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thinking of learning kung fu... as you are the depositry of all knowledge...anyone know about it ?
comments ?
ideas ?

what style you prefer matters a great deal..

I teach Tae Kwon Do, and although I started with Yid Ga Ling Karate, I found it a little too stiff..

Tae Kwon Do, is a more dynamic and ariel art, so if you prefer highly energetic go for that or Win Chung Kung Fu...alternately, if you prefer a more ground based art, then it's karate or judo

Still, I find all martial arts a good use of time and energy, I wont pick fault with any

thing is..if i do kung fu..i can sing along to 'kung fu fighting'...so its kinda cool

i can teach you traditional scottish martial art- fucyu!

I studied Wing Chung for a number of years, before thingd like children got in the way.

It is brilliant, but I will give a couple of warnings:

1)It is really hard work, and requires a high level of fitness and dedication. You'll never get any good if you attend a two hour class once a week. Practice and practice is mandatory.

2) At some stage, you will get punched in the face, probably quite hard, or hit forcably with a stick. If you find this highly objectionable, don't do it.


Otherwise, it's a terrific way to improve yourself, both physically and mentally. Good luck!

Suppose it could keep you out of trouble.

Don't try and pull that shit in a bar, though!

Haaaa-ya!

Glad Rac mentioned the punched in the face bit.

I have to add i always found it difficult to keep my cool whilst sparing. If you've a volatile temper then you'll either learn to control it (as i slowly did) or it's not for you.

I used to box.

Nothing feels so good as getting punched in the face and coming right back at them!

Val.

"I wanted to destroy something beautiful." -fight club.

"Nothing feels so good as getting punched in the face and coming right back at them! "

I'll second that. While getting punched is bad, nothing beats the feeling of connecting with a really good shot.

You feel ALIVE!!


Val.

What, more alive than when posting messages on this board? Surely not!

Wing Chung is the most famous and was studied by Bruce Lee, who then created his own, Jeet Kune Do.  It's a close quarters combat with the one-inch-punch as its speciality.

Lu Gar is more a kickboxing style.

I've done a little bit of Judo (the most fun), Shotokan Karate (too stiff), Ninjuitsu (practical) and Aikido (beautiful and the ultimate art but takes years to be of much use).

Most of whether it's for you depends on what you want it for (sport, fun, self-defence) and your relationship with your teacher.

ooo hit in the face...ouch..urgh...still...somet to do....urgh....is judo less likely to involve being hit in the face ?

akido seems fab but years..years...

I play rugby, at hooker, and I most certainly do not enjoy being hit in the face.  I love to scrummage though.

I did try to learn Tae-Kwon-Do for a while.  And I came third in a competition.  There was only 3 of us in that particular age/weight/belt class.

Yes, a good physical fight is good for the soul every once in a while.

Remind a man of his mortality and all that.

Can't wait for DreddCon!

Try learning No Kan Doo. Get's you out of most trouble.

Sorry i'm late, only just spotted this.

I've done quite a few martial arts to varying degrees, namely karate, kickboxing, a little kung fu from various styles, even less tae kwon do and a bit of good ol fashioned regular boxing. A few months back i went to a Capoeira class with a mate of mine and i'm hooked! For those who don't know, it's a brazillian martial art that basically looks a bit like break dancing when it's done well. And it hurts! Bloody great fun. I recommend it.

"it's a brazillian martial art that basically looks a bit like break dancing when it's done well"

Is that the one in the Sepultura video for 'Roots'?

I just prefered to shoot people, saves a lot of time.

La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.

Most of us (I obviously do not include any boarders for Liverpool here) don't carry a gun all the time.
I've always got my hands though...

pah city folks with all yur fancy martial arts classes, pff we country folks don't need your fancy ways, we just got haggis-throwing skills, and chainsaws & swords & spike heels & a twisted glint in the eye.

actually i done tai chi, which you might not consider to be a martial art more a wavey arm exercise, but just you try pushing me off balance or getting me in a half neslon & see what happens, its handy stuff. especially when combined with aforementioned weaponary.

KUNG FU is great.
 but the bloody carrying the pot of burning coals for the dragon marks for your last exam always put me off signing up at the local YMCA.

Yep. that's the one from the roots vid. There was a funky afro-ed blokey in tekken too!

"actually i done tai chi, which you might not consider to be a martial art more a wavey arm exercise,"

Not at all!! You give some of those moves a bit of speed behind them, and they can fu(k you up good!

big out here of course.martail arts in general.
but you have to consider what you are wanting to gain.
each has its own merits and rewards.
 
 TAI CHI.
is lovely and fluid and wonderful for clearing the mind in the early morning. but at speed its bloody lethal.

twai kwon do. very good in terms of self defence and attack when needed.has many tentants about respect and self control.good for young minds. my son is a member of the local branch.i would honestly say it has a very good effect upon him.

judo. very defensive and good for learning to fall correctly in any situation.i have taken this and enjoyed it a lot.(the most fun i would say to be honest.)

Karate. very attack orinetated also the one you need to be most fit for.good for the sporty types.

ther are many others. which are practised but i would not begin to understand them.they all look very impressive though.

I used to do Shao Lin, but sadly this ended due to a combination of the classes being cancelled by the sports centre, receiving a *complete* kicking at a competition and my discovery of vast amounts of alcohol and recreational drugs.

I've concidered taking it up again on several occasions, but I think my knees are far too knackered for it these days.

aye it really bugs me that none of this is available in this area, the tai chi classes were a 40 min drive, but i got very frustrated as no time to practice,& it was so stupid, having collapsed arches, standing barefoot is agony, yet wearing my boots means i can't glide & do the subtleties, which you above peeps will know, if the left toes out of alighnment the, knee hip spine will follow.. in looking for a way around this, my teacher was into getting his master to remote heal my feet.... at which point i lost respect, its fooking structural mate, i know all these energies etc are real, but get real ! So doing these classes made me feel a cripple, & that ain't good. I always wanted a more active jumping around school of the arts... nothing here tho.

interestingly enough re-enactors i've met, all study martial arts to, dressing as a viking & whacking people with swords is skilled stuff too. i can do the whirling swords around head & figures o eight thing, you know matrix stylee, but swords i got a the mo are so heavy, once the momentum gets going terrified o dropping it cos it would take out half the room.

me wallace sword's nearly as big as me grudamn it !

 Used to box -"but your so pretty Jim"-and if you've got the time to spare and do it properly its well worth trying, great for fitness and self discipline, and being able to take a hit is in a lot of ways more useful than being able to deliver one.
 However Kung Fu, which admittedly I did a lot less of, is equally great fun and a lot easier to find a club at the right level to  start off.
   

"Lu Gar is more a kickboxing style."


erm......right. If you say so. You sure you don't mean Lau Gar KICKBOXING is a kickboxing style?

I study Lau Gar and I'll tell you know it's not kickboxing....