Martial arts

[Minxter]

Hi Everybody!

First of all I couldn´t find a topic about it but if it exists feel free to lock this topic.

I want to train a martial art but I don´really don´t know what art.

As it is now I am thinking about Aikido or Taido.

If anyone ia training a martial art please share your experience and discuss

Thanks!

Minxter

[bionicle factory]

Hi Everybody!

First of all I couldn´t find a topic about it but if it exists feel free to lock this topic.

I want to train a martial art but I don´really don´t know what art.

As it is now I am thinking about Aikido or Taido.

If anyone ia training a martial art please share your experience and discuss

Thanks!

Minxter

I think Wing Chung is the best. It includes actions that uses the enmey's powers, and there are some moves that is better than action movies, normally, when some one punch you, you block then punch, but in Wing Chung, you do it at the same time.

It's very useful, but is look girly.

watch Ip Man as a refrence.

[bjarashow]

Hi Everybody!

First of all I couldn´t find a topic about it but if it exists feel free to lock this topic.

I want to train a martial art but I don´really don´t know what art.

As it is now I am thinking about Aikido or Taido.

If anyone ia training a martial art please share your experience and discuss

Thanks!

Minxter

How close are you to Goteborg?

http://www.ghfs.se/

There are other clubs around Sweden as well...

http://www.hroarr.com/organisations-and-clubs-europe.php

[fred67]

I think Wing Chung is the best. It includes actions that uses the enmey's powers, and there are some moves that is better than action movies, normally, when some one punch you, you block then punch, but in Wing Chung, you do it at the same time.

It's very useful, but is look girly.

watch Ip Man as a refrence.

Wing Chung sounds like a brand of Chinese food, but I know what you meant.

Of course, the best is mixed, taking the most useful parts of each, like Jeet Kune Do.

So, to answer Minxter's question, a good academy will teach a variety of techniques. At our academy you pay for a number of classes per week, but then can take whichever classes you want. It allows you to try out many different styles, although you need to be invited to do Wing Chun Kung Fu. They do Jun Fan Gung Fu (JKD... Jun Fan is Bruce Lee's name in Chinese), Muay Thai Kickboxing, Kali/Escrima (Dan Inosanto techniques) and Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, as well as offering a number of kids classes.

I'm not trying to sell our academy... I don't even know where you are (well, I know Sweden), but if you find an academy that allows you to try different techniques then you can answer your own question.

Edited February 16, 2011 by fred67

[Brickadeer]

It totally depends on why you want to train martial arts.

If you are interested in self defense, in my personal judgement nothing can compete with the Wing Tsun System (WT). I started my martial arts "career" with Karate (Wadō-Ryū). I liked it, trained a lot and finally had to find out that it simply doesn't prepare very well for self defence situations. A friend of mine trained WT, and I came to the conclusion that it was pretty much what I was looking for.

If you have no concrete idea what you're looking for, I'd recommend to check your options. Personally, I'd check out the atmosphere of the training, the competence of the trainer, and of course the price.

I cannot recommend to pick "just the best of everything", because all these elements are finally combined in one person. Thus, "picking the best of everything" is a good strategy to prepare a menue; however, I don't think it's a good strategy to mix it all together to prepare a single meal.

[fred67]

If you are interested in self defense, in my personal judgement nothing can compete with the Wing Tsun System (WT).

Wing Tsun = Wing Chun. No matter how you spell it (or say it), that's three posts in a row that note how good Wing Chun/Tsun is.

When we talk about mixed, or "taking the best," it's not at all how you describe it... many disciplines have a lot of flash, like you noted about karate, without practical use... and, in fact, most "good" arts borrow the best techniques from other disciplines... if Judo's already got the best methods of taking down opponents to the floor, there's no reason to invent new methods.

Bruce Lee created JKD (== Jun Fan, as I mentioned), he realized after a REAL fight that the arts he was using had too much flash, so he cut out the flash and concentrated on the best, most practical, techniques from other arts.

But I will definitely agree that it all depends on what you want to do... for physical conditioning one would do well with Thai Kickboxing; for stand up fighting defenses, Wing Chun and JKD are good; for fighting with typical street weapons (knifes, sticks/bats), Kali/Escrima would be good... for fighting on the ground, Royce Gracie proved no one did better than Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

But the best, most practical single defensive art can only be (obviously, IMO) Krav Maga.

[Brickadeer]

Wing Tsun = Wing Chun. No matter how you spell it (or say it), that's three posts in a row that note how good Wing Chun/Tsun is.

The poster asked for our experiences, and that's what I wrote about :) I'm not an expert when it comes down to Bruce Lee (I read his books when I was 12, I think), but I think he saw very clearly that what he did was not so much about single or different techniques, but about what connects an appropriate technique to any given situation. That's why I think that his choice of techniques is not the constituting element of JKD. But he's dead now since nearly 40 years, and whatever he precisely had in mind is hard to prove.

The problem that I see by picking techniques from different styles and combining them is that there is no systematic (= teachable and learnable) element connecting situation and movement.

For fighting on the ground, Royce Gracie proved no one did better than Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

The achievements of single individuals are in no way representative for any quality of any style. Of course Michael Tyson once was a successful boxer; but I think the OP isn't helped much with this information.

[fred67]

The achievements of single individuals are in no way representative for any quality of any style. Of course Michael Tyson once was a successful boxer; but I think the OP isn't helped much with this information.

Fair enough, but Tyson only fought boxers, Gracie fought people of many different disciplines and always won.

I think it's interesting to note that UFC started off as a means to compare different techniques, and has evolved into... every fighter being trained in MMA... because a single discipline is not practical in every situation.

From my own personal experience, rolling at the end of my Jiu Jitsu class was a very... therapeutic experience. I felt great afterwards. But it's no use discussing (or bickering) about it... Minxter needs to be more clear about what he wants. That's why I suggested an academy that would let him try different classes.

Edited February 16, 2011 by fred67

[Ceroknight]

heres some biased opinion, have you ever considered kendo?

probably one of the coolest and most exciting martial arts out there. I know this from first hand experience.

I used to practice tae kwen do but I knew it wasn't right for me so I switched. Not only did I master it but also it gave me the interest in the are of fencing and sword fighting, which became another hobby for me

[simonjedi]

Way back around 2000 - 2003 I used to do Jujitsu

I got pretty far through the ranks. Brown-white belt (2 belts below black) but i broke my arm and sort of lost interest.