The Jedi Academy- The Official JA Martial Arts Thread!

The Official JA Martial Arts Thread!

Sep 17 2005 02:12am

Ataris
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Allright, I can't remember if we ever had our own martial arts thread. But increasing numbers of JA members are in a way or another interested in some sort of martial arts.. Many of the people I've talked to over the years have been or still are active in some sort of martial art, it being everything from Judo and Karate, to more artistic stuff like Capoeira..

So if you have anything related to martial arts, what you train or what your favorite martial art is.. Please post!

I train Muay Thai myself. Thaiboxing for those of you who wonder.. Been training it since late 2004, and I think it's absolutely awesome!

Poll

What's your favorite martial art? To watch, to do, or just what sounds the coolest if you don't know!

(I can't have ALL martial arts, but I'll put 2 in each option)

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Sep 20 2005 02:09pm

Ataris
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not a martial art. it takes just as much discpline and strength as a martial art. and its harder to train safely. your not gunna get smacked in the face if ur traing combos ect. but if you training combos and fluid movments. you could clip feet. smsharms or break bones. . just thoguht id say.

Even if it took more discipline and strength than any martial art, it doesn't make it one?

Like I don't consider long-distance running a martial art, even if there is major pain-age

j/k, and I know what you meant

Sep 20 2005 07:52am

Plo Koon
- Student

For the Tae Kwon Do'ists, any particular thing your having trouble on? like what are you trying to learn or get right? lets share our stories people!

EDIT: Matter of fact, not just TKD'rs, everyone share your struggles and stories.
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This comment was edited by Plo Koon on Sep 20 2005 07:53am.

Sep 19 2005 10:40pm

Esta
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I consider martial arts a form of self-defence.
A way to stop yourself getting hurt by other people, by means of hurting/stopping them with little effort.
Parkour is a way of getting from A to B quickly, not a way to defend yourself effectively in any way, though I guess it could prove useful as an escape tactic..
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Sep 19 2005 09:24pm

NotSoLittleCaesar
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If you call Parkour a martial art, then yeah.

The reason I started this thread was that they already had an official parkour thread..

And it's not a martial art. It's more of an extreme sport. You just try to go through an object, over or under it as smoothly as possible, without stopping.. That's not a martial art imo!

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I mostly agree oh Lord of the squeezy mop

Sep 19 2005 05:51pm

NotSoLittleCaesar
- Student

hm.. ive never done a major coitment to any martial art. as i have a very distict style of my own to be honest. ive done some karate. a little cappoeria some judo. and i for got the name of another. and some random other ones.
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Sep 19 2005 12:29pm

Ataris
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Sep 18 2005 07:14pm

Raziel Anjelis
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I like to fight my own way

I usually use weapons, sticks etc, but only for defensive purposes.
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Sep 18 2005 10:09am

Vasper Ba'xian
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BRUCE LEE! Plo

Aye I know TWD and Kempo but I wish I coulda found a kung fu school growing up

Aikido is a very effective style as well. Using your opponents energy against them.
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Sep 18 2005 04:49am

Trad Redav
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Heh. Well, I guess you could consider me a white belt in Jiu Jitsu-- I'm learning some of it along with TKD, anyway. And I've had exactly one lesson of kung fu, and it gave me two thoughts: one, that it's very different from TKD, and two, that teaching a bunch of high-school boys ways to hurt each other might not be the smartest thing to do in the long run. [the kung fu was at a summer camp...] You have them running around going "I know kung fu!" whenever there's a minor conflict. Annoyed me to no end...
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Sep 18 2005 01:51am

Plo Koon
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Sep 18 2005 01:22am

Raider
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Green belt Tae Kwon Do

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Sep 17 2005 08:54pm

Thomasooo
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I have the green belt in jiu jitsu (I was SO close to the blue), then I had to give it up to prioritise school (this happened about 3 years ago).

I'm pretty sure I'll pick it up again some day. However, I'll probably start from the bottom again.

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Sep 17 2005 06:30pm

Kano
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yea Aikido is pretty cool i tried it for a couple of months and learnt what i wanted then stopped wasn't really my style
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Sep 17 2005 03:10pm

AvaloN
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Ninja's are sweet.

Sep 17 2005 12:54pm

Esta
- Student

Aikido, unarmed, and with staff+katana adaptations.

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Sep 17 2005 10:49am

Ataris
- Milwaukees Finest

IMO the coolest Martial Art to watch is without doubt Capoeira.. But the most efficent one in the ring is MT imo. And quite frankly, I'm not small/nimble enough to do Capoeira, so I just beat up people in the ring

Sep 17 2005 10:20am

Janus
- Retired

My parents met through Karate and earning their Brown belts together. Love kind of took over and they didn't continue on, but it's always a point of interest to note (I like it at least).

I never really had the opportunities to try out the different styles, but I was fortunate enough to take Aikido lessons for about 3 months. Very interesting way of thinking, an Art I'd like to revisit down the road one day...
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Sep 17 2005 09:30am

Ataris
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If you call Parkour a martial art, then yeah.

The reason I started this thread was that they already had an official parkour thread..

Sep 17 2005 08:46am

Badger Hat
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I love kung fu!
Well I'd love to be able to do it anyway...
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Sep 17 2005 08:42am

Kano
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hmm parkour french for "free running" its fun hehehee. i use to do kung fu and thai chi (sry for the spelling if i got it wrong) but not thai chi as in all that spiritual stuff people do lol
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Sep 17 2005 08:41am

Ra
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Well i have a junior black belt in Ju-jitsu, which in 2 years i can change into my adult black

. I have a green belt in Karate and i have tryed Tae Kwon Do, which i hope to start learning soon when i find a good dojo, and Nin-Jitsu but they are were only tasters.
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Sep 17 2005 08:22am

O'Liin Onasi
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If you call Parkour a martial art, then yeah.Other than that ,the stuff they taught me at the academy(aikido),and thats pretty much it.:d
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Sep 17 2005 04:53am

xAnAtOs
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maybe i'm wrong, but doesn't karatedo = karate?
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Sep 17 2005 04:50am

Plo Koon
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You know I was seriously just about to make a thread like this a few days ago, but anyway...

I have a green belt in Tae Kwon Do, and I'm just about to test for my purple belt on October 1st. I've been training really hard for it up to soaking with sweat and exhaustion so wish me luck

Not much else to say about me other than the fact that I do Tae Kwon Do with "Oh Do Kwon", and I like the sport part of it for fun, but I do it for the art part to try to bring my mind and body to a state of enlightenment.
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This comment was edited by Plo Koon on Sep 19 2005 04:23am.

Sep 17 2005 04:29am

Trad Redav
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Well, I'm a black belt in Tae Kwan Do (only first degree, sorry...), and though some people think it's more a sport than a martial art, they don't realize that there are really two versions of TKD: basically, the sport and the martial art, also known as the World Tae Kwon Do Federation (the sport) and the International Tae Kwon Do Federation (The martial art.)
The ITF came first. Basically, in a very watered-down explanation, it was developed mostly by people from South Korea, so even though North Korea really liked it, they couldn't use it for political reasons (silly politics). So, they altered it a bit, called it 'world' instead of 'international', and declared it their national sport. So now, you have the martial art, which is still practiced basically the same way (though there have been advances made) and the sport, which is what you see in the olympics. There are vast differences in how it's done and what's allowed. Something very basic: in WTF, punches to the head are not allowed. In ITF, they are, although punches to the face might get you disqualified in a tournament.
...I'm rambling, arn't I? Sorry.
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