Why did you start?

[granmasterchen]

that was fine battousai16, thanks for the posts everyone!

[ninjanurse]

I got into the martial arts in HS because I didn't play well with others! I needed to find something to do where I wouldn't get compared to others and it wasn't a popularity contest to get picked to play. Something that catered to my obsessive/perfectionist nature and that allowed me to compete with myself on the level I chose-not someone else. Something that would force me to interact and boost my self-confidence. I took it on as a personal challenge to overcome what I thought were negative qualities that held me back in life. Along the way I learned alot about myself and how to use those seeemingly "negative" qualities to my advantage. I gained self-confidence, self reliance, and most of all self respect.

 

[kilo]

I wanted to become a better bully. No truthfully I started so I would have some thing to do after work. And to stay in shape.

[aznchic]

I started for fun and self defence and i guess you could also say meeting new people as well because i found my boyfriend there lol - well i guess not anymore since we are not together now...

[karatekid1975]

I started for self defense in TSD. But then I was addicted after just a week or two of classes!

[Solo]

Honestly, the main reason I started was because I thought if I could get good enough I could become the 5th member of the Ninja Turtles. As the years kept going my childhood dream of being a Ninja Turtle was beaten to a pulp when I realized they weren't real BUT I decided that even though there was no hope for me and the Turtles I knew Martial Arts was something I wanted to continue, so it just stuck with me. Martial Arts is now a big part of my life and always will be...Sad story I know, but I was a kid with a dream Long live the Turtles!!

[battousai16]

wait... the ninja turtles aren't real!?! don't feel to bad; me and my old neighbor once ran away to the sewer in hopes of meeting them. it was short lived, though, cuz we couldn't get the sewer cover off

[Solo]

Ha! Wicked battousai16 lol Well, to share another funny/crazy story about the Turtles, do you remember those plastic imitation weapons you could buy from the Turtle merchandise? My friend and I once dropped every single one in the sewer thinking the turtles would be glad to have an extra set for fighting Shredder with..Ah, we we're Turtle crazy back then lol

[Shorin Ryuu]

I started with a group of friends back in high school because it was always something we had wanted to do, either because of movies or just wanting to do it or a combination. Now, I do it primarily for self-defense and also for health and fitness.

[battousai16]

i don't think my friends and i ever went that far we kept all of ours we did, however, dress up in costumes, take our imitation weapons, go out to the forest near my house and battle for a good while. ah, good times, good times.