Who does em'?
What Style?
How long?
How'd you choose your style?
and, do you think it helps your skiing?
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Who does em'?
What Style?
How long?
How'd you choose your style?
and, do you think it helps your skiing?
When there are lift lines yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tele'ndaboat
Did them 1 year ago
Cho Li Fut Kung Fu
1 year
Liked the school, instructors, philosophy, students.
ABSOLUTELY. I moved from Socal to Sacramento and have not found a school that I like up here. The loss of flexibility, balance and stamina is very noticeable.
Done before:
Shotokan Karate - from Age 12 to Age 18
Boxing (classic) - 2 years in college
Aikido - 3 years in college, still doing it on an irregular basis (about once a week for an hour, including sword fighting)
Khali/Eskrima - 1 year in college, still training on an irregular basis (stick fighting, weapons drills, free-hand, grappling)
Current intense focus on these arts:
BJJ - 6months, still doing it, 5 x 2hours / week
Muay Thai - 6 months, still doing it, 3 x 2 hours / week
Don't know if they help with skiing - maybe they improve my balance, and BJJ & Muay Thai definitely improve anaerobic strength endurance.
Brazilian Jiu-JitsuQuote:
Originally Posted by Tele'ndaboat
Muay Thai
Submission Grappling
Kickboxing
A little over a yearQuote:
Originally Posted by Tele'ndaboat
I got 2 hernias from skiing the doc said I had weak abs, also as a runner I was having hip issues. So I looked around at all the sports that I could do and have fun at and found MMA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tele'ndaboat
Yes big time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tele'ndaboat
I did Taekwondo all the way through High School and into College, about 7 years in all, lost interest after I got my second degree black belt. Definitely helps with balance, flexibility and overall conditioning, not to mention some serious ninja skills! I highly recommend for the groms, good way to teach those little shits some discipline.
I have always been a proponent of the adam's apple jab coupled with a running car in near proximity.
"You think anyone wants a roundhouse kick to the face when I'm wearing these bad boys?"
Did aikido, liked it.
I am a strong advocate of cougars and whisky. Great in all situations.
Failing that if stuck in a tight corner you can do some nifty things with a house brick or a lump of 4"x2" and/or a good pair of running legs :p
What Style?
I did boxing for a little over 6 months I believe, 5 times a week. I chose it because it was more of a sport then just brutally beating someone, and gets me in better shape. also I knew someone who was happy there.
after the summer I am going to start doing Hapkido and tao kwon do. because I want to learn more about pressure points, grappling (I think thats the term) etc.
boxing might have helped my skiing because we jump roped 15 minutes at the beggining of everyclass. made my legs stronger etc.
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Is that small joint manipulation like fingers and wrists?Quote:
Originally Posted by powderhound100
Aikido 1 year
American Kempo Karate 1.5 years
Seven Star Preying mantis 9mo
Wing Chun 10 years
I wanted a style with teeth(ie non-sport oriented) that had the complexity and sophistication that seemed fitting to keeping someone alive when multiple people(who knew what they were doing) were trying to kill you and that might have included knives, blunt force weapons, etc. before the advent of firearms. If an art can't enable someone to do that, then it's a bunch of bullshit IMNSHO(Edit: I guess I should add that if you are just interested in the sport side of it and then there is tons of good stuff out there. Not trying to start a flame war. That was just my mindset at the time.).
But more than that I choose an instructor. After I ran into the limitations of Aikido and Kempo I opened up the phone book and began systematically visiting every school listed. If I heard the words "we don't get into that situation" or "that's not something you are likely to run into" I thanked them for their time and moved on. If the instructor hadn't fought with the art(really fought, not sparred or competed), I thanked them for their time and moved on. If I got the sense that the instructor was the slightest bit nervous with any of my very pointed questions, I moved on.
I finally found someone I was happy with and never looked back.
Helped skiing? Do wheels help your car go down the road?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tele'ndaboat
Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Hapkido, first degree with all three.
On and off, mostly on, for seventeen years
It was what was offered in the town I grew up in
very much so
I have not started yet, I am going on vacation and will start in August. I can get back to you with more information after that. It is just more useful in a real life situation then boxing, not just punching, and blocking punches, but what to do if someone tries to punch you......like grab their arm and get them in some crazy position or some shit, not really sure yet. One of my good friends does it, his ummm trainer?? coach, teacher, not sure of the correct term, is a 9th degree black belt, so I am pretty confident, mostly because of what I am hearing from him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuckerman
Umm dude, you just listed all the hollywood great for movies styles without teeth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rubicon
Mantis and Wing Chun have teeth. Aikido does not and Kempo is still in it's infancy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Balls
If you really train, I can't think of anything better. A series of bad back injuries cut my martial arts training down to almost zip. But I lived and trained daily with a couple masters (Ed Parker Kempo, Sil Lum, Five Animal Kung Fu, self taught Jeet Kune Do from the Tao book, minimal Judo and Shotokan - alway wanted to do Aikido) for a total of about 7-8 years constant. Kept it up for years afterwards on my own. I miss being in that kind of shape. For skiing, instinctual reactions without thought and the conditioning go a long fukking ways toward better skiing. Was working out with a Shaolin guy for a year or so recently and really loved the inside moves.
