Tomahawk

Sho Kosagi made a bunch of ninja movies that were really good in the 80's.

I am not that familiar with prankration. However, I feel that Hapkido is one of the most well rounded arts (this is a totally unbiased opinion). When I decided to start training in MA, I wanted to find an art that would teach me striking, grappling, throwing, and joint locks/manuevers. After doing a lot of research and searching for different training centers in my area, I ultimately chose Hapkido. I may train in another art in the future, but I feel that if I don't it does not matter. I am very comfortable with Hapkido. Another nice thing that is nice about Hapkido is the fitness aspect. A lot of grappling arts do not focus a whole lot on fitness. Since hapkido has a lot of taekwondo influence, it is a great workout also. Finally, hapkido can be used as a MA for sport as well as a MA for self defense. Hapkidoist may not be able to use everything in their arsenal at tournaments (because it is a very deadly art), but we can hold our own.

Hyperextensions deadlifts Bent-over dumbbell & barbell rows seated rows pull-ups lat pull-downs If you do deadlifts, I would suggest doing them sumo style. Traditional style deadlifts, the arms are on the outside of your legs and your legs are approximately shoulder width apart. When you do sumo, your grip is closer. Your arms should be on the inside of your legs. Your legs should be spread a little wider apart. This also helps strengthen your hamstrings.

The main reason that I train HapKiDo is because I wanted to learn a MA that could be used as a MA of sport or a MA of self defense. We work on striking (punching & kicking) and throwing, joint locks/manuevers, falling, & grappling. I'm sure that are things that could be improved upon

I have read quite a few post about different styles of martial arts. Let's face it; some styles are for sport, some are for fitness, some are for discipline and control, some are for self-defense, while some are a combination of two or more of the previously mentioned. In your opinion, what you say some of the best styles are for self defense? Thanks, Tomahawk

Bruce Lee Jet Li Steven Seagal Jean-Claude Van Damme Jeff Speakman Jackie Chan Chuck Norris Billy Blanks Oliver Gruner Wesley Snipes These are in no particular order

I think the key to a good movie with martial arts in it is just that: Make a good movie with martial arts in the movie. Don't make a martial arts movie. When people do this the plot tends to suffer.

I used to be a really avid bodybuilder before I got into martial arts. I still weight train, just not as vidly as I used to. It used to be my life for about seven years. I am an owner of a gym in Ohio. We always go to the Arnold Classic every year. I am 6'3". I got my picture taken with Arnold Scwarzenegger. He is 5'11". That is not really that short. In the bodybuilding world, Arnold is considered tall. It is much easier to give the illusion that you are larger and fuller than you really are when you are short, because the muscle bellies are so short and compact and the joints are usually small.

Dear Sir, We start off with 100-150 jumping jacks, 50 crunches, 50 pushups (10 on our knuckles, 10 on our fingertips, 10 traditional, 10 w/ hands in a diamond pattern, and 10 with our legs spread apart.) After this we go into various stretches. Next we usually work on kicks. Then we go into some forms. After that we do usually what ever the instructor wants. We usually finish off the class with sparring. Our class usually last 1.5-2 hrs.

Kibon Hyung is a Hapkido form. It is a very basic series of low/high blocks and low/high punches. It involves turning and using a walking stance.

I went to my first hapkido class this past Monday. I fell in love. We worked on stretching, high /low blocks, punching, Kibon Hyung, falls, one take-down, and one wrist break. The class was two hours long. I plan attending twice a week. Is this enough? Thanks, Tomahawk