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Okay, I'm planning on taking Judo in the spring but I'd also like to take a striking art. Now here's my question, the school I'm planning on going to next fall offers Tae Kwon Do along with Hapkido and Aikido as clubs and a gym class that is supposedly Karate. My question is, would TKD go well with Judo or would there be problems since they are from different countries? Or would Karate go better with Judo? Or the third way is it all just a matter of preference? Thanks for your time.

Does anybody know where I could get some Judo match videos that isn't too expensive? I found the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Judo matches on DVD but that was around $100 + and I don't have that much to spend on any DVDs. So if you could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

Genki Sudo Andrei Arlovski somewhat Chuck Liddel and Karo Parysian

I realize that it can be applied to a person with "normal" clothing on, but it wouldn't work against somebody who was topless without training for it. But that is getting ahead of myself, I need to learn the art before I can go into MMA competitions.

It seems just about all the fighters I see on the UFC have some for of Jiu-Jitsu background (mainly Brazilian or Gracie) but I've only seen a couple (actually one) who has a background in Sambo. (that would be Andrei Arlovski, he was a world champ in Sambo before MMA) Now, on another forum somebody said that Arlovski attributed his ground game not to Sambo, but in fact to BJJ. So here's my question: Is Sambo outdated or just not effective and that's why it's not used much in UFC/MMA? or is it just not as popular thus making it harder to find a school and therefore reducing the amount of people training (at least in the U.S)? Also, what are the differences between GJJ or BJJ and Sambo? I've read and heard that Sambo focuses more on the legs than BJJ does, is that true? So basically, I'm just looking for your opinion on Sambo and how it relates to BJJ. Thanks in advance.

Are there schools that teach Judo without the gi? I ask this, because I've seen Judoka in Pride FC and to a lesser extent UFC that do Judo but of course nobody is wearing a gi so I'm just wondering if there was schools that actually taught that or if they just learned by themselves and taught themselves. Also, I know this depends on the place, but would the average Judo dojo train people with no gi if they asked, or would there have to be a seperate school? And finally, are there no-gi Judo competitions? I know there are gi and no gi Jujitsu competitions so I'm just curious to see if Judo has the same. Sorry if this has been asked before but I used the search feature and about 66 pages came up and I just looked through the first 5 or so before giving up. Thanks for your time. Any constructive feedback would be most appreciated.

You may say that now, but if you saw me you probably wouldn't run. Most of the weight is because of my "beer" belly (even though I drink no beer, but there is a lot of soda) and my arms aren't that big. Anyways, back on track. Would Hapkido be a good striking art that would be able to be used in MMA competitions or would I need something else, and also does it cover enough submissions to enter in a MMA competition? Since I have two terms before I go to a 4-year school, I may end up doing one semester of Judo and then the summer semester of Hapkido and just see which one I like better. Thanks for both of your replies, I appreciate it.

Okay, so in August my foot hurt really bad and I couldn't walk so I ended up going to the doctor and she said that it was either plantar fasciitis or a stress fracture (she thought that because she was doing ultrasound therapy and it hurt my foot to do it, which is a sign of a fracture) So I went to get X-rays done and it turned out to be plantar fasciitis. If you don't know what plantar fasciitis, it is a form a tendonitis in the foot that can hurt very bad and actually prevent walking on that foot. Anyways, it's been about 2 months now and it feels better but I have orthodics in the form of insoles for my shoes and that helps too. Here's my question: does anybody here have plantar fasciitis (or had it) and if so, are you able to train well? I'm planning on doing Judo and probably a little later Tae Kwon Do, would the plantar fasciitis cause a problem with that? Anybody with experience of plantar fasciitis, I would encourage to post their stories and answer my questions. Thanks for your time.

I definitly have to say UFC. Pride is okay, but there are a few things that I have problems with. One of them being that since they use a ring similar to a boxing ring whenever they get too close to the edge the ref relocates them in that exact position in the center of the ring. I don't like that, and I prefer the cage in UFC since it keeps the fighters in the ring and it prevents the need to relocate the fighters. Also, I don't like how you can hit a downed opponent just about anywhere in Pride. Now I know that in a survival situation that would okay, but this is a sport and not survival, I personally don't see the necessity to do that, which is why I like UFC. Personally, I wouldn't be able to stomp somebody on the ground (at least not right now, maybe if I was training in MMA my views would be different) just because I think it's dishonest. Now make no mistake, if I was in a life or death situation (or something that may have seemed like it at the time) I would stomp like crazy because I don't want to be able to be attacked by that same person again once they got up. Another problem with Pride is the gloves that they use. In UFC the gloves are smaller which allows people to get chokes in and better mobility with the hands whereas the gloves in Pride are thicker making it harder to do certain things. But this is all biased, I have only seen 1 Pride event (Pride FC: Bushido Vol. 1) and I've seen many UFC events so...ya. there's my opinion.

