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I think this is actually the first thread that I've started... Wow.

Anyway, I trained and taught Shaolin Chuan Fa (Chinese Kempo) for many years (Got my blackbelt in 94), but haven't done much of anything with it in at least 8 now.

I've recently started training my 5 year old daughter and my wife and I'm getting the itch to really get back into it again.

So here's the question: Do you train? What style and for how long?

(stories about being forced to use it are always entertaining too :ss )

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I did kempo for years then I got 13 stitches in my left leg and had to take 2 months off.I got laxy and never made it past yellow belt :(

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My brother used to teach Wing Chun and would teach me some stuff.

But he really enjoyed when I went to his class and said "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster by your side."

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I have learned a few over the years

Karate
Hwa Rang Do - Korean Martial Arts
Currently I am learning Escrima - Filipino Martial Arts

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A good friend of mine is really into Filipino fighting styles. We practice stick fighting every now and then with full riot gear on. A stick against a riot helmet really makes the ears ring!

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shorinji ryu - 8 years - black belt - shaolin temple family / forest
okinawan kobudo - 6 years - black belt - weaponry
iaido - 4 years - traditional japanese swordsmanship
daito ryu - 4 years - hard version of aikido
aikido - 4 years
tai chi - 3 years - unsure of style
ground fighting / some type of jitsu - 4 years
Ki - a mix of japanese and chinese instruction
modern arnis - 4 years

The school I was in had a few specializations which allowed us to learn multiple styles at the same time, and had a lot of special events with instructors coming in. I also traveled a bit and trained under various schools with a few other people from my school.

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I have been a score keeper at the competitions here in San Diego, it cracks me up how loud we are. There are other competitions going on with other martial art styles, but we are the group that is heard, and with the most adrenaline.

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Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. I have a teaching license, have been to Japan a few times for training, but haven't had much time for it the last couple of years.

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So basically dont F U K with Dan!!!

Studied karate when I was young, never got past green belt. I have considered taking it up again.

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19 Years of TKD, 4th Degree Black Belt, and run my own school. Currently with 150 members

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Yeah, I didn't know Dan was such a lethal weapon.

I went to a Ju Jitsu class last night and will keep going once a week until I go home.

Back home I took Muay Thai for 4 months and then injured my foot. I plan on getting back into it this summer.

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I studied Hung Fut Kung Fu for a few years and Tae Kwon Do...I never really tried very hard though...

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I studied a mixed style of TKD, Kenpo and Tai Boxing with a little Jiu Jitsu thrown in for almost 5 years. The I moved and wanted to do something a little different so I've been studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for about 7 months now.

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I did Karate for a few weeks as a kid. All I remember was doing alot of push-ups and jumping jacks. I guess I wasn't too focused. lol

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Yea.... you'll never suspect a fat guy could move so fast :r

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Dan is KUNG FU PANDA!!!:r:r:r

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Judo on and off for about 8 years.
Capoeira for about six months.

You jest but I loved Kung fu panda. :) Go Panda Style

http://thecia.com.au/reviews/k/image...fu-panda-1.jpg

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aikido

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:r:r

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Does MCMAP count??

:r

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Hell yea, wish I could take and teach those courses... I'd be happier than flies on cow ****

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Us skinny guys tend to move faster, but have a hell of a time hurting you big guys. I did a scissor takedown on a guy pushing 300# once and I swear the ground shook. The bad part was I couldn't get the bottom leg out from under his giant legs and he rolled onto me. That's some scary shiat right there, I tell you what!

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lol, dude i was sparring this one guy, lean, maybe 6'3 he did that to me, I was probably 215 at the time, I caught the ****er, took him down with an elbow to the chest... luckily we were on a mat.... like that helped any :rolleyes:

Only reason I did that was because this is the bastage who was showing off his "jumping skillz" with a flying side kick while I was holding the bag....he missed and kicked my head instead.... :bx don't hate the person... get even lol

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If anyone is interested, I'm a mod at Martial Talk. It has a nice, community feel (much like here). Once in a while we get one of the "my style is the best and everything else sucks" or "Who would win a fight, Bruce Lee or Steven Segal" morons, but they generally get shut down pretty quick.

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Smart people realize they all compliment each other... save for TKD... that style just sucks :fu

Also, no contest, bruce lee....

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Hahaha, I've got a great TKD story.

I was a bluebelt and we got in a 4th degree who had a falling out with his TKD "master"* He was unsure about starting another style since he's spent 5 years in TKD (yes, that's right, 5 years to a 4th degree!). The weekend sparring class came around and my instructor didn't know who to pair him up against for his first time fighting (it was point-sparring that day). I got picked and wasn't sure was going to happen, the guy was a 4th degree TKD balckbelt afterall! The guy had some of the most beautiful flying, spinning kicks I'd ever seen. I stepped to the side as he was doing them at me and punched him in the head. he looked at me with the most confused look ever, sort of like a "where the hell did you go?" looks. This happened 2 more times and I was declared the victor. I have to give the guy credit though, he didn't give up. He lasted about 6 months before he decided he wanted to go back to TKD. He just couldn't figure out how to not fight in a straight line...

*we had a joke about TKD instructors back in the day: The day the get their 1st degree, they get a plane ticket to america. The get on the plane and they are a 2nd degree. The plane reaches altitude and the are a 3rd degree. Touchdown in America = 4th degree, and when they get off the plane, they are 5th degree masters...

