Martial arts Q

[pedrosixfour]

What about somekind of martial art weapons training where you face is covered completely anyway.

[stevie_b]

What about somekind of martial art weapons training where you face is covered completely anyway.

 

Kendo maybe....

[jazz1]

Iv done loads martial arts karate, TKD, kung Fu, kickboxing but I'm currently doing boxing now so loving that more

[Carl]

Nintendo Wii is good excercise and you never feel the hits even when boxing..

[Abz]

Cheers guys you have given ,me alot to think about.

 

I wanted something different to weight lifting as its boring, same with the bike riding, it was only when talking to the MRS about that Alex Reid pr*ck that the convo popped up about MA and i was saying how i would like to get back into it but cant take many impacts to the face (or rather wouldnt risk it).

 

I think i am just going to look at it as a fitness base and find something i like, i dont want something that is mindless, something with a bit of skill would do.

 

Oh and i'm liking the sound of the lady classes, are they quite erm 'hands on'

 

You should consider Wing Chun then, use a wooden dummy as your practising partner. You then have something interesting to study & you won't get hurt, though you will be building your strengths. I found it VERY different to MMA, where in MMA it was all about being brutel, getting in quick and powerful. Wing Chun was very different, you are so relaxed, you fight with your mind and use your opponent as your strength.

 

The first 'sparring' which I did with my colleague really shook me up, I have a history of Karate, Boxing, Kick Boxing and was & still sometimes do some MMA. Well he dominated the whole sparring session, he doesn't have any backward steps, he is focused but not panicky (if there is such a word). He was direct and powerful, each strike was quick and just disabled me each time. His footing was pretty flat, so I thought I'd take this to my advantage as I have always trained on my toes. Each time I went in for a low kick, he almost sqautted and kicked my loose leg.

 

To top it all off, he stopped for about 5 years and just started getting back into and apprantly is rubbish at the moment, even his young son is a lot better than him!

[Benyon]

Oh a bit of advice If you do decide to do MA, Dont go training with Paul who runs the Northwest Warriors in bolton, That club is a joke. My girlfriend started training there & the first time I sparred with her at home I was like WTF who tought you to kick like that. Anyway she's now at Morrison's Black Belt Academy in Bolton and shes doing much much better.

[Purity14]

Oh a bit of advice If you do decide to do MA, Dont go training with Paul who runs the Northwest Warriors in bolton, That club is a joke. My girlfriend started training there & the first time I sparred with her at home I was like WTF who tought you to kick like that. Anyway she's now at Marrison's Black Belt Academy in Bolton and shes doing much much better.

 

 

How much for your girlfriend to kick my ass Dude?

[Benyon]

How much for your girlfriend to kick my ass Dude?

 

Haha free if you pay my insurance for the next year.

[Lbm]

Oh a bit of advice If you do decide to do MA, Dont go training with Paul who runs the Northwest Warriors in bolton, That club is a joke. My girlfriend started training there & the first time I sparred with her at home I was like WTF who tought you to kick like that. Anyway she's now at Marrison's Black Belt Academy in Bolton and shes doing much much better.

 

 

Just a thought...is it because your girlfriend was a beginner she was kicking in a...crap way? Nothing to do with the instruction? No offence

 

Over the years, I've had a few students go home and try things out after a lesson or two and then they say "I fought with my dad/brother/boyfriend/goldfish etc...and your Kung Fu is rubbish! It doesn't work!!!...blah blah blah..."

 

I simply reply that the Kung Fu isn't rubbish, it's just that they are rubbish at it. This normally sets things straight.

[Josh]

Just a thought...is it because your girlfriend was a beginner she was kicking in a...crap way? Nothing to do with the instruction? No offence

 

Over the years, I've had a few students go home and try things out after a lesson or two and then they say "I fought with my dad/brother/boyfriend/goldfish etc...and your Kung Fu is rubbish! It doesn't work!!!...blah blah blah..."

 

I simply reply that the Kung Fu isn't rubbish, it's just that they are rubbish at it. This normally sets things straight.

 

As well as a roundhouse kick to the mush

[steady_dave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBExHg5A-Bw

 

There's always Muay Thai...if you can handle it

 

Sorry can't embed...

[Lbm]

I'm guessing this is the video of the guy's leg snapping on impact in the ring - after a roundhouse kick was thrown and defended?

[steady_dave]

I'm guessing this is the video of the guy's leg snapping on impact in the ring - after a roundhouse kick was thrown and defended?

 

Nope...it's a best of reel of Buakaw Por Pranuk...insane Thai Boxer fighting in K1

[Benyon]

Just a thought...is it because your girlfriend was a beginner she was kicking in a...crap way? Nothing to do with the instruction? No offence

 

Over the years, I've had a few students go home and try things out after a lesson or two and then they say "I fought with my dad/brother/boyfriend/goldfish etc...and your Kung Fu is rubbish! It doesn't work!!!...blah blah blah..."

 

I simply reply that the Kung Fu isn't rubbish, it's just that they are rubbish at it. This normally sets things straight.

 

Nah mate it was the way she was taught to kick, She had been training at NWW for over a year and when I sparred with her she shown me what she was learning. I cant even explain how she was kicking but I couldnt see how you can get power behind it. Even she felt uncomfortable while doing it.

 

Anyway the first time she went to MBBA when she come home she was happy as anything because the way her new instructer was teaching her, she was miles better and this was just in the first few weeks she gained so much power/technique, It was more of a kick boxing style kick rather than some weird front facing kick thing. Basically she made more progress in a few weeks at the place than what she learnt in a year at the other place.

 

I found a vid of someone who trains at the NWW watch the guy in the blue, I personally think they style is cak but he's kicking the same as my girlfriend used too.