delta1 Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Well, I went and did it today. I changed styles (sort of). I signed up with a Freestyle TKD class that I've worked out with for about the last four years any way. They are not traditional TKD, and they also do Modern Arnis and a little aiki and grappling. I'll still be doing some Kenpo, but I'm not able to continue with the school I was with so I'm having to make adjustments. I am still doing Taiji also. In some ways it's tough to do this. I really enjoy Kenpo. But in other ways I'm sort of looking forward to it. I can see a lot of the principles at work in TKD, and one of the things I want to do is convert some of their moves to utilize these principles in their fighting stance. This group already does some of this because they do their one steps and self defenses as traditionally taught, then they do them on a moving or resisting partner. They also string moves together to make techniques, similar to Kenpo. Any how, we'll see how it goes. Freedom isn't free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aefibird Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 I hope it works out well for you! Let us know how it goes over the next few months or so. Good luck with your new training style! "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icetuete Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 sounds interesting to me. keep it going and good luck!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hajime Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 at least strapping on the white you get to hide as a novice again - ahh for the easy life 700 hours of official training. Injury finished me dammit!1st Kyu Wado Ryu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebranch Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Very cool. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta1 Posted October 31, 2003 Author Share Posted October 31, 2003 at least strapping on the white you get to hide as a novice again - ahh for the easy life Yeah, that would be great. But unfortunately I've worked out with these guys for about 4 yrs now, so they know me. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide! I mean, I helped some of them prep for their black belt test. Now they'll be large and in charge. I may live to regret this . I went to a black belt test tonight (one of the guys I work out with), and one of the testers was a guy that I'd paired up with at a seminar about three years ago. It was an Aikijutsu seminar, so every one was just peacefully throwing each other, gently applying joint locks, all very calm and minimal effort stuff. We decided to see if this stuff would really work, as in against a full force assault. Not too surpriseing, it didn't work all that well, since neither of us had done much of this before. But once combat was joined, we both reverted to what we knew, and ended up plowing through a whole roomfull of very peacful and surprised martial artists, and I ended up stacked on my shoulders against the mirrors on the other side of the room. In a rural/semi-rural environment, all the martial artists tend to know each other. We also generally have a few stories to tell on each other as well. Freedom isn't free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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