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The pain will fade harry as will the bruise eventually. Hope it went well?
I've done Judo since about 6 or 7 and was quite competitive at school and Uni. Carried on in adult life and now coach as well. Its a great form of all body exercise and encourages you to keep flexible as well. Have made lifelong friends through it and I'm really happy my eldest seems to like it too!
I'm off the mat with a shoulder injury but stepped on it again on Monday after 5 months off and the feel of the tatami underfoot was just great.
I think most martial arts give you self confidence, discipline and to progress you have to be able to work well with others.
Oh and the knowledge that in the street the best form of self defence is to leg it!
Ameri Do tae....Master Ken is my teacher
Used to do Judo but these days i find a good hard slap will diffuse most situations.
but these days i find a good hard slap will diffuse most situations.
How did it feel winning a Oscar?
its what i've been training for!
Hope it went well?
Yeah, went very well. Quite pleased. My Kata is weak, but the rest was as good as I could have expected. Did 5 rounds of Kumite. Was like a bar fight at the end when everyone was knackered as there were 5 pairs all going at it at the same time.
I don't do anything any more and haven't for a long time. I spent 4 years training Mauy Thai, then JKD and Kali with Collin Sherred and Phil Norman at the School of Fighting Arts in Poole in the early 90's. They had just qualified as instructors under Dan Inosanto at the time. I remember it fondly, but have no desire to start training again -I'm just not angry enough anymore!
HEMA, training in sabre fencing based on the works of Roworth.
I'm ninth dan black belt in 'Itchy fanny' . Basically dont mess
My 10yo daughter has just started something called Choi Kwang Do. It's Korean I think. She appears to be enjoying it (first grading tomorrow) and the control that the teachers have over a room of 50 children is wonderful to see. No shouting or telling off - just total concentration and almost silence for an hour. Very impressive.
Well done Harry. I used to be so much better at the randori than the kata too. Coaching helps you break down the techniques which after many years have become just part of muscle memory and makes it easier to manage the kata. That an a good Uki who makes everything look good!
I'm feeling a bit bereft nowadays. I'd always described myself as a martial artist, having trained consistently in various things since the mid 90's. Covid, a knee problem and arthritis has called time on it all though.
I started off in Shotokan Karate, which was gradually replaced with Muay Thai (which has given me my arthritic left foot). That was replaced with Judo, which I did for about 10 years (and has left me with arthritis in my other foot, from stubbing toes on mats and kicking ankles instead of sweeping). I really enjoyed grappling, so I was always going to end up doing BJJ. Did a bit in the gi for a while with Marcos Nardini, but trained much more no-gi, getting to purple with a 10th Planet gym. Covid brought that to a halt.
I do miss it all a bit. Not sure that going back to jits is a good idea: as a 50 year-old, out of practice purple belt with knee problems, I'd just be a walking target for the white and blue belts that think they have something to prove. I'm toying wiht the idea of something like Krav, but there seems to be a lot of dross.
Expert in No Kan Du.
Does that count?
Always had an interest in martial arts and love some of the ridiculous films with Tony Jaa etc.
Partly wanted to for the fun/exercise side of it but also with a mind to actual self defence... Krav Maga probably best for that but also wanted to learn Aikido for some reason. Read about it in a book I think haha.
So, um, nothing.
Fencing.
I started age 9 and went to 15. I placed in the Scottish competitions.
Effective. Get through that ye bastards!
Did Wing Chun for a few years as a yoot. Loved the speed and simultaneous simplicity/complexity of the techniques. Actually applied a small amount of it in a scuffle at university and it was very effective.
Keep meaning to revisit it as physically I'm only headed in one direction. Maybe I will!
@longdog What are your thoughts rev WC v other disciplines? Anyone out there done Wing Chun and other arts? Would be really interested in your thoughts.
A few years Bujinkan a lifetime ago.
Genbukan for a while in my 40s until abdominal surgery stopped play. Wado Ryu and kickboxing in my teens.