does anyone here do martial arts or

[Cythraul]

have you ever done martial arts, or are you considering it? This is kind of a random question but I'm just curious. I want to start taking some classes in either muay thai or some form of kung fu because I need some exercise and I want to learn how to be a real asskicker. Plus I think being able to do martial arts is kind of metal.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

learn MMA

 

[Cythraul]

I'm not really trying to be the Ultimate Fighting Champion.

 

[Vossyrus]

I only watch MMA...UFC is alright but its a shame they own Pride now & I dislike all of those xyience fighters like Matt Hughes, Liddell, Franklin - they're all overrated and overhyped. Dana White is basically turning MMA into pro wrestling with al the drama and theatrics.

 

[Requiem.]

I took a few lessons when I was younger. Nothing more.

 

[unknown]

I'm interested in learning capoeira. a guy I ran track with did it, and he'd show us it every now and then...it always looked cool

 

[Pessimism]

Nope, never had a class. I find it easier o just choke and rip out chunks of flesh from people like a wild animal.

Teeth to throat (or) thumb inside eyes = the win (and prison )

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Teeth to throat

Can't say I've ever heard of someone doing that in a fight. That would be both frightening and awesome at the same time.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

I'm not really trying to be the Ultimate Fighting Champion.

so, It still makes you a badass. teaches you everything

 

[VonCreep]

Spetsnaz, some taijujitsu, drunken boxing, tiger kung fu, some wu-shu. Other things.

 

[MasterOLightning]

Dim Mak is apparently death metal about martial arts.

 

[Fain]

I took Muai Thai for a bit, it was pretty awesome. Id go with that because its actually practical. But if you want to look cool, I definately vote capoeira(sp?).

 

[Thoth-Amon]

I took Kenpo; Shotokan and Tae Kwan Do. I don't do them anymore. The Shotokan was the best as the teacher was really intense. He had his own private dojo on his property and we would have to walk barefoot on the freezing hardwood floor of it while we counted out our excercises in Japanese.

 

[Cythraul]

so, It still makes you a badass. teaches you everything

I don't care. It's fucking trendy shit. Every fucking guy I know that gets into martial arts these days gets into mma because they think they're going to be the ultimate fighting champion. That's just not kvlt enough for me.

 

[Mort Divine]

I learned some odd karate for like a year when I was seven and said "Fuck this I'm going to dawdle around with my hands in my pockets."

 

[Matt]

I took Kenpo

I did too. I also took (until about 9 months ago) Judo, some Iaido, and Jujitsu. Iaido was the most fun because it specializes in sword combat.

 

[Reaping Clarity]

I went to a club called 'Go-Kan-Ryu' which is self defense karate, went there for a few years and got up to a green belt(4th belt) before I quit.

 

[Matt]

I was a brown belt 1st class in Kenpo, blue in Judo since we went with the euro style. There weren't belt ranks in Iaido.

 

[Divine Victim]

Jiu Jitsu is highly recommended for excellent exercise and very practical and applicable self defence methods.

 

[Crapples]

I do a freestyle martial art called Bukido Kai. It's very intense fitness wise. Lots of running around, bag work, push ups, all sorts of exercises designed to cause much pain physically. As not fun as that sounds I love it. This year I'll be doing a grading that goes for 4 days (did the same thing last year as well). Camping out, 3-4 hours sleep every night, train hard all day/night long. It's not unlike a booty camp... only worse. There's a particular massive fucking tire and it's friend massive chain who likes me lugging it around the place (it's especially fun through sand and deep water).

And the self defence stuff is actually practical. No silly complicated fancy shit.