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Title: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: Method101 on December 19, 2008, 09:06:22 AM
just wondering.. is it really worth it? Anyone can give their opinion.. do you think you would use any of the stuff you learned if attacked or for offense  ;D

ime thinking of taking up shotokan karate at my sports center, i don't want to take up jiu jitsu or judo because the idea of grappling other men for hours is not appealing, i would prefer a striking martial art.. the dancing and posing that they do seems lame but i can live with that..

P.s before anyone says.. No i do not want to be a cage fighter.
 :D
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: SS on December 19, 2008, 09:10:47 AM
Go with the pressure point class.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: delta9mda on December 19, 2008, 09:19:28 AM
12+ years Aikido and a few years ju-jutsu. research and ask questions.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: CalvinH on December 19, 2008, 09:19:32 AM
Yoga is a better class to take.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: Method101 on December 19, 2008, 09:22:01 AM
Yoga is a better class to take.
99.9% of the yoga class in my center are women, the 00.1% is the instructor :D ime an alpha male( :D) i can't take part in that shit
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: Man of Steel on December 19, 2008, 09:22:07 AM
If the class is held in a cage I'm there.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: Sam on December 19, 2008, 09:22:19 AM
Marital Arts are better
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: CalvinH on December 19, 2008, 09:24:00 AM
99.9% of the yoga class in my center are women,



 ;)
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: ManBearPig... on December 19, 2008, 09:24:20 AM
true story, when i was 7 or so my parents signed me up for one of those karate classes.  the instructor actually punched me in the chest, so i cried and quit.

however, i'm thinking about getting into the octagon soon. i already got the shirt.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: SS on December 19, 2008, 09:25:22 AM
true story, when i was 7 or so my parents signed me up for one of those karate classes.  the instructor actually punched me in the chest, so i cried and quit.

however, i'm thinking about getting into the octagon soon. i already got the shirt.
My football couch did that shit all the time..I'm glad the fucker is dead!
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: Butterbean on December 19, 2008, 09:27:55 AM
just wondering.. is it really worth it? Anyone can give their opinion.. do you think you would use any of the stuff you learned if attacked or for offense  ;D


Yes it was worth it while it was still fun..yes I think I would use a couple things in real life.

I took TKD but I wish I would have taken Judo.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: Method101 on December 19, 2008, 09:28:06 AM
My football couch did that shit all the time..I'm glad the fucker is dead!
grow some balls son.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: Mars on December 19, 2008, 09:29:18 AM
i cant fight but i have muscles.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: SquatAss on December 19, 2008, 09:30:28 AM
12+ years Aikido and a few years ju-jutsu. research and ask questions.

A few years and you still don't know how to spell it. That just reeks of intelligence.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: The Showstoppa on December 19, 2008, 09:31:16 AM
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Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: SS on December 19, 2008, 09:33:20 AM
A few years and you still don't know how to spell it. That just reeks of intelligence.
That and plus he's still a skinny little beotch that couldn't fight his way out of his boyfriends ass.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: The Showstoppa on December 19, 2008, 09:35:12 AM
That and plus he's still a skinny little beotch that couldn't fight his way out of his boyfriends ass.

Maybe he doesn't want to leave his boyfriends ass?
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: Method101 on December 19, 2008, 09:36:25 AM
Maybe he doesn't want his boyfriend to leave his ass?
fixed
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: 240 is Back on December 19, 2008, 09:37:51 AM
If my woman ever wisens up and leaves me, my first stop will be yoga class.  I'm betting they'd smell the rebound stink on me.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: spinnis on December 19, 2008, 09:38:40 AM
Thaiboxing and shootfigting/submission wrestling :)
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: Bossa on December 19, 2008, 09:40:10 AM
I've never done one but I have a buddy who does muay thai and he says it is by far the craziest workout he has ever done
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: SS on December 19, 2008, 09:41:01 AM
Thaiboxing and shootfigting/submission wrestling :)
So you're more of a ground and pounder?
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: Mars on December 19, 2008, 09:41:34 AM
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: emn1964 on December 19, 2008, 09:43:40 AM
save your money and just watch Karate kid
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: spinnis on December 19, 2008, 09:44:20 AM
So you're more of a ground and pounder?

