BJJ is 1 Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 JKD is cool but since you work at a prison Krav Maga is probably more practical.As far as Shorin Ryu goes I dont know anything, but you cant argue with the price "Without Jiu Jitsu its like without my two legs."-Rickson Graciehttps://www.myspace.com/cobraguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2_sub Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Seems like a good deal to me Moon might shine upon the innocent and the guilty alike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menjo Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 wow your lucky, some places do charge very cheap "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst"William Penn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsagiYojimbo Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 I've been taking Shorin Ryu since March and I love it. Of course, there are different schools of Shorin Ryu, different training methods, etc. But definitely check out a class. It sounds like you have nothing to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Lion Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 okinawan has its benefits, but i wouldnt say its better than shotokan necessarily.take that class, cross trainning is awesome, and makes you see your primary art from another angle, which is always a good thing. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence thus, is not an act, but a habit. --- Aristotle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adonis Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 what are the four main styles of shorin ryu. Matsubayashi, kobayashi, and matasumura. I can't think of the forth one right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adonis Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 what are the four main styles of shorin ryu. Matsubayashi, kobayashi, and matasumura. I can't think of the forth one right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adonis Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 what are the four main styles of shorin ryu. Matsubayashi, kobayashi, and matasumura. I can't think of the forth one right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glockmeister Posted July 13, 2005 Author Share Posted July 13, 2005 OK,I sat in on a class tonight at that school.There were 10 or 11 students there, none of which appeared to be over the age of 15. The man who was the senior instructor that night told me that 2/3 of the people who took Shorin Ryu there were kids. Although there were more adult who studies the TKD that they also offer at the school.He also claimed there wasn't much in the way of grappling there. and that they only did full contact sparring about 2 times a month.I was watching some of these kids doing some kicks and punches on focus pads, some of whom were wearing brown belts, I wasn't impressed with their kicks or their punches. They close the class with some "light contact" sparring all hits had to be to the torso. I wasn't sure if they were sparring or dancing. At the end of the class, I asked the head instructor who was filling in for the other master what style of Shoring Ryu it was that they taught, and he claimed he didn't know there was any more than one.A student with a green belt who looked about 11 said "oh yes, there are 4 different styles." the Instructor said: "really? I didn't know that."Overall, I wasn't impressed. I am thinking of sitting in on another class with another instructor who should be there on Thursday. I just hope it is better than this one. Because I really was not impressed.They do, however teach Sai, Bo, Kamas, and Tonfu which is kinda cool. "You know the best thing about pain? It let's you know you're not dead yet!"http://geshmacheyid.forumotion.com/f14-self-defense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJJ is 1 Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 tonfa would be good for a prison situation "Without Jiu Jitsu its like without my two legs."-Rickson Graciehttps://www.myspace.com/cobraguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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