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sorry shorinryu sensei and others there is a limit to the number of poll options thats why i grouped them the way i did otherwise i agree there are hundereds of styles but i cannot include them all im afraid although i disagree with 'american karate', 'japenese karate' karate origionated form okinawa so karate is okinawan there is karate in japan and karate in america however.

Just for interest i want to find out what the most studied martial arts style is there are gonna be some styles that i dont list cos i donts know everything so im including an other coloumn. It is also going to be generalised otherwise the poll will be too big. Ill run the poll for two weeks and i think the most used style will be either karate or Tae kwon do. Please include all of the arts they you learn currently ,not have learnt. If some people study other martial arts that i havent listed could you please list what it envolves and explain them for the benefit of everyone. You never know i mite take up another one.

well done the hard work has paid off keep it up

I think its called freerunning or parkour ive seen it done lots of times but not to this quality could make an awsome martial arts movie

I dont think their is a deadly martial art they can all ber deadly if they are executed correctly

white red orange yellow green purple x2 brown x3 black

My sensei has studied and passed a black belt grading under Sensei Kanazawa im hoping to got to a course run by him in the spring

i dont know either in the words of bruce lee whats the point boards dont hit back

injuries always heal with time light exercise does help try some running and a bit of stretching the best thing i have found is that when you injure yourself just get on with is and forget about it it will heal over time i know it can be difficult to forget but just keep going also do the stretch where you go into kiba dachi (horse riding stace) make sure both you knees are equally bet and push out on them with your elbows and look at the ceeling .

If is remember there is a thing on the jeet kun do film about this issue an american that had a dan degree in judo and a dan degree in shotkan karate didi a study for bruce lee about the compaarision of the two bunches an dthe study revealed that the JKD punch was indeed more powerful personally i dont think this is correct as JKD is done from a very shotstand and i cant see how it is more powerful as there is very little use of the hip but if you have seen bruce lees one inch puch then you will see that he manages to generate power from a very short distance Please tell me where the power comes from because it has been bugging me

mine kina huuuuuuui althought when i was litlle i did try funny works once like beans on toast or bunjee jump

i belive wing chug because it is a basically close quater martial art in the main and when you need to defend yourself you are usually in a close quarter situation you arnt in a big field with lots of space to manuver or dodge

you all make very good points but picture this for a moment Say you are meant to have a fight with someone you would walk away but supposide you couldnt and they pull a knife on you i belive that is cheating and that they are a coward for needing a knife to fight you or if you had a knife an started fighting them it is like shooting an unarmed man, its not right. i belive that any proper fighter wouldnt need weopons to help them defeat an opponent that is unarmed if however it was a life or death situation then i belive that it is ok to use one to protect yourself and other people

kick to the groin then uppercut but really depends on the situation in some situations it may not be possiblw

we do the same at our dojo but we base the techniques on kata really there is a traditional section and a self defence section that is linked to the traditional section confused!!

the best guard is your arm to not get hit iv got braces and have got hit nothing happened just a cut

Jackie Chan for the way he uses any object to his advantage and bruce lee just for his awsome speed

I woz just wondering does anyone know where i can find videos of jyu ippon techniques for shotokan on the net iv been looking and cant find anything if anyone can come up with some ideas ill be very grateful

i did enpi last night and im still tired from the training we did, we did it for 45 minutes and it was a great workout

an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth defend your self in a real fight you can defend yourself without actually hiting anyone it can be done

dont keep blocking cos eventually they will hit you nobody can block everything just lay into then keep attacking and watch for their counter attact block then and then counter yourself other than that be brave dont care about getting hit and just attack eventually you will hit then also work on your speed

Heian kata (all) Tekki shodan kihon kanku dai jion enpi basai dai all shotokan kata

3 people is about the most anyone can fight of we do it in our dojo but never more than 3 poeple the best option is to run and call the law

dont get hit lol

absoutly class