Martial arts?

[Steph]

Just to get some statistics. What martial art do you practise, if any? It would be nice to answer if you practice none, so we have some % of practicionner

I have inlcuded the main ones I add in mind, if you practise a specific style, just select the generic one and add precision.

I know the list is far from complete, but there's a max of 25 options!

For me, it's Aikido.

 

[MayNilad Man]

Hey!
Where's Arnis/Eskrima/Filipino Martial Arts?

 

[Steph]

Hey!
Where's Arnis/Eskrima/Filipino Martial Arts?

Others + comment. If you are not pleased by that, send an official complaints to the forum administrator, and ask them to expand the poll options to a few hundreds .

But if you practice a martial mart which is not in the list, it can be an opportunity to explain what it's like

 

[MayNilad Man]

Nah, I don't practice it. It's just my nationalistic tendencies getting the better of me.

 

[downtown]

I'm currently taking boxing lessons.

 

[IglooDame]

Other - the moderately ancient art of Pi Stol.

(I currently have the rank of gun belt.)

 

[Steph]

Other - the moderately ancient art of Pi Stol.
(I currently have the rank of gun belt.)

That's a quite efficient art. And in fact, it may be older than many others.

 

[nc-1701]

I too practice Aikido in the ASU organization, which is under Akikai. I've been training since January '06 and recently passed my 5th Kyu test Yes I know ranks don't mean much, but together with time training it does give some idea of skill.

 

[Yoda Power]

I used to practice Kendo, should I vote that or just none?

 

[Steph]

I too practice Aikido in the ASU organization, which is under Akikai. I've been training since January '06 and recently passed my 5th Kyu test Yes I know ranks don't mean much, but together with time training it does give some idea of skill.

In fact, I practiced two years when I was a student, in a dojo that didn't made you passed any kyu test, then stopped for almost ten years, and then started again recently.
So technically, no kyu for me yet.

@Yoda: I guess you can vote Kendo, at least if you practiced for some time, and not just once to try it

 

[IglooDame]

That's a quite efficient art. And in fact, it may be older than many others.

Efficient, but somewhat constrained by circumstance.

I've always wanted to get proficient in an unarmed martial art, but life's various pressures and my own lack of physical coordination have largely gotten in the way.

 

[Virote_Considon]

I voted for "karate", although I haven't been for about a year or so...

 

[El_Machinae]

I tournamented in Tae Kwon Do for quite some time. There was not much practical carryover, but it was really good for fitness and flexibility.

I found the first few months of Aikido the most useful. After that, the movements were too specific to be generally useful

 

[Love]

Shouldent this be moved to sport forum?

 

[Steph]

I found the first few months of Aikido the most useful. After that, the movements were too specific to be generally useful

That's a standard syndrom. During the first few months, you learn the basics. Then the movements may seem too specific, but in fact you have many combinations, and the trick, that requires years of practice, is to be able to switch from one combination to the other depending on what your opponent is doing. It is then useful, but you need to master it quite well.

I'm ready to grant that Aikido is not designed to be be efficient fast.

But it's not the goal anyway.

 

[Jawz II]

I did ass-breaking once.

Its the art of breaking someones ass.

 

[Steph]

Shouldent this be moved to sport forum?

No, because I'd like to know who practice a martial art, and who doesn't!
None practionner may not see the thread in sports, so we would have to few "none"

 

[mangxema]

not really.. I did do taekwondo for a while when I was younger, and fairly recently I was in hapkido for a while, but not really long enough to say that I actively practice it.

 

[Bronx Warlord]

MCMAP as tought by the Corps. I would reccomend the book " kill or get killed " by Rex Applegate if you want a serious, no . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . look at life or death self defense.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

I used to do Tae Kwon Do. Got some trophys adn a red and black belt, and then quit because the instructors got crappy.