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Poll: why did you start in the martial arts?


Why did you start in the martial arts?  

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  1. 1. Why did you start in the martial arts?

    • Looking for a way to keep fit
      6
    • Wanted to learn how to protect myself
      12
    • Wanted to learn how to thrash on people
      1
    • My parents made me do it!
      3
    • I wanted to kick and punch like (insert favorite martial artist here)
      5
    • I had a "free class" coupon I cut out of a newspaper.
      0
    • Other (explain below)
      11


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Did your dojo do much in the way of kata applications training? None of the Shoto schools I have trained at did before the least three or four years.

 

No, my dojo was quite sport-oriented. Very little of the 'real' bunkai were tought to us. We just got these crappy applications for use in competitions. It wasn't until after I got my shodan and started going on lots of courses that I learnt some real kata applications; and I was surprised how many of them are really 'close in' techniques rather than the distanced punching and kicking you do in competition.

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I have always been interested in the MA. Sure, I was a kung fu theatre junkie and Bruce Lee was my hero when I was a small boy, but honestly, I have always wanted to know the "art" side of things also. I know a lot of people that want the self-defense type of training, and nothing is wrong with that, but I want to know where it came from, why it's here, and where it's going. I really want to be someone who is in the Martial Arts and not just "taking Karate".

 

Cheers!

 

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Hmm... two threads on pretty much the same topic?

 

Well, i already posted on the other thread but i must say that i 'intentionally' avoided watching any Bruce Lee stuff until i was in my late 20's. I didn't want to be thought of as 'yet another' Bruce Lee wannabe.

 

Oddly enough, i found that when i was around 11, i had watched all the Green Hornet clips at the library in Los Angeles, just to watch this Kato guy kick things around. I was clueless as to who he was, but did enjoy those fancy moves.

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I was too young to appreciate the "art" side of shotokan, as I was 6 when I starting training. My friend started so I went along and have trained non-stop for 13 years.

 

Learning to protect myself was the option I chose on the vote as I think this was my earliest motivation

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Most of the stated reasons. I wanted to keep fit, learn to defend myself, my dad was going to attend with me (and still does, but only attends one lesson a week still) and of course I wanted to learn to fight like Bruce Lee. Who wouldn't?

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I don't really know why I started, I just thought 'Yeah, Why not? that looks cool' and I've never looked back! :D

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