u know what hapkido sucked

[ramus]

well the only good part was the arm locks ect. but those didnt seem to be too practical to me. I saw 0 kick defense, and get this like 20% of my training would hav been learning sticks, wtf, sticks. And o yeah kicks arent even taught till higher levels, and then its all that flashy shit. Needless to say i decided hapkido **** that, and i hav decided to start wrastlin again. But however i am looking for a good striking art any ideas, currently im thinkin kickboxing.

[MrPoopy]

How many classes was this analysis based on?

Do you even want to do martial arts?

[ramus]

3 classes and tons of convos with other students

[spiderchoke]

I would venture to say that hopkido was not the art for you. You may want to consider what it is you are looking to achieve or gain from training. What is your motivation, or what are your goals? There is something to be learned from every art, even if what you have learned is validation of information. You may see someone do a technique, slightly different in one art than in another. You may agree with one arts approach more, or with neither.

If you would like honest, educated opinions about what ats to train in, you have two choices:

1. Train in many on your own and make some observations as to how it will help you reach your goal.

2. Give out more information as to what it is you want to learn or be able to do. Then wait for the many different opinions and arguments for every art on the face of the planet.

I personally choose both.

I wish you mcuh luck with your search.

"Everyday spent training is one day closer to learning something."
......Spiderchoke

[ramus]

well i can tell u all the striking arts ive ruled out, karate, tkd, any kung fu. now here's wat im considering wing chun(maybe not), kickboxing, jkd, and i may be interested in shootfighting as well.

[lssanjose]

what are your aims again? seems like you might wanna enter some competitions? MMA maybe?

[ramus]

no competitions outside of my high school wrestling

[JaredExtreme]

Wrestling is better than 90% of the martial arts schools out there. Look for a Muay Thai place for striking.

[ramus]

thanx for the advice i completely forgot about muay thai, wats the difference between that and wrestling they seem identical to me.

[ryanhall]

Ramus,
Two things:

1) Wing Chun IS a style of Kung Fu. Though how JKD is taught varies, it is often heavily influenced by certain styles of Kung Fu.

This is a suggestion for you:
2) Stop acting like a child and spend more than three days at a place before you with all of your martial knowledge decide to can it. You have next to no experience, and yet you declare everything crap. Case in point: you see little or no difference betwen Muay Thai and wrestling...

[ramus]

nonononono i said i see lil difference between kickboxing and muay thai, and oops lemme refraise wing chuin is the only kung fu im interested in.

[JaredExtreme]

LoL this is getting funny.

[BadgerFu57]

Originally posted by ramus
nonononono i said i see lil difference between kickboxing and muay thai, and oops lemme refraise wing chuin is the only kung fu im interested in.

Dude your ok, but be a little more humble. When you talk s***, bad things happen, case in point Randy Couture vs. Tito Ortiz. Muay Thai uses elbows and knees and clinching more than regular kickboxing. It also allows kicks below the waste.

Wrestling will make you very good on the ground. Take some Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu if you want as it will help you from your back. Against someone having much more size than you, you may need the jiu-jitsu.

I take hapkido and can understand some of your frustration. Not all schools are the same. Hapkido is a decent art. Certainly not good for a ring, but it has some decent stuff, and works well in combination with wrestling. Of course, I am learning from a police defensive tactics instructor (this doesn't mean he is a master of unarmed combat, but he throws a lot of unneccessary tradition out). Anyway, if you are wrestling in high school, your going to be busy from now until Spring. So read up on Muay Thai, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, and boxing until then.

[Lizard]

I found that one of the really flashy wrist lock throws used in hapkido can be quite effective against somone weaker than you who doesn't want to fight.

[Thai Bri]

So thats a lot of use then.

Did you do it to some child when you were drunk or something?

Wanker.