What martial art do you study?

Jack Bauer Ctu

Hey all hows the going? Im completely new to this site, seems pretty cool. So what martial art or arts do ye all study? Im currently studying Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido.

james308

Jack Bauer Ctu wrote: »

Hey all hows the going? Im completely new to this site, seems pretty cool. So what martial art or arts do ye all study? Im currently studying Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido.

Whats hapkido? I do boxing and bjj

scottie pippen

Been doing Mugendo Kick Boxing for a few months

SEANoftheDEAD

I've been studying Jiu-Jitsu since early this year. Traditional style, not BJJ.
Have to say, I love every bit of it, wish I had of taken it up years ago.

Pride Fighter

james308 wrote: »

Whats hapkido? I do boxing and bjj

It is a Korean martial art utilising joint locks and throws. It's a very visually striking martial art. Go to 2:08 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noWuE3aH5uQ&feature=related for the classic hapkido throw.

james308

Pride Fighter wrote: »

It is a Korean martial art utilising joint locks and throws. It's a very visually striking martial art. Go to 2:08 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noWuE3aH5uQ&feature=related for the classic hapkido throw.

Thanks very much, sounds like it would a rare martial art this day in age?

maguffin

james308 wrote: »

Thanks very much, sounds like it would a rare martial art this day in age?

Not as rare as you might think....check this Irish website:

http://www.irelandhapkido.com/

arybvtcw0eolkf

Primarily I'm Judo, but with a some BJJ thrown into the mix.

hidinginthebush

I've been doing kung fu with the UCD Shaolin club for the past 5 years.

Jack Bauer Ctu

james308 wrote: »

Whats hapkido? I do boxing and bjj

This explains what Hapkido is better then I could!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapkido

Jack Bauer Ctu

maguffin wrote: »

Not as rare as you might think....check this Irish website:

http://www.irelandhapkido.com/

Thats an even better link, cheers.

just-joe

Can't say that I study it, but I do do judo.

Charlie3dan

Primarily Karate and BJJ as much as possible.

pearsquasher

Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu aka Ninjutsu for me

Studying since 1989 and with my current teacher 10 years now. Teaching since 2006.

We study unarmed striking, kicking, grappling, throwing, ground, escaping, restraining, sword, stick, knife, chain, projectile, multiples, protection of others, self-defence etc - all one one unified holistic method.

I don't need anything else because I'm still refining the basics of Bujinkan.. which is the key to mastering the system.

hluhk2

judo, muay thai and krav maga

Pride Fighter

Black belt in kenpo karate. I've also tried my hand at BJJ and boxing.

-Trek-

Wish I had started when I was younger, but learning Judo. I suck at throwing, at being thrown, but know how to break fall so its all good.

Unpossible

HanMooDo would be my primary martial art, since october I have been training in Judo as well to help my throwing and ground work in HanMooDo and beause Judo is fun

CageWager

Gypsy Jiu Jitsu.....






.....i'll get my coat.:D

tribalwings

Kung fu based on Ming Chuan

james308

Do you think there is a combinations or martial arts that would see you successful in M.M.A? Apart from the obvious is there dieing arts that would serve well. E.g Wing zhun and karate

smacl

Just getting back to some tai chi chuan, after a bit of a break. Have done some shuai jiao, san shou and a couple of years of wado ryu back in the day. Also going to a boxing class with my daughter, though just for fitness / pad work and the craic.

dave80

james308 wrote: »

Do you think there is a combinations or martial arts that would see you successful in M.M.A? Apart from the obvious is there dieing arts that would serve well. E.g Wing zhun and karate

probably not

JohnMc1

Not training at the moment. I was doing Oyama Karate but the club recently closed down.

TrollHammaren

Background in Tae Kwon Do, but doing Judo and German Police Jujutsu nowadays.

da-bres

BJJ FTW

vampire of kilmainham

jet kun do i also spent a year with the sholinn monks when i was travelling and learned a lot of specialist martial arts things generally not known in the western world

dubdamo

vampire of kilmainham wrote: »

jet kun do i also spent a year with the sholinn monks when i was travelling and learned a lot of specialist martial arts things generally not known in the western world

Just out of interest, where are you studying Jeet Kune Do ? I know of a club up in Skerries, from your username I presume you're closer to the city Centre.

Krav Maga around a year now - I have precious little spare time so suits my lifestyle great and find it enjoyable if a little basic at times.

Niall Keane

Wudang (Practical) Tai Chi Chuan

www.sanshou.webs.com/lineage

KathleenMcCabe

Kali (Filipino boxing, emptyhands, knife, stick and machete etc),
Maphilindo Silat (Guro Dan Inosanto's version of silat designed for street combat),
Western martial arts (shillelagh, Longsword, sword and shield, spear, axe, kearns axe)

Peetrik

vampire of kilmainham wrote: »

learned a lot of specialist martial arts things generally not known in the western world

Hahaha thats a wind up right? Gave me a chuckle anyway

I tried Kickboxing, Taekwondo, Wing Chun, Bujinkan and MMA before finding Muay Thai.