I'm moving to Dekalb, Illinois (hopefull) to attend Northern Illinois University. I've been looking for dojos for jujutsu/jiu-jitsu/judo and basically any other dojos but I haven't found much up there and it's too far to drive to Chicago just to take a class,so I don't know. They offer a Tae Kwon Do/Hapkido martial arts club so I might get into TKD while up there.

There is a place close to me that offers it but the problem is I don't have a way to pay for it now because my hours have been cut back at work and I still have school. By the time I'm able to afford it (probably late spring early summer) I'll be moving in a couple months so it isn't worth it. Thanks for the suggestion though.

So I've come across a few arts that have been trademarked (the most recent is Miyama Ryu Jujutsu, here is the link to the site: http://www.miyamaryu.org/) and I wonder why they do that? Are all the specific schools of martial arts trademarked or just some and does it only have to do with arts that were created in the United States? I haven't come across any Danzan Ryu trademarks and that was kinda created in the United States, so I'm confused. Is the trademark used to make it seem like there are only a few elite schools that teach this art so you should fork over a ton of money per month or is it so people with bad intentions can't take the name of the art and exploit it for their own liking or a third option is neither of those and it's something else. Anyways, could somebody please explain the need for trademarking in martial arts? Thanks.

Nevermind. I "google"ed it again and came up with the official website. Miyama Ryu Jujutsu is a combat version of jujutsu and isn't geared towards sports at all, so I'm not doing it.

Okay, so as I posted in the "Getting Started In The Martial Arts" forum, I'm looking into taking Jujutsu at the community college I go to. I looked at the course listing and they said it was "Miyama Ryu" Jujutsu. I have not heard of the Miyama school and I tried googleing it and nothing helpful came up, so I'm asking the people on here. What is special (if anything) about the Miyama school of Jujutsu? There is a local dojo that teaches Danzan Ryu, would that be better than the Miyama Ryu? (of course, cost is always a factor though) Also, would Miyama Ryu Jujutsu be able to transfer to MMA competitions if I so decided to enter them? Thanks for your time.

I'm not in law enforcement, nor do I want to be, but a kid I work with plans to go into law enforcement and is majoring in something to do with computers because he wants to work with law enforcement in the computer area. He told me that when he spoke with a recruiting officer at a job fair, the officer told him to get a degree in whatever he finds interesting or applicable to what he wanted to do because as for training, the police academy would do the police training for him, so he didn't need to major in criminal justice at all. I hope that helps some.

So I've posted before with a list of what I can take at college and that I've basically decided to take Hapkido. But looking at it, I may want to take Jujutsu. The school doesn't say which school of jujutsu they teach just that they teach it. So, here is the deal: I'm about 6' 3" and around 255 lbs. I'm pretty out of shape but I plan to get back into shape. I'd like something that would teach me how to defend myself (which is why I wanted Hapkido in the first place) but I've also considered (in the past and somewhat now) in doing MMA, for amature competitions. I don't really have the money to go to a dojo, so the college class (which would meet once a week for about 1 1/2 hours) would be my first taste of training for awhile. (I could also take a summer Jujutsu or Hapkido class too) Now I'm planning on moving next fall to relocate to the 4-year college that I hope to be attending so I'm not sure yet what arts are available in the town but I know that the college has a Hapkido club that offers belt testing and teaching. Now here's my question: would Jujutsu be adequate enough to be able to defend myself in a fight if need be? and if not, would Hapkido be able to hold its own? If I took Jujutsu, I'd probably find a place that offers Western Kickboxing or Muay Thai so that I would be able to be able to stand up and fight too. But with Hapkido, I think I would just leave it at Hapkido and not take anything else, since Hapkido teaches kicks and punches along with other stuff. So if you could please offer some advice, I'd much appreciate it.

this all depends on your goal of lifting. I would personally say that you should have at least 4 days of cardio but if you must cut it short, I would say don't just rely on your BJJ to do the cardio, you must run/jog/bike/swim/jump rope. Something that is pure cardio. Plus, if you do end up doing cardio 3 times a week, one of the days should be high intensity training. For example. sprinting for a couple minutes then jog for one or two then sprint more again and keep repeating that. As far as weight lifting is concerned, 3 times a week is plenty and don't try to push it too hard as you may end up hurting yourself or you'll burn out. And for your abs, a lot of cardio and crunches can give you the abs, if it's your body type, but remember that not everybody will have the ability to look a certain way. There may be a layer of fat around your abdomin (sp?) and it may not go away. Now I don't claim to be an expert on this, but this is just what I have picked up from many different forums and what people have told me directly.

