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You know, i feel the same.. Judo will go better with your Shotokan than Aikido... but why not giving a shot.. maybe blend all 3 is even better. lol Many people have done it and with good results.

I haven't fought Muay Thai BUT i Understand what you say, it happends in all combat sports sometimes. In Boxing, some judges are more impressed for a flurry of ineffective punch than with one Solid blow to the Stomach.

YES!!! Take Judo you won't regret... Judo, even if its a sport, will teach you valuable things for real figthing, for example, you'll do free-sparring (randori) against a resisting oponent.. You'll learn throws and takedowns, if you feel you depend too much on the GI to do them, well, just take off the GI and try the takedowns and you'll see they work, you just need to change the grips a little its all body movements, and Also, you'll learn submissions on the ground. Self defense, No problem, just take the Judo Rule Book and go to the " forbidden" techniques and there's your manual for Judo self defense. lol Also, it won't hurt to check some videos of BJJ (more groundfighting techniques), Sambo (for Leg locks), Wrestling (more No Gi takedowns) , catch as catch can wrestling/Submission Wrestling (for painfull non conventional submissions), all those arts blend perfectly with Judo. For Strikes? well, you seem to have a strong base on Strikes so just keep practicing them. Hope this Help..

Freestyle American Karate... Hard to track the history on that one.. can be anything!!! Freestle/American Karate is a generic name for a combo of diferent Karate like Styles ex. Shotokan/TKD or Tang soo Do/Shorinryu or Kempo/Shotokan/Boxing etc.. That its done in a less traditional; Less oriental way or if you want to call it "americanized" karate. You can go and check the History of Karate in China, Okinawa and Japan but only your instructor can really tell you where His Karate came from.

Kali/Escrima was the style used on that film... i haven't seen the movie but i watched a "behind scenes" report and Matt Damon says the style was Kali.

Ahh Girls, Girls, Girls.. always un-decided lol

Wellcome to the boards, American Karate??? you mean Full Contact karate, Chuck Norris Karate, American Kenpo karate???

Stay on the Dojang that is better for you... You were very happy with the new one you found, if you like it there better and you can afford to pay it, STAY there. Im agree that you seem to be more serious about martial arts than Him. I think he's there because of you. On the other hand, you trully like it.

Take Muay Thai Kickboxing... good for both fitness AND self defense. Boxing is also a good choice, the workout is amazing.

Looks good, BUT if you are serious about it, you need TEACHING experience... Any style means nothing if you can pass it to your studends, otherwise, that style will died with you. Teaching a new system isn't easy and isn't something that everybody can do. In the Black belt magazine site you'll find a very interesting and very informative article about creating a new martial art that i recommend you and all the people of this forum to read. https://www.blackbeltmag.com then click on " Black belt Search " and put the title "CAUTION: NEW MARTIAL ARTS AHEAD"

I like the side-mount and take the Back..

Are they going to finally unify TKD into one style??

My instructor doesn't like to take risk with the kneebars...as soon as someone is able to put it right, he stop the fight. Kneebars can be devasting if you know how to put them right.

No matter how much complete any style looks like.... there are always room for improvement.. A style can look complete and well rounded on the paper BUT there's also the Master preferences... maybe the Master likes to join lock and throw more than he likes to Kick, or he likes punch and kick better than ground grappling, etc... I think that's the big problem with the "well rounded/complete" styles.. I'd say Take it, learn from it, and then look what its missing.. No matter how complete a styles looks, you can ALWAYS crosstrain and get better.

Oh that's great, i can practice some stuff in my apartament.. its just great to have your own space for training at home..

In my class, in grappling we don't have rounds ... we just roll for a couple of minutes, switch partners and roll.. switch again, roll.. etc.. For stand up... we do rounds, 2 or 3 depending on the day.. for about two minutes each. Equipments.. just gloves,cup and moutpiece.

For Hapkido.. Take Boxing or Muay Thai for full contact training and conditioning ... And BJJ for better ground fighting.

Oh well... about that Kimura/Oyama thing.. Then Oyama DID beat Kimura with his brain...lol Scared him away without having to physically fight him..The highest skill of the martial artist. Thanks for the info Now i know how Oyama really won that match..lol P.S. Also Shioda beat Tyson. lol

Again.. maybe the whole disrespectfull "Bad Boy" thing is just a gimick for the "show" part.

I fought when i was young and inmature... Now, my brain Do the fights.. lol

I Did that Style Seven Star Praying Mantis for sometime a couple of years ago. Since i was doing Karate/TkD before, i just didn't "click" with the Animal moves of the Kung Fu style. But the Intructor in charge was really good to me and taugh me usefull stuff.