Any martial artists here?

[kobus]

My best deadlift was 240kg (528lb) (Competition)
Best bench press was (non-competition) 170kg (374lb) but nowadays am lucky if I press 150kg.
Squats have always been bad - due to kicking. 185kg (competition)

[Tim Wescott]

No problem guy`s!!

I`ll discuss it with the team, and we`ll possibly do a poll for all the members opinions.

I will have the final say based on those two criteria.

[Intensity]

I did Juko in 1985 because my father want to... and it end up...huuum let me think... at the end of 1985! ;D

I like the discipline of martial art... but i dont want to break one of my nails ;D

Mo

[Tim Wescott]

Ha ha !! ;D

[ifearnoman]

Tim said:

Guy`s if there is enough interest here,I would be glad to add a MMA category but I would want to be sure that it was participated in enough to warrant creating one.

Let me know your thoughts and we`ll (the mod team) will take it under consideration!

Thanks,
Timski

I say go for it!


I have gone back and forth recently about me getting back into it. In the end, I don't think my face can take much more abuse lol..

I will probably just end up bodybuilding, and trying to get freakish

[ifearnoman]

And, I'm wanting to get my daughters into martial arts too. The oldest is 9 which I think is a good age to start. I'm set on finding a traditional school (be it TKD or something else) that pounds the basics home for the first few years. I'm not interested in the raging black belt academies that are on every corner now. I want to start them out in a very strict, traditional style and then down the road start integrating other styles (grappling, hapkido, etc). I could care less if my girls know how to dance around and spar with someone. I want them to be able to break f**king ass if they have to. Know what I mean.

Munster.

That is a good age to start. Just make sure you choose the right school, and it isn't what some call a "black belt mill" Schools that just hand out belts to whoever pays $ That is the wrong way to do it.

See if you can find a Korean instructor for TKD, or even a shotokan school. Shotokan is probably the most difficult art to get a belt in. You can be sure that a Shotokan black belt is one tough fu*ker!

[kobus]

ifearnoman said:

Munster.

That is a good age to start. Just make sure you choose the right school, and it isn't what some call a "black belt mill" Schools that just hand out belts to whoever pays $ That is the wrong way to do it.

See if you can find a Korean instructor for TKD, or even a shotokan school. Shotokan is probably the most difficult art to get a belt in. You can be sure that a Shotokan black belt is one tough f**ker!

Be careful here - it depends on your daughters' personalities, likes, etc.

In our dangerous world we'd like our kids to be tough-as-nails-fighters, but it's no use scaring them off. At 9 years old, I'd get them into something that would fit their personalities - soft arts for soft introverts; karate for tougher kids and TKD for ones with strong legs and little upper body strength.

What's great is to find a school that will make training fun - so that they won't quit after a month...

[TheMunster]

I haven't been on the boad in a long time and I had no idea this thread grew this much.

I don't know if the interest made it any further than this thread but I'd love to see a MA forum started.

I've got a lot of ideas and even more questions (the more you learn, the more you realize you have a lot to learn) about training and cross training, nutrition, etc in regards to combining MA training with smart weightlifting and what not.

Thanks for all the feedback.

[oldtimer1]

I trained with Renzo Gracie and Kukuc for awhile in Red Bank NJ. It was during the time when Royce Gracie first came to America and fought in the first UFC. I also boxed for a brief period. I think boxing and ground fighting are two of the toughest activites going.

I'm a lover and not a fighter. I heard it said that a true martial artist always tries to walk away from a fight. If you look for trouble you will find it.

I worked with a guy that was going to represent the USA during the 1980 boycotted Soviet Olympics as a heavy weight in wrestling. He was in a night club and he saw a pretty girl and thought he would talk to her. He didn't know her steroided to the gills boyfriend was in the bar. The guy confronted my friend. My friend apologized but the boyfriend would'd let it go. My friend decided he had to leave the bar but the guy followed him into the parking lot. My friend again tryed to smooth out the situation. To make a long story short the guy punched my friend in the face and broke his nose. Big mistake. My friend took him down and hit him with a few punches. End of fight.

The morale of the story is that you don't know what the other guy is capable of. My freind is about 5'11" 245 and he looks like he's a fighter with his scarred ears. I also know of a 5'8" 145 pound guy that is the best submission artist I have ever seen. No matter what you try he has a answer to and a great counter to. To look at him you would never know it.

[Vandamme]

Jeet Kune Do is my practice. I no longer do full contact sparing, but Ive practiced it for at least the last seven years to stay up on it. I belong to a private gym on 2 acres of land and we have a boxing area for some of the people to box and cardio so I use that as cardio for one of my cardio days.

Jeet Kune Do (means intercepting first) Its a form of Bruce Lee fighting style. In a nut shell self defense street fighting is the concept . Everyday use whether you encounter on the street, bar,etc .. Other forms may not always help you if your in a live situation...

Ive been bodybuilding for 12 years but always will use jeet kune do as my mind and body connection...