Now my opinion may not matter because I haven't taken either of the two arts (I'm planning on starting Hapkido this spring and I planned to take Muay Thai but I had foot injuries and training would've been too much money for me now) but just knowing about the two arts I would say if you want a street effective art I would do Hapkido. The only reason I say this is because it teaches some ground work (if I'm not mistaken, any HKD people or just anybody can correct me on that) and while Hapkido doesn't offer as good as striking as Muay Thai does, like I said before, it offers ground work. You should be able to do battle standing and on the ground and Muay Thai doesn't offer any ground work training. Now if you were to do Muay Thai and Judo/Jujutsu/Sambo or just about any other grappling art, that would be the best choice, in my opinion.

As for the pull-ups, I'm not a fitness guru or anything, but I would say that they would be fine since it is just a bodyweight excersise. The problem that people get into stunting their growth is when they lift too much weight. For example, I work at a movie theater and Friday and Saturday nights the theater has security guards work and help control the crowds. Well I was talking with one of the guards and he said that his feet don't really arch anymore because when he was around 16 he was squatting around 400+ lbs. regularly. But as I said, bodyweight excersises (pull-ups, push-ups, dips etc.) should be fine since it's just your body weight.

You have a point. But another reason that I'm crossing out Judo is that the class is about 15 weeks long and we meet once a week. Now I went to a Judo dojo and observed a class and talked with the instructors and they said that you need to learn how to fall correctly before you can get into any Judo and in fact they teach Danzan Ryu Jujutsu for about 6 months before you can get into Judo. My point being, in order to learn how to throw you need to know how to fall and from my understanding, learning to fall correctly can take awhile and we have at most 15 classes at 1 hour and 15 minutes and I would think at least half of them would be about falling. Or they would skip throwing altogether and just work on ground work, in which case I would just do Jujutsu. And yes, I'm aware there is throwing in Hapkido and we would have to learn to fall correctly there too, but there is more standing skills than just throwing so they could teach us the striking and pressure points along with the ground work. I admit, I dismissed Judo at first as just being a sport, but I read what others had to say about it and my mind changed. It's just that I don't have the time to learn to fall correctly.

I'm not sure. According to NIU, Hapkido evolved from Chung Do Mu Sool Won and CDMSW was, in fact, an ancient art in Korea.

So what's the difference between Chung Do Mu Sool Won and Hapkido? Northern Illinois University has a Korean Martial Arts "club" (it's more than a club since they offer belt advancements and have black belts teaching and a leader that's sole purpose is to teach) but they offer Chung Do Mu Sool Won and Hapkido but don't offer the difference between the two. All they say is that Chung Do Mu Sool Won is an ancient Korean art whereas Hapkido was developed in the 20th century. Is that the only difference or are there differences in training techniques? Thanks for your time.

Okay, so I go to a community college (until the spring term is over, so May) and they offer some martial arts for gym classes. Here is the list of what they offer: Aikido, Hapkido, Judo, Jujutsu and Karate. Now I'd like to take one of those because it's cheaper than going to an actual dojo and it gives me a taste to see if I like it. So my question is, which art should I choose? I was originally looking for an art that is just striking (such as Karate) since I didn't like the thought of rolling around with sweaty people but I've gotten past that, so I'm willing to do either striking or grappling. I'm also doing this more for self-defense rather than for sport, so that kinda eliminates Judo. Also, more about me, I'm 6' 3" about 255 lbs. and it isn't mostly muscle, so I need an art that will allow me to do a lot of stuff even though I'm not in the best shape. As for my martial arts background, I did Kum Do for about 4 months before giving it up because I didn't really see a use to it. Looking at each art, I kinda want to do Hapkido. It seems to offer everything I want and the college I plan to transfer to (Northern Illinois University) has a Hapkido "club" that does belt testing and works on techniques with a man who is a black belt in Hapkido and is supposedly good at teaching. So my questions are a.) out of the arts I listed available to me which would be your preference that would fit my situation? b.) Is Hapkido a good art for a beginner learning for self-defense? Thanks for your time.