eClaire

Right, I would like to start some form of martial arts, but there are so many to choose from!

What I am looking for is something that takes a LOT of hard work and will put me through hell and back I really need to get fit, and wouldn't mind some special moves to get one over on my dad

Hoping there are a lot of you on here who can help

TIA

Claire

Daz34

I suggest that you learn from the master



Or for something a little different look here

Darren

mj

My bird is a black belt 2nd DAN in washie-uppie, do a google, there's loads of info on the ladies martial art on the web

eClaire

LMFAO

eClaire

come on....

I'm being serious!

milo

kickboxing probably.. if you're mostly looking to get fit out of it.

if you're looking to be able to successfully defend yourself in 99.999%+ of situations then you need to do two martial arts.. one mostly striking art.. such as kickboxing... and one closer range arts such as jujitsu.

eClaire

Excellent milo, thanks

Poor Guy

Daz34 thats ****in ace. "come on, you want some?!"


Try wooshu

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Mud wresting is a good martial art

LG John

Or a martial art that has both

Poor Guy

foxy boxing

eClaire

ugh! I seriously want to do this!

Which has both then Kenny? Does it involve a DJ and some Gatecrasher podium/cage dancer students?

Poor Guy

try Tae Kwon Do. its good when doing contact. get to kick the **** out of some padded ******!

Brun

You could audition for Knockout Babes on Men and Motors

eClaire

What the hell is that?

chaos.

Got to be a babe for that

moses

jeet kune do my fave used to do it when i was a lil boy

capriere the brazilian one looks cool in that movie only the strong

and tae kwon do

eClaire

chaos, what the hell would you know?

Excellent, cheers moses

milo

no martial arts specialises in both.

sure.. u can have one that is adequate in both.. but i still maintain that you need two to cover all bases 100%

moses

claire my dear do try some samurai sword training, u can get wooden bokkens to practice and after watching kill bill and i luv lord of the rings i need some sword training

eClaire

Yeah, I suppose I could practise on Kenny

moses

lol that will be cool thump him good till he see;s green all over him and sings the field of athenry

LG John

Yes it does

Milo, look up information on Kuk Sool Won - it does both and more to boot although a lot of the complex ground fighting doesn't come in until much later in the training (i.e. black belt). I'm not hard, far from it, but after just one year of training I've picked up enough that I feel I could keep myself out of trouble. You are taught pressure point strike points which are mental when struck - you drop like a sack of tatties and they aren't as hard to hit as you might think even with arms, etc swinging about randomly. The usual kicks, punches, etc are all taught as are loads and loads of techniques. Techniques are taught and performed from stance (it is a traditional art afterall) but that isn't the point of them. Through learning them you learn which way the body does and does not like to move. When I go to ground with my brother (in true childish fashion ) he knows I'm hunting for a leg or an arm. If I get one the lock is applied and its game over

The other day I had a brown belt do knife attack techniques on me (i.e I was trying to stab him) They were seriously and were very effective.

Best thing to do is a martial art the builds confidence. Our instructor has prevented several fights just by the 'look' (has to be seen to be believed). You just know that if you mess you WILL get pummeled and even the neds seem to understand it and back down

eClaire

Yeah, but there is only one place in Edinburgh that does kuk sool and you go there. I'm not going to the same place as you, you will mock me!!!

LG John

I never suggested you do and also I have reservations because you'd 'mock' me!

eClaire

No I wouldn't

I'd be more worried if R were to go if I were you!

LG John

R?

milo

thats interesting.. im going to look into that, thanks

the line of thinking im coming from tho is both from experience and the fact that most of the top mma / shootfighters have two main martial arts... a striking specialty, and a close-range/grappling specialty.

im very non-confrontational.. but used to work as a doorman in some very rough areas while at school (i had to for the money).. and on the (fortunately) rare occasions i had to get into things physically.. one long-range strike and one choke hold worked 100% of the time. but yeah.. as u say, the confidence results in no confrontation most of the time.

LG John

I often recall a story one of our black belts told us about his doorman days. A scuffle broke out and for whatever reason he ended up on the ground with some 16+ stone dude pretty much sitting on him. He said, 'did my black belt training help me here? Well no, but common sense and biting the guy in the ***** did' LMAO

imlach

Who's R?

Anyway, a girl I used to work with does kickboxing, and she goes along to classes every week in Edinburgh. She's taken beginners along before....I could put you in touch with her if you like. She certainly now has some interesting moves which she performs in the pub on demand!!!

She's a crazzeee girl, but dead friendly.