Akikazeninja

Need some people to chill with and practice MA, it would be cool to meet some people from other Ma's and crosstrain with each other!

By the way welcome to Karateforums

Yeah don't take this harshly but the meaning behind martial arts being so difficult is that when you're progressing you feel accomplished, it wouldn't make you persevere to rank higher if you trained at a mcdojo and got handed belts like it was nothing so if you do decide to do it persevere and accomplish things. Nah, I get that. I never once said or expected belts to be handed out like candy, all I was doing was expressing a concern. A concern I have to take into my own hands to get over. I do want to do it, even if my original post may or may not have given that impression. I totally understand what you're saying, and if you genuinely do want to do it but don't aren't always wanting to be training at the dojo you're at then find another one Like you sadi about the big class, I train with my sensei and two other people so we pretty much have private classes and I love it so if you are looking for that then more power to ya I am sure you would love it, good luck finding one you love

Yeah don't take this harshly but the meaning behind martial arts being so difficult is that when you're progressing you feel accomplished, it wouldn't make you persevere to rank higher if you trained at a mcdojo and got handed belts like it was nothing so if you do decide to do it persevere and accomplish things.

welcome to karateforums lewes I don't know much about meijin so I won't say they are good or bad but what I can say about ronin is that they are excellent one of the guys in my dojo has a heavyweight ronin gi and that thing is beautiful! It is pretty heavy (wears like a tank) but it is so nice I ordered one from kinjisan.com a few days ago. I don't really think you could go wrong with either of them though.

Thank you! I am not hating on BJJ because I would actually like to try it out but I just wanted to capitalize on what you said because it seems like everybody I talk to thinks that BJJ did not come from JJJ, and when I type in JUJUTSU on youtube or google all the searches that come up are brazilian jiujiutsu and it kinda bothers me seeing traditional martial arts being sort of swept under the rug by all the newer MA's

It is funny you post this because I was looking at buying a meijin and then I saw a post identical to this one on another forum saying that their customer service is horrible and so I ordered the ronin because if I ever hear if a company that doesn't treat its customers like they should I never buy from them. It just makes sense that if you own a company and you want people to have an enjoyable and smooth experience buying from you so they come back for more not leave angry and boycott you.

I ended up going with the ronin because I heard that meijin has a terrible customer service reputation and if my gi didn't fit I want a company that will work with me

I can't stand when people do things like this, there are a few things here I would like to talk about, first off every dog has his day, I know he repeatedly beat black belts but he might have just gotten lucky, but the biggest thing I see here is that who freakin cares if they were black belts?! I have two friends at school that are "black belts" but it only took them a year and a half to get them because their instructors just wanted to test them and get the test fee and they are horrible fighters. When we mess around and fight I beat them every time and I am only 8th kyu- after a year of training- so just because he beat black belts doesn't mean he is good. But even if they were legit black belts and have earned what they are wearing then he is a good fighter but it is still completely wrong to just buy something that so many people work years for in a day and say you earned it. But props if he is a good fighter

This is exactly what I was going to suggest, why waste all that hard work and dedication to have it ruined by someone else?

I am getting a new heavyweight gi (in black) and was wondering which brand you guys suggest, and I wear a size 5 in a century gi so what size should I get in either of these brands, thank you

I think all these topics about what martial arts go well together can sometimes not cover the topic of it doesn't really matter so much on the specific martial art as it does the instructor because I have been training in japanese jujutsu for a year but my instructor has a background in wrestling so he combines the two in our self defense class to make a great mix, but like they say in krav maga in a street fight they usually have friends so if you take it to the ground you better be ready to get up fast or get your head stomped

Nicely put! I strongly agree and would like to add that we can all talk about how this MA is like this or this MA does this but even within a MA there are different ways of it being taught. My sensei has trained in 2 of the three different organizations in my martial art(ninpo taijutsu) and they each teach the techniques differently and they both cover groundfighting, grappling, throwing, weapon, striking, and so on and I think that in every MA you will find that they encompass most of these things as well, they just have different approaches to them

Ok well thats the whole point of this forum is to post things that will spark discussion, who said I am judging anybody? I am just saying I think that it makes the martial art community look bad so thats why I wanted to see what others think.

I am not gonna bash any martial arts because my sensei has taught me many life lessons and a major one is too never judge before I have tried it and also due to the fact that a lot of McDojos come from a bad instructor, but isn't anybody getting fed up with dojos testing their students as soon as possible to get money and their students couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag or they have no knowledge of the martial art and its history because their instructor and dojo leaders are slacking?

There are a few schools of taijutsu that are now forgotten because a person chose not to teach it, so he is probably just trying to pass on the tradition

Who makes a high quality black gi suited well for a little grappling and throwing?

I train in taijutsu and commando krav maga and both rely a lot on weapons locks and throws I used to do tang soo do and it was ok but when I switched to these I got addicted.

My dojo trains with revgear equipment and it is very quality stuff century is good too

You guys have obviously never trained in commando krav maga because everything I have trained in that class is that opposite of finishing one guy before moving to the next and poor body movement. Ikno a few poliecmen and men in the military that tell me they wouldnt want any other martial art when it comes down to it, so I wouldnt bash it. But commando krav maga is diff from straight krav maga so they might not train the same as we do

Our belt system is just white then green at 9th kyu all the way till 3rd kyu then you get your brown belt till shodan

Just the attitude that bothers me is my point

Very good point people will always be wanting to do the "new" MA because "the grass is always greener on the other side" so I think people get irritated because they feel their Ma is outdated because nobody talks about it

I am probably gonna touch a lot of subjects so sorry haha So to start off I dont think its all BJJ I have a friend in XMA and he thinks he could beat my style Ijust nod my head and walk away I just think that it is the people with big egos and you find those in every martial art so there is that secondly I train in a very traditional martial art (go on youtube and type in hatsumi sensei he is the grandmaster of my MA and is very wise) and one very wise thing my sensei told me was to never bash another MA no matter how much I dont like the way they conduct themselves never bash another MA because it makes you look bad so I think people that bash BJJ are probably just speaking on the moment and they dont even know what they are talking about because I love training in traditional jujutsu and bjj cant be far off so more power to your MA and dont let haters trash your your MA

I understand what you mean