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Anyone here take any sort of Martial Arts? You know, Kung Fu, Karate, Tae Kwon Do, etc.

Well, I do, and have been for about 8 or so years. I got my Black Belt earlier this year. I used to take Karate, but I switched over to Oh Do Kwan (a form of Tae Kwon Do) after my old master shut down his studio when I was about 12. So yeah, it's a nice school, and I've learned a lot there.

Alright, so for those of you who do, just give your belt what form of martial arts you take, and I'll add you to the list.

Users with experience in Martial Arts:

Code - Oh Do Kwan/Tae Kwon Do - 1st Degree Black Belt
Mark D. Stroyer - American Kobudo Ryu Karate - Brown-one Stripe
flakmagnet - Shotokan Karate - Blue Belt
muffinman701 - Praying Mantis Style - Unknown		2008-10-08 21:22:00

Author:
Code1337
Posts: 3476

i used to do tae kwon doe. i was a yellow belt. i got thrown out for missing loads of classes. it was on saturday morning and i acouldn't be bothered getting up so early all the time.2008-10-08 21:29:00

Author:
Don Vhalt
Posts: 2270

i used to do tae kwon doe. i was a yellow belt. i got thrown out for missing loads of classes. it was on saturday morning and i acouldn't be bothered getting up so early all the time.
You mean they didn't have classes on the weekdays? O.o

My studios pretty cool, they put school and work before training... so they're understanding when people miss class...		2008-10-08 21:30:00

Author:
Code1337
Posts: 3476

You mean they didn't have classes on the weekdays? O.o

My studios pretty cool, they put school and work before training... so they're understanding when people miss class...

no. there was only 1 a week. the guy who thought it to me was o.k. but he was really strict. i'd like to do martial arts again sometime. 		2008-10-08 21:36:00

Author:
Don Vhalt
Posts: 2270

no. there was only 1 a week. the guy who thought it to me was o.k. but he was really strict. i'd like to do martial arts again sometime.
You should try doing it on the weekdays, it's much better that way.

What style did you take?		2008-10-08 21:38:00

Author:
Code1337
Posts: 3476

You should try doing it on the weekdays, it's much better that way.

What style did you take?

yeah it would be better on weekdays. it's been ages since i did it so they might have changed the class times. also i can't remember the style because it was so long ago.		2008-10-08 21:44:00

Author:
Don Vhalt
Posts: 2270

I've taken American Kobudo Ryu Karate for about...oh, I don't even remember. Four, five years? Probably leaning longer. I should be hitting black around Summer next year. I'm in the process of ramping up everything to a fine polish before I test.2008-10-08 22:23:00

Author:
Mark D. Stroyer
Posts: 632

I've taken American Kobudo Ryu Karate for about...oh, I don't even remember. Four, five years? Probably leaning longer. I should be hitting black around Summer next year. I'm in the process of ramping up everything to a fine polish before I test.

What do you guys do for Black Belt tests? I know mine was hard as heck. I had to do 100 push-ups after fighting 7 people, breaking 10 or so boards in a combination, and doing all my forms.		2008-10-08 22:31:00

Author:
Code1337
Posts: 3476

What do you guys do for Black Belt tests? I know mine was hard as heck. I had to do 100 push-ups after fighting 7 people, breaking 10 or so boards in a combination, and doing all my forms.

O.O wow that's a lot		2008-10-08 22:35:00

Author:
Go,Mouse!
Posts: 388

Pretty much everything we've learned up to that point. All kata, kicks, punches, blocks, weapons, self-defense, locks, history, capped off by four minutes straight of being beat on constantly by a different black belt each minute. It's not incredibly hard in and of itself, it's simply more of a proof-of-concept. More of technique and endurance emphasis, rather than one of strength.2008-10-08 22:36:00

Author:
Mark D. Stroyer
Posts: 632

O.O wow that's a lot
I probably couldn't do all that now, school has weakened me.

Pretty much everything we've learned up to that point. All kata, kicks, punches, blocks, weapons, self-defense, locks, history, capped off by four minutes straight of being beat on constantly by a different black belt each minute. It's not incredibly hard in and of itself, it's simply more of a proof-of-concept. More of technique and endurance emphasis, rather than one of strength.
Ouch, yours sounds a lot more painful than mine was... so what belt are you now?		2008-10-08 22:57:00

Author:
Code1337
Posts: 3476

I am a Brown-one stripe. In my style, whereas most of the belts are pure colors, and testing goes each color, white and brown have three stripes, respectively. The lowest grade of each is three stripes, and subsequent tests removes two, and with one remaining the next text advances color. Despite this, each stripe is treated as a separate rank, with the same testing style.

In other words, I'm right before black. My style has somewhat long time periods on each belt.		2008-10-08 23:10:00

Author:
Mark D. Stroyer
Posts: 632

Shotokan Karate, second graded Blue Belt (I believe 4th Kyu). We tend to focus more on self-defese against real world fighting rather than Karate vs Karate, so we do sparring, but it isn't in the standard way. We also spend quite a lot of time picking apart the Katas for their meanings, it's one of the reasons I chose the club I'm with, (I believe) it allows you to perform kata better if you can visualise it as actually having meaning for each move.

Been doing it about 5 years. It's great fun.		2008-10-09 10:04:00

Author:
flakmagnet
Posts: 1084

I'm learning praying mantis from a shaolin monk.2008-10-11 21:06:00

Author:
muffinman701
Posts: 37

I'm learning praying mantis from a shaolin monk.
I assume you've eaten the men, yes?		2008-10-11 21:14:00

Author:
Unknown User

I assume you've eaten the men, yes?LOL you are funny bro but praying mantis is a slow but powerful style of the arts. No eating men allowed.2008-10-11 21:35:00

Author:
muffinman701
Posts: 37

Alright, the list has been updated.2008-10-11 21:46:00

Author:
Code1337
Posts: 3476

I did Aki-Jitsu (Cross between Akido & JuJitsu) for about 6 years when I was younger, but surprisingly, when I get into a fight, I never use it.. I use the police fighting styles 2008-10-11 21:48:00

Author:
DrunkMiffy
Posts: 2758

LOL you are funny bro but praying mantis is a slow but powerful style of the arts. No eating men allowed.
Hehe Tententen...		2008-10-11 21:48:00

Author:
Unknown User

Judo for me2008-10-12 17:55:00

Author:
RAINFIRE
Posts: 1101


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