tkd-student

So far, my instructors haven't taught us ground fighting besides some Aikido and Judo holds. I'd imagine, there are some tkd ground fighting tactics. I'll have to research that. the only tkd ground fighting tactic I've seen in the Do Jang so far, is a sweeping kick executed while laying on your side and used to get someone down

Jet Li, and he better not let me down!!!!

Sorry, not finished. I like tkd for the fitness, flexibility, and how you learn better ways to defeat oponents. Also it gives me something to feel good about for accomplishing something. I like Aikido because the moves are fast and give you the option of hurting oponents or just putting them in a hold. I like judo because the throws are good if the one your fighting is a grappler and doesn't give you space enough to execute kicks, punches, or even elbows. plus it gets your oponent pretty tired and hurt if you keep throwing them down. You can always put them in a Judo hold too, once they are down. So, I like learning all three

I take tkd, but my instructors teach us Aikido for getting out of holds and Judo throws, once we get to brown belt. In a sense, we learn all three. Last Saturday, I was promoted to yellow belt! I'm still tired from the test.

Thank you all for the ideas. next sparring session, I will punch enough until I can get some distance. I would use some judo, but we only do that on the mats and not during TKD sparring and neither can I use the Aikido unless I'm on the mats or training in self defence. We sparr with no contact I don't like no contact

I practice Kendo at home with whoever I can get to train with. what i've read about Kendo, is there isn't alot of defense. I would say, go in there and hit first, accurate, and hard. good luck

virtua fighter or soul caliber great way to get rid of frustrations.

harder. for durability, if you want to consider it the same as flexibility, I think that falls into the catagory of fencing coils, tai chi swords, or any other swords that are flexible. Some katanas are made flexible (mine is too cheap for that). Do you think i'm right when I say both hardness and durability keep a blade from shattering?

Thanks for the info shogeri.

The broadsword is ALOT hevier, but the Japanese knew how to fold the metal around and around to make a stronger blade.

thanks for the good ideas.

O.k. yeah, I guess I was thinking about self defense tactics, sorry. Anyway I would say, learning two styles at the same time would be difficult but not so if you have enough time in a day.

I don't think a fight with those settings/weapons would use much defense. I think both warriors would go for the first strike. I know from the history channel katanas were made extremely harder. If the swords met I THINK the broadsword would shatter and the Samurai would win, otherwise both warriors would DIE.

O.K. what if you try a particular style and your oponent is good at countering that style? wouldn't it be helpful to try another style altogether? Say an oponent stays too close for me to use kicks learned from TKD, then I could use a Judo throw or an Aikido take down. I agree not to create a hybrid. But I think it's helpful to have as many options available.

I am pretty new to martial arts and was wondering what internal arts are.