How many different styles have you done and what type?

[Karate_is_cool]

Where can I find a good long list of arts to cut and paste to make myself look cool like everyone else?

I think I'm going to start a new thread... "How many arts can you write down?" Or, "How many arts have your read one book of?", or "How many arts do you really know nothing about but have heard the name and will credit it to your resume anyway?"

I hate egos...
Especially my own...
Looks too much like legos...
Easy to build, a pain to put away.

-Hikage

i was wonderin if someone would say something about that. but i mean some of u guys out there do have a decent resume. though, i just hope people arent writing down arts that they've taken only a few months of and then quit cuz then all you really got was an introduction. unless you were so naturally talented that you started competing and actually applying your skills (and of course did a decent job).

but here is my honest and humble resume anyway:

-8 years of shotokan - blackbelt - (not the best but not a waste of my time either)
-about 2 months of bjj - that was fun!
-an even more brief introduction to kickboxing and boxing
-im currently learning kyokushin karate
-also currently learning muay thai and soon pankration - thanks to MTF (oh by the way im going to posener's pankration. thanks for the hook up MTF!)

yeah and thats about it. but that other dude rednoze. whew ur crazy. i notice that a lot of good fighters come from quebec too. keep up the good work.

[Hikage]

i was wonderin if someone would say something about that. but i mean some of u guys out there do have a decent resume. though, i just hope people arent writing down arts that they've taken only a few months of and then quit cuz then all you really got was an introduction. unless you were so naturally talented that you started competing and actually applying your skills (and of course did a decent job).

but here is my honest and humble resume anyway:

-8 years of shotokan - blackbelt - (not the best but not a waste of my time either)
-about 2 months of bjj - that was fun!
-an even more brief introduction to kickboxing and boxing
-im currently learning kyokushin karate
-also currently learning muay thai and soon pankration - thanks to MTF (oh by the way im going to posener's pankration. thanks for the hook up MTF!)

yeah and thats about it. but that other dude rednoze. whew ur crazy. i notice that a lot of good fighters come from quebec too. keep up the good work.

Karate is cool, (man, I hate writing that)

That was a very openly honest way of answering the question of what do you study. The openess that you offer in adding how long you actually STUDIED that art evens out the score. I feel that perhaps others would be well advised to add that as a tag line to future threads of this sort, and there will be some: "What arts have you studied AND FOR HOW LONG?"

-Hikage

[Thai Bri]

Why?

Can't someone who devoted themselves for one year be better than someone who dabbled for ten?

[Hikage]

Were you the kind of kid who would mercilessly ruin a lesson for a teacher by guessing the conclusions of his or her lessons a half-hour before the end of class?

Yes, they can be, but someoe who did it for 3 days is hardly studying the art. Nor is meeting with a friend and perdiodically talking about it and maybe imitating somethings they do studying the art. Furthermoe, it gives us an understanding of where you're coming from.

-Hikage

[Roscoe]

I've studied:
Striking: 1. Parker Kenpo
2. Wing Chun

'Grappling': 1. Aikido

I've just started Muay Thai & Boxing.

I'm researching what system of grappling would be best for me, but that's a few years down the road. At this time, I'm considering Judo. I work with a retired L.A. Police Officer who recommended Judo, but I can't find an instructor.

There are a few really good BJJ instructors in my area, one being Pedro Sauer. BJJ may be my best option.

[MuayThaiFighter]

i was wonderin if someone would say something about that. but i mean some of u guys out there do have a decent resume. though, i just hope people arent writing down arts that they've taken only a few months of and then quit cuz then all you really got was an introduction. unless you were so naturally talented that you started competing and actually applying your skills (and of course did a decent job).

but here is my honest and humble resume anyway:

-8 years of shotokan - blackbelt - (not the best but not a waste of my time either)
-about 2 months of bjj - that was fun!
-an even more brief introduction to kickboxing and boxing
-im currently learning kyokushin karate
-also currently learning muay thai and soon pankration - thanks to MTF (oh by the way im going to posener's pankration. thanks for the hook up MTF!)

yeah and thats about it. but that other dude rednoze. whew ur crazy. i notice that a lot of good fighters come from quebec too. keep up the good work.

also currently learning muay thai and soon pankration - thanks to MTF (oh by the way im going to posener's pankration. thanks for the hook up MTF!)

No problem always glad to help.I hope you enjoy it and learn alot.Posner is supposed to be a very good instructor at least that is what I've heard.

[RYO9]

so far in my life the arts i have experienced are

Standing:
MT, JKD, Boxing,

Grappling:
BJJ, Shooto, Folk, Freestyle, Greco-roman(but i'm no good at that)

Both:
FMA, Silat

Mullins

[jubaji]

so far in my life the arts i have experienced are

Standing:
MT, JKD, Boxing,

Grappling:
BJJ, Shooto, Folk, Freestyle, Greco-roman(but i'm no good at that)

Both:
FMA, Silat

Mullins

All right, give with the details of the freestyle ex.

[RYO9]

Jubaji, do you have something against me or what?

the freestyle is like you would see in most high school wrestling. however, i didn't quite take a class on it, i have friends who are state champ wrestlers and they have showed me some stuff. i honestly dont remeber the names, just the body positions. we worked a lot of takedowns and sprawling, then body positions and pins.

Mullins

[jubaji]

Jubaji, do you have something against me or what?

It was just a question. You mentioned freestyle and I was interested.

[RYO9]

ok, i guess i just read it wrong. i'm sorry for misunderstanding what you wrote. as for acutal details, i really would have to get on the mat with you to show you. as i've said before in other threads, the best way to learn something is to experience it. telling you exact details could lead you in the wrong direction and may end with you getting hurt, and i'm not gonna risk that. but if you like freestyle i highly recommend seeing if your local high school or college offers workouts in the off-season that are open to the public.

Mullins

[jubaji]

as for acutal details, i really would have to get on the mat with you to show you. as i've said before in other threads, the best way to learn something is to experience it. telling you exact details could lead you in the wrong direction and may end with you getting hurt, and i'm not gonna risk that. but if you like freestyle i highly recommend seeing if your local high school or college offers workouts in the off-season that are open to the public.

Mullins

Oh, it seems you've misunderstood again.

I didn't mean "interested" as in looking for instruction. With all due respect, I don't think you have anything to teach this 'ol boy. I meant interested in your experience just out of curiosity.

[Daddy_Cool]

Oh, it seems you've misunderstood again.

I didn't mean "interested" as in looking for instruction. With all due respect, I don't think you have anything to teach this 'ol boy. I meant interested in your experience just out of curiosity.

The moment you start thinking nobody has something to offer you, is the moment your peers leave you in the dust. Even masters are still students in martial arts. You are never done learning.

[IPON]

The moment you start thinking nobody has something to offer you, is the moment your peers leave you in the dust. Even masters are still students in martial arts. You are never done learning.

Dude, let's keep this in context. I don't think a college level wrestler can learn too much from someone who has never even entered the sport. wrestling a few times a month with friends after school does not make you a wrestler and sure as hell would not qualify you to teach .

[Daddy_Cool]

I wasn't speaking specifically about wrestling. I am talking about the process of learning in general. It's surprising where one learns. Have you ever taught martial arts? If so, did you not find that you learned just as much from teaching people who didn't know much, as you did from your master? Everyone, no matter what their level has a unique perspective on the subject matter. Noboby sees every angle of a subject.