Martial Arts Discussion!!!!!!

Any martial arts other practitioners here? I'm a Judo/Jiu Jitsu guy. Been do'in it for 7 years now currently at my Ikkyu rank and going for my blackbelt during the summer. I've also just recently started MMA training. I've been practicing Karate and other striking forms to complement my grappling skills it kicks ass.

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Originally Posted by eviani

I did Capoeira for about close to three years and got to my second belt...was on the verge of getting the third belt but damaged my rotator cuff...I've been doing Kung Fu up here at school now for about a year...martial arts rock, I really want to get back into Capoeira again.

Ohh damn. That sucks how serious was the injury. Capoeira is pretty awesome. I've wanted to give it a try for a long time but I can't find a school in my area.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Killy

I've been training Ju-Jutsu actively for well over 7 years now. I've also trained some Muay Thai and Brazilian Ju-Jutsu.

Question to Man_of_Pie: I fail to see how you're going to improve your grappling skills by training karate. As far as I know, there is no coverage of any grappling techniques in karate.

I didn't say I'd improve my grappling skills by learning karate I said that training in a form that involves striking would COMPLEMENT my grappling skills. Because then I'm be able to use striking for long distances (well not really long distance but I think you get what I'm saying.) and grappling for getting in close.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Killy

My bad, I totally misunderstood what you wrote. Haven't had much sleep lately, sorry. I understand what you mean though.

It's all good.

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Originally Posted by kiseki

I practiced Kendo for a year when I was in the seventh grade.
My grandfather had some kind of high rank(?) in Kendo, and he was obsessed with the idea of training me as a good Kendo fighter.
I really didn't like the idea; wearing those smelly armors was disgusting, and I just didn't like fighting. But I did it anyway to convince my grandfather, and I quit it after a year of simple practices; swinging the sword up and down and tripping into the world of zen or something like that.

After all of those training, I learned that I really suck with Kendo, and my granpa seemed to understand that clearly, which rapidly burned out his motivation of training me.
I really don't see the point for training martial arts, and I learned that screaming out loud or throwing nearby objects works just fine to get myself out from some dangers.

This question is going to look dumb in a martial arts thread, but for the people who practice martial arts, why do you practice martial arts?
I'm just curious, nothing else.

Well to answer your question I just do it for the love of the game. Same reason as anyone who plays basketball, baseball, soccer w/e. Also because I wanna fight in like Pride FC one day. Even though it'll probably never happen.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by kiseki

Man_of_Pie ~ Jeff135
I know that you will lose your title if you use your skills on the street (if somebody tells the "Sensei" that you used it), but have you ever used your martial art skills in a daily fightings or something like that?
I'm not talking about those official matches, I'm talking about the fight that you might have between your friends or somebody from the streets.

I've seen some fights, but all they did was smack and grab each other like little kids do. I know that those people did not had an experience with martial arts, so I just wondered whether you all do something nice/clean/cool when you have a fight.
Again, just curious.

I've never actually been involved in a street fight. (Even though I think it would be an exhilerating experience I try to avoid that type of thing.) I have however done a few friendly matches against other martial artists that go to my school. We usually just have friendly matches in a park or in someone's garage or something. It's some good practice to fight against people who use different styles. The only downside is that none of us have a medical degree.

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What does you guys'es tournament records look like? Here's results from pretty much every tournament I've ever fought in. A few are missing from the list.
2001 Cherry Blossom Open: 3rd Place
2001 Rattler Roundup: 3rd Place
2001 State Championchip: 5th Place
Kevin Book Invitational: 1st Place (Middleweight Division) 2nd Place (Kata) 2nd Place (Private Division)
2002 Rattler Roundup: 3rd Place
2002 Cherry Blossom Open: 1st Place
2002 State Championchip: 1st Place
2003 Rattler Roundup: 2nd Place
2003 Cherry Blossom Open: 1st Place
2003 State Championchip: 1st Place
2003 National Championchip: Last Place =(
2003 Sunshine State Games: 3rd Place
2003 Gainesville Tournament: 4th Place
2004 Rattler Roundup: 2nd Place
2004 CHerry Blossom Open: 2nd Place, 3rd Place (Kata)
2004 Disney Martial Arts Fesitval: 2nd Place
2005 State Championchip: 1st Place
2005 Disney Martial Arts Festival: 2nd Place
2006 Cherry Blossom Open: 2nd Place

And that's all so far. I look forward to actually getting good results in the national championchip this year.

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Anyone into MMA fighting? I just recently started fighting in amateur MMA competitions. I'm more proficient at grappling since I've been doing it longer. I've been using Judo/Jiujitsu and Muay Thai techniques the combo seems to work out quite well for me.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by a_mcnugget

I'm the biggest MMA fan here. Do you train with any of the famous teams? What weight class do you fight at?

Nah I'm not with any famous teams haha I wish. But I fight at the Men's Light Welterweight division. 147 lbs of pure muscle.

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Isn't Escrima basically whacking the shit outta people with 2 sticks?

There's nowhere I can't reach.