[Dah_jOkA]

Martial Art is a sport that I'm dedicated to and is very fond of.

Do any of you guys here enjoy Martial Arts or take/have taken it?

I love Martial Arts, not because I enjoy fighting, but I love it itself as an art and a sport, plus its a kickass way to workout

Since this is a sport section, and I havent really heard any mention of Martial Arts, I figured I might as well create one and see what happens.

Anyways about me:

I'm 17, I've trained in Taekwondo, Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, and Karate and a little (VERY LITTLE) in Vovinam (Vietnamese Martial Arts)

But i figured since I'm Southeast Asian, I might as well train in a style that is closer to my roots. So I took Muay Thai for a year since then, that was the only southeast asian martial art that I knew of.

A few months back I became aware of the long lost styles of Cambodian Martial Arts. And since its EXACTLY my roots. I've taken it up and is currently training under it. Its not that well known because of Cambodia's turmoil, corruption and internal struggles, Cambodia never had the chance to promote the art. But people are slowly bringing the art back and are starting to promote it.

Currently I'm training in Kun Khmer Boran (similiar to Muay Thai but not exactly)

My fave martial Artists are:

Bruce Lee
Tony Jaa
Donnie Yen
Lateef Crowder
Jet Li (To a certain extent)
Eh Phu Tong
Chey Kosal
Meas Chantha

My fave Martial Arts (if you can call him that) Actor in today's life is Stephen Chow, this guy is just amazing and so creative.

So, what about you guys?

[demllequ]

oh love martial arts too!!
i used to do Taekwondo but i had to quit it cuz i had too much schoolwork and my friends who still do it keep telling me to go back, but i just cant balance work and sports T_T i miss going to training.
my favourite martial artist was my teacher he was a nice old man =)

[Tharos]

I suck at fighting lol

Actually, Im not good at anything really.. I use to do tae kwon do when i was 12.. I got to red belt and quit

[leeahh]

i luv martial arts haha right now im doing tae kwon do ^-^ good excercise and i guess it makes me feel more secure when im out at night or something.. juss gives u that confidence.. and builds up ur discipline.. i guess taekwondo also helps keep me calm! haha i juss luv it

[lidge_fan]

does wanting to study martial arts count?

cuz when i was little, i lived next to this karate school
i begged my parents to let me become a "crazy fighting monkey" but they said no

man, those people who are black belts are lucky

[knockblock]

I'm just learning of differen't styles and stuff. Not an expert or a combatant.

[Tetra]

I'm working on a new style. It combines spiritual force with basic techniques

[Dah_jOkA]

^hah what like a DragonballZ thing? well good luck to u on that my friend ha

[supa'Wanki]

My grandpa is a 9th Dan Black Belt.. I believe he was also the master of the Korean Military TKD thing? My Uncle was the Korea/Japan Judo champion.

[aznxinvazn]

I trained in Tae Kwon Do from 11 to 13 ... got my 1st degree black belt in 2 1/2 years, assisted classes for 1/2 year, then quit.

[FawkYoo]

I did Wushu for a few years... there was no grading system, but i say was skills are ok..

If yo have no idea what wushu is or what it looks like; here or a few clips by your one and only Jet Li at his prime when he was still competing, and champion of all china at that time

http://youtube.com/watch?v=37UpVnRMUjU
old school long-fist form: Jet Li= 15yrs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4J7FA3lOyE
old school braod-sword form: Jet LI= 12yrs.

[stellabella]

Just a question about Taekwondo...

Is it something that you should have taken up while you were young? or is it still okay to take at an older age...say 16?

And what do you get out of Taekwondo exaclty, as far as discipline or anything of that matter goes?

Don't mind me if I sound stupid. I don't know anything about martial arts but I'm interested!

[thaigerl]

Just a question about Taekwondo...

Is it something that you should have taken up while you were young? or is it still okay to take at an older age...say 16?

And what do you get out of Taekwondo exaclty, as far as discipline or anything of that matter goes?

Don't mind me if I sound stupid. I don't know anything about martial arts but I'm interested!

Well, I started Taekwon-do about 3 weeks ago, only I've taken two lessons so far. The warm-ups kill me though, I don't know if every club has a different strategy or not but here in London, they do warm-ups for an hour without a break. It was literally killing me and I had bruises for about a week. But I do like the sparring.

But I just turned 19 yesterday so if you're 16, I don't think it's too late. If you're flexible and want some more confidence, I say take it up.

[Dah_jOkA]

stellabella: don't worry its never too old to start martial arts, especially taekwondo.

It helps build up ur confidence, overall mental and physical strength, discipline, broadens your mind and have a new focus on life, also its a great way to help keep you in shape. 6PACKS BABY!! haha

The only reason why its good for little kids to take martial arts at a young age is because, during childhood, kids are yet to be corrupted by the world. So their minds are still able to be molded more properly.

Plus not all schools warm up for over an hour, not all schools are the same. Some schools warm up from either 10 mins to 1 hour, or none at all.

FawkYoo: really? you took wushu for that long? How was it? I've always wanted to take wushu cept dere are no good schools around here.

What was training like? What styles did u learn in? Did you take classes individually with your master or in a mass group?

[csnrain]

Used to take taekwondo but quit after a few years....although I would really like to take it up again.
Have done haedong kumdo but I switched to jukdo kumdo a while ago, which I think is much more interesting anyway.
Anyone else take kumdo?

[Dah_jOkA]

^Sorry can't say I have, thats the korean kendo style rite?

How is the training? Do you enjoy it? How long have u taken it?

[csnrain]

^Sorry can't say I have, thats the korean kendo style rite?

How is the training? Do you enjoy it? How long have u taken it?

Yep, it's the korean form of kendo. It's pretty much the same but there are slight differences between korean kumdo and japanese kendo.
well, I only took haedong kumdo for about six months before I switched and have done jukdo gumdo for around a year or so? something like that...
physically, jukdo kumdo is more demanding than haedong, especially once you get past the basics. On average, it takes about three months before a person perfects the basics to start learning the rigors and techniques of actual sparring, which is very fun I might add.
Haedong was, to me at least, very boring. It is more focused on the different forms of attack and things like that, but you never actualy spar.
Of course, both do require a great deal of concentration, whether you are perfecting a form in haedong or sparring in jukdo

jukdo kumdo:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jhb7e8FD8Co&search=kumdo

Haedong:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=C93LSz0MbNI&search=kumdo

kumdo has been very enjoyable and I encourage people to take it up

[Natsuo]

Been training in shaolin since 13yrs old and actually part of a wushu team( not pretty known though, as it was formed only from 2yrs ago) and I can say that its really fun! Its almost like dancing ^^.

[josebiwasabi]

i learned taekwondo from 4th grade until 11th grade... i was a 2nd degree black belt.

full-ib screwed me over and i didn't have enough time to keep on continuing taekwondo. lol... it was a lot of fun though.

[Island]

im interested in doing martial arts.. ever since i watched jet li movies when i was lil` - -;; my dad would let me but my mum on the other hand didnt want me, a 'girl', to get muscular or broad shoulders or six paks! lmao.. if it would even go that far!.. - -;; i wanna do it once i finished school but personally, i wudda liked to start young when ur more felxible and stuff unos.. =/ aaah wells. i'll jz continue watching movies, admiring the arts and copying them in my room like an idiot.. ahahah - -;; i @ least wanna take up some self defence.