What martial arts have you tried?

one of my friends have a black belt of shotokan :) when i was around 20, i went to seido kaikan, known as a K-1 founder. chi gung? i have never heard of that. oh, that reminds me! i am the leader of a martial art club in which we practice different martial arts. one of the members practice mantis kung fu. the movement is so unique!

A martial arts club where people practice different types of martial arts, wow, that sounds sooo cool! I think I'm spelling chi goon wrong. Does it look familiar yet? It's like tai chi healthing only even more so. Is it praying mantis kung fu? I bet that the moves are unique. Every style of maritial arts has at least one thing unique to it. Shotokan, I think the glide is only there. Have a great time with this discussion, you'll learn a lot.

Sorry, I see the list of what you have tried above now. That's a good number of kinds/types/styles. I don't know all of the ones you tried.

Training was through the school I attended. I would not only assist in teaching but I spent an extra class learning how to teach, how to spot and so on. We did a lot of self defense classes (we where in NJ and the owner is a cop so it was a pet project of his) not only for regular people or women but also for disabled folks those with wheel chairs, canes, etc. so we learned how to adapt the movements for individual cases. I had to be in the program for three years and started at 15, it was a very good learning experience for me in so many ways. There are training "camps" so to say in both this country and Japan, very expensive and some are very very old school, I always wanted to go over seas to one but never had the money to do so.

wow! a Sensi training program?? sounds interesting :) what's it like there? yeah, i understand what you mean. as i am taking an examination for my job as an english teacher, i need to keep away from MA practice for a while. i miss it too.

oh, in japan too? i see :) it was a kind of special school. "sensi" in japanese is a warrior or a fighter. so i misunderstood.

it is used in one of bruce lee's film and heard that it is popular outside of this country it originated with.

arnis sounds a lot like something a monk would use i will learn that,sounds cool.

Yes, both my parents are Nihonjin (which makes me one too - ha ha). I'm just afraid that my daughter will actually use what she learns . . . she can be a pretty fiesty girl even at 5 years old - ha ha!!! There are many martial art "choices" where I live - it's very popular . . . I'll have to look into it myself!

yeah she might have desire to beat up other kids! haha. oh, i think it will not be funny if that really happens. yeah, you need to check the mood of the dojo and the behavior of other kids who are practicing there. :) Good luck!

hahaha you got his back kick in your eye? it sounds too hurt! oh, your dad is a Nihonjin? yeah, i think some judo technics are really useful to protect you. oh, she would definitely enjoy it. i think children like martial arts if it is not boring one. i think they might find "kata" boring and prefer exciting one like sparring in kickboxing. * i know kata's importance and i do not think it boring but i still prefer sparing.

i have practiced ground technics with some friends who used to practice juijutsu. their technics are so logical and effective, which made me think i wanted to learn it!

taekwondo is cool :) i wish i could kick like them!

yeah, kickboxing is a perfect choice to lose weight. after i quit the gym, i gained so much! X-0

i also practiced aikido. :) well...i did it for a year or two. i liked it too. my ryuha had a sparring training using a short soft stick which looks like a knife, which i liked the best of the all the tranings there. one guy with the stick stricks the other then the other tries to apply aiki technics to the one while dodging the fake knife. did your ryuha have that kind of training? :)

judo! i forgot to mention it :) i practiced it in high school. in Japan, some high schools teach judo as a P.E. class. i practice kudo but i do not take part in matches or something. actually when i was with a kickboxing gym, i had some matches :) but i am responsible for my looks as a teacher, i need to avoid getting black eyes! my students would get scared! kudo is much more suitable for me because kudo requirs you to wear a very reliable protective head gear, which never lets your face hit, when you have a sparring or a match. Now i can enjoy kudo just for fun and like you as an exercise.