italian_guy

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Welcome to KF. Nice town Dayton I remember a very beautiful aircraft museum. I also started my journey in MA with kickboxing and maybe next year I will go back to it.

I agree with those saying that is only a matter of schedules. If you have the time to do both go ahead! I've have cross-trained even when I didn't have a solid foundation on an art and I still had some benefit. If you are forced by circumnstances to chose one of the two ... well I think you made the choice already.

I think you've a good point here. Slapping is not meant to hurt but to mortify (btw actually no martial art teaches to slap because slapping is an inefficient way to hurt). So the sentence states not to resist to humiliations, but when you are personally attacked or you see somebody harmless being attacked... this is definitely another story.

Do you feel the knife defence aspects of KM to be more realistic or more vertual?The head instructor warned us to be not too confident in using those techiques in real situation because they are quite risky. Having said that my impression is that the head instructor was very expert and he could handle them quite well, in a less experienced guy the risk is actually non-negligible.

It happened yesterday. First impression before starting was already very good. I figured out that I knew the head Instructor already (He was the husband of a person that I've trained in Karate) so the atmosphere was actually very friendly. After warm-up an instructor showed me privately a lot of escapes from grabs, chokes etc. and he also teached me some phylosophical concepts concerning the art itself. At the end of the lesson I joined the rest of the group and the head instructor showed us some defense from knife attack. He is very experienced, he is in the special corps of italian police since 20+ years. He definitely knows what he is talking about. My general impression is that KM approch to fighting is not as elegant as in a traditional MA, but you can be sure it is effective! I can say that KM is not much an "Art" but for sure is "Martial".

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Happy birthday KF, still an amazing community after all these years.

Yes Goju is the most "internal" karate style. This is the reason why it is the karate style I like the most.

Congratulations from a new/old member.

Aikido and goju is an awsome cross-training combination.

I cross-trained for some time and I think that is beneficial; but to get the most benefit from this, the two arts should be different. You can associate a traditional martial art with a modern self defence-art, a grappling art with a striking art, an internal MA with a purely external martial art. Doing two art which are "similar" may also create interference and the benefit is limited. This is my 2 eurocets anyhow.

I started martial art in 2003 at the age of 42 and I left it in 2011 (50). My preferred martial art was goju ryu karate (although I trained also in JKD Kickboxing and Tai chi chuan yung style). Now that I'm returning to martial art I need to get to the practical side, I'm 56 now and I prefer a purely self-defence optimized art, without forms and without sport competition. Now that I'm not longer at the edge of my physical performance I prefer something that go straight to the point of self-defence. It's not a matter of loyalty, each MA is a sort of tool and if the scope or the capability of using that tool changes also the tool itself need to be changed. This is why I'm planning to practice krav Maga for the next future.

Thans a lot from an old (and returning) member.

Being in Goju Ryu Karate my first choice is Morio Higaonna. My second choice (as a former JKD practitioner) is Dan Inosanto.

I agree and I add that they should be different styles otherwise it may easily creaty body mechancs confusion!

I have a reference style which is GoJu ryu karate and I've tried other 3 (yang TCC, Kickboxing, JKD) I think that cross-training is fun and widen your ability. Sooner or later I will try to practice also a fully grappling MA (I'm thinking about Judo)

If someone has enaugh interest in the martial art culture, sooner or later, should actually try to practice an art. It is funny to me that someone is so culturally interested in something without actually try it. Unless he is unable to do it for physical reasons.

I'm pretty well. After some time continuing martial art practice I came back here to see if anything has changed since my last visit (I think it was back in 2005) I see new nicknames but also old ones. I'm glad the forum is continuing its life with interesting discussion... Anyhow I'll be back (not in 3 years from now anyway....)

Hello, after some time I'm visiting the site... How's everyone?

I think He could be like chuck norris today but with a more phylosophic touch.

Yes nice video, from my favorite BL movies.

Yes I fully agree with that. I've tried 4 different MA: Karate (GoJu), Kickboxing, Tai chi chuan (Yang), JKD/Kali, and at the end I figured out that karate is the one that suit me better, but it is a very personal choice, probably another person having made the same experiences would have made a different choice.