describe your style

[junker]

Every one on these posts wants to compare styles, why don't we have people describe there type of style so others can get a vibe of what is going on at different schools. personally I feel that every style is of value and that fighting skills are based more on your own level of fitness, experience. to train to fight you have to fight, to get your timing and distance. Fitness is also high on the list as well, the stronger faster opponent has the best advantage.. Later guys! lets hear about your style

[the tkder]

taekwondo- characterised by its fast, high, and spinning kicks. tkd is more a kicking based martial arts then any other martial art. its actually mostly about speed not power. and ur taught that with speed, comes power and power will develop by itself. in tkd, u snap your lower leg back after performing a kick, so you can kick many times and not just one time kick rele hard, because you could miss and ull get screwed. so in tkd, its beter to kik many many times and dont kik that hard, as opposed to muai that where u dont snap ur leg bak and u kik rele hard. tanx all

[mattyj]

ITF taekwondo- Suffers from the stereotype of being all fast, high, and spinning kicks, which is prevalent in some (mainly sport) styles of taekwondo. tkd is seen as more a kicking based martial art then any other martial art, this infact is not true, there is alot of difference in the emphasis on kicking between different styles, and it is less than arts such as Taekyon. its a combination between speed, power and momentum. your taught both to use speed as a determining factor in power, but also using momentum and using body weight (eg in sine wave movements) as techniques that are all speed and have no weight behind them do not create sufficient power. in itf, its taught that particularly in a self defence scenario, techniques must be delivered powerfully and accurately, and that techniques delivered with half-assed power are not worth performing

 

thanx all

[Master Jules]

Okinawan Goju Ryu......very hard core, in your face, up close and personal style. It blends hard and soft techniques, and has a tremendous amount of grappling applications as well.

[Sandhoppa]

Okinawan Goju Ryu......very hard core, in your face, up close and personal style. It blends hard and soft techniques, and has a tremendous amount of grappling applications as well.

 

Yeah Goju Ryu! Yeah Yeah!

[junker]

I guess I should have started with my style of Isshinryu. I am quite happy with this style having started karate as an adult my speed and flexability were limited. Isshinryu uses natural stances, stresses close in techniques. Uses snap style kicks and punches. has no flying kicks or fancy moves. It has only 15 hand techniques and 9 basic kicks. There are only 8 emptyhanded Kata. this is a keep it simple martial art. This art also stresses kumite lots of interaction with other fighters. all and all I am pretty happy with what I am being taught. Our school teaches some ground work that is not part of the style but it just to get you used to it. no karate guy is going to beat a judo guy on the ground because that is what the judo guy is trained for. the idea is not to let it get to that point. anyway thats the jist of Isshinryu. lets get some more descriptions of the various arts.. thanks!!!!

[GhostlySykanRyu]

Started training in Syan Ryu Ju-Jitsu...

 

It was created by Shihan Snyder, who had taken the fundamentals from Danzan Ryu style (which was formed by the famed Okazaki, who also created Kodenkan), and formed it into a more street applicable art. Sykan Ryu covers Striking, Kicking, Punching, Hand Arts, Throws, Holds, Grappling, Nerve Moves, Weapon Techniques, Breathing Techniques, and Healing Arts. A well rounded system that I plan on sticking with for a long time.

[Kieran-Lilith]

Eugu-Ryu:

 

Eugue-Ryu (I'm just going by what I remember Sensei saying, excuse me if I get things wrong) is based off of much of what the Samurai were taught. Like, since the Samurai wore armour, they had to keep their bodies with their head over their neck over their torso over their hips, or they would be like a turtle stuck on it's back. We're taught different grips, and how to massage each other after the mroe hardcore lessons where we hurt each other. But our school is also integrated, so we learn a lot of styles. I know there's judo, jujutsu, ummm...a lot of styles I have yet to identify....we do a lot of grappling, and work on getting up correctly. And breakfalls. (I HATE BREAKFALLS!) Lesse....in the advanced class we have weapons work, and I don't have a clue how many katas there are, but there's a lot. It's a really indepth style, Sensei gives us a lot of history, it's fascinating.

[KF Dude]

Hung-Ga: Southern Shaolin 5 animal kung fu system. Requires lots of dedication to endure the begining stages. Heavy stance work, arm/body conditioning & fighting drills are common trainings. Speed is developed while maintaining a solid foundation. The strength of the fighting techniques are a combination of the animal techniques & body connection. Done correctly the strikes are extremely powerful. While used for defense, Hung-Ga is aggressive in it's application. Qi Gong, weapons & the Iron Wire form make it a complete system with a life times worth of study. Edited March 11, 2005 by KF Dude

[pineapple]

KAJUKENBO

 

Nickname for Kajukenbo is the "art of dirty street fighting"

 

Practice consists of eyestrikes, throat strikes, groin shots, elbow breaks, knee breaks............Multiple strikes, throw to ground, and finish opponent.

 

It was an art that was formed by five masters of five different styles and was often put to the test in the rough neighborhood of Kalihi in Hawaii.