who does martial arts?
06 March 2002, 04:41 PM
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Listen carefully "Grasshopper".For if the tall tree falls in the forest & there is no-one there to hear.
Does it make any sound?
Spent 3 years in Singapore as a kid & got interested.Then followed a period of finding "The Way".
Kung Fu(Flying Dragon),Wing Chun,Wado-ryu(Semi-contact Sport Karate)-Purple Belt,Tang Soo Do-Yellow Belt.
Then I got clicking hips so had to give up competition.
Parts of Wing Chun style suits me now.No high kicks,no need to do loads of stretching.Get by on short sharp moves,close up or boxed in,no problem.
Weapons training.Bo(Staff),Bokken(Training Sword),Katana(S.S.Live Blade-unbreakable/allegedly!)
Bit old in the tooth now,so prefer a nice quiet game of cards.
Part of my armoury :-
Mark (Peace & Love)
[Edited by FLAT ERIC - 6/3/2002 4:44:04 PM]
Does it make any sound?
Spent 3 years in Singapore as a kid & got interested.Then followed a period of finding "The Way".
Kung Fu(Flying Dragon),Wing Chun,Wado-ryu(Semi-contact Sport Karate)-Purple Belt,Tang Soo Do-Yellow Belt.
Then I got clicking hips so had to give up competition.
Parts of Wing Chun style suits me now.No high kicks,no need to do loads of stretching.Get by on short sharp moves,close up or boxed in,no problem.
Weapons training.Bo(Staff),Bokken(Training Sword),Katana(S.S.Live Blade-unbreakable/allegedly!)
Bit old in the tooth now,so prefer a nice quiet game of cards.
Part of my armoury :-
Mark (Peace & Love)
[Edited by FLAT ERIC - 6/3/2002 4:44:04 PM]
06 March 2002, 10:21 PM
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Made it as far as brown belt in Shotokan karate - then managed to put a disc out in my back (getting a car ready for its MOT), just as I was recovering from the cracked ribs (karate injury). By the time that was better, I'd started up with the OU (which takes up a lot of spare time) so haven't trained for a few years.
Edited because I forgot - many many years ago I did taekwondo for about a year or so, but stopped when I started working shifts as I could only train 1 week in three. Shifts ended, but I never went back.
[Edited by TonyG - 6/3/2002 10:26:07 PM]
Edited because I forgot - many many years ago I did taekwondo for about a year or so, but stopped when I started working shifts as I could only train 1 week in three. Shifts ended, but I never went back.
[Edited by TonyG - 6/3/2002 10:26:07 PM]
06 April 2002, 12:52 AM
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Did Freestyle Taekwondo bach in OZ at Rhee Taekwondo, for almost 3 years. Got to brown tip, broke my ankle doing a flying side kick and never went back after that cos I was out for over a year with the injury.
[Edited by WREXY - 6/4/2002 1:54:50 AM]
[Edited by WREXY - 6/4/2002 1:54:50 AM]
if this counts or not, but I'm pretty handy with a Wok 
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Katana(S.S.Live Blade-unbreakable/allegedly!)
03 June 2002, 05:19 PM
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Blade honed but no longer used in anger.Display only.
Or until I hear the Scooby's alarm go off in the dead of night.
Then it's on with me slippers & into Ninja mode.
Or until I hear the Scooby's alarm go off in the dead of night.
Then it's on with me slippers & into Ninja mode.
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Does street fighting count?
If so,yes I do some of that.
Come across very few martial artists in me time,they tend to be more sensible than the normal pi55 head.The ones I have come across tend to get more shots in,and are harder to hit.But they still go down when you catch them with a good one
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PS this reply makes me sound like a thug,but Im not,trouble tends to find me.Goes with the job.
If so,yes I do some of that.
Come across very few martial artists in me time,they tend to be more sensible than the normal pi55 head.The ones I have come across tend to get more shots in,and are harder to hit.But they still go down when you catch them with a good one
.PS this reply makes me sound like a thug,but Im not,trouble tends to find me.Goes with the job.
03 June 2002, 07:29 PM
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Average pi55 heads do tend to have a pain threshold,higher than a non pi55 head but there all the same.
The worst are the crack heads.No pain,no fear.Will just keep coming.
Like my instructor said though."Take out their legs & they can only crawl after you." Giving time for a dignified exit.
The worst are the crack heads.No pain,no fear.Will just keep coming.
Like my instructor said though."Take out their legs & they can only crawl after you." Giving time for a dignified exit.
03 June 2002, 08:08 PM
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Like my instructor said though."Take out their legs & they can only crawl after you." Giving time for a dignified exit.
03 June 2002, 08:38 PM
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Put me down for 'Street' - its the ONLY one that counts at the end of the night. Keep all your wing wong doo, king kong flong, in the time it takes to wave an arm in a Bruce Lee a good street fighter has dismembered you!! 
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i do Penchak (spelling) silat but not done it for a year. i needed to be 100% focused on my final year at university, but its all over now so i'll be walking back in to my gym very soon. proberly get my *** kicked now
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I got to black tag (Black Belt Next) in Tae-Kwon-Do when i was about Ten......then gave up............why????????????????????
Keep meaning to start again, mailnly for the fitness side.
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Keep meaning to start again, mailnly for the fitness side.
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04 June 2002, 01:31 PM
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Second dan WTF taekwondo. Stopped 8? yrs ago due to recurring hamstring problem.
Always trying aikido, never quite making it. Learning in a foreign language (French, Russian, soon maybe Portuguese) doesn't do wonders for the learning curve.
Always trying aikido, never quite making it. Learning in a foreign language (French, Russian, soon maybe Portuguese) doesn't do wonders for the learning curve.
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did judo when i was about 10 orange 3
tryed kick boxing could`nt get into it
muay thai for 3 years have`nt trained since xmas although i had`nt been training very much since i broke my hand [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
thinking about trying a differnt style possably kung fu? all that trapping and blocking in jackie chan/jet lee films looks very cool
tryed kick boxing could`nt get into it
muay thai for 3 years have`nt trained since xmas although i had`nt been training very much since i broke my hand [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
thinking about trying a differnt style possably kung fu? all that trapping and blocking in jackie chan/jet lee films looks very cool
04 June 2002, 10:57 PM
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Yep been training Tae Kwon Do on and of for the last 6 years , but due to back injuries I haven't been training much recently . Next grading I will be going for red tag only another 2 years befor I can get my Black Belt .
only another 2 years befor I can get my Black Belt .
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Ahhh, interesting thread.
My girlfriend does Tae Kwan Do (sp), and is trying to get me into it. Is it worth getting into? Someone at work did Wing Chun and rated it higher. What are the pros and cons?
My girlfriend does Tae Kwan Do (sp), and is trying to get me into it. Is it worth getting into? Someone at work did Wing Chun and rated it higher. What are the pros and cons?