kung fu fighting..little bit frightening

[rc]

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!

[Smiley]

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

[Tanky]

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.

[Richmond Clements]

"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'?

[W. R. Logan]

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

La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.

[Richmond Clements]

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...

[Queen Firey-Bou]

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.

[Devons Daddy]

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.

[Tanky]

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

[Richmond Clements]

"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!

[Devons Daddy]

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.

[Wils]

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.

[Queen Firey-Bou]

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 !

[JimBob]

 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.
   

[fneh]

"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....