Kaos666 Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 over my life time i am aiming at mastering, or as close as i can get to mastering: Karate, Aikido, and Kung-Fu... in my mind that would make a fairly rounded MA specialist: Offence & Speed: Karate Deffense & Balance: Aikido That little extra we all crave: Kung-Fu also very interested in Tai-jitsu... anyone take that? how about you... A true shinobi is not defined by the number or quality of techniques he uses, but by the will and the determinations he has to improve himself...
Shorin Ryuu Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 As long as you train in concepts and principles rather than in techniques, you don't need to take too many styles. I for one take Okinawan karate and even though groundwork is not a main emphasis, my understanding of concepts rather than specific techniques leads me to hold my own against wrestlers and judoka. All the same, I am interested in finding an Internal Arts teacher, probably in Taiji, although I would welcome a Bagua or Xingyi instructor. I want it to help me understand better the internal aspects of my style. Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/
Drunken Monkey Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 over my life time i am aiming at mastering, or as close as i can get to mastering: Karate, Aikido, and Kung-Fu ....um, what exactly do you mean by 'kung fu'? i do hope you realise that the term is used to desribe ALL chinese martial arts. and if you didn't know that, then i think maybe you should do a bit more reading.... unless of course you really did mean that you wish to master every single chinese martial art. 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."
Kaos666 Posted August 12, 2004 Author Posted August 12, 2004 over my life time i am aiming at mastering, or as close as i can get to mastering: Karate, Aikido, and Kung-Fu ....um, what exactly do you mean by 'kung fu'? i do hope you realise that the term is used to desribe ALL chinese martial arts. and if you didn't know that, then i think maybe you should do a bit more reading.... unless of course you really did mean that you wish to master every single chinese martial art. yeah, i feel like a dork now... i should have specified. I've looked at alot of styles and setteld on wushu. the acrobatic style is really helpful... Also, now that i think about it does anyone know drunken boxing?? i have to say that i am fasinated by it A true shinobi is not defined by the number or quality of techniques he uses, but by the will and the determinations he has to improve himself...
Drunken Monkey Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 drunken is more like a template, a set of theories that you apply to what you know. to use it, you first have to know your base very, very well. it is like knowing the 'rules' of your style and deliberately breaking them and exploiting them in order to gain an advantage. other than that there is also an actual drunken fist style/form. but again, it, being a shaolin based style/form, depends on your knowledge of base shaolin techiniques/forms. it was usually only taught later in your studies because it, for lack of a better way to describe it, teaches you wrong things AND more importantly, a lot of things depends on you having perfect control of your basic structure. in other words, you can't really learn drunken unless you are really good in the first place. then again, if you want to go practice wu-shu, the syllabus has drunken forms in it. but then, that's not really going to be the same... 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."
Radok Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 I know eight drunken immortals is a specific form, is it a style all to itself, or does your above post apply to it as well? If you can't laugh at yourself, there's no point. No point in what, you might ask? there's just no point.Many people seem to take Karate to get a Black Belt, rather than getting a Black Belt to learn Karate.
Rotten Head Fok Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 I'll be happy if I master Choy-Li-Fut, with 138+ forms I highly doubt it, but I can dream... I would like to be comfortable in CLF, Yang Style TCC, and I-chuan Chi Gong. You must be stable and balanced in your foot work, if you have to use your martial knowledge in combat, your intent should be to win. If you do strike, you must release great power! The martial arts are easy to learn, but difficult to correct.
Drunken Monkey Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 the 8 immortals form is more or less the formal shaolin drunken form. the concepts/theories/types of movements are all named after the immortals (to describe their essence) and it isn't really a style unto itself. as i said before, drunken forms are normally taught later; they are just another part of training. 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."
Shorin Ryuu Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 I mentioned I wanted to take an Chinese Internal art, but it seems like the only legitimate school I've found yet in this immediate area is a jujitsu school. In the end (as I mentioned before) it just boils down to concepts, and anything I learn in this jujitsu class will help me in my karate training (and vice versa). Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/
kle1n Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 I am starting up grappling with my wing chun. I want to be a master in wing chun and I want to master grappling and aikido.But fullcontact aikido not the soft style. Be everything. Be nothing.
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