Anbu Alex

well there were advance classes for ppl to learn different styles while Beginners and intermidiets learned basics

I was watching a Capoeria demo and i saw people get hit in the circle it is a martial art just because there's not a set idea of sparring doesnt mean it isnt a Martial art

Wushu in its non sport form is a mixture of a bunch of kung fu styles taught as a basic and then when the practicioner gets to an advance level they specilize in one perticular style or thats how it worked in my old dojo also wushu can sometimes be another name for Kung fu

I always thought that Krav Maga had trows and locks hmmmm well if not its good to have both cause at first i wasnt a fan of throws untill i saw someone thrown on their head

Ummm hmmmm wat is there left to say lol where did u get that information i mean geez you explained everything but there are other ppl who say that they practice ninjutsu and i dont want to start a ninja war some ima leave it at that

yea ninpo has close ties to Shnito and Buhddist religions doing the kuji dont mean anything if you dont know the meaning of it

Yea kendo is about paticence and timing and waiting for an opening to attack

Unless some one is Kneeing you the power of the kick is at the foot so if you move in close and "Box" him in the face i also like Justfulwardog's idea

for self defense use you dont need to carry around a retractible bo (although that would be cool) if u know how to use the bo any stick on the ground can be your bo

oh it is but in my school they taught bjj for added ground work

sometimes techs that dont hurt arent ment for hurting a person they can be used to open up the opponents defense

now im not the biggest fan of bjj (i had to take it in jkd) but i will admit if its ground work you want its one of the best out there

we wear either a black gi or gi pants with a black or white shirt and i wished we had protective gear for sparring lol

First i took TKD got to Blue Belt then took Wushu Kungfu reached to 4 patch (we used a pach system) then Jkd got to around the advance Level Now im a 7th kyu in Bujinkan Taijutsu

in taijutsu our kicks are weird cause our chamber isnt a chamber (its hard to explian with type) but we have the equvilant to a sucker punch with kick where you kick like playing Hacky sack and the whole leg can be used to kick even the knee

the Kuji or hand postures arent necesarily for ninja magic they are more for focus and concetration or even to fake out an opponent alot of ppl's knowlage of the kuji are from Steven Hayes books, video games, movies, and comic books. Now the Question is am i lying to you or telling the truth ninja mind trick mwahahahahahahaha

In jkd like kung fu, boxing and tai jutsu they put their whole body into the punch to create proper body and bone elinement with power coming from the legs and opening the hips so in actuallity they are hit with their body weight not arm strength

ok thanks for clearing that up. i say it depends on who wants it more and trained the hardest

People in this post keep talking about strength in my opinion strenght isnt everything and boxer as someone brought up does have strength but combines it with development of speed, and Technique and able to fight for a long time. ive faced people who are stronger than me and beat them with pure technique strength doesnt always overpower tech thats more of a mma thing thats how the gracies dominated mma with tech usally also ppl who rely on strenght will lose to a guy with better endurance/Durability (i know from experience) im not denying strength is a factor but it isnt everything in martial arts

dont disagree with dating in the dojo but i say keep your two worlds seperate cause a friend of mind was in this situation and got sick of the grl trying to kiss him during class and now he has to step it up to get back in the groove

in some styles like kungfu tech in key in developing strength its like a double edge sword when it comes to these things this is a hard question to answer

the same can be said about kendo. kendo isnt battlefield fighting it was a sport derived from kenjutsu and iadojutsu but it is still considered a martial art

ima have to agree judo if you decide to be mean you can end the fight with a throw and all together stop going to the ground and even if it does go down the guy maybe stuned enough to end the fight

i like that you listed the factors of making a chioce in martial arts i got me thinking and reviewing my training to make sure im training right

thats awsome im happy to hear that its kool that your teach was still humble and seem happy that you just came to train i know that feeling i think thats why i like my dojo so much its like a family i felt that even more when i got promoted this week and everyone was happy for me even ppl who were there longer and trained longer than me that i passed in rank thats one reason why i stayed in the martial arts