Hey all, I'm currently looking into a martial art both for discipline and self-defense. I would like your opinions as a collective on what I should invest my time into.
Go for Gangsta. They got all sorts of cool moves and stuff. Like, the Master Gangtsa popped a guy in the foot and bam that guy was gone! How can you beat that?
I once saw a gman talking street to a pro martial artist and the artist ran away after just a few words!
Gangsta Gangsta Gangsta Gangsta!
Seriously, I'd personaly go for whichever caught your interest in the first place.
With so many schools widly avialable they all teach you what you need pretty much in my experiences (not that I have any, but I have studied the subject of which to pick and such).
I'd probably go for Jujitsu myself, though Karate is more my thing as is Tai Chi.
/yawn on the gangsta stuff, I'm a straight collar guy, so that doesn't fit me. But, I've always wanted to learn Kempo, so I'll go for that first and then learn Jujitsu.
i'll take jujitsu, for i think it is much more better than kempo and imo much more suitable in street fights. but if you really wanna strike during your fights take muay thai or kick boxing.
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as a pratcitioner of kempo id say it also depends upon the school you go to,
the 1st place i went too was pathetic they cared more for how the skills looked rather than how they worked in practicality
My jiu jitsu school taught me some pretty cool stuff, i'd say go for the jiu jitsu if the school seems good.
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there's alot of martial arts schools out there, so choose what suits you and what is practical when defending yourself.
i have a question, what is the gangsta martial arts that cabalwannabe said in above? isn't that free style fighting? and isn't it that gangsta uses guns more than fists when they fight?
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Hey all, I'm currently looking into a martial art both for discipline and self-defense. I would like your opinions as a collective on what I should invest my time into.
Tai chi.
... I think that's how it's spelled.
Tai chi is, at first, just breathing exercises and slow movement. But in the words of one teacher I know, "you come out of it with the ability to defend yourself."
It is definitely as much about discipline as it is fitness.
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Take up swashbuckling, because pirates are way cooler than ninjas.
But in all seriousness, take both! Unless monetary reasons are involved, I see no reason to limit your abilities to train in the arts. Or take Tai Chi. That is some dangerous stuff right there.
i have a question, what is the gangsta martial arts that cabalwannabe said in above? isn't that free style fighting? and isn't it that gangsta uses guns more than fists when they fight?
I was actually just joking around about the Gangsta stuff :o:o:o
tai chi can actually be pretty hard out, there are actually 2 kind of tai chi, soft tai chi (which is the slowly breathing and swimming in mid air one) and hard tai chi, which is just as hard as normal martial arts.
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Jujutsu is best in one on one situation, most Kempo forms are better at defending against more than one enemy. It depends on the sensei. Most good sensei have a backing in multiple styles, best to keep versatile. Find a sensei who has some background in another style. Either a good hand/foot style with some ground or grappling background, or vise versa. Depends which primary style you prefer.
Remeber, Kempo is a pretty broud word and encompasses many style. It is derived from the Chinese word Kung Fu (A word we all know)
It largely depends on what sort of fighting situation you think you're likely to be in. If you're likely to be doing single combat then you want something with more power moves. If you're likely to be facing multiple opponents then you need a quick and dirty style.
Being a student of Ju-Jitsu , I would clearly recommend it
However I would like to correct sakura, that it is not about single targets as even during early grading you have to take on multiple opponents.
During a demonstration for recruitment , our sensei along with the higher grades formed a gauntlet where he took on 10 opponents all armed.
Jujutsu as a core is very one on one. Your sensei likely has secondary training (or was trained by someone with secondary training) for multiple opponents.
I'd go with Kempo, I know it was Kenpo though. I took it for around 6 years. All of the forms they teach you are about self defense. Taking someone down and fighting multiple people. You spar often, at my dojo atleast, and you get to learn a variety of moves.
Alright, I'm interested in Ju Jitsu. So, when I'm looking for a place to learn Ju Jitsu, what do I need to know so I won't get a bogus school over something that actually will teach me how to defend myself?
During a demonstration for recruitment , our sensei along with the higher grades formed a gauntlet where he took on 10 opponents all armed.
Anyone who would pretend that you can take on ten armed opponents at once and live, with any level of skill, is a fraud, and a very dangerous fraud. It's a simple impossibility. If you were in a narrow corridor or something or had a powerful weapon with long reach, maybe. But what you're talking about sounds like parlor trick shennanigans. I advise anyone taking self-defense to make sure that they're not dealing with such a fraud, who will give you very bad ideas. There's too many horror stories about people that took pretty ballerina classes and got into real life fights that they had no hope of winning and ended up in the hospital or worse. You're not Jackie Chan, and this isn't a movie. If you see ten guys with blades, run the other ****ing way as fast as you can.
I once saw a gman talking street to a pro martial artist and the artist ran away after just a few words!
Gangsta Gangsta Gangsta Gangsta!
Seriously, I'd personaly go for whichever caught your interest in the first place.
With so many schools widly avialable they all teach you what you need pretty much in my experiences (not that I have any, but I have studied the subject of which to pick and such).
I'd probably go for Jujitsu myself, though Karate is more my thing as is Tai Chi.
Still, Gangsta is pretty sweet...
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Yeah, I'm going with that one.
I think it's the art of subduing the opponent in general, but yeah, I'd say that's the objective.
Then again, all martial arts are kind of like that. A good general knows the folly of a protracted conflict.
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i have a question, what is the gangsta martial arts that cabalwannabe said in above? isn't that free style fighting? and isn't it that gangsta uses guns more than fists when they fight?
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Tai chi.
... I think that's how it's spelled.
Tai chi is, at first, just breathing exercises and slow movement. But in the words of one teacher I know, "you come out of it with the ability to defend yourself."
It is definitely as much about discipline as it is fitness.
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But in all seriousness, take both! Unless monetary reasons are involved, I see no reason to limit your abilities to train in the arts. Or take Tai Chi. That is some dangerous stuff right there.
I was actually just joking around about the Gangsta stuff :o:o:o
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Remeber, Kempo is a pretty broud word and encompasses many style. It is derived from the Chinese word Kung Fu (A word we all know)
Jujutsu as a core is very one on one. Your sensei likely has secondary training (or was trained by someone with secondary training) for multiple opponents.
does anybody in here saw a street fight of both fighters skilled in one martial arts? its pretty cool though, like the early versions of ufc.
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Listen to this man.
Anyone who would pretend that you can take on ten armed opponents at once and live, with any level of skill, is a fraud, and a very dangerous fraud. It's a simple impossibility. If you were in a narrow corridor or something or had a powerful weapon with long reach, maybe. But what you're talking about sounds like parlor trick shennanigans. I advise anyone taking self-defense to make sure that they're not dealing with such a fraud, who will give you very bad ideas. There's too many horror stories about people that took pretty ballerina classes and got into real life fights that they had no hope of winning and ended up in the hospital or worse. You're not Jackie Chan, and this isn't a movie. If you see ten guys with blades, run the other ****ing way as fast as you can.