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evil-monkey 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 210	Looking at some of the other posts on here made me wonder about the martial artists on here so here it goes..... Do you or have you every studied the martials arts and if so which style? Also care to share a story or 2 about your experiences? As for myself, I studied Chinese Kenpo and later took up a little Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido. I also got to box a little when I was in the Army. Our school was pretty open to different things so I also got to dabble in other systems such as Small Circle Jujitsu, Brazilian Jujitsu, Lima Lama, Capoeria, and Muy Thai. A fond memory was when I was sparring with a friend of mine and I smashed him with a spinning kick right in the face. Everyone was watching and they all yelled out when I kicked him.
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Hey Uh, What Exactly is The Difference Between Karote and Kung Fu Fighting?
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SSJ Jup81 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 4806	Last year, I was actually taking Aikido. It was pretty interesting. Too bad I never actually finished it due to lack of energy and time. >

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nippythefish 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 2713 Globally Banned	I started in Okinawa-Te Shorin-ryu but my instructor quit and moved to Spain after I made blue belt....so I had to start over in Tae Kwon Do. I quit after making first degree black belt, since most of my time was spent teaching instead of learning.

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Taekwondoe?
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Rex Kwon Do 4 life. They use the buddy system.
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Tetragrammaton 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 295	I've done Northern Shaolin Kung Fu on and off for about 8 years. Though mostly off these days, not enough time and too many drunken injuries. Although I still practice at home. I started doing Karate when I was seven, but one day I didn't feel like going and my step-mum said if I didn't go then I could never go again. So that was it. I told her about that earlier this year and she said "you could've still gone back". Oh well, I tried Karate again just before I started doing Kung Fu, but I hated it. I also try to read about most other styles and try out a few of the moves just to round out my training a bit.
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Alex Kidd in Real World wrote:
Rex Kwon Do 4 life. They use the buddy system.

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Juke Skywalker 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 119	I studied Genwakai for about two years, ending up as a 4th kyu green belt (No stripes in our system). My best friend studied a school of Kempo (No idea which style, it was when we are in high school) and he would show me what he learned each day. My Sensei was from Japan, taught every class (Never pawned us off on some instructer) and had the dirtiest feet on earth (I learned the hard way while stretching for class. He was my stretching partner and during one exercise, had to place the bottoms of his feet on the inside of my calves. He left two big black foot prints as a result!)
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evil-monkey 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 210	Yacker wrote: Hey Uh, What Exactly is The Difference Between Karote and Kung Fu Fighting? I would say that's kinda of a tricky question to answer. I would have to say the basic difference is the methodolgies and techniques used it what makes each style different. For the most part every person has 2 arms and 2 legs so a punch is a punch no matter where you are from. The way that punch is used and the moves and thoughts that follow along with that punch in each style is different. Also the background and history for each style is different. Every style was created for a different reason. Hopefully that is a reasonable response to the question. If anyone thinks I'm way off just say so.
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nippythefish 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 2713 Globally Banned	Probably the most significant difference between Karate and Kung Fu is their country of origin. Kung Fu is much older than Karate, and comes from China. Karate is based on the concept of Kung Fu, and is from Okinawa. A lot of styles, such as Kenpo, aren't really karate, but are merely based on several different styles put together. Traditional karate focuses more on low kicks and hard, straight punches...which although is older than most styles, isn't really useful in normal street combat situations. Kung Fu focuses more on balance and fluid movement, is better for actual 'self-defense' (since a rapidly moving target is harder to hit than a stationary one), but doesn't provide the same level of power in each blow as karate-based styles. This is why people branched off and created different styles to meet changing times.

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evil-monkey 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 210	I remember the first time I got knocked out and the first time I had the wind knocked out of me. Both times I was in sparring class and got just a little to cocky for my own good. When I got knocked out, I'll never forget coming to and having the whole class standing over me.
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evil-monkey 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 210	Another fun and painful memory is when the head instructor couldn't teach class one night so we decided it would be a good idea to have 2 on 1 and 3 on 1 sparring sessions. He would have been so pissed if he found out thats what we were doing. A bunch of us got hurt that night. Afterwards we realized that was not one of our greatest ideas.
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nippythefish 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 2713 Globally Banned	evil-monkey wrote: Another fun and painful memory is when the head instructor couldn't teach class one night so we decided it would be a good idea to have 2 on 1 and 3 on 1 sparring sessions. He would have been so pissed if he found out thats what we were doing. A bunch of us got hurt that night. Afterwards we realized that was not one of our greatest ideas. Oh, yes....3 on 1 was a blast. It was always funny to try to keep 'em all lined up while beating the crap out of the one in front.

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nippythefish 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 2713 Globally Banned	nachtjager wrote: nippythefish wrote: evil-monkey wrote: Another fun and painful memory is when the head instructor couldn't teach class one night so we decided it would be a good idea to have 2 on 1 and 3 on 1 sparring sessions. He would have been so pissed if he found out thats what we were doing. A bunch of us got hurt that night. Afterwards we realized that was not one of our greatest ideas. Oh, yes....3 on 1 was a blast. It was always funny to try to keep 'em all lined up while beating the crap out of the one in front. What you boys didn't play movie rules where two guys stand around and do nothing while one guy gets beat on? Yeah, we did that...but we saved 3 on 1 for special occasions..like my blackbelt test.

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evil-monkey 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 210	No movie rules here, that's why we all got hurt.
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NeonNightrider 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 337	I started taking tae kwon do in first grade, or around that time. I made it to first degree black belt, but stopped going soon after. Some of my tae kwon do memories: -I always felt so cool when we started breaking boards. Just hearing the wood snap after a well-placed kick or elbow...man that was a rush. One time I had to break a board with a flying kick while clearing two obstacles (fellow students kneeling on the ground). At one of our classes, an instructor jumped over FIVE people and broke a board while blindfolded! Another teacher broke a board over his head. -Every Friday night was Sparring Night, which really scared me. Students would get points for striking different areas of an opponent's body. For example, a punch to the torso was worth 1 point, while a kick to the head was the highest (I think it was 9 points or something like that). -Each week had a theme; some of these were Awareness Week, Self-Esteem Week, and Respect Week. Students got stars for showing these values that they could put on their uniform. I think our favorite was Fun Week, where we just fooled around and played with the strike pads. -To get to the next belt level, students had to memorize a set of moves and perform it on Testing Night. We also had to spar (non-contact) with another student to show off our moves. My parents actually TAPED the ones I was in; as you might expect it's very hard to watch those tapes all these years later. We would get our new belts on Promotion Night, along with a certificate.

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nippythefish 8 years 11 months ago Posts: 2713 Globally Banned	NeonNightrider wrote: I always felt so cool when we started breaking boards. Just hearing the wood snap after a well-placed kick or elbow...man that was a rush. One time I had to break a board with a flying kick while clearing two obstacles (fellow students kneeling on the ground). At one of our classes, an instructor jumped over FIVE people and broke a board while blindfolded! Another teacher broke a board over his head. Hell yeah, boards were fun...we didn't get to break boards until green belt. I was much more into bricks, though....now THAT was fun. Did you learn how to spot break?

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