Have you ever?

[Shizentai]

Below are a list of questions I hope will perhaps evoke interesting responses from the people of this forum. Please post your own answers to the following:

1 Have you ever trained with a different style of martial arts?

2 Have you ever trained in another country?

3 Have you ever trained outdoors?

4 Have you ever trained so hard you couldn't stand?

5 Have you ever had dreams about training?

6 Have you ever been knocked unconscious during training?

7 Have you ever intentionally lost a fight?

8 Have you ever run from a fight?

9 Have you ever cried during training?

10 Have you ever saved your own life with martial arts?

11 Have you ever saved another person's?

My answers:

1. Yes, Ashihara karate and very briefly Bujinkan taijutsu and Shito ryu

2. Yes, Japan

3. Yes, on grass mostly, but also we practice falling on concrete every now and again

4. Yes, although I try to shoot for just before that point so that I can get home at night. haha!

5. Yes, almost every night lately

6. No, although I have been KO'd by some inanimate objects in my house

7. Yes

8. Yes

9. Yes

10. Yes

11. No

[wagnerk]

1 Have you ever trained with a different style of martial arts?

Yes, currently training in Kyokushin and Tang Soo Do (but hold no belts in them).

Have trained and attained black belts in Shotokan karate and Freestyle karate.

Have trained (and gained at least 1 belt) in Ni-Sen (which is based on Ishinryu karate, not to be confused with Isshin Ryu) karate, GKR karate and kickboxing.

Have trained but not gained any ranks (trained at least 1 week, but no more that 2 1/2 months) in Lau Gar Kung Fu, Lee Style Fung Fu, Tai Chi, Judo and Ninpo.

2 Have you ever trained in another country?

No

3 Have you ever trained outdoors?

Yes

4 Have you ever trained so hard you couldn't stand?

Yes, class was concentrating on kicks - recovered after a good few minutes though.

5 Have you ever had dreams about training?

Yes

6 Have you ever been knocked unconscious during training?

No

7 Have you ever intentionally lost a fight?

Yes during a competition, ran out of energy just couldn't compete anymore

8 Have you ever run from a fight?

When I was a kid. Now, I tend not to get into fights.

9 Have you ever cried during training?

No

10 Have you ever saved your own life with martial arts?

No

11 Have you ever saved another person's?

Depends what you mean, use to work in healthcare and a First Aider; administered rectal diazepam during a seizure, among other things. Most of the time, you're there until a more qualified person arrives, then they do it.

[evergrey]

1 Have you ever trained with a different style of martial arts?

Yes, at open sparring I learn a little of this, and a little of that, and when I was a kid I did a bit of shorin-ryu but that didn't work for me.

2 Have you ever trained in another country?

Not yet.

3 Have you ever trained outdoors?

Many, many times.

4 Have you ever trained so hard you couldn't stand?

No. I've fallen down though! Usually because of pain. Unless you count my ACL snapping during kumite. I couldn't stand after that, lol. I've had the feeling that I couldn't stand any longer many times, but I'm really really stubborn!

5 Have you ever had dreams about training?

Oh yes!

6 Have you ever been knocked unconscious during training?

Not yet.

7 Have you ever intentionally lost a fight?

I let the little kids try to beat me up, if that counts for anything.

8 Have you ever run from a fight?

Not in the dojo. "On the street" I tend to avoid fights, heh. It doesn't tend to come up though.

9 Have you ever cried during training?

Yeah, a bit. And a few times, after training when I got into my car, a lot.

10 Have you ever saved your own life with martial arts?

Yeah sorta, thank goodness for the elbow block, which saved me from a hoof to the face.

11 Have you ever saved another person's?

Not yet. I hope I won't have to ever try, but if I do have to try, I hope I succeed.

[Dobbersky]

1 Have you ever trained with a different style of martial arts? Yes many different styles from Striking Styles and Grappling Styles

2 Have you ever trained in another country? Yes - Wales

3 Have you ever trained outdoors? Yes in several locations

4 Have you ever trained so hard you couldn't stand? Only once that I recall got deadlegged so couldn't stand up.

5 Have you ever had dreams about training? All the time

6 Have you ever been knocked unconscious during training? Never

7 Have you ever intentionally lost a fight? Yes, it was a senior Dan Grade and I did it out of respect for his grade.

8 Have you ever run from a fight? Once when I was a teenager.

9 Have you ever cried during training? Yes it was cause I wasn't getting the technique no matter how hard I tried

10 Have you ever saved your own life with martial arts? Not that I recall but had a few fights

11 Have you ever saved another person's? I believe so I stopped a man from beating up his girlfriend!

[bushido_man96]

1 Have you ever trained with a different style of martial arts?

Yes. Last summer, actually, sensei8 actually came to visit me, and he showed me some of his Shindokan, and even taught me Naifanchi kata, which I still practice. I've also trained in Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and Defensive Tactics.

2 Have you ever trained in another country?

No.

3 Have you ever trained outdoors?

Yes. Its ok, but I prefer training indoors.

4 Have you ever trained so hard you couldn't stand?

No, never that hard.

5 Have you ever had dreams about training?

I've had dreams about fighting.

6 Have you ever been knocked unconscious during training?

No.

7 Have you ever intentionally lost a fight?

No.

8 Have you ever run from a fight?

Yes.

9 Have you ever cried during training?

No.

