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Wanted to see how many Dakka members do any form of martial arts.

I currently am a Blue Advanced belt in Tae Kwon Do and recently started Brazilian Jujitsu (great fun btw)

I study (informally, in a MMA "club" setting) MCMAP and a bit of Krav.

I'm a first Kyu Brown Belt in Karate, hopefully Black Belt my Christmas.

I've got a black belt in Judo! Best single martial art EVER! You got your standing grappling, and your ground game!

I studied Brasilian Jiu-Jitsu for a few months when I was living in Spain - I even sparred with a former Spanish Kickboxing champion. He kicked my arse!
Always wanted to start doing it again once I returned to the UK, but I work evenings, so that's out...

Does watching Naruto count as "learning" a martial art?

Do flint knives and Atlatls count as a martial art?

Do flint knives and Atlatls count as a martial art?

I am a 2nd Kyu in Iaido, that best martial art ever!!!

Apparently, Obama Kung-Fu fights:



He is so powerful, he has even taken on one of the Lords of the Sith:



He can also detach his hands as well it seems.

Frazzled wrote:Do flint knives and Atlatls count as a martial art?

I think just knowing how to use an Atlatl would be at least close to counting in my book. Those things are just cool.

I used to when I was a kid, Tang soo do (why does that look misspelled?) Any who, lost interest after about a year or so.

Atlatls ftw!!!

WarOne wrote:Does watching Naruto count as "learning" a martial art?

Afraid not

Watching and learning are two different things....that's why, in Tae Kwon Do, we are encouraged to TRY a new move rather than watching.

I used to do Judo, and I'm looking around for any form of Pencak Silat being taught near me.

I have four years of Greco-Roman wrestling under my belt, but it's been three years since I last took a stance though.

I know some techniques of Wing Chun (Ghost kick and Chain Punching)but haven't been trained in it, using Penchak Silat hand movements to distract an opponent, some Jeet kune Doo techniques (leading finger jab)
as well as some submission holds like the gogoplata, wrist locks, boston crabs, ankle locks, step over toe cross face, step over toe sleeperhold(I made my buddy pass out when we were practicing this.)

I plan on learning Kung Fu, Wing Chun, Akido, Kyukushin karate, and Jeet Kune Do. There is a kung fu instructer and a kyukushin karate instructer nearby, so i can cross those off my list.

I'm a first Dan kendoka.

Sadly I still have half a year til I can start doing martial arts. Hearty surgery restrictions FTL >.<

GES wrote:as well as some submission holds like the gogoplata, wrist locks, boston crabs, ankle locks, step over toe cross face, step over toe sleeperhold(I made my buddy pass out when we were practicing this.)

If by 'practising' you mean pissing about with dangerous holds, untrained and unsupervised by a professional, I would urge you to stop. Right now. Especially ankle/knee locks and ANY form of choke. It doesn't take much to do serious damage with most forms of joint-lock on the leg, and it is fairly easy to crush someone's windpipe with any form of 'lion-killer'/sleeper hold. What you are doing is stupid and careless. Someone could get injured or killed. It isn't a game, and I would humbly suggest that you might have a bit of growing up to do before you even CONSIDER taking up some form of serious (i.e dangerous with potentially fatal applications, such as Brasilian Jiu-Jitsu/MMA, Thai-Boxing/Boxing) martial art.

I think he noted he had four years of wrestling. To clarify: in many school districts in the US wrestling is a sport. Its not a sport like Football but then again FOOTBALL IS LIFE...so you make due.

High school wrasslin' takes both free style and GW forms. Yo do not feth with these guys. They are fit!

Did Tae-Kwon-Do for a year or two until I moved out of state. Got about half way up the ranks, but cannot quite recall what rank exactly....

@Frazzled - Yeah, but they don't use joint-locks or chokes do they?

Joint locks you better believe they do. Chokes? I don't know.

"High school wrasslin' takes both free style and GW forms."

Yes, Frazz - dealing with GW IS much like having a sweaty, stinky, hormone-laden teen try to choke you out using only his grotesquely overdeveloped thigh muscles...

Commissar Molotov wrote:"High school wrasslin' takes both free style and GW forms."

Yes, Frazz - dealing with GW IS much like having a sweaty, stinky, hormone-laden teen try to choke you out using only his grotesquely overdeveloped thigh muscles...

Ahh... Let's see...

Brown Belt in Tae Kwon Do, Green in Karate, Kendo, Modern Army Combatives level 1, and an array of blunt and edged weapon attacks they won't teach you in most dojos.

I'm taking Beginner's Karate this spring for college, since I can earn credits. I haven't done pure Karate in a few years, so I'm likely pretty rusty, thus "Beginner's Karate."

Albatross wrote:@Frazzled - Yeah, but they don't use joint-locks or chokes do they?

Nope. I wrestled for 8 years, and the closest its gets are the various pinning combinations; which don't qualify as joint locks because they aren't intended to extend a joint beyond its maximal range.

I have a fairly inpressive resume'

Belts are for sissies. I have advaned training in Tae Kwon Doe, Chung Moo Doe, Kung Fu, Russian Sambo, Philipino Knife fighting, Australian great white shark hunting, Florida Alligator 'wrassling', And last but not least Texas Weiner Dog wrangling. Oh.. and I have an abnormally large penis.

GG

I learned some karate when I was a kid and I've been in a lot of fights. Does experience count for much?

generalgrog wrote:I have a fairly inpressive resume'

Belts are for sissies. I have advaned training in Tae Kwon Doe, Chung Moo Doe, Kung Fu, Russian Sambo, Philipino Knife fighting, Australian great white shark hunting, Florida Alligator 'wrassling', And last but not least Texas Weiner Dog wrangling. Oh.. and I have an abnormally large penis.

GG

I LOL'd pretty good on that one.

ShumaGorath wrote:I learned some karate when I was a kid and I've been in a lot of fights. Does experience count for much?

I think experience speaks louder then showing off belts that you get for learning a combo in a class. Besides, real fights are nothing like they are in classes and in the movies. Its chaotic at best.

I know Judo, Judo don't know I got a gun, Judo don't know I got a knife. (hehe see what i did there.)

I am learning MMA with my brother currently.