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Just wondering who here studies a form of martial arts.
Style :
Years Training :
Competed :
How you find it :

Delta101

Style : Taekwondo
Years Training : 4 (as a kid)
Competed : Junior Competition
How you find it : A found it focuses far too much on kicking and has absolutely no real life use on the street other than general fitness and flexibility.

Style : Karate
Years Training : 3
Competed : 2 x Multistyle Competition with no elbows or knees.
How you find it : Effective if well trained, and well disciplined, but there is no ground work and the weapon work (both use of and defense from) was not particularly useful.

Style : Freestyle Martial Arts (MMA)
Years Training : 2
Competed : Never (I'm not fit enough anymore)
How you find it : Far more useful on the street for defense from both weapons and multiple attackers than anything else I've done. The place I trained was well disciplined, but I can see the possibility of this training style becoming haphazard if not taught well due to the number of fighting styles incorporated.

biftek

Style : Taekwondo
Years Training : 2years as a teenager , there was a local class so i signed up
Competed :
How you find it : As a teen it gave me a bit of self confidence and fitness

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kindred

GKR Karate - 2 years <--- not good
Moo Hak Kwan Hapkido - 3 years <--- fun
Jido Kwan Tae Kwan Do - 4 years <--- fun
Kin Bushi Ryu Freestyle Karate - 6 months <--- too serious
Boxing - 6 months <--- Only quit cause im not in good shape Id still be doing it if i could keep up with the others. Boxing = the best
Goju Karate - 6 months <--- had a break and never came back

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bjjheavyweight

Hey people, how goes it? Just signed up here, this is my first post.

STYLE - Karate, Boxing, Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, MMA
YEARS - 2yrs Karate as a kid, not for me. 3yrs Boxing, 3yrs Muay Thai, 4yrs Jiu Jitsu. Been doing Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai together for a while now. As far as I'm concerned Muay Thai is the king of stand up. So versatile. Many options.
COMPETED - 1 x Boxing, 0 x Muay Thai, various BJJ tourneys and the like.
FOUND - Don't all kids do Karate or Tae Kwon Do? Boxing from mates, Muay Thai from Boxing and BJJ and MMA from tournaments.

ninestar

Style : northern shaolin, shuai jiao (grappling), chin na (joint locking), traditional Cambodian kickboxing

Years Training : 9ish

Competed : I do martial arts not martial sports, though people do play shuai jiao competitively. I do try to test and explore against different styles and people though.

How you find it : great. A long journey which has been difficult and tempting to quit or switch styles but I'm glad I've stuck with it. Have found that majority of Chinese martial arts teachers suck, so with the risk of sounding conceited I often feel I'm in a different boat; I had the luck of meeting a great teacher who had alot of fighting experiences and opportunities to use his art and he passed it onto me with practicality and effectiveness in mind. Most people who practise kung fu don't practise it to fight.

The striking, grappling and locking aren't really seperate in the kung fu I have learned and if you train hard and practise properly, it is a very versatile art that deals with all the long and close ranges of fighting.

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Tekkerz

I did boxing as a young teen for several years then about 4 years ago I started learning Southern Style Shaolin Five Animals Gung Fu.

Im currently a brown belt level and my Sifu (Master) wants me to train to become an instructor, which I do want but I know what I really need to shift my training into a higher ger to get to that level. Thats a good thing though because it gives me something to work towards.

I was lucky enough to find a good school at a time when I needed something to give me direction in my life and so for that I am grateful to my Sifu and Gaolins. The training is often hard as we train in the traditional style but there is always satisfaction when you achieve something which you once thought you would never be able to do, and there is always something new to learn which I love. I see kung fu (skill attained through hard work) as a life long journey and so as long as I persevere I know I will always be improving.

hyjak

how old are all you guys? martial arts is something id like to do but i reckon i'll be 40 before id be any good at it lol

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Christian

Then best off to start now mate

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Tekkerz

It's never to late to start Hyjak, I think you'll find that if you check out a few different schools that most of them will be more than happy and very encouraging to take on students of any age.