Learning a martial art

Mat · 24 Mar 2006 at 10:56

Just out of curiosity, which road were you walking down?

There are loads of martial arts here in Cam (one of which I used to teach) so spend a little time investigating them, try some out and see which one you enjoy most, thats the most important thing.

king_kenny · 24 Mar 2006 at 10:58

even if you know martial arts you are still unlickly to come out on top in a 2 on one situation.

Hmmm i do martial arts and i came out fine on a 3 v 1 situation

(not braggin) martial arts is the way farward !!!!!

Mat · 24 Mar 2006 at 11:00

AJUK said:
... and even then it depends on the situation.

LordSplodge · 24 Mar 2006 at 11:16

Del Lardo said:
One of my friends has recommended that I look into the Aikido

Are there any Aikido people out there who can give me more information?

Let me just say this: If you are not serious about doing a MArtial Art then Aikido is not for you. It is a whole mind, body and sould art and is one of the hardest and slowest martial arts to learn. It also happens to be the best.

There is no punching air in Aikido. You use the atackers weight and momentum to disarm and take them down. In Aikido you also learn to defend against the sword, staff and other weapons.

Of course it teaches that the best form of defense is to avoid to fight in the first place.

Read this: Akido on the Wiki

FishThrower · 24 Mar 2006 at 15:45

the best self defence MA is Judo by far, you could be really good at kick boxing or karate, but theres still a large chance that you will get the crap kicked out of you in a street fight, mainly because they always turn to be grapple matches.

Judo you dont hurt the other person (which aint no fun), but its the most effective, if you learn karate or Kick boxing, you have to hit first, same for anything, make sure you hit first, and not them, if they get the first punch in, your screwed

Borris · 24 Mar 2006 at 15:48

Del Lardo said:
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The last time I was in Cambridge (new year's eve), I had to contend with walking past an open window, where a podgy man of 40 - 50, completely in flagrante, was knocking one out.

And you think you had it bad, hmmm?

wsurfa · 24 Mar 2006 at 15:56

unless the martial art (whicever one)has full contact sparring it will be of little use.

A grapple/striking mix is best for actual fighting - possibly jitsu as a single 'art', but without full contact it is nto all that useful. You'd be amazed how much hard learned theory goes out the window the first time a fist lands hard in your face ;-)

THe more grappling styles will get you fitter faster - 3 min session of groundwork seems to last about 30min once you onto the 3/4th rotation :-)

Go to a couple of local sessions of differnent styles and see which one is attractive - if you dont like it you wont go

Pug · 24 Mar 2006 at 16:13

i've been doing jiu jitsu for about a year nearly, and its brilliant fun - and imo one of the more central martial arts

It has elements of kickboxing, judo, aikido and down right brutal moves (when we do attacks they include palm-heel to face, elbow to face, gouging) and when we have Uki (our partner) on the floor we have to "carry-out" a finish (to be safe) and these range joint locks to a heel-kick to the head (which is on the floor) - obviously not used in all circumstances lol

It uses the locks and levers of aikido (without the flowing art type stuff, just the straight up damage side of things) with the grappling/throws of Judo and the kicks/punches of karate/kick boxing.

Just remember after doing it for about 2 years, if you use excessive force you'll be classed as an "expert" in a criminal trial, and as such will be looked upon harshly compared to a non martial artist.

richyfingers · 24 Mar 2006 at 17:15

FishThrower said:
the best self defence MA is Judo by far, you could be really good at kick boxing or karate, but theres still a large chance that you will get the crap kicked out of you in a street fight, mainly because they always turn to be grapple matches.

Judo you dont hurt the other person (which aint no fun), but its the most effective, if you learn karate or Kick boxing, you have to hit first, same for anything, make sure you hit first, and not them, if they get the first punch in, your screwed

I don’t agree with this at all, I would say Krav Maga is the most effective and easy to learn form of defence. It teaches you how to deal with real life situations and can be picked up very quickly as it is based upon basic human reactions. It also teaches you how to avoid these grapple type struggles which often means you just end up rolling about on the deck with someone.