Yeah, I was better at wrestling then standing =)
But I had to give that up one again.

I have a mean kick and a great right hand "punch" though lol. ohhh swede toughguy  ::)
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: SS on December 19, 2008, 09:45:28 AM
Yeah, I was better at wrestling then standing =)
But I had to give that up one again.
That's hot!....well you can ground and pound me anytime big guy.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: spinnis on December 19, 2008, 09:47:39 AM
That's hot!....well you can ground and pound me anytime big guy.

I wouldn't dare brother I wouldn't dare!!  ;D
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: wisconsinBB on December 19, 2008, 10:33:26 AM
My older brother did kickboxing when I was younger, and I got to be his practice dummy!   When I was 19, the Golds I was working out offered Tae Kwon Do and the instructor let me train there for free.  I won state in 1999 and 2000.  It was fun, but competition is point based so the other instructors get pissed when you're trying to take their students heads off.   My intructor like to see people fight agressively and go for knockouts when the opportunity presented itself, so I had a better experience with him than I probably would've at another school.

As far as using it for actual defense, its great if you're fighting someone who doesn't have much fighting experience,  or if you've got to defend yourself against more than 1 person.   Grappling is great and all, but if you get in a fight and its not 1 on 1, you're gonna get your ass kicked by a guys' buddies if you go to the ground. 

Its not too effective against people who are trained to fight, but against 99% of the idiots who actually start fights, its plenty effective. 

My best friend from high school went to UW Madison and I was down there pretty much every weekend for his first 3 years there.   Him and some of my other buddies knew that I knew how to fight so every time they got drunk, they were always starting shit and expecting me to fight.   I got in a ton of fights and never came close to losing.

My experience was almost the exact fucking same in every fight.   Some tough guy wanna be put his hands out to the side and talk his shit like "you wanna go"  I would do a straight kick to the sternum with my heel, usually knocking the wind out of them, then follow it up with a few punches in the face, and the fights were over!

Ahhhhh good times!
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: The Showstoppa on December 19, 2008, 10:47:53 AM
My older brother did kickboxing when I was younger, and I got to be his practice dummy!   When I was 19, the Golds I was working out offered Tae Kwon Do and the instructor let me train there for free.  I won state in 1999 and 2000.  It was fun, but competition is point based so the other instructors get pissed when you're trying to take their students heads off.   My intructor like to see people fight agressively and go for knockouts when the opportunity presented itself, so I had a better experience with him than I probably would've at another school.

As far as using it for actual defense, its great if you're fighting someone who doesn't have much fighting experience,  or if you've got to defend yourself against more than 1 person.   Grappling is great and all, but if you get in a fight and its not 1 on 1, you're gonna get your ass kicked by a guys' buddies if you go to the ground. 

Its not too effective against people who are trained to fight, but against 99% of the idiots who actually start fights, its plenty effective. 

My best friend from high school went to UW Madison and I was down there pretty much every weekend for his first 3 years there.   Him and some of my other buddies knew that I knew how to fight so every time they got drunk, they were always starting shit and expecting me to fight.   I got in a ton of fights and never came close to losing.

My experience was almost the exact fucking same in every fight.   Some tough guy wanna be put his hands out to the side and talk his shit like "you wanna go"  I would do a straight kick to the sternum with my heel, usually knocking the wind out of them, then follow it up with a few punches in the face, and the fights were over!

Ahhhhh good times!

Dang, settle down Jean Claude.... ;D
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: wisconsinBB on December 19, 2008, 11:40:01 AM
Dang, settle down Jean Claude.... ;D

I tell ya, people aren't used to seeing kicks thrown in a drunken college brawl, at least not good ones!   Its almost scary how similar every single fight was.
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: dr.chimps on December 19, 2008, 12:28:10 PM
I tell ya, people aren't used to seeing kicks thrown in a drunken college brawl, at least not good ones!   Its almost scary how similar every single fight was.
Well, what did you expect? Alcohol is the ultimate leveler.  ;D
Title: Re: How many people here have done a Martial Arts class?
Post by: delta9mda on December 19, 2008, 12:52:04 PM
A few years and you still don't know how to spell it. That just reeks of intelligence.
there are a few ways to spell it. ju-jutsu, jiu jitsu its all the same. try it.