Anyone into Martial arts?

[wetbandit2003]

Im a blue Belt in Shin Nagare and American Freestyle Karate.

www.huntsvillemartialarts.com
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[Superfly]

1. Why you yelling Kemosabe?

I practice BJJ and Kali Silat.

[wetbandit2003]

9. just playing with the HTML thingy!

sorry if I appear to yell
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[wyldwolf]

2. I had a friend teach me a little ninjitsu (sp?) once...

...and this guy was a BADASS. But he got into the ninja thing a little too much for me.

[Kamika]

3. no not really

But im asian so i automaticly get blackbelt in atleast 1 martial arts sport

[wyldwolf]

6. What was that line from "The Karate Kid?"

Danial: What kind of belt do you have?
Miagi: JC Penny - $5.99!

[Rainydaze]

4. Ving Tsun.

Chin Na.

[KittyWampus]

5. Tai Chi

Sword and Hands

Would love to learn double stick.

[DBoon]

7. Compare with Shotokan

How does American Freestyle compare with Japanese Shotokan?

I trained at a JKA dojo years ago. The toughest workout I ever got before or since.

[wetbandit2003]

10. American Freestyle

Is basically the fighting form that we use.
Shin Na Gare is the traditonal form that we use.

[Character Assassin]

8. Lifelong student of Judo

Since I was roughly 8. Am now 36, 2nd degree for years now, but I don't compete (and hence don't progress) since I'm pretty large physically and don't need the broken bones and strains/spraigns as I get older.

Studied for the better part of one summer at Kodokan in Japan. Those sonsabizatches are tough.

[ForrestGump]

11. Various northern and southern Chinese martial arts ('kung fu')

Also, along the way, some Korean and Okinawan karate-family styles and a spot of American kenpo (very close to certain southern kung fu styles). Oh, and a little bit of krav maga and small tastes of Chinese 'internal' martial arts: tai chi (Chen and Yang schools), hsing-I, and pa kua.
Mainly, for me, the 'external' Shaolin-based styles, though, including traditional weapons, five-animal forms, and (at times) 'modernized, street' fighting.

I love it. I NEED it, too.

I'm glad you found it.

[TSElliott]

12. Kendo in Elementary School

Not really a big fan of martial arts but I think its fun to watch little kids in Kendo matches, their body armor is bigger than they are.

[BigMcLargehuge]

13. Hapkido here

Blue Belt, working on Red.

In the past held various ranks in:

American Kenpo
Aikido
Kodokan Judo