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What if Segal uses his deadly "sped-up fight scene" skill? :r

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Great story.... took on average 5-6 years to get a first degree in my primary art.... mostly to get you mentally ready, the physical part came with all the training...

I went to two different TKD places when I moved from home...about 100 miles away, so I needed a new school.... I walked in wearing my gi, no belt, didn't think it was right, I was already 9 years invested in various other arts at this point... didn't say I knew anything. They were teaching me the basic kata and basic moves... thing that got me is when they were telling me how to do a front kick, they told me to drop my hands to my sides... this was coming from a black belt...

And I know from sparring and tournaments if you do that you'll get your nose broken... I know this from personal experience.... get hit in the head enough you keep your hands up to protect it....

Ya man, watch enter the dragon.

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Thing is, TKD has all of 5 hand strikes. Protecting the head is easier when you're only looking out for feet. It is by far the least practical "self defense" system.

Oh, fun side note: There was a TKD studio in HB CA named "The House of Discipline", no kidding!

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If it's like some of the places around here, they "discipline" you into paying on your contract each month... :r

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I have an Apprentice Black Belt (3rd Kyu) in Koden Kan Karate. I stopped training when I was about 17. I'd like to get back into it and get my 1st Dan, when the knee gets fixed.

TKD is a joke. Seriously. I used to love sparring TKD guys in tournaments. Easy wins every time.

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I used to love the point sparring guys when I was bouncing. They'd get a few drinks in them and think they were bad enough to take on the doorman when I told them to leave. I'd get hit with a bunch of that tappy-tap ****, then I'd bounce them off a few tables on the way out of the bar. :r

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Tae Kwon Do in my early teens, only got up to a blue belt. Tried to get into Tai chi chuan using dvd training videos a couple of years back, but just could not get the weight shifting down pat. It did not feel at all natural.

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I learned aikido up to blue belt when I was about 11-12. I didn't really like it though because I was a lot bigger than all the other kids in the class and didn't think I was learning properly. None of them were even close to my size. The advanced students my age had trouble taking me down too.

I've been thinking about getting into qigong but I dunno.

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I was a TKD student in my high school years. I don't think i remember much though. all the kicking was cool till my uncle asked me to show him what i learned, first kick, he stepped into it and he dropped me like a rock. :hn

hopefully (not lazy) i'll be taking either jui jitsu, or krav maga when i get around to it. just thinking about it makes my limbs hurt. i really got to start stretching more. also i feel bad for anyone that i spar with because i sweat like a hog when doing anything. :pu

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greco roman wrestling- started in 1999
jiu-jitsu- started in 2005

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I have studied Tae Kwon Do and also studied Jiu Jitsu. Jiu Jitsu was my favorite as I feel it was more tactical and useful.

Haven't done either for a while

I would love to study Krav Maga but there are no close schools

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out of curiosity, for those that have studied jiu jitsu, how does it deal with multiple opponents? does any form factor in multiple opponents?

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You just do it.... you're aware of your surroundings and kick ass...

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Traditional Japanese jujutsu doesn't have as much of a focus on the ground game, so it's more versatile in my opinion.
But those UFC fanboys are pretty dangerous. :r

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I don't know Karate, but I know Ka-ray-zee!

http://www.frontrowking.com/concerts...ames_brown.jpg

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Meibukan Goju Ryu - 12 years. Studied first four years in Okinawa.

You can see my sensei (Ikemiyagi Masaaki) on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHRQPgx4_bU

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Wow, I am late to this thread

I did about 4-5 years in Wado Riu, an Okanawan form of Karate. Emphasizing grace over power, using the opponent's power against themselves (these "soft" styles don't typically compliment a "big guy" as myself. Oddly though, I think it has allowed me to be much more graceful in life, important at many junctions I have come to). It also included aspects of Juijitsu and Ikiado if I remember correctly. This was probably about 15 years ago. Almost got my black belt, but then family turmoil drew my focus away and I dropped it...then soon moved.

Years later I tried TKD. I can't remember if it was World or International....one uses "sine wave" motions, the other does not.....the one I was in insisted on "sine wave" motion in all the moves. They knew of my background, but wouldn't allow me any rank exceptions. So, I was asked to go to tournaments as a white belt, they all knew I was almost a black belt in another style (even then years rusty though), and by that time I had recovered many of my moves. I declined because that was just unfair.

I soon moved on because I couldn't stand the ineffective and simply wasteful and rediculous "sine wave".

I guess I am longing for the day when I find a Wado class again in my region. Its unfortunate, in a way, that I came across my first instructor, Les Mansfield. That guy was such a great teacher (really had an inspiring knack for teaching late teen-agers) that I am tainted from now on, not seeing any other instructors as "on par".

But, there you have it.....another rambling from me.

Cheers

Cyanide

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Tae Kwon Do in my early teens while in High School.

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:r

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Krav Maga, 20 years and counting. If you want to consider it a "Martial Art".

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD6la...eature=related :r:r

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Kajukenbo from kid to 16.
Wrestled and boxed in HS
Took TKD off and on for two to learn how to kick.
BJJ for the past six years. Taking a break at the moment. Three kids now something had to be put on hold.
Border patrol uses our gym and they do something similar to Modern Military Combatives, 'll join them every now and then on the open mat. I used to be a tech school instructor for the AF. My co-instructors were Army and Marines so I would work out with them on Combative skills, as well.. Fun times.

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i can't believe that no one broke out the judo

ju don't know if i got a gun, ju don't know if i got a knife :r

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I once dated a girl who was a black belt in lung fu. :ss