CapitalKarate Posted August 8, 2004 Posted August 8, 2004 hey all, i'm just curious as to what everyone here would thinks.. i'm 16 years old right now, and i'm currently training in Shorin-ryu Karate and i'm sticking with it at least until i get my 3rd dan. my question is, after i'm finished with my karate training, what would be the best combative style for me to take? time is not an issue, as i'd like to find an art that i could stick with till i am physically incapable of practicing MA anymore (meaning till i die or become paralyzed from the neck down). if the art is effective, and its an art that works for my body (everyones different) then i'd be willing to stick with it at least 60 years. and if it helps at all i'll explain what i am like physically. i'm 5' 11" (i might grow an inch or two, dno) i'm very thin/lean but very strong, i'm reasonably quick and soon to be very flexible. i do have a problem with my right wrist, i broke it a few years back and had surgery on it, and so now i have limited motion of my wrist. i have long arms and legs and i weigh 140-50 pounds. i'll welcome any and all opinions, thanks! Joshua Joshua Brehm-When you're not practicing remember this; someone, somewhere, is practicing, and when you meet them, they will beat you.
CapitalKarate Posted August 8, 2004 Author Posted August 8, 2004 because i want to know at least 2 arts, i want to take up sayoc kali for a while and maybe some kenjutsu/kendo for the heck of it, but i want a really really good style to master completely, i was thinking like some form of kung fu, or multiple forms of it. or perhaps the samurai styles of MA, as in learn all the styles they learned (except for the next 5-7 years i will have an unbelieveable amount of free time, as in i'll have about 15-20 hours a week i work for income) and as i said, i wwant to find a style for me to master and stick with until i die. karate's good and all, but to me it doesn't seem like a very complete style, unless i'm missing something. but even so, i want to master a different style Joshua Brehm-When you're not practicing remember this; someone, somewhere, is practicing, and when you meet them, they will beat you.
cross Posted August 8, 2004 Posted August 8, 2004 karate's good and all, but to me it doesn't seem like a very complete style, unless i'm missing something. but even so, i want to master a different style Maybe you are missing something. Either way have a look around at schools in your area and see what you like.
Vito Posted August 8, 2004 Posted August 8, 2004 i think youll find that learning multiple styles isnt as advantageous as it seems. if you like your karate and are learning from it, stick with it. if you dont like it, of course find something else- but list out specifically what you want to get out of it. the only additional style(s) id recommend picking up would be some form of grappling- assuming of course that your karate doesnt do any. "If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." -Machiavelli
Drunken Monkey Posted August 8, 2004 Posted August 8, 2004 ...how about you actually get somewhere with shorin ryu first? you've barely started and yet you are already thinking of doing something else? what makes it worse in my eyes is that this is based on what other people have said, not because of what you have found out. post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
CapitalKarate Posted August 9, 2004 Author Posted August 9, 2004 you've got a point there drunken... i guess i haven't really given my art a chance. does anyone know if shorin-ryu is good as a self defense art once you've gotten high enough? (i.e. 5th dan). if its a complete art as in it teaches you what to do if you get taken to the ground (i hate the ground so if i get taken down to the ground i want to get up asap) and joint locks/chokes/breaks (bones) then i think i'll stick with shorin ryu. what i am looking for in the art i master (my goal is to become a grandmaster in some type of MA) is lots of kicking (both high kicks and low kicks), very powerful punching abilities, effective groundfighting/grappling, joint locks/submissions, weapons (especially the stick, bo, knife and maybe sword), and pressure points, if shorin ryu has all these, i will then make it my goal to become a grandmaster in this art. thanks! Joshua Joshua Brehm-When you're not practicing remember this; someone, somewhere, is practicing, and when you meet them, they will beat you.
battousai16 Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 man, it weirds me out everytime i say this, but i'm with the drunk monkey. you go and tell shorinryusensei that shorin-ryu isn't complete and see what he has to say. also, you don't just "completely master" a martial art, i think there's a bit more to it. there seems to be plenty to find in your current style, concentrate on where you are now before you think to far about branching out. it's like that story with the guy who goes to the master and wants to be able to beat anyone. and he asks the master how long it'll take and the master says "5 years". so the guy promises to work twice as hard and the master says "10 years" and so on and so forth. if you have one eye on your destination, you have only one eye with which to see the path. "I hear you can kill 200 men and play a mean six string at the same time..."-Six String Samurai
Drunken Monkey Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 the title 'grandmaster' means nothing. i'm not being all philosophical about the meaning of titles, i am be absolutely literal. in the japanese styles i believe that title does not exist. in the chinese styles it just means the teacher of your teacher. (much like grandfather means the father of your father) however, for some reason, the western world has totally missed this point and has taken the title to mean something more than it does. you want to be a 'grandmaster'? 'invent' your own style. post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
battousai16 Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 be it an eastern tradition or a western tradition, it's still a tradition, and methinks the one he's shooting for. "I hear you can kill 200 men and play a mean six string at the same time..."-Six String Samurai
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