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    Training judo as my physical education courses at university. I might not be the best at it, but it's great fun ! Though sometimes my limbs hurt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The White Wizard of Fynn View Post
    Training judo as my physical education courses at university. I might not be the best at it, but it's great fun ! Though sometimes my limbs hurt.
    Mine do, too. But eventually, they won't!

    I'm really curious about Judo. I've heard that Jiu-Jitsu and Judo go very, very well together.

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    I've heard that judo is ju-jitsu for sissies ;p.
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    I tried Jû-jutsu a year ago, but I stopped because I felt I couldn't afford it; I was unemployed back then and driving up to that dôjô two-three times a week (about 50 miles a day) AND paying the membership fee was too much, I was poor enough as it was.

    Now I study at college in another city, so I might start practising there when I've got an apartment there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kentarou View Post
    Very cool! Right now, I'm a bit of a beginner in both Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Gracie Style) and a Karate class in the same gym, of which I am a yellow belt in.
    I've only heard of Gracie Style while playing Chulip. (lol)

    I've been taught some of what my dad learned (though I can't remember the style he was taught) which was combined with what he learned from kickboxing. I took a Shotokan Karate class for a year and then College Aikido for two years. I wanted to take Tai Kwan Do, but I can't take late night classes.

    I mostly practice Riti Kyu Lusu-style martial arts
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    "if it works, then you use it; screw the rest."
    which basically means I try to come up with my own style and attacks which incorporate movements I've seen in real fights and fictional battles. Naturally, I can't jump 12 feet up in the air (hell, I can't quite reach 3 feet), and I can't perform a triple backflip, but there are a lot of things I'm capable of, I just try to focus on the stuff that doesn't make me stumble about like an idiot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
    I've heard that judo is ju-jitsu for sissies ;p.
    Haha you heard so wrong. I did BJJ and MMA before I had to go to uni (looking into starting again now I'm here), and my teacher got the majority of his injuries from judo. It's absolutely brutal.

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    I did - and enjoyed - karate once, when I just hit puberty and that. Little did I know it was "because of my age" lol, makes sense I guess. I had to quit because we moved down country. Not too long ago I tried the martial arts my next door neighbour teaches.. >_< made an utter fool of myself cos I hadn't done exercise for ages. Put it this way .. the word "karate" is banned in there XD all about offense, which is good but I was knackered

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    I know how to do karate but karate didn't teach me how to fight. That's what I think about martial arts in a nut-shell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
    I've heard that judo is ju-jitsu for sissies ;p.
    Whoever told you that is a righteous idiot. Both styles have different philosophies, even if they might come from the same source. Judo is more throws, Jiujitsu is largely disarmament, and Brazilian/Gracie Jiujitsu is ground fighting and grappling. Any style can be extremely painful if you were taught properly and train often enough so that you are comfortable using the techniques.

    Like Quin said, you heard so wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peegee View Post
    I know how to do karate but karate didn't teach me how to fight.
    As a karateka for years under the instruction of techniques of Goju-ryu karatedo, I find your statement strange (and untrue when it comes to karate not teaching you how to fight). But you specifically said it didn't teach you, so I'm guessing you yourself never got very far in practice and knowledge when you were training karate? Correct me if I'm wrong about the 'not getting very far', but that only seems likely based on your statement.

    Karate is defence, yes, but it is pure fighting mostly in the presence of defence. I can get close to you and take you down to the ground so fast you won't even know what hit you until you're lying on it - this move would initially be for defence; meaning, usually and primarily, you'd have to make the first move in attacking me for me to make the specific move I'm talking about. I can use kata on you without you moving a muscle toward me, and take you down (brutally, if I choose to), or break one of your limbs - this also would initially be for defence, or better yet for technique perfection in practice with another student. But I can use them to attack if I choose to (and know how to).

    And yes, there are different kinds of karate arts, such as for instance Shotokan, and karate literally is about defence, but all karate arts teach you how to fight. All of them. You just need to know how, and that will only come to you the more you learn and the more you practice and understand.

    Karate is a great fighting style, only because defence is the key word when doing the fighting itself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fujiko View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Peegee View Post
    I know how to do karate but karate didn't teach me how to fight.
    And yes, there are different kinds of karate arts, such as for instance Shotokan, and karate literally is about defence, but all karate arts teach you how to fight. All of them. You just need to know how, and that will only come to you the more you learn and the more you practice and understand.
    It's also possible that what he means is that while he learned "what to do in X situation," he did not learn any of the practical philosophy behind his particular style. It's possible that he could kick, do it over and over, and eventually kick through a wall, but that doesn't mean that if he were given such a real life situation, that it would help him in any way. He could be taught what to do in a fight, but not how to fight. "What to do" could mean knowledge; "how to do" could mean wisdom.

    It is also possible that he learned the techniques, but not the discipline to use it. Just because you can fight doesn't mean that you should. It's not unreasonable that whoever he learned from was unconcerned with such ideas. Yes, you can master one style, and it helps you learn others, but that does not mean that he has trained properly to use them. In this way, it could be a failure of understanding (or instruction).

    Or he already knew what to do in a fight, and that karate didn't help to build on his knowledge.

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    I had three tae-kwon-do lessons when I was very young. I still remember two of them!

    My dad has been an akkido buff for years, and so I've picked up some of those techniques from him, although I couldn't put a name to them.

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    New idea, which one is the best??

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    I wanted to take classes myself, but I don't have any money for that. I have a cousin though that's a master in Capoeira. She's basically Christie Montiero.

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    I mostly just attack people who don’t expect to be attacked by me, and usually attack them from behind. I am also a master of kicking them while they’re down.
    And the curb-stomp.

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