xoch Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 hiya, i'm a soon to be a 29 yr old girl and 5'2"and slightly chunky. anyhow, i would like to take martial arts but i have no idea what kind. there are sooo many choices!! when i was 10 yrs old, my bro and i were taking free karate classes given by 2 cops at their homes. it was great but i am pretty positive one of the exercises(legs opened, knees bent, moving from side to side-going all the way down) messed up my knees because ever since i have bad knees. so, giving y'all my "medical " background, is there a style that would fit my knees? i mean needs? thanks for y'alls help! ps i live in south austin. can anybody recommend a place too?[/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJS Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 (edited) Krav Maga 1901 W Wm Cannon Blvd # 121 Austin Texas 78745 Great instructors, friendly people and offers alot for pretty good rates Krav Maga Self defense classes, Cardio Kickboxing classes, fitness clasees, Yoga, Fight clasees..and Likely some Jiu jitsu classes soon. come by and and ask for Steve or Jeff...They will let you stry out a class for free and give you run over everything. Tell them Travis sent ya https://www.fitandfearless.com thats the website if you want ot check it out Edited June 13, 2003 by TJS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatekid1975 Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 I hope you ment Austin Tx. I found a boat load of places: http://www.martialway.net/about.htm This one as a few MA's in their school. http://www.swshaolin.com/ This one is Kung fu. http://www.uctaekwondo.com/ TKD http://www.kenpo-texas.com/index1.html Kenpo http://www.texastaekwondo.org/ Another TKD place. http://www.pkckarate.com/ Another TKD place. http://www.geocities.com/jang_sul/index.html Amix of Hapkido and other arts. http://allfightingarts.com/vsdc/main.asp A Kempo school. http://www.santamariaskarate.com/ Jhoon Rae TKD http://www.firefist.com/ Kung Fu http://www.centerofmartialarts.com/ Tang Soo Do and other stuff http://taijilife.tripod.com/home.html Taiji http://www.atanow.com/ ATA TKD And there was many others I found without websites. There is a pretty good choice of MA in your area. What I would suggest is checking out several schools and see what you like/are looking for. Tai Chi helps build knee problems from what I hear. I am a Korean MA geek, so I donno much on Tai Chi. But I hear it's good for the health. I may try it someday for my knee problems. Try out free trial programs that many MA schools have, and see what you are comfortable with. Laurie F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolung Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 correction: not to flame here, but nothing i read on the website http://www.firefist.com/ could be construed as gungfu, if by gungfu you mean Traditional Chinese Martial Arts. tukong moosul is a korean martial art. "It is not how much you know but how well you have mastered what you've learnt. When making an assessment of one's martial arts training one should measure the depth rather than the length". - MASTER "General" D. Lacey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKJ1216 Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 I don't know which you should do. I know I'm hoping a Krav Maga place opens up soon becaue I've heard some good things about that. I heard somewhere that's the the military uses for hand to hand combat. I'd go with karate though. I've been doin it a month and there is nothing that is really hard on the knees. I think maybe the two cops may have just been teaching incorrectly. White Belt- Shudokan Karate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatekid1975 Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 paolung, I don't know the difference LOL. I don't know much about Chinese MA. Maybe I should research it .... mmmmmm. Laurie F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batosai Imora Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 In my opinion boxing and or street fighting aint bad to start with then work on kicking and so on ladies email me for some fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martialartist1 Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 hiya, i'm a soon to be a 29 yr old girl and 5'2"and slightly chunky. anyhow, i would like to take martial arts but i have no idea what kind. there are sooo many choices!! when i was 10 yrs old, my bro and i were taking free karate classes given by 2 cops at their homes. it was great but i am pretty positive one of the exercises(legs opened, knees bent, moving from side to side-going all the way down) messed up my knees because ever since i have bad knees. so, giving y'all my "medical " background, is there a style that would fit my knees? i mean needs? hmm let me see, 29 year old? bones ageing, about to turn 30, you need to relieves stress, keep fit, improve health, as after 30 your health will deprove if you dont exericse or train. martial arts lesson learnt by probably joking cops?, (which means unproper). chunky? oh fat you mean? need to burn that! the way of burning fat?cardiovascular workout ofcourse!. where cardiovascular work found? sport kickboxing, karate will offer you the safest of practices. if i were you i woundnt do muay thai, due to your messed knees. also you can do tai chi to improve your health, as tai chi is the worlds greatest martial art for healing and improving internal health. decision is yours, wana stay fit, loose fat, kickboxing, karate as they are the safest. improve internal health, and heal yourself, also to learn self defense, then the martial art from china, tai chi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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