Martial Arts!

cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">In 'em, love 'em? </div>So, basically, my friends and I are putting together an action film this summer (Since one of said friends is a film major) and I'm being used in some stunts and stuff. I'm into TaeKwonDo (Jidokwan) and take a lot of things from Capoeira.

So, I was just thinking, how many people in the NS community are into a martial arts form?
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  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    I made a thread like this a while ago, we have some wrestlers and stuff in here too IIRC.

    I myself am training in Muay Thai. Hopefully I can start an amateur career towards the end of this year.
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  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1622377:date=Apr 21 2007, 09:21 PM:name=Zig)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Zig @ Apr 21 2007, 09:21 PM) [snapback]1622377[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    I made a thread like this a while ago, we have some wrestlers and stuff in here too IIRC.

    I myself am training in Muay Thai. Hopefully I can start an amateur career towards the end of this year.
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    Yeesh, you didn't have to get sticks beaten over your shins and forearms did you?
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  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    If you're referring to that weird Taiwanese or whatever martial arts vid, with the phony beating and conditioning, that's not Muay Thai XD

    Here are some great examples of Muay Thai training. Impressive too: the power of many MT strikes are considered to be unrivalled, especially the Thai roundhouse. Yodsaenklai Fairtex is the professional fighter shown in the vids.

    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Gpi7G6jQE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Gpi7G6jQE</a>
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=witJISymkWo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=witJISymkWo</a> <on the heavy bag... frightening
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55EvNyY8h0Q" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55EvNyY8h0Q</a>
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L0OsPTJpAY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L0OsPTJpAY</a> <the definitive Muay Thai "clinch" workout

    All of that "beating with sticks" stuff was never a focal point of MT training, and by now all that crap is long gone. All training is focused on conditioning, strength, or technique.
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited April 2007
    Zig:
    That guy looks unstoppable man <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />




    Hope to see the end product of this action movie someday cshank

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    as stated in the other thread,

    Pencak Silat from the age of 6 is the ting I do.
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  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1622381:date=Apr 21 2007, 09:56 PM:name=Kouji_San)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kouji_San @ Apr 21 2007, 09:56 PM) [snapback]1622381[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Zig:
    That guy looks unstoppable man <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
    Hope to see the end product of this action movie someday cshank

    [edit]
    as stated in the other thread,

    Pencak Silat from the age of 6 is the ting I do.
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    Do you use those knives?


    What're they called... Kerambits? Yeah, that's it.

    I've yet to see a Djuru done before.
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  • RustySpoonRustySpoon Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18069Members
    I don't know if it's even considered a martial art any more, compared to all that carpet dancing you guys do, but I'm an amateur boxer. Been in three fights so far.
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  • ShockehShockeh If a packet drops on the web and nobody&#39;s near to see it... Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9336NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    I previously went to Hung Kuen Kung Fu, but I couldn't get there due to work time commitments. (The club started at 6:00pm, I finish work, and it's pretty much exactly an hour away. After fighting through rush hour traffic, finding a space, etc, I just wasn't up for it at all) I'm keen to find a new one to do actually, but there doesn't appear to be anything beyond Tae Kwon Do in my area. (bleh!)

    - Shockwave
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    Most recently I have been studying TKD, until I sprained my ankle, now I have sprained/broken my wrist (should go get that looked at tbh), and still have not gone back yet. The place I was studying also covered KapKiDo as a more "real world" self defense then TKD is.

    I also studied Jeet Kun Do for a few years (I keep on movie/breaking stuff and have to lay off the MA for a long time). JKD was alot of fun as we studied Muay Thai, Kali (AKA Eskrima, Arnis de Mano, FMA), Shoot wrestling, Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, Wing Chun, and probably a few other things.

    Switching over to TKD after that was interesting. I had a lot of the basics (I knew how to throw proper punches and kicks), and however tweaking them over to standard TKD techniques was interesting.

    My roundhouse Kick had to become a snapping kick (from the Muay Thai baseball bat approach I was used to), and before I busted my ankle I could easily kick head height (something rarely done in JKD).

    On the other hand my knowledge from different sorts of Trapping/grappling fed directly into Hap Ki Do in many cases.
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    I recently started fencing, does that count?
    Did a year of Ji-jutsu(dont care about spelling) too.
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  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    If you're into martial arts then you must buy <a href="http://the-isb.blogspot.com/2007/04/behold-hidden-gusset.html" target="_blank">Chuck Norris's Action Jeans</a>. That is all.
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  • usererrorusererror Join Date: 2007-02-19 Member: 60016Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I've been in taijutsu for 6 years now, and I was doing aikido for about 1 year. Now I work with the aikido teacher at a restaurant. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    Mm, testing for my second blue stripe tomorrow afternoon. Wish me luck.
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