They all suck in practice
Do muay thai
same as box, iām not very interested in kickboxing/muay thai - I have nothing against it, I have followed k-1 for a long time, but itās not something I would like to learn.
This is more of aā¦ I donāt know, a hobby, I want to learn katas, and fancy schemes, and all the jazz. And keep myself fit.
Btw, anyone ever tried Qwan ki do ? Itās quite popular in my country, but Iāve found very little info. I know it is a vietnamese martial art, but not much else
Best advice would be to try and see for yourself.
Meh i started with tkd as a kid, and incorporate it in my stand up for muay thai
Learning katas is dumb
I also do grappling
You guys need to stop with the fru fru bullshit
Nah, I found a decent traditional school and Iām sticking with it. We donāt focus too much on forms, though - forms were just a way for people to practice on their own and package concepts down into a sequence. People forgot how to unpack those concepts though, and just kept adding more and more forms to keep the masses appeased.
Honestly, Iāve become addicted to barehand striking; I canāt watch much in the way of sport striking anymore, because I know half of the shit they do would break their hands without gloves, and because MMA especially keeps pussifying its ruleset.
Combat sports still edge out most traditional schools when it comes to fitness, though.
I know Gun-Fu
the amount of times assholes have mentioned gun fu in this thread is
Real men fight with their hands, feet, and aā¦ax handle!
You laugh, but out of everyone else I am probability the only one with actual marksmanship training.
500 yard line, iron sights, no problem.
Knowing a martial art doesnāt mean anything at that point.
Had a TKD competition back in April at Virginia Tech. Tied for 3rd place in the beginnerās sparring division (heavyweight). It was an abysmal performance despite what everyone else had claimed (I went out 1-3 but made it to sudden death). After injuring and possibly spraining my ankle again during the match, I was literally dragging myself about and became exhausted. It was actually very embarassing trying to keep fighting and receiving penalties because youāre lethargic and injured.
Recently had a competition in Manhattan as well. It was the 30th New York State Governorās Cup, 5th Manhattan International Open at Hunter College. Entered the forms division and placed in 3rd again. I was aiming for gold, but Iām content with placing at a very big competition like that. It also inspired me to spar again, but I havenāt trained for the entire semester since that last competition plagued me for a while. I became more confident and flexible over the months though, seeing I can kick at head level and came second to a ballerina during kicking drills.
whos laughing? i think youāre an asshole. every single time we have a martial arts thread and people wanna discuss legit styles or training there is always one asshole who talks about shooting us and how we arent shit to his guns. cool. go make a gun thread, have a circle jerk there.
recently linked up with a townie i think i may have gone to hs with him or hes just been in my town since we were kids. whichever, well i showed interest in calisthenicsā¦mostly competitions with tricks done on pullup bars. Heās training me to do some of that stuff, his grip strength is fuckin crazy. some im pretty excited, we did a 30-45 min workout tonight and burnt me outā¦a few pushup variations,pull up variations, dips, and some leg lift stuff on the pull up bar. its been a long time since i felt like a lil bitch like that, i cant wait to start consistently working these.
In fairness, Iām open-minded enough to consider marksmanship a form of martial art.
Maybe in anime and games:
Iām taking more from a combative perspective.
Firing on the range, is like archery with gunpowder.
On the other hand, learning and training to draw your weapon and maintain accuracy, from concealed carry, from open carry, retention tactics, defense against multiple people, etc, is much more akin to martial arts training.
Especially for security or law enforcement, itās just as important as unarmed or non-lethal tactics training.
Leave the gunkata to Bale.
Or, you know Keanu Reeves could take that spot.
Barehand striking can be applied to mma striking
Palm strikes just as devastating as punches
Pancrase concepts still transfer
I have recieved training with guns for work. But really it is some fun stuff. Much harder than a lot of training
I still prefer hand to hand training
Grappling is how you would stop a situation and avoid a lawsuit
And i am talking plum clinch
Gloves restrict the wrist movement, though. You can slap, and do some stuff with a straight wrist, like ābone strikesā, but in MMA, youāre still predominantly training to punch with the fist. I donāt like that.
The strategies all overlap, sure, striking is just a game of angles and range, after all.
Doing Pancrase-style liver shots in MMA is nigh impossible.
Grappling is important for everyone, as is clinch work, yes.
The liver blows in mma have been so wonderful
Body kicks just destroying people
The liver shot from a punch has not happened in a long while though
I meant liver shots with hands, yes (Pancrase/open hand style shots). Kicks are obviously just as easy to do in both rulesets.