Martial Arts

[xpatchxrojasx]

anyone in here in to martial arts? =D im just so glad that i got in to my dream martial art. It's called Yaw Yan. That's short for SaYAW ng KamataYAN which means "Dance of Death." It's Filipino Kickboxing. I'm just so glad that i finally get to study my own native martial art. =D

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anyone in here in to martial arts? =D im just so glad that i got in to my dream martial art. It's called Yaw Yan. That's short for SaYAW ng KamataYAN which means "Dance of Death." It's Filipino Kickboxing. I'm just so glad that i finally get to study my own native martial art. =D

I'm a martial artist. Glad you found a school you are happy with.

[xpatchxrojasx]

nice..what do you practice?

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nice..what do you practice?

You can call it the art of fighting without fighting!

[xCrucialDudex]

and that is something like sitting and thinking about stuff telling attackers: "chill out dude I'm busy"?

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and that is something like sitting and thinking about stuff telling attackers: "chill out dude I'm busy"?

well no, its actually a quote from enter the dragon. But the statement basically elludes to the idea of winning your battles way before they ever come to physical fighting by understanding yourself fully and reading your enemy as best as possible. The art of war by sun tzu lay grounds to this by saying that "the ultimate achievement is to win a battle without ever fighting" and the ways to do this are to understand yourself and your enemy. Saying "chill out dude i'm busy" may anger your attacker which can serve in your favour if you are aware of that situation fully and wish to anger them. A martial artist should see themselves as the general of the battle and a good general won't make stupid sacrafices of the troops before exhausting all other valid options. When it comes to needing to fight it should be done efficiantly and not clouded by emotional judgement but winning a battle using physical force is a lowly acheivement compared to winning one with no violence and a much lower risk. As people get older the idea of risk assessment plays a larger part in choices; an 18 year old guy with no job, living at home and no dependants will have a lot less to lose by fighting and so often young people fight. An older gentleman with a house, a car, a decent job, a wife and kids has much more to lose by putting himself at risk in a violent situation. This is also reflected in nature, many animals behave very differently when they have had offspring and will avoid the risk until its imperitive to deal with it violently for protection but the realise they have dependants and are less likely to make a foolish risk. A decent martial artist doesn't look to fight, all the physical training is just a small part of what a martial artist represents and the desire to prove martial abilty by fighting is a sure sign of someone who is very early on the path to becoming a martial artist. Fighting for sport however is another discussion altogether. But yeah, its just a quote from enter the dragon.

[xCrucialDudex]

I see. So you do not practice any particular MA such as Taek-won-do/Karate/Aikido/Boxing/etc., do you?

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I see. So you do not practice any particular MA such as Taek-won-do/Karate/Aikido/Boxing/etc., do you?

What makes you think that? The values i just noted can be found in tae kwon do, karate and akido so i am unclear as to why you think i don't practice martial arts?

[FireFly]

I'm totally into martial arts. I did kung fu when I was younger. Couldn't stick with it I guess lol. But now I do goju ryu. I prefer this style.

[XxXbassist]

I do Taek-won-do and a little jujitsu
definitely love mixed martial arts
I want to learn capoeria its so cool looking

[D1988]

A friend of mine does a style of karate, I will find out the style he does and let you know Ed, you obviously know alot more than me about it. But yeah he was in a tournament in Canada and is soon going to Australia for a tournament, guy is seriously awesome, one of the best in the country.

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A friend of mine does a style of karate, I will find out the style he does and let you know Ed, you obviously know alot more than me about it. But yeah he was in a tournament in Canada and is soon going to Australia for a tournament, guy is seriously awesome, one of the best in the country.

My sifu used to fight in karate competitions back when he was in the RAF in shotokan and wadoryu styles. I did a little karate when i was younger thanks to the karate kid.

[D1988]

My sifu used to fight in karate competitions back when he was in the RAF in shotokan and wadoryu styles. I did a little karate when i was younger thanks to the karate kid.

Cool. I generally didn't have the slightest clue of all of the different styles until I spoke to him a little bit about. Here was me typical guy thinking Karate was it, but he told me there is lots of styles of Karate and I can obviously see now how huge martial arts are.

I went to a charity show and they done a demonstration, it wasn't full contact fighting but my mate and this other guy who is I would say almost as good as him went at it and it is incredible to watch. I think full contact it would be pretty intense, and they are so damn fast it's unbelievable.

[Sand Stealer]

My little brother's a black belt in karate and has dabbled in judo and something else, can't remember what it was, but he didn't like them as much. He was going to try and move up the dans as well but his teacher started messing him around and demanding money from him for equipment he never used again and making up fees, so he quit. It's a bit sad, he was really good at it and it did so much for his confidence and calmed him down a lot too.

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My little brother's a black belt in karate and has dabbled in judo and something else, can't remember what it was, but he didn't like them as much. He was going to try and move up the dans as well but his teacher started messing him around and demanding money from him for equipment he never used again and making up fees, so he quit. It's a bit sad, he was really good at it and it did so much for his confidence and calmed him down a lot too.

Unfortunately that isn't a rare incident in martial arts, it happens too often and there are a lot of instructors out there that really let people down.