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Post by Pion on Apr 12, 2011 10:25:05 GMT -5
Just change your martial arts style to El Kabong, and you're all set. Heh, done! I'm really looking forward to moving again next week and, for a while, living just one street away from the Muay Thai school  Might even get off my lazy butt then and start again This is actually the main reason why I moved where I moved to lol I'm one street away from my school. It's almost a sad story actually... I have about 4 years in (rather generic, but still pretty good) TKD and about 7 years in Ryu Renshi-Dan Karate, but despite the time I never really got to the more advanced material since I moved around a lot and never had a chance to get a belt. The one time I stuck around long enough I was injured and couldn't participate- this was actually a rather interesting ritual, there was an annual tournament for juniors and those that participated would be judged by our instructors during their matches to gain their belt. We also did it the usual way, but that was pretty cool. As I got older I lost motivation and discipline but now I'm back! I've now been taking Krav Maga for a year this month, am belted and working towards my next one! Yay! (p.s. real Krav, not fitness krav, I got a bloody lip from an elbow to the face my first class, good times!) |
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Post by Galeforce on Apr 12, 2011 11:30:16 GMT -5
Oooooh fencing!!! By the way, I had made a bet with myself that the first person to post after me in this thread now would be Galeforce. Why can't I win bets when they are with other people and about money? Do you train with blunt blades? Are you covered with bruises all over? The blades are blunted and the metal tips have been bent and rounded into a tight loop to which a plastic or hard rubber cover is attached. We train to touch our opponents as lightly as possible and wear protective equipment to prevent injury. You can get bruised up a little in the course of practice but that is only to be expected. The blades are designed in such a way that they flex upon impact to further lessen the chance of injury. All in all, if practiced properly and the proper safety equipment is used, it is a very safe sport. |
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Post by AngelOfCaine on Apr 12, 2011 11:48:49 GMT -5
My training consists of: I started traning when i was 13 (after a particularly embarrasing incident in Jr. High School vs. a girl who was twice as large as i was  ) to age 17. My trainer was retired, and it was at his home, so i never got into competition, nor learned what "grade/dan/etc" i achieved. But the discipline i learned helped me through high school and sports. Oh, and i also never "lost" a fight again (yeah, yeah, i know, "No one ever WINS a fight", but you know what i mean  ) until i was 24 in college. And that was vs. a inactive marine who was 27 ;D ...I studied fencing in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) which is NOT Olympic style fencing. We practice it more for its actual combat usage than a sport. So, we're you around the time of "Beerslayer"? Did you make late night runs for stop signs for armor? Ah so many good memories  |
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Post by KenpoJuJitsu3 on Apr 12, 2011 11:57:58 GMT -5
I tried Judo before but the best place in the area was entirely too hung up on Judos sport rules for it to be useful to me. I'd take someone down and they'd land flat on their back. I go to follow up and submit them and am told to stop because I already won the match. "But sir, if I was defending myself a Ko Uchi Gari isn't finishing anyone." Reply: "Doesn't matter, this is a sport."  . Ok, fair enough even though the sign says martial arts and self-defense. I left Judo after a year and stuck to plain Ju Jitsu after that. |
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Post by melkathi on Apr 12, 2011 12:09:30 GMT -5
Krav Maga is great. Started it for a bit with my construction team from the building site. But it was too far away and didn't work out :/
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Post by Pion on Apr 12, 2011 12:27:01 GMT -5
Krav Maga is great. Started it for a bit with my construction team from the building site. But it was too far away and didn't work out :/ It's good for a brawl, and luckily my class does grappling and ground stuff too. The Krav Maga mentality is usually "finish it as fast as possible" and "never let a fight go to ground" but that's unrealistic, so they show us some JuJutsu and wrestling stuff as well. That's why I like it, very practical. "If he's too far away for you to kick him, he's far enough away for you to run." Like Kenpo said, too many disciplines focus too much on the Art and not enough on the Martial, and self defense get's lost behind points and "winning" and that can get you or your partner hurt. Muay Thai scares me... I've always liked sparring with other arts, but not Muay Thai. That's just a whole lot of regret waiting to happen. |
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Post by Galeforce on Apr 12, 2011 12:33:03 GMT -5
...I studied fencing in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) which is NOT Olympic style fencing. We practice it more for its actual combat usage than a sport. So, we're you around the time of "Beerslayer"? Did you make late night runs for stop signs for armor? Ah so many good memories No, I don't remember any "Beerslayer." And the crowd I hung out with was very safety first and civic-minded. Anyone caught using a stop sign for their armor was likely to be on the wrong side of a very one way conversation and possibly ostracized. But the metal armor was primarily only used for the heavy weapons combat. On the light weapons field, we used heavy cloth. My fencing jacket was made of two layers of heavy denim. |
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Post by AngelOfCaine on Apr 12, 2011 13:15:38 GMT -5
I must of come from an older generation of SCA'ers than you.