Grew up doing TKD....Did muay thai under mr. badass Matee Jedeepitak (http://www.warriorway.com/index.php?topic=instructors) for 4 years before I moved up here. Also got my blue belt in BJJ while in college...thinking about getting back into things with the gracie jits place in town here but just cant seem to find the time.
What Style?
Wing Chun
How long?
Forever. And never.
How'd you choose your style?
Pretty much anything Chinese would work for me.
and, do you think it helps your skiing?
Yes.
So, so far we got :
Awesome. It sounds like an excerpt from a Monty Python sketch.Quote:
Cho Li Fut Kung Fu
Shotokan Karate
Khali/Eskrima
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Submission Grappling
American Kempo Karate
Seven Star Preying mantis
Wing Chun
Sil Lum
Five Animal Kung Fu
Jeet Kune Do from the Tao book
Shotokan
Oh, I did a few years of judo as a kid. It did not help me to anything, but it was rather cool. I challenge you all to a fight. Roar.
I have studied at the Mecca of the martial arts, the Duke of Wellington pub in Dartford, Kent.
Styles I have learned:
Drunken master with charity box on a chain
The 'Dartford Throwing Star' (heavyweight glass ashtray)
Pool cue kendo
Way of the Exploding Barstool
The Overhand Becks Bottle Smash
The Crane-style cue-ball in the sock to the ocular orbit
The Grand Slam (cigarette vending machine through the window onto the bonnet of your assailant's Astra GTE)
This training has helped my skiing enormously as I can now utilise any available tool (ice axes, Letahermen, ski poles) to devastating effect.
I took some Tae Kwon Do (three terms) and Shotokan karate (1 term) way back when I was freshman/sophomore in college, I wasn't skiing much those days, but I noticed it really helped my defense improve playing basketball, particularly shot blocking.
I still practice a bit from time to time, I think I understand it more now than I did then, though I've forgot most of the forms.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Roo
Best TGR post in weeks
I think we may have once gone toe to toe over what the fuck you were looking at, wanker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roo
Astra GTE - you're a poet.
Astra GTE? I guessing Roo's period of Martial Arts study was closer to the Capri era:Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/photo...medium/c12.jpg
What does the "More of a sport than..." comment mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by powderhound100
Hapkido and tao kwon do to learn about grappling and pressure points? Why would you want to learn about "pressure points"? What good would that do?
And if you want to learn about grappling you're taking a very odd route. Odd and ineffective.
What Style? American Ju Jitsu - crawfordsmma.com
How long? 2 years in August
How'd you choose your style? Liked watching MMA and wanted to learn. Found the gym, poked my head in, everyone was cool, so I joined.
and, do you think it helps your skiing? Some. It's good to be in shape!
I've study Colt .45, Baretta 9mm, and 38 Special. I find these arts to be the most effective.
What do you guys think of Krav Maga? I have been interested in taking classes in it but there is nowhere around where I live that teaches it. Worth making a drive into boston for on the weekends?
I take Muay Thai at Sityodtong Boston. 5 years experience. Mark Dellagrotte is my trainer, and was the boxing coach on the Ultimate Fighter last season. Kenny Florian trains Muay Thai with us, as does Marcus (the Irish Hand grenade) Davis and Jorge Rivera. (Although I've never seen either of those two guys at the gym, I think they train privately...)
Muay Thai is the coolest and most devastating martial art there is, IMHO, and you learn to dish massive punishment, as well as take it. I took BJJ for a year, but "rolling" around with other dudes struck me as a bit gay - and nowhere near as much fun - so I cut back to just thai boxing. Just want to bang.
I like MMA, but the fights where they go toe-to-toe are waaaay better (again, IMO) than the ones where they wrestle around on the ground the whole time. (Think Forrest Griffin-Stephen Bonnar TUF season 1 finale - both fighters got absolutelly pummeled by each other, one of the best fights I've ever seen...)
Thai boxing keeps me in shape during the summer and fall, I dont do it at all during ski season.
Your snake style is no match for my monkey style!
http://www.valleymartialarts.com/ima.../BLTB80271.jpg
Most effective matial art eva!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sQQcrM7A8Q
If your talking about TAE Kwon Do, it is more of a system of strikes and blocks than pressure points and grappling. Tae Kwon Do means literally Fist Foot Method, or so my first instructor (9th degree blackbelt) told us in broken English.Quote:
Originally Posted by powderhound100
It is rather similar to Shotokan Karate, and actually the creator of Tae Kwon Do was a blackbelt in Shotokan. TKD puts much more of an emphasis on kicks though, and the stances tend to be more upright.
Our Academy here in NH works with Wai Kru on Brighton Ave in Allston. We also have a Kru Mark. We alternate going to Allston and the trainers coming up here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diamond Joe
Shaolin kung fu, 1 year
Judo 3 years.
Definately helped my skiing and climbing. The balance that martial arts trains you for is amazing.
http://bsodmike.com/blurbs/monkey_steals_peach.jpg
I also want to learn about Muay Thai and BJJ. I think my life long soccer skills and odd flexibility powers could come in handy.
LPH is still cowering in fear from his near death experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roo
Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Balls
You're really insecure aren't you?
For a guy with some experience I'm surprised that you don't like when it goes to the ground. I certainly respect your opinion, 'cause you know what you're talking about. It's the idiots at the matches who boo when things go to the ground that rile me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diamond Joe
I guess you'd really hate Newton versus Sakuraba.
Crazy beats Karate everytime.