Hung long also I hear do goood tournies .. something with lots to play with anyway .

cheers. l-).

Well in my mind it depends on what is right for you and please excuse my post before I misinterptaited the topic. But if you really wanted to learn intense in the martial arts most people I know and not just people coming from a school that branches from it, but Kyokushin is probley one of the more tougher and disaplined schools were our Kancho would tell storys about how back when he took it bleeding was a regular thing to happend and not was overlooked alot and sparing would last in full out contact.

I know what i want to do just one question most teachers here only teach twice a week for a hour each day.Is this normal?I know it is upon each of us to study and practice but 2 hours a week seems to little.

Its been a while since I have been in martial arts but 2-3 hours a week is pretty normal.

Basically they will teach you forms and moves and you will take them home and practice/perfect them. Usually there are belt tests each month and if you have learned all that is required you can test. In alot of martial arts gyms it goes by stripes, when I was in taekwondo you had to earn 5 stripes, then you could test and get your new belt. Took about a year and a half to get my blackbelt.

God I love Tae Kwon Do.

Yep anyone can be a blackbelt

I was like 10 so it was a long time ago. My parents payed good money for my blackbelt!

I could so easily add pages to your section on judo. DX

But I'll say this at least, judo originated from ju jitsu (karate as well if memory serves) and was founded by Jigaro Kano. Based primarily on grappling, submissions and throws, it incorporates or incorporated (again, if I remember stuff rightly) no strikes whatsoever. It’s also a sport done at Olympic level and is apparently one of the most popular global sports (heard that from several sources…but I question that personally). As such it is a lot more practice orientated with plenty of sparring, alongside technique demonstration and throwing practice. Originally it was meant to be done with any weight vs any weight competitor. But eventually after some international tournaments a lightweight, middleweight and heavy weight group was set up (after some huge European fella beat down the Japanese favourite in the final I think. I think the guy was from Holland.) Soon after that, after a few more upsets weight categories were made smaller as it became obvious that after significant training and fighting experience was gained, strength remained roughly equal (as I don’t think bodybuilding was that much of an issue), weight became a large advantage in a fight. Adult weight categories for men now start at 60kg and go up in 5s to the over 100kg category (last I checked). Juniors have smaller weight categories and I suppose women start with lighter ones than the men.

Also, akido revolves around not attacking and merely countering (or so my friend learning akido told me).

Also, good points on the belt factory stuff. My coach emphasized how we should spend at least a certain amount of time per belt before moving on to the next one. But then again I started judo at age 6. Just getting back into it after a few months out due to exams and stuff =\. Adults apparently grade through faster at judo, whereas if you start young you’re meant to spend at least a year from orange belt up (belts in judo going red, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown, (three tabs on each of those) then black. I’m brown belt and was intending to go for my top brown/ black around Christmas, but I got injured and had tests a little while after (keeping me out for quite a while).

As for signing something, at my club there is a membership fee, though fairly cheap and then it’s 5 pounds (adult) per training session. I don’t recall signing anything besides the standard thing of the club not being responsible for crap that happens. Then it’s 5 pounds for a license and signing for not being able to sue for tournament related injuries.

Bleh. Stuff. I can probably help or give advice to anyone wanting to/ thinking about doing judo. And give reasons why you should or shouldn’t. =D

your origional message is incorrect regarding jiujitsu. Jiujitsu is not a ground fighting martial art. It was developed by samurai in Japan as a combat oriented art. You are referring to Brazilian jiu-jitsu. BJJ is a variant of the origional Japanese art, but very different. I would not call this a fad either. It happens to be one of the most popular martial arts today because of its reals world effectiveness and no BS approach. A good BJJ player can win a fight without being punched or kicked while at the same time neither having to throw a punch or kick.

I appreciate what you are trying to accomplish with the thread, but please get your facts straight if you are going to try and submit an informative article. Yes, I realize you said you were a Karate player, but a little research would do you just as good as everyone else. Answers.com has info on all the arts as well as links. Just FYI.

I hope you don't take offense at the riticism. I do appreciate the effort.

the Samurai did not invent Jujitsu. Samurai across Japan would have trained in all different styles of open hand fighting (depending on there location), but the martial arts would have been developed long long before Samurai were around (late 700‘sAD). A martial arts style creates a fighter, not the other way round. It was developed on the battle field and designed to fight against large numbers. Where as BJJ was developed on “the street”. The BJJ was designed to fight mainly 1 on 1 against opponents with small weapons and no armour, which is why BJJ is “arguably” more effective as a modern day martial art.

Same goes for you. Just FYI

You missed the point completely and have gone into an argument over semantics. Martial arts do not develop themselves. The gracies came up with brazilian jiujitsu as a variation taught to them by Mitsuyo Maeda; who was a judo expert. Just like the samurai developed jiujitsu as a form of weaponless combat derived from other arts (of course). But the art was still developed by the warrior class at the time, not 700ad. The true origin of the martial arts is a never ending debate.

My point earlier (with all due respect mr.moderator) was not the origin of BJJ, but rather the fact that Japanese jiujitsu and Brazilian jiujitsu are 2 different styles. Bigger picture.

This is not quite accurate. Ryu (流) simply means "style". In Japan, we use "ryu" for "schools" within martial arts such as karate, aikido, kendo, and so on. "Ryu" is not limited to martial arts, though. For example, I could refer to my style of making katsudon as "Tanizaki-ryu katsudon".

EDIT: Also, a number of posts say "jiujitsu". That is not a Japanese fighting art. It is "jujutsu" (柔術).

This should not be a sticky post.

the opening descriptions on this thread are from a perspective, they are not a simple overview, and this potentially jaded perception has influenced the accuracy -

as an example

Tae means- hand
Kwon means- foot
Do means- Art

it is a hand foot art. the hand (first word-emphasized) is used as a block for defense and the foot is a secondary strike. TaeKwonDo is primarily a "counter attack martial art." Spiritually we believe the force exerted is blocked or redirected, and internalized, magnified, and released back out to our opponent,,, keeeyah!

you are not in balance on your presentation here.

p.s. the Olympic TKD sparring activity is Shihap Kyeorugi. And it is there because Korea has TKD as a national sport, and when they "Korea" not TKD was invited into the olympics, their national sport was TKD.

the sport was not glorified, it was recognized as a result of another forward step in global peace--- now if we could just make a few more steps.....

TKD is a series of hand, foot, art elemental forms, utilized in the art of "Self
Defense"

that is all from my lil perspective on this overall subject line.

FF

Ju-Jitsu (or Jiu-Jitsu) is an extremely complex martial art. It involves striking techniques and most of the Japanese martial arts are direct descendants from Ju-jitsu. It is one of the oldest martial arts today, going back over 2000 years.

As for what Ju-Jitsu means, it means the "gentle (or flexible) art." This defines the art because people of all walks of life can adapt their self-defense tactics to fit their physiology. Short people can take on people much larger and just because someone is on the ground and they are on top of their opponent doesn't mean they are going to come out the victor.

That is inaccurate. What is hosinsul? You are not entitled to write off other martial arts because you practice karate. I'm sure the separate schools of karate will all claim theirs to be the best. As one purporting to be an expert, publish facts rather than fiction or myths.

Well it appears I can't post a link yet but there is a rather extensive list of various martial arts from multiple countries on answers.com

answers.com/topic/list-of-martial-arts... just add the www