Aikido (or other martial arts)

[ullbergm]

Anybody on here train in any martial arts?I'm currently going to Aikido classes 4 times a week, pretty fun stuff. Very interesting.Also, where did you 'find' your martial art and why did you choose the one you did?

[nismo]

I am currently a Tang Soo Do instructor. I have been doing it for about 11 yeara now. But due to the fact that I have been taking a lot of vacations, I have not gotten my Don as of yet. I will later this year. Inder

[scherry2]

my son and I are both in Tae Kwon Do for 2 + years

[ullbergm]

Quote, originally posted by TRD4reel »I am currently a Tang Soo Do instructor. I have been doing it for about 11 yeara now. But due to the fact that I have been taking a lot of vacations, I have not gotten my Don as of yet. I will later this year. InderInteresting, i had never heard of Tang Soo Do.You learn something new every day..

[ullbergm]

Quote, originally posted by ullbergm »Also, where did you 'find' your martial art and why did you choose the one you did?To answer my own edit above..Back when i was maybe 10 i took one year of judo but for the next 17 years i did not do any martial arts.Then one day i was watching the discovery channel and they were showing the top 10 martial arts. That was when i first found aikido. I did some research and found it very interesting. Just for fun i typed in 'aikido owensboro, ky' and i was pretty surprised to see that there was a dojo in town. I contacted them and watched a class. Then i sort of forgot about it until my wife brought it back up. We went and watched a class again and two days later i started going.As for the reason i chose aikido, i really like the idea that you are not kicking and punching but using the other person's momentum against them. It has been called 'the thinking mans martial art'.. It is not something that will be a good self defence in a couple of weeks, it takes a couple of years to *really* be able to use it On The Street.

[Mavrik]

I take 2 classes a week in karate, each class is 2.5 hours long including an hour of warm up excersises.I got interested in martial arts from movies and games like Mortal Kombat lol I've been taking karate for 2 years roughly, am currently green belt.

[vibemoon]

I have studied many different styles off and on for the last 20 years. I really liked Aikido, Hapkido, Kung Fu - Wing Chun, and Sakim Salat. I have studied Tang Soo Do, Tae Kwon Do, Sanchin Ryu, Judo, Shotokan Karate, Kendo, Jute, Mui Tai, Tai Chi, and some others. I greatly preferred the Chinese styles over the Japanese or Okinawan styles. I think my favorites would be Aikido, Hapkido, and Wing Chun.

[ullbergm]

Quote, originally posted by vibemoon »I have studied many different styles off and on for the last 20 years. Wow, you've tried quite a few different styles.

[nismo]

Quote, originally posted by ullbergm »Interesting, i had never heard of Tang Soo Do.You learn something new every day..Yeah, keeps me in shape for the time I'm there. Tang Soo Do is a korean martial art. Was orginated November 3rd, 1945 by Grand Master Wang Ki. It was used mainly for the koreans to defend themselves in the Korean War. I thiink that sounds about right. Someone correct of this if I am wrong. I practice under Grand Master Armanian and Master Schollenberger. Inder

[ZubenElGenubi]

Besides vibemoon, has anyone else studied Shokotan Karate? I'm interested because 1) I'm working on a graphic novel whose protagonist is a student of Shokotan Karate and 2) am interested in learning it firsthand and would like to hear personal experiences.There are at least four dojos in the Houston area and I'll be visiting one or more soon, just would like some feedback.

[4X4CHICHI]

Sinaju is the sun source of all martial arts. just ask Chiun. That's the biz sweetheart.