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GeorgeG Special user Thousand Oaks, CA 977 Posts |
Took five animal/five family-style kung fu as taught by the late Grandmaster Ark Y Wong during my teens...Reached blue belt (belts were not used in traditional kung fu but felt OK here to give the students some idea of their status in the art).
After so many years, I will try my first trial class in Wing Chun this evening; I always wanted to learn this style. |
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Leeman Special user Hollywood, CA 709 Posts |
You got to watch the early ones. When there were only two rules, no eye gouging and no biting.
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Zeftron New user 50 Posts |
You hear a lot about people saying you ought to give vale tudo a shot "to pressure test your skills".
With such a list of rules (even the early ones I'm afraid hee hee) I'm limited on the techniques that I know I'd use. Heck, I guess I'm just a thumbs in the eyesockets kinda guy muwahahahaha |
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lperna New user Boston 31 Posts |
I earned my black belt in Okinawan shorin ryu as a teenager, but I never practice anymore.
Lloyd |
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WilliamWHolcomb Special user Twinsburg, Ohio 533 Posts |
Surprised not to hear anyone who has studied krav maga. I spent four weeks on an exchange program with the IDF and I believe it is a wonderful fighting system! Much better than the traditional hand-to-hand we were taught early in the military.
I still spend two or so days a week going through scenarios. Hope I never get the chance to use it in real life!
William Holcomb
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xslider New user 50 Posts |
Wow, there are a good amount of people in here that take martial arts.
I myself, have taken and still take:
If anyone wants to discuss martial arts, I can't wait! Quote:
On 2003-09-27 21:42, WilliamWHolcomb wrote: I have seen that system, and it is great! And I like the idea of how they incorporate real life with a scenario and how a technique should be used. Regarding the hand-to-hand taught in military, it is good only under certain people/area. Maybe you just had bad luck and were stuck with people that didn't know much. But to my knowledge, some of the things that are taught in the military aren't allowed to be taught publicly because it will usually kill or permanently injure someone. |
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Zeftron New user 50 Posts |
You'll find with decent martial arts instructors that they won't teach any of the more subtle and dangerous stuff to beginners/people who are never going to have the control and sense to know how to apply something that is "effective".
For someone to appreciate a subtle new way of applying a wrist lock (for example) they have to be very proficient at applying the classic methods first, or they won't see how much more powerful it is. Bit like magic really... |
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Samuel Catoe Inner circle South Carolina 1268 Posts |
Have studied martial arts since 1988. I have been under my own training regime since about 1996 when a knee injury limited my capabilities.
Samuel
Author of Illusions of Influence, a treatise on Equivoque.
PM me for details and availability. |
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xslider New user 50 Posts |
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On 2003-09-28 07:04, Zeftron wrote: LOL, so true. However, when you said you're the type of thumb in the eye kinda guy, you mean to rip their eyes out? (In dangerous scenarios only.) I'm not so much that way as you can contract hepatitis, aids, and so on by getting such fluids under the nails. |
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