But on the statment of the "stop signs" i was just joking.
Someone actually did it once, and was kicked out.
But other people started making "stop sign shaped" shields as a joke, so i thought i'd ask to "date" your age ;D
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Post by visionstorm on Apr 12, 2011 13:48:51 GMT -5
Wow, 'knobs greetings thread has turned into an all out martial arts background discussion thread ;D You guys are making me feel inadequate with my limited training  I took karate classes years ago when I was a kid (started around 9 years old) for about two years. I never advanced very much in rank because our sensei shifted his focus at some point and became obsessed with making us just practice basic moves. He wouldn't teach us many of the advanced stuff cuz he was just obsessed with us perfecting the basics. That eventually became the reason I and many others left, but the experience changed my life. I wasn't a very physically oriented kid and the martial arts where the only physical activity that really interested me (I never liked sports). Even after I stopped training, I would occasionally practice on my own, read up on martial art techniques and such, but since as time passed by I grew older and eventually succumbed to my lazy and sedentary nature and stop practicing altogether. Around 3 years ago, I was 31 years old and around 300 lb. (size 48" around the waist), pretty weak with a poor physical condition from a lifetime of sitting in front of a computer, etc., and I began to make some lifestyle changes. I started with a low calorie, low fat, low carb and high protein diet, plus light daily exercise (walking and jugging). After lossing around 50 lbs. (in around 5 months) I started looking for some workout alternatives (cuz light exercise wasn't enough at that point) and I thought of taking up martial arts again. Someone I knew was starting taking capoeira classes around that time, and even though I thought I wouldn't be able to do acrobatics or anything I decided to try it out. I practice Capoeira Angola, which is the traditional style of capoeira (the capoeira style that typically appears in films and such is Capoeira Regional, which is a modern development that happend around the 1920s). This style doesn't emphasize acrobatics movements as much, which made it more accessible to me given my poor physical conditioning when I started training. Two and a half years later (three years if I coun't the initial 5-6 months of light exercise), I'm still not a professional athlete, but I'm in the best shape of my life. I haven't weighted myself in over a year, but I'm size 34" at the waist now (vs. 48" three years ago). I've been lagging a bit in my training for the last couple of months but I've been trying to pick up the pace again the last few weeks. [/end chapter 1 of my physical fitness-martial arts training bio] |
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Post by melkathi on Apr 12, 2011 14:00:27 GMT -5
Wow, 'knobs greetings thread has turned into an all out martial arts background discussion thread ;D You guys are making me feel inadequate with my limited training I took karate classes years ago when I was a kid (started around 9 years old) for about two years. I never advanced very much in rank because our sensei shifted his focus at some point and became obsessed with making us just practice basic moves. He wouldn't teach us many of the advanced stuff cuz he was just obsessed with us perfecting the basics. That eventually became the reason I and many others left, but the experience changed my life. I wasn't a very physically oriented kid and the martial arts where the only physical activity that really interested me (I never liked sports). Even after I stopped training, I would occasionally practice on my own, read up on martial art techniques and such, but since as time passed by I grew older and eventually succumbed to my lazy and sedentary nature and stop practicing altogether. Around 3 years ago, I was 31 years old and around 300 lb. (size 48" around the waist), pretty weak with a poor physical condition from a lifetime of sitting in front of a computer, etc., and I began to make some lifestyle changes. I started with a low calorie, low fat, low carb and high protein diet, plus light daily exercise (walking and jugging). After lossing around 50 lbs. (in around 5 months) I started looking for some workout alternatives (cuz light exercise wasn't enough at that point) and I thought of taking up martial arts again. Someone I knew was starting taking capoeira classes around that time, and even though I thought I wouldn't be able to do acrobatics or anything I decided to try it out. I practice Capoeira Angola, which is the traditional style of capoeira (the capoeira style that typically appears in films and such is Capoeira Regional, which is a modern development that happend around the 1920s). This style doesn't emphasize acrobatics movements as much, which made it more accessible to me given my poor physical conditioning when I started training. Two and a half years later (three years if I coun't the initial 5-6 months of light exercise), I'm still not a professional athlete, but I'm in the best shape of my life. I haven't weighted myself in over a year, but I'm size 34" at the waist now (vs. 48" three years ago). I've been lagging a bit in my training for the last couple of months but I've been trying to pick up the pace again the last few weeks. [/end chapter 1 of my physical fitness-martial arts training bio] For the tl;dr crowd: Visionstorm looks nothing like his signature irl edit: added second simley to ensure correct understanding of the spirit of the post |
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Post by visionstorm on Apr 12, 2011 14:08:21 GMT -5
For the tl;dr crowd: Visionstorm looks nothing like his signature irl edit: added second simley to ensure correct understanding of the spirit of the post Hahaha, wonder if I should delete that post and go back to the blissful anonymity of the interwebs, where everyone knows me for the hot dark elf woman in my signature  |
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Post by AngelOfCaine on Apr 12, 2011 14:49:48 GMT -5
For the tl;dr crowd: Visionstorm looks nothing like his signature irl edit: added second simley to ensure correct understanding of the spirit of the post Hahaha, wonder if I should delete that post and go back to the blissful anonymity of the interwebs, where everyone knows me for the hot dark elf woman in my signature *stares at SS's avatar* Huh, wut? Signature who? (nice costume btw SS)*looks at scale, 220lbs, size 38 waist* Hmm, it MIGHT be time to follow in SS's footsteps me thinks... ...Since i'm getting married in late September ;D (Yes, we FINALLY set the date!)/derail of derailment over[/i] |
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Post by melkathi on Apr 12, 2011 15:11:45 GMT -5
...Since i'm getting married in late September ;D (Yes, we FINALLY set the date!)/derail of derailment over [/i][/quote] Ooooh the table at the dinner will be awesome with name cards reading "Pax, the grumpy one" "Visionstorm with the sexy signature" "Lohr Wiki Mistress" etc etc |
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Post by Galeforce on Apr 12, 2011 15:22:19 GMT -5
I must of come from an older generation of SCA'ers than you. But on the statment of the "stop signs" i was just joking. Someone actually did it once, and was kicked out. But other people started making "stop sign shaped" shields as a joke, so i thought i'd ask to "date" your age ;D As for my age... I'll be 40 this year but I haven't been active in the SCA for nearly a decade now. I moved from Orlando FL to Corinth MS and never bothered to look up any SCA chapters that might be in the area. |
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Post by AngelOfCaine on Apr 12, 2011 15:35:35 GMT -5
I must of come from an older generation of SCA'ers than you. But on the statment of the "stop signs" i was just joking. Someone actually did it once, and was kicked out. But other people started making "stop sign shaped" shields as a joke, so i thought i'd ask to "date" your age ;D As for my age... I'll be 40 this year but I haven't been active in the SCA for nearly a decade now. I moved from Orlando FL to Corinth MS and never bothered to look up any SCA chapters that might be in the area. Ah, "Beerslayer" was active in the late 80's on the West coast, that might explain it. You had a East Coast King & Queen, that also might explain it ;D |
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Might even get off my lazy butt then and start again 
) to age 17.
) until i was 24 in college.
. Ok, fair enough even though the sign says martial arts and self-defense. I left Judo after a year and stuck to plain Ju Jitsu after that.
