLAY OFF OF THIS TRAINING.
TAE KWON DO = SUX
JU JITSU = GOOD FOR THE GROUND GAME
JUDO = GOOD FOR ESCAPING HOLDS
HAPKIDO = GOOD FOR JUST HAND WORK, A FEW HOLDS
AIKIDO = NO STRIKES, BASICALLY COUNTERS AND A FEW HOLDS, NOT REALLY COMBAT READY
KUNG FU = GOOD AFTER LEARNING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS
MUAY THAI KICKBOXING = STREET READY COMBAT SYSTEM
MMA = STREET FIGHTING, GROUNDGAME, DIRTY TRICKS, GOOD FOR IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION, GIVES GOOD ALL AROUND FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON
IF ID RECOMMEND ANYTHING ID SAY GO WITH SHOTOKAN TO START OUT, AFTER A YEAR YOU WILL HAVE TRICKS TO USE ON THE STREETS, ONCE YOU GET A HIGH RANK IN THIS SYSTEM VIRTUALLY ALL OTHER SYSTEMS WILL PLAY OFF OF THIS TRAINING.
Freak Show
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BPB,
How do you check references and backgrounds on instructors to make sure they are worth it? This sounds like a good idea but I don't have the faintest idea how. Thanks.
How do you check references and backgrounds on instructors to make sure they are worth it? This sounds like a good idea but I don't have the faintest idea how. Thanks.
http://www.martialinfo.com/
This site has descriptions of the more popular styles and links to schools/dojos websites all over the country.
A lot of the sites have background information on the dojo and instructors.
This site has descriptions of the more popular styles and links to schools/dojos websites all over the country.
A lot of the sites have background information on the dojo and instructors.
mranderson
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Kung Fu
IMHO, it's the student that determines success with any art. The best student might not be very brave and might hesitate in the moment of truth, whereas a brave newbie might react quickly knowing only a few moves and beat the more experienced fighter. Sun Tzu: 'a battle is won or lost before it is even fought'. If the mindset is not there, no art will be represented at it's potential.
I've heard this said in a movie, and I think it holds true:
An artist finally finished his carving of a magnificent statue after years of patient attention. When asked by others how he was able to create such an extraordinary thing of beauty he replied, "the statue was already there in that piece of marble...I just chipped away the rough edges." Martial arts chip away the rough edges, the quality of the statue remains to be seen.
I've heard this said in a movie, and I think it holds true:
An artist finally finished his carving of a magnificent statue after years of patient attention. When asked by others how he was able to create such an extraordinary thing of beauty he replied, "the statue was already there in that piece of marble...I just chipped away the rough edges." Martial arts chip away the rough edges, the quality of the statue remains to be seen.