10 Have you ever saved your own life with martial arts?

Not that I can think of.

11 Have you ever saved another person's?

Not that I can think of. Maybe at work, maybe.

[vantheman]

1. I do some grappling every once in a while, so yeah, although it's sort of becoming a normal thing

2. Nope

3. I've done a demo outside, no formal training besides what I personally do

4. On my Black Belt test, I had a little trouble pacing myself, and between kicking running, and of course getting kicked in the shin, standing became a little difficult

5. No

6. No

7. No

8. No

9. Probably

10. No

11. No

[moriniuk]

1 Have you ever trained with a different style of martial arts? Yes, lots.

2 Have you ever trained in another country? Yes, Thailand and Saudi Arabia.

3 Have you ever trained outdoors? Yes, garden and park.

4 Have you ever trained so hard you couldn't stand? No.

5 Have you ever had dreams about training? Yes

6 Have you ever been knocked unconscious during training? No.

7 Have you ever intentionally lost a fight? No.

8 Have you ever run from a fight? Yes.

9 Have you ever cried during training? No.

10 Have you ever saved your own life with martial arts? Yes, from a knife weilding maniac.

11 Have you ever saved another person's? Yes, A famous UK Muay Thai master who shall not be named.

Edited April 27, 2012 by moriniuk

[Groinstrike]

1 Have you ever trained with a different style of martial arts?

2 Have you ever trained in another country?

3 Have you ever trained outdoors?

4 Have you ever trained so hard you couldn't stand?

5 Have you ever had dreams about training?

6 Have you ever been knocked unconscious during training?

7 Have you ever intentionally lost a fight?

8 Have you ever run from a fight?

9 Have you ever cried during training?

10 Have you ever saved your own life with martial arts?

11 Have you ever saved another person's?

1. Are style is pretty mixed so yes, all the time.

 

2. No, would like to go to thailand, japan, and especially Brazil.

 

3. Every Thursday

 

4. Yes, Belt tests seem to have that effect on me.

 

5. Not so much about training, lots of dreams about fighting and combat however.

 

6. At least twice that i can remember

 

7. No, to lose a fight on the street can mean death, and to let someone win in the dojo, i believe is not respecting them.

 

8. No

 

9. No

 

10. Executed a few breakfalls that came in handy, maybe saved myself some broken bones.

 

11. I had i Aiki a friend of mine out of a bar before he got in a fight with about 4 bikers. So it could have got really ugly.

Edited April 26, 2012 by Groinstrike

[tallgeese]

Really interesting set of questions.

[quote name="Shizentai"

1 Have you ever trained with a different style of martial arts?

Yes' date=' quite a bit. Even informally I think this is a good idea. I was part of two different martial arts clubs on two different campuses that was excellent for learning what other arts were all about.

Now, I spend most of my time in BJJ, so training in different arts is more the norm any more than not.

2 Have you ever trained in another country?

Not yet, but it's on my wish list.

3 Have you ever trained outdoors?

Yes. This gets overlooked by many people. You need to be out occasionally in the environment that you're going to work in.

4 Have you ever trained so hard you couldn't stand?

Once, maybe twice, to that entirely spent point. Like GS, they were both belt tests.

5 Have you ever had dreams about training?

Training, maybe, but defiantly about fighting.

6 Have you ever been knocked unconscious during training?

Yes. A couple of times I recall from strikes. Once from choke.

7 Have you ever intentionally lost a fight?

No. Not a fight. I've fed things to others while training, but that's training, not a fight.

8 Have you ever run from a fight?

No, but my profession kind of prohibits it, which is about the only time I'm in fights.

9 Have you ever cried during training?

No.

10 Have you ever saved your own life with martial arts?

This is hard to say. I've been in some hairy situations on the job where my unarmed skills allowed me to win some very bad situations that would fall into the "deadly force" category. The one I remember that truly falls into this category was wrestling with a bad guy over my partner's gun. However, it was never pointed at me, ect. In fact, we kept it from getting out of his holster altogether. Would that be "saved my life" I'm not sure. But it's pretty darn close I'd guess.

11 Have you ever saved another person's?

Same as above. I don't know that it fits the dramatic description, but I sure didn't want to find out.

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[DWx]

1 Have you ever trained with a different style of martial arts?

2 Have you ever trained in another country?

3 Have you ever trained outdoors?

4 Have you ever trained so hard you couldn't stand?

5 Have you ever had dreams about training?

6 Have you ever been knocked unconscious during training?

7 Have you ever intentionally lost a fight?

8 Have you ever run from a fight?

9 Have you ever cried during training?

10 Have you ever saved your own life with martial arts?

11 Have you ever saved another person's?

Cool topic Shizentai

My answers:

1. Yes, trained in Tai Chi. University club also used to do open mat sessions once a month so sort of trained with Karate (Shotokan?), Jui-jitsu (type?), Capoeira amongst others.

2. Not sure if this properly counts as trained as I didn't go to a local school or anything, just spent the time training with the group I travelled with, but have competed in Slovenia, Russia, Italy, Estonia and will be going to Bulgaria in a couple of weeks.

3. Yes

4. Yes, involved lots and lots of sprinting, squats, burpees etc. Was ok after a taking a breather tho

5. Yes, tend to twitch as I kick and punch

6. Not during training, competition yes

7. No

8. No

9. Yes

10. No

11. No