Darthmaul

I was wondering what style people would reconmend for someone with not a lot of room to practice. I live in a small appartment, and it will be hard to practice a form that moves around a lot. Plus, I think I would like something nice and compact. I was thinking wing chung, but then again, I like styles with some joint locking in them. Well any thoughs would be great. Thanks.

Blue Wave Gym

realy any style could be practiced just not the forms boxing, kickboxing, any hard style tma, maybe tai chi depending on how much footwork was in the form. I think boxing could take less space just enough room to throw a punch and slip but then you would be lacking footwork drills same with all the other arts too. I havwe an areobic shadow boxer that I can sit up in bed with and use so it doesn't get more compact than that lol the same with using a chest expander or a resistance cable.

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westway50

well if u only have a small space, u could always just practice like technique and stuff. like hold positions. a form is just a series of techniques. but knowing the form doesnt help u if u dun have good technique. so u could just choose any style if u train like that.

u could also find schools that do multiple styles. that way there will probably be some forms that dun take up much space. and u can practice your other forms during ur classes.

PlasmaShock

are you looking for full contact, no contact, light contact, traditional, flashy, or modern arts?

Darthmaul

I am probably leaning toward Traditional. Contact, I dont mind to spar. Modern, not sure what you mean, I did do FMA's for a bit. Flashy, well if it is high kicks and stuff like that, no way. I guess I was looking for a style with some good forms, that I can practice at home, and stay in shape.

Darthmaul

Oh thanks everyone for there idears. Oh I do, do tai chi, which is a pain at home lol, I have keep running into things. Boxing is not a bad idear either.

dogzilla

yeap you can do shadow boxing in your small room dont wory my room isnt big enough to, just big enough i can throw some legs in the air

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millie

stand in horse stance for a year {every day up to 108 minutes)
stand in a horse stance for a year punching
stand in a hourse stance for a year kicking
then the room should be bigger

Darthmaul

You know, funny your brought that up, I was actually thinking of doing that. Just to try to build up my legs a little for stances, etc......

Red Rum

I would do wing chun and then branch out into a joint locking system (BJJ, some styles of Muay Thai, etc)

Some schools of wing chun explore joint locking and grappling.

Are you a bouncer by chance? I'm interested in the specificness of your request.

PlasmaShock

kyokushin considering all the conditioning is done at the dojo. there are places that do contact shotokan which is good and it will match your requirements.

Nips

You don't need to much room for Kyokushin. I've got a rather small area to practice in, and I don't find it that hard. The katas in the lower gradings aren't complex what-so-ever, as long as you know the techniques within the Kata, you should be fine just practicing it in the dojo, you can spend all your home time practicing techniques. As long as you have enough room to get yoru leg in the air, you should be fine. As soon as you start going up grades, you'll start needing some room to practice your katas, but I'm talking a year or more down the track, but even then, it's not by any means a excessive amount of space.

Blue Wave Gym

how's this for a small training area a walk in closet I( ahve enough room ot throw straingh punches and that's it really make me want ot work on hook punches lol.

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Darthmaul

No I am not a bouncer. I was thinking of taking a style with some forms that I could practice, that would keep me in shape. Since I dont have much room where I live and I just dont have time to be at a school a couple of times a week, I seeing why styles I could try at home.

Oh the joint locks, just something I like to do.

Oh thanks for the Kyokushin idear, I will check it out. I was also thinking of Karate, like you were saying about Kyokushin, some styles have katas that dont really move much in the beginning.

Same for wing chung. I am just going to start looking at school and see what is out there that I like. I did take a few wing chung classes a while back, and I do remember doing some locking (like was mentioned some schools do), but that guy does not teach anymore, so I have to look elsewhere.

PlasmaShock

shotokan has some of the best(if not the best) katas in martial arts. kyokushin is great for sparring and fighting. you will not go wrong by choosing one of them or even both if you can.


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