What's your MARTIAL ART?

**GRECO** · Posted On: 8/27/2002 12:12am

What Martial Arts styles are you trained in the past, in the present, and which one you think is best?

**LUI KANG** · Posted On: 8/27/2002 1:29am

I took TKD for like 4 years when I was a kid, damn what a waste of time!!!! I mean jeez... In the past couple years ive taken muay thai, hsing-i and black tiger... Muay thai so far has been the best for me, hsing-i is pretty much garbage.

Migos heteroasexually challaged (everyone all the time)

**samantha711** · Posted On: 8/27/2002 1:38am

6 years of TKD don't really do much of it anymore...3 years of jj/BJJ, Muay Thai, Kali/Escrima, Boxing, Trapping (WC)

I love grappling & boxing...like the knees & elbows from MT

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**Mercurius** · Posted On: 8/27/2002 4:31am

I hear Xingyi(Hsing-I) is pretty straight forward for an internal style, probably just takes some getting used to.

Personal style history(I think we had a thread on this, but it degenerated into a duel):
Tang Soo Do, Tae Kwon Do, Arnis, Uechi-ryu Karate, and HS wrestling (if that counts).

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**GRECO** · Posted On: 8/27/2002 4:51am

It counts Mercurius(Hs Wrestling).
There is no reason for this thread to tern into a duel...just share information.

I took Kick-Box for 2 Years, A few months TKD and Tang soo Do and for the past 2 years Bjj. I like BJJ alot and iam gonna keep training on this style.

**Sucka_MC** · Posted On: 8/27/2002 9:11am

Boxed for 3 years.]
TKD for ~7 months.
Just started doing some Hapkido and weapons training. (Escrima sticks, tonfas, and bo staff)

**Blad3** · Posted On: 8/27/2002 9:34am

a few weeks of judo when I was v.young, few months of TKD when I was quite young.
Then Kickboxing, which eventually turned into light KB :| Next was kempojuijitsu, and after about 8 months into that I started Pancrase, which is by far the best I've ever done, not even comparable to the others. I Also take BJJ which is as good/almost as good. Want to start Shootfighting and Muay Thai as well.

Edited by - Blade Windu on August 27 2002 09:37:58

**Darth Paul** · Posted On: 8/27/2002 12:25pm

Ju-Jitsu, Karate and Shinkendo were my first arts. Primarily because I have a facination for ancient cultures, history and archeology. My Ju-Jitsu instructor was my HS hisotry teacher.

Now I'm looking into BJJ or Sambo, and Muay Thai or Kyokushin and I'm having some trouble making up my mind. I know how good BJJ and MT are together, but I always have this need to be different.

**Phrost** · Posted On: 8/27/2002 12:37pm

Paul, right now I'm looking into American Combat Jujitsu. It's a blend of JJJ, BJJ, MT Kickboxing, and Kali for knife/stickfighting as a BJJ alternative, especially when the school is only focused on "Sport BJJ".

If it's in your area (not sure how widespread it is), you should check it out as well.

**Darth Paul** · Posted On: 8/27/2002 1:38pm

You've mentiond Combat Ju-Jitsu before and I picked up a book the other day by a guy named D'Arcy Rahming (does it ring a bell?) and I will look into that as well. If I can find an art successfully blends all the arts you mention I could save some money! ;)