[Stealth]

Originally posted by CP5670


Anyone you are likely to get into a fight with will probably have one though. The best option is simple: stay away from people completely like I do.

yeah, but that's why i do internal now, cause it's not meant for self-defense, it just HAPPENS to be the best in the world at that

[Stealth]

[Stealth]

that's me above by the way

[Dranon]

year and a half of tae kwon do, but that was 6 years ago... nothing since although i want to do kendo...

[Shrike]

Originally posted by Stealth
Just curious if anyone here takes self-defense/martial arts classes, etc.

I prefer marital arts, personally.

[Kamikaze]

An interesting martial art is the kenpo they make you learn in millitaries (well, in japan) and what's interesting is that the type of kenpo focuses on using the natural weak areas of the body making it a literal "killer" technique.

I want to know if it's taught anywhere in the states

[Stryke 9]

Probably somewhere. Not commonly, tho.

Yeah, it'll be an extremely rare occasion that you get in a real fight with someone who isn't armed, outside of the locker room at school. A serious fight, generally people come prepared, and you don't need such advanced gear as a gun to kick an unarmed guy's ass, no problem.

[Star Dragon]

I think that movie "the perfrct weapon" starring Jeff Speakman made a lot of converts to Kempo...

   I thought it was ok, but he should have been shot so many times

Gun usually wins (it's just a movie people)

[Kazashi]

Originally posted by CP5670


Anyone you are likely to get into a fight with will probably have one though. The best option is simple: stay away from people completely like I do.

I would've thought that most fights involving weapons would be with knives, rather than guns.  Cheap, easy to conceal, laws against owning them aren't quite as stringent.

Though it's good to see that you avoid real life people too

[Sandwich]

As a reply to all you people talking about guns against martial arts, it really depends. Assuming the gun in question is a pistol of some kind and not a sniper rifle or fully-automatic squad-level assault weapon (), a martial arts expert can usually win, since it's all dependant on distance:

At more than 20 meters/yards away from your pistol-toting attacker, just run/evade. Pistols (generally speaking) suck as far as accuracy is concerned.

Between 1.5 and 20 meters is the problem area, but usually one can manage to lower the distance or wait until an attacker lowers the distance himself.

At 1.5 meters or less from a pistol-toting enemy, he can kiss his... whatever goodbye. A simple act of motion hypnotizing can delay any reaction on his part or enough time for you to disable the weapion in his hand, either by knocking it out of his hand, by a wrist-hold that points the weapon in another direction, or whatever.

Anyway, personally I don't take any martial arts, but back in his hippie days, my father used to teach at a dojo.

Also, anyone ever hear of Krav Maga?

[Stealth]

oooh go sandwich

[Martinus]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Also, anyone ever hear of Krav Maga?

One of the most brutally efficient martial arts I've ever seen; You need to be a genuine hard nut if you want to practice it at a high level though. It's also about as asthetically pleasing and interesting as hitting someone with a truck, it works but you waste a lot of energy doing the damage.

The internal martial arts can be practised by almost anyone of any age and they have proven health benefits and I don't just mean being able to move fast. Think acupuncture without the needles and with negative instead of positive effects and you start to see the potential of the internal arts. That's only the stuff you can see, the stuff that's going on that isn't evident is far more interesting.

[Shrike]

Originally posted by Sandwich
At 1.5 meters or less from a pistol-toting enemy, he can kiss his... whatever goodbye. A simple act of motion hypnotizing can delay any reaction on his part or enough time for you to disable the weapion in his hand, either by knocking it out of his hand, by a wrist-hold that points the weapon in another direction, or whatever.

That's why you just shoot the bastard as soon as you can.  :devil:

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Shrike
That's why you just shoot the bastard as soon as you can.  :devil:

Uhm... the assumption here is that the handgun-wielding guy is The Bad Guy™...

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Maeglamor

The internal martial arts can be practised by almost anyone of any age and they have proven health benefits and I don't just mean being able to move fast. Think acupuncture without the needles and with negative instead of positive effects and you start to see the potential of the internal arts. That's only the stuff you can see, the stuff that's going on that isn't evident is far more interesting.

that's very true Maeglamor... not many people are able to comprehend that.  They think it's impossible to have a martial art that has all benefits, but it's really not!

Strength, breathing, balance, stamina, speed, reflexes are all effects you reap from practicing an internal

[Knight Templar]

eh, my dad always would say "mind over matter" ...

something to that effect?

[Kamikaze]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
eh, my dad always would say "mind over matter" ...

something to that effect?

that's prolly a reference to the squishy jello we have in our heads than martial art

[Knight Templar]

that's me above by the way

The one with the foot on the other guys bum or the dude throwin the punch ?

[White Tiger]

oi...been busy...haven't had time to post...
I've trained Kempo, Kenpo, Tae Kwon Doe, Bak hok pai, Bak mei Pai, 18 Doaist Palms, Yang and Chen Tai Chi, Southern Dragon, Japanese Jiu-jitsu(My very first art actually...I was 8), Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu(only a few months worth) and Bak Fu pai. everything listed I have either trained at a school and certified or with a master. I I train to this day and expect to die doing it (Hopefully at a very advanced age:p)
 My favorite art is the last one...its very challenging and extensive.

[Shrike]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Uhm... the assumption here is that the handgun-wielding guy is The Bad Guy™...

And that is why Evil will always win.  Because Good is dumb!