Now I just train Muay Thai as I found it to be far superior to everything except MMA. MMA was fun but I perfer the striking from Muay Thai plus there is none of the 'dim mak' and bowing nonsense that comes with a lot of martial arts. Oh and none of that 50e per belt shenanigans either

Damo W

Karate - Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo-jutsu.

www.koryu-uchinadi.com

Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo-jutsu is a modern interpretation of Okinawa's historic combative-like disciplines.

Mugendo Kickboxing and Boxing. Hoping to fit BJJ in after Christmas.

scottie pippen

Deleted User wrote: »

Mugendo Kickboxing and Boxing. Hoping to fit BJJ in after Christmas.

where is your mugendo club?

Conor2010

Judo in the city centre and some very small experience with BJJ.Tried to contact SBG about doing classes there but no joy in getting back to me yet.

JohnMc1

Conor2010 wrote: »

Judo in the city centre and some very small experience with BJJ.Tried to contact SBG about doing classes there but no joy in getting back to me yet.

John Kavanagh the owner of SBG Ireland posts on here as SBG Ireland. Maybe you can send him a PM and he'll get back to you faster.

cade

Hmm been a long while since posting in this forum.

Like everyone interested in Martial arts should I tried a bunch of arts and settled on what I liked. These are

• Wado-Ryu Karate, which I've been doing since I was a teenager across a few different federations.
• Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu which I really enjoyed but had to put on hold for the last few months due to college and uncertainty over hours available to train. I'll be returning to this in the new year to a different club that suits my times.

In college I trained in some of these, some of which I'd like to return to.

• Brazilian Jiujitsu, I'd love to return to this. Will check club recommendations posted around here for info.
• Kick boxing, great for fitness though not really my thing.
• Shotokan Karate, really just done as an addition to my wado-ryu training.
• Judo, was interesting though I've taken to Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu instead.

CageWager

Conor2010 wrote: »

Tried to contact SBG about doing classes there but no joy in getting back to me yet.

SBG are offering free training for the whole month of January to anyone interested in getting started. I'd highly recommend you head down to either the longmile road or city centre gym and avail of this offer.

Doug Cartel

CageWager wrote: »

SBG are offering free training for the whole month of January to anyone interested in getting started. I'd highly recommend you head down to either the longmile road or city centre gym and avail of this offer.

Isn't the free training just in the Longmile Rd. gym?

reganreggie

Doug Cartel wrote: »

Isn't the free training just in the Longmile Rd. gym?

Yeah its just the long mile road that is free for january, still a great offer though.

CageWager

There's a big banner ad on the SBG city centre website saying free training for january and it links to a form that has an option for longmile or city centre.

http://www.sbgireland.com/index.php/sbg-city-centre

Doug Cartel

CageWager wrote: »

There's a big banner ad on the SBG city centre website saying free training for january and it links to a form that has an option for longmile or city centre.

http://www.sbgireland.com/index.php/sbg-city-centre

From the MMA forum:

SBG Ireland wrote: »

finally as an early 'gift' anyone out there thinking of taking up BJJ or MMA or looking for a good New Years Resolution i'd like to offer you the opportunity to train at Straight Blast Gym Longmile Road for the entire month of January for free!! we've a new Absolute Beginners Program starting in Jan so suitable for all levels. go to http://www.sbgireland.com/ for details

see you on the mat!

rondog wrote: »

IS this available in the City Centre gym?

SBG Ireland wrote: »

longmile road only

Gumbi

Peetrik wrote: »

Hahaha thats a wind up right? Gave me a chuckle anyway

I tried Kickboxing, Taekwondo, Wing Chun, Bujinkan and MMA before finding Muay Thai.

Now I just train Muay Thai as I found it to be far superior to everything except MMA. MMA was fun but I perfer the striking from Muay Thai plus there is none of the 'dim mak' and bowing nonsense that comes with a lot of martial arts. Oh and none of that 50e per belt shenanigans either

In fairness, that depends on what your into. Just because you don't agree with the traditional stuff doesn't make it "nonsense".

Peetrik

Gumbi wrote: »

In fairness, that depends what your into. Just because you don't agree with the traditional stuff doesn't make it "nonsense".

Yep, 100% its just my opinion. I don't want to threadspoil so without getting into a long winded debate on the merits and downsides of eastern culture and values.

Respect - Very important, for the teachers, students and the practitioner.

Tradition - Fine as long as it doesnt impede the development of the art.

History - Important and valid as long as its very clear that its being taught for the sake of history

However in my opinion "death punches" or strikes where you don't make contact but you attack their chi or whatever is all nonsense.

Gumbi

Peetrik wrote: »

Yep, 100% its just my opinion. I don't want to threadspoil so without getting into a long winded debate on the merits and downsides of eastern culture and values.

Respect - Very important, for the teachers, students and the practitioner.

Tradition - Fine as long as it doesnt impede the development of the art.

History - Important and valid as long as its very clear that its being taught for the sake of history

However in my opinion "death punches" or strikes where you don't make contact but you attack their chi or whatever is all nonsense.

Affirmative with the death punches.

p to the e

In the past it was Tae Kwon Do for about four years, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for about a year and at the moment it's Kyokushin Karate. Being doing that bout year and a half now. W=In the future would like to give wrestling a try.