Tae Kwon Do OR Capoeira? Im thinking about taking some classes..
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yea ju jitsu is pretty sick, very versatile, its mostly on that same energy tip, but it makes logical sense. if your looking for a bad ass combo, i did ju jitsu and boxing. boxing will surely discipline you, and having boxing as your stand up, then busting out some ju jitsu out of no where should severely confuse an opponent.
I took tae kwon do for about 11 years. Got my second degree black belt. I ended up quitting so I could focus on football, and I think I learned more about fighting through football than tae kwon do. Tae kwon do gave me a lot of discipline and kept me in shape and its one of the best things I've ever done for myself, but its the art of self defense. I can say that nobody can really kick my ass...but that doesn't mean I can kick anybody else's ass either. I also took judo which was more throwing and wrestling...I felt like it was more practicle than tae kwon do. Capoeira is cool and would be a good skill to know, but in real life you wouldn't dance around someone and do backflips. You'd probably just bullrush them to the ground, outwrestle them, and start pounding them in the face.
One of my best friends was a korean kid born in hong kong. He could speak korean, mandarin, cantonese, and english. He took all kinds of martial arts, including tae kwon do. He always recommended muy thai. From what I've seen, it really shows you how to focus your energy and throw some powerful hits. Its one of the most effective fighting styles I've ever seen. He knocked the boxing bag off of the chain with one kick. It was a pretty cool thing to see, definitely seemed legit.
One of my best friends was a korean kid born in hong kong. He could speak korean, mandarin, cantonese, and english. He took all kinds of martial arts, including tae kwon do. He always recommended muy thai. From what I've seen, it really shows you how to focus your energy and throw some powerful hits. Its one of the most effective fighting styles I've ever seen. He knocked the boxing bag off of the chain with one kick. It was a pretty cool thing to see, definitely seemed legit.
if i went to jail id have a shank forreal even if i got caught and got extra time for it id have to have one around. BTW you can learn weapnos training as a black belt in taekwondo. but shit if i went to jail for longer than 2 weeks id really just be working out all day. id probably get out yoked as fuc if theres no sort of book system/library that i can access most of the day
and i never used any of my martial arts training in a fight. i MIGHT haveused the ability to know how to throw harder punches by following through and use my weight, and aiming, but beyond that... back then it was more like..punch you in your face hella times end of fight
i used to spar in taekwondo like that, street fighting, they had to try and stop me fromdoing it..actually i won regionals in sparring by running up on a kid during a tiebreaker and punching him in the chest..an upset
never liked fighting for a purpose, anyway. like boxing and fighting is cool cuz u shake hands after. first time i knocked someone out i felt sorry for the dude.
and 50 about aikido, i dont think an aikido master would be fighting...but if you came at him with no energy then thered be no energy for you to do anything to him. im sure an aikido master is quick enough to move or grab your hand/wrist. that shits good for embarrassing people, if anything. i think its a brach to the tree which is martial arts/karate.
and i never used any of my martial arts training in a fight. i MIGHT haveused the ability to know how to throw harder punches by following through and use my weight, and aiming, but beyond that... back then it was more like..punch you in your face hella times end of fight
i used to spar in taekwondo like that, street fighting, they had to try and stop me fromdoing it..actually i won regionals in sparring by running up on a kid during a tiebreaker and punching him in the chest..an upset
never liked fighting for a purpose, anyway. like boxing and fighting is cool cuz u shake hands after. first time i knocked someone out i felt sorry for the dude.
and 50 about aikido, i dont think an aikido master would be fighting...but if you came at him with no energy then thered be no energy for you to do anything to him. im sure an aikido master is quick enough to move or grab your hand/wrist. that shits good for embarrassing people, if anything. i think its a brach to the tree which is martial arts/karate.
I took Tae Kwon Do as a kid, I was part of the WTF Taekwon do as opposed to ITF taekwon do. WTF is more full contact, and ITF is less contact. WTF is what they have in the olympics, it's more sparring that in ITF. So, you should probably check on which style you'd rather go with and then join a dojang that's part of one of those federations. When I did Tae Kwon Do I was here in Korea, so it was probably a lot different than what you have there in America.
As for Capoeira, I've known ppl that did it, but I never did so I can't speak on that.
As for Capoeira, I've known ppl that did it, but I never did so I can't speak on that.
stomper, i agree @ the last part...since u prolly had more public-jail time than i have, what would you say most jail fights (the random ones) are started over? people looking at eachother the wrong way?
the only run in i had in jail was a guy staring me down, and i think he was trying to do it to see if id look away, which i didnt.
the only run in i had in jail was a guy staring me down, and i think he was trying to do it to see if id look away, which i didnt.
yeah, i mean...you can youtube those videos all day. even that 'fake aikido master vs. mma trainer' where the mma dude destroys him. i dont trust any master that gets someone he trained to be used for a demo.
btu i am full on sure theres some dudes out there that have put aikido into their trainign that will find a certain pocket in between you two fighting and be able to use something on you...yknow/
aikido definitely isnt gonna teach you how to deal with street fights unless youre just dodging and sonning people by pushing them back, illl agree
to my knowledge, kinda like bruce lee, incorperating all different styles made you a much harder opponent to deal with as someone who has training in one thing
btu i am full on sure theres some dudes out there that have put aikido into their trainign that will find a certain pocket in between you two fighting and be able to use something on you...yknow/
aikido definitely isnt gonna teach you how to deal with street fights unless youre just dodging and sonning people by pushing them back, illl agree
to my knowledge, kinda like bruce lee, incorperating all different styles made you a much harder opponent to deal with as someone who has training in one thing
I did Chinese Kenpo for a couple of years and got as high as a blue belt. I loved the sparring but since I was so much bigger and stronger than everyone else I only got one round of sparring and everyone else got two. Then they started having me go a second round against one of the instructors. Those guys would kick me in the head and I would never even see it, just feel it. Then the head instructor fired a bunch of the instructors for reasons I don't know and he and the few instructors he had left couldn't handle the load, so I just quit.
Then I did American Kenpo, which is similar but focuses less on kicks and more on hand-to-hand combat. The school was started by Jeff Speakman, the guy who starred in the Perfect Weapon. He actually came into our school a couple of times. I liked the Chinese Kenpo more, though, mainly because of the greater emphasis on kicking. But I've been out of martial arts for almost two years now and I would like to get back into it again once I can afford it.
Then I did American Kenpo, which is similar but focuses less on kicks and more on hand-to-hand combat. The school was started by Jeff Speakman, the guy who starred in the Perfect Weapon. He actually came into our school a couple of times. I liked the Chinese Kenpo more, though, mainly because of the greater emphasis on kicking. But I've been out of martial arts for almost two years now and I would like to get back into it again once I can afford it.
