Why do you train?

**Rindoukan** · Posted On: 7/28/2011 3:33pm

Tell you why I'm not training now. I'm a poor, poor schmuck. T_T Come on, someone give me a ready pay check.

**philmgriffin** · Posted On: 7/29/2011 6:12pm

because this is awesome.

**MAGIC HATE BALL** · Posted On: 8/13/2011 9:45pm

I worked at a max security psychiatric center for the criminally insane for over 15 years. I then transferred to a medium security facility and now have more interaction with outsiders that come onto our campus. As the years have passed, I have gotten older and the patients keep getting younger & bolder. I now also work with children and they are far, FAR worse to deal with than adults.

When I was in my 20's rumbling with patients was something we did not shy from. Now as I'm older I want to finish an "incident" as quickly as possible.

I train because I have a 3yr old at home and I fully intend to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day.

**Ginzo** · Posted On: 8/13/2011 11:22pm

I train because I spend 50 hours every week as a waaay underpaid fax monkey answering angry customer service calls, and being an excellent office manager for owners that don't appreciate anything. I get out of work too late to enjoy anything, get a whopping 6 paid days off per year that got eaten away during surgery (thanks boss), and have to wake up before sunrise to make sure I can open the office everyday.

So, in the interest of my sanity I joined the only MMA school in my town. But since they only train twice per week, 6 hrs total, I decided to also sign up at a Daito-Ryu/Hakko-Ryu dojo as well. So this way I get to exhaust myself 4 nights per week, and have everyone around me think I'm insane.

**crappler** · Posted On: 8/14/2011 1:44am

It is the only type of exercise, save skiing and climbing that can hold my attention. And I find it hard to ski and climb on a daily basis. (don't even mention the concept of indoor climbing. That is trying like having sex in a wet suit)

**hpcie** · Posted On: 8/14/2011 12:33pm

I started because of cheesy movies like enter the dragon, kickboxer and bloodsport. I kept at it because it does a reasonable job at keeping my gut under control, its fun and beats the **** out of running.

**Fish Of Doom** · Posted On: 8/14/2011 1:12pm

i started by pure chance when my first teacher gave a demo at my school when i was in 5th grade or so (early 2002). keep training for various reasons, but mostly because i enjoy the **** out of it (the reasons for which overlap with my other reasons for keeping training).

**Cobbs001** · Posted On: 8/27/2011 4:11pm

At first I wanted to see if I could do martial arts.
Now I want to see how far I can take it.

**Kung-fu Jesus** · Posted On: 8/27/2011 7:03pm

I initially wanted to destroy the 3-4 kids who ganged up on me in high school and followed me to college. Now im a hella lot stronger than them and can fight, so they stopped all intentional contact with me.

I'm continuing it because I really love martial arts and want to open up my own school one day.

Oh... and the 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were awesome ;p

**Cold_Skin** · Posted On: 9/08/2011 8:18pm

I started training because I got jumped and I wanted to be a Power Ranger. But with that said here's my current reasons:

1. Self-defence
2. It's fun
3. Fitness
4. People find having combat training cool or attractive.
5. People find having combat training funny and fight you.
6. You kick the piss out of #5.
7. The outfits are cool.
8. It helps my anger problems.

I train in Traditional Okinawan Goju Ryu Karatedo and I love it, plain and simple XD