Muaythaiboxer

well honestly i would rather be well rounded, there is always a weakness in every style so by haveing more tools available to me, if they where a better striker i would go for the takedown, if they happen to be a better grappler i will attempt to strike, they they are better at both i will clinch fight, if they have everthing on me i will utillize my proficent skill at long distence running lol. i think being well rounded makes me a better martial artist than if i where only to take one art.

AMITABHA

in my humble opinion when a rank is decided by the amount of money you have brought to the organisation instead of skill there is a problem.

Hate cannot be stoped by hate only compassion can stop hate - Buddha

if one man can defeat ten then ten can defeat one hundrid - Shinmen Miyamoto Musashi

he who knows his troops is a good general, he who knows his enemy is a brillent general, he who knows himself is enlightened - Sun Tzu

i am already the best in history all that i require is training- Cole Fowles

as all cherry blosems fall in there prime so it is with warriors - unknown

the way of the warrior lies in the unwavering exceptience of death - yorimoto tsunetomo

all things are inherently good, there perfect nature is just clouded by the dust of karma - Buddha

be an iron bar wraped in silk - unknown

an inept general will celibrate victory, but an enlightened master of stratagy will weep for his failure protect life - Sun Tzu

only you are responsible for your self - unknown

be like water flow with it - Bruce Lee

love your neibors but dont pull down your hege - Ben Franklin

a rolling stone gathers no moss - Ben Franklin

put your hands up, i wont hit someone with there hands down - Cole Fowles

the only difference between you and me and you is that i can make you ugly - unknown boxer

boxing was just the stage on which to introduce myself to the world - Muhammad Ali

a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - chinese proverb

just kick them they will undrstand - TBK karateforums member

if you love life dont squander time for that is the stuff life is made of - Ben franklin

take them you need them more than me (gives prayer beads to mugger)- Buddhist monk when robbed

every religion is a path to enlightenment - the Dali Lama

show me a loser and ill show you a loser - unknown

never push anyone they may push back - my dad

the sound of one hand clapping is irelavent because the hand does not exist - Cole Fowles

the path to enlightenment is as thin and narrow as the blade of a sword- unknown samurai

AMITABHA

honestly if you make your own you will be very disapointed you need to be a trained carpenter to make quality, dont order from catalogs either, show a desine to a local carpenter and he will be able to make one for about $500

i have tryed that, and as many of the members here have posted it doent work in fact once people found out i was training to go pro it seemed like i was the guy to knock off to prove you where a tough guy. never ever use your martial arts as a bargining chip

i carry my wits my moral guidelines, and my bare knuckles and shins.

MasterH, you seem to have a fairly positive view of the ATA yet you are not longer an instructer why is this if i may be so bold to ask?

well honestly i think he would lose badly to both Royce Gracie and Yeavs Edwards, i would love to see him fight Genki Sudo

LOL, actually she did skip potery class to go out. anyways i went and ran a 10k to make up for my lazyness, i still feel like im totally crazy but i have to say MA is just about the most important thing in my life next to family (and close friends) and religion, but isnt it just wierd how great MA is?

you guys seem on the leval and i appologise for being harsh on the ATA but its just that it seems so... wrong to me i mean i do martial arts to be a professional fighter and i just dont see much quality in the ATA in terms of actual fighting abilaty.

i will ask some questions

what is the ATA's goals? i mean they dont train great fighters and they dont have great self defence so what is the ATA's contribution to the martial arts?

also how can you justify giveing a 6 year old a BB at that age it is impossible for them to even have a remote grasp of the techniques needed to be considered a BB. or the philosophy behind it.

lol well its now undoutable, im crazy, the other night i had a date with a positively charming lady friend who happens to pritty much be my dream girl. Anyways i had to skip my BJJ class to go out and i willingly skiped practice for the first time in a very long wile. we where haveing an exalent time at dinner and although the food was great and the company better i could not enjoy myself because all i could think about was jiujitsu class. there i was with the girl of my dreams and all i could think about was rolling on the mats working on MA! i am stark raveing mad.

AMITABHA

five years minimum in a hardcore full contact school otherwise the belt means nouthing. hate to be anti ATA agin but do the six year olds deserve a BB in a year?

im a nice guy so i dont want to come off as a jerk but i have never had a good experience with the ATA not one, im shure there are decent MA's in the organisation but where is the contact? look i just think that if i can beat all the ATA blackbelts in my highschool (there are 9) with just my wrestling (and little effort) there is something seriosly wrong with the way they are teaching there students. not to mention that although i respect the charicter development i think the whole weapons and ground fighting is terrable im more qualified to teach ground fighting than the ATA school in my town. also although ATA is better than no MA there is nouthing at the ATA you cant get better someware else. better ground fighting = wrestling,BJJ,ect better strikeing = boxing,muay thai,ect

better self defence = krav maga, scars,ect

phisical fitness = any of the above arts,

look i think a person would get in better shape and better self defence skills from joining my highschool football team than joining the ATA, on the lighter side i think the world is a better because of the charicter development in the ATA. sorry if i offended anyone but its the truth.

also why dont you let non ATA members compete in ATA tournaments.

yep lol or even a BJJ white belt with 5 mounths experience.

well... i hate to say it but the street fighter if all the guy did was kata hes going to get droped.

well when i was young and needed something to do after wrestling season my dad put me in the ATA i got angry because i could destory all the kids my age and i really just wanted to wrestle, anyways i quit and whenever someone asks me about the ATA i just say that if a 11 year old wrestler can beat a 13 year old ATA BB you should take your money elseware where you will get quality training. overall i have a very very negative view of the ATA there nice people but any school that makes you buy sparring gear from them and only them and then tacks on an extra $60 for profit and then ontop of that even though your decked out in $150 sparing gear wont let you make contact and wont let you use your hands to the head i seem to see a really really watered down version of the game of slap tag.

AMITABHA

someone brought it up before but how about Mr, Lee va Yeaves Edwards both are light and quick and very strong.

just a question Aodhan why did you like the ATA? it seems just a little corrupt to me.

awsome i love to hear good wrestling storys!!! season starts in two weeks, cant wait.

one time at the district wrestling meet i was up against a guy whom i knew i could not take down, so i gave him the single and let him have my back, i then did my best move the gramby roll and pinned him, it got me to state but that same guy beat me there, lol

i will disagree, all martial arts can be learned without there cultural significance but the cultuaral stuff just makes them deeper and more fasinating...as long as the cultural stuff doent get in the way of learning the art its self then i think it is better to have it in.

i think best case senerio you get a good muay thai fighter in there and he totally KO's his opponent in the first 30secs then gets disquaified lol

well back in the day when i trained TKD and was first courting Muay Thai i was competeing in a full contact TKD tournament and the guy i was faceing was FAST and doing well gaining some points on me. then in desperation i decided to throw a thai kick and it went straight threw his gaurd and collided with his ribs he went down and even though he was wareing a chest gaurd he was unable to continue the fight.

my former Muay Thai gym did not do the Whai kru or other Thai cultural things i think it is importent to keep the cultural stuff in Muay Thai.

um could you describe the event a little rules, ect

was he a BB in another style because there are no belts in muay thai.

(Zoom Zoom Zoom Capoeira barra unn) sorry dont know the exact brazilian spelling but all this take just makes me want to start singing capoeira music its got great rythum.