[Havock]

any of the peeps here do something like that?
no, not marital arts, that is something else

you know, sports, body movement

ok, gotta cut that out, anyway.

I'm doing Ninpo Taijutsu richt now, along with some Spetsnaz techniques for the outdoors.

gotta love the "be creative with knives in the dark" lessons we get
If you talk about dirty fighting, this is about it.

I have not been in the situation yet that i would have to use it, though i have been in plenty of those situations before that (serve in the army, go for a drink, pick the worst neighborhood cuz the beer is cheaper there, do that once/twice a week)

I hope I don't get into situations like that, though I am prepared to do whatever is required to see myself or any of my friends through that kind of "trouble".

[Stunaep]

I did kickboxing and tae-kwon-do a while back. Had to lay them off though, in favor of keeping riding and swimming. The amount of time I have on my hands is fastly riding towards zero.

[Odyssey]

[color=cc9900]This was discussed in a fashion recently, so feel free to pilfer information:
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,20508.0.html[/color]

[diamondgeezer]

Wah! Huh! *throws a few kicks about*

Dude, this karate lark is teh fun. And... teh hurty legs as well. Never mind, tis all worth it

[Stealth]

what the hell is up with geeks being obsessed with martial arts?  


there was this page of "you know a person's a geek if: " and one of the things was "all he talks about is martial arts, yet he always gets his ass whipped" or something like that.

[diamondgeezer]

Who's obsessed? I attend an hourly class twice a week to help my fitness and to socialise a bit. What's the problem?

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Who's obsessed? I attend an hourly class twice a week to help my fitness and to socialise a bit. What's the problem?

He can't do it.

[diamondgeezer]

Oh, right. That might also explain the enormous sig, perhaps?

[Stealth]

*shrugs* who said there's a problem with it.  it just struck me (reading this topic) that geeks are always talking about martial arts.  nothing wrong with it.

i've practiced baguazhang for almost three years straight now

[Turnsky]

chair-fu for me..
(the art of using whatever's close by, particularly furniture)

[Stryke 9]

I don't get it. What is the big deal? Karate kicking and so on just seems so... fifth grade. I mean, unless you're really good at it or learning it as a genuine combat practise rather than this dippy **** they teach to insecure women and the sort of guys who got beaten up a lot in grade school, what's the point? You want to be able to hurt people? Carry around a sawed-off shotgun, do a better job, 's more fun to use by half. You wanna leap around flailing your arms? Take a ballet class, there's a potential career path there. You wanna be Jet Li or Neo from the Matrix? Get a goddamn life, you'll feel better afterward and you'll lose fewer fights.

Maybe there's something I'm missing, I dunno.

[diamondgeezer]

Er, yeah. You missed the part where I said I want to help my fitness and socialise a little. If I got in a fight tomorrow I'd most likely still just whack the guy with a bottle, as per usual.

I'm not trying to make myself out to be Neo by taking some karate lessons. That's what I bought the big black jacket for

[Rictor]

Took Aikido long ago, but I sort of fell out of it.

[Stealth]

although it's a fact, 99.9% of "martial artists" would be better off in a fight without their "skills".  unless you're a dedicated and well-practiced martial artist, you're not going to win every fight you enter

[diamondgeezer]

Stealth mate, you're making a bit of a divvy out of yourself. Do yourself a favour and stop there, eh?

[Stryke 9]

I say we sic ninjas on him.


Ninjas!

[Gortef]

took Karate several years back untill studies came into the way.

[Stunaep]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
I say we sic ninjas on him.


Ninjas!

How ´bout dogs? Or ninja dogs?

Yeah, I think that'd be fun.

[Turnsky]

*recounts the scimitar scene from "raiders of the lost ark" *

[TheCelestialOne]

Jiu-Jitsu for me