KaratekaAikidoist

Well, if he's fighting you, you can hurt him (not bad though)

Could you imagine pooping you gi and then talking to your instructor?

I'm not sure either, I thought a friend told me that

and how do you know?

I'd choose bokken, already having one, because the bo and bokken weigh about the same. Also the bokken is easier to manuever and you eventually can work to sword.

Well, I know some bow arts are considered martial arts. I'm just asking if a regular compound bow is a fighting art. I'm not taking an art. I'm saying if I just took up plain archery, is it considered a fighting art.

Just checking in, dragon, did you make one?

I practice for 5 hours but only on saturdays. Most of the time, its 1 and a half hours

I heard pushing in and down on someones throat kills them. About the neck thing, my dad's done that to me. It only hurts a little

I don't think you'd get hurt, and you may get enough knowledge so that if you showed a real practioner he'd know what you were doing but I don't suggest it.

If its a Kama with a chain and weight at the end, its a kusara kama. The only art I know that uses it is ninjutsu. I'm not sure if there is much difference between a kama except the chain. Ask rich, he'll know

Sorry Rich, didn't mean to be rude. I thought I thanked you. The reason those schools aren't taking my interest is that I'm not close to any of them. I've said before, I live in the middle of nowhere. Another reason is I can't drive because I'm too young. No offense, those schools are fine, but I'm no where near them. I've looked for a dojo nearby and the ones I do find, don't call back or don't have a number I can find. And do the ninjutsu dojo's still participate in all the ninja "activities" such as powder making and such?

I just choose one that works for me

Come on! ANSWER SOMEONE!!!!!!!

Yea, thats true P.S. Ninjanurse, do you know how to make smoke bombs? seriously.

Yeah, I use toothpicks and sewing thread. Doesn't hurt though.

You could do that. Just rip off some wood parts. LOL

A little late, Dragon? lol

well, most people wouldn't. There are tons of things you can use as weapons.

Well, in a bar fight, a pool stick could be used as a bo or you could break it in two for escrima sticks. Most of these weapons came from Japanese and Chinese farming equipment. If you want to take a weapon art, do it but make sure you don't hurt yourself or ne thing. I prefer bokken or sword.

I've heard wood is good (that rhymes, lol) Make sure you don't get a "toothpick" bo because these people go to tournaments with a bo thats really thin and don't get the feel of the weapon.

Sometimes I use Sha "healing" during meditation I find it gives you more stamina but thats likely just in my mind

As my friends have told me, I'm martial arts obsessed. So I'd definetly go. Although, make sure you know the techniques well.

I know the ninja used bows but this wasn't it. Its main feature was the state of mind the archer is in, I think it started with a k. I just want to know if archery has any fighting value even though your not likely to have a bow with you on the street.

I've heard of a MA that uses a 6ft bow. It has a lot of mental preperation and such before you actually "fire" but I don't know the name. I've decided to take up archery after my grandpa gave me his very old compound bow. Granted, this is not a martial art, is archery still considered a fighting art? I was interested because I don't feel there is any art in pulling a trigger on a gun or on a crossbow and I wanted to try this.