Anyone here ever do Martial Arts?

Taekwondo, Korea, my cousin is a 3rd Dan and his wife is a 1st Dan. They started a school together. It was his and her dream. A shared dream such as that must be wonderful!

What is Tangsoodo. Seems like I've heard of it before, but nothing is coming up in my mind.

Hope you're able to find a good school. Hope all of you are able to get back into it, like you want, again.

Tang Soo Do is also a Korean art. One of the famous practicioners is Chuck Norris, believe it or not. not kidding, this isnt a Chuck Norris joke. It also uses powerful kicks and in my opinion more hand strikes than TKD--they are very karate like in manner.

Thank you very much. I think most Martial Artists learn at least a little from each style. I remember one show where Chuck Norris was doing wrestling/grappling. It was just before the spin-off show with the blond and brunette detectives.

I wish we weren't on opposite sides of the Continent. I did T'ai Chi for 3 years and I could get you started. Basically, in my style, we learned one move at a time and practiced it for a week, then we would come back to the instructor who would straighten it out and we would do the second move, then the next week, we did two moves. Each week adding a move until, many weeks later, we were doing it for 20 minutes. But the kicks and spins can be hard to do (as well as falling into bad poster)without an instructor. Our Senior Center has T'ai Chi for free and our #1 student teaches there (our instructor quit, he had become an alcoholic and hurt students, too bad, he was very talented, seems that's always the way up here, the truly gifted become drunks and ruin everything). Do you qualify to go to a Senior center? Do they have T'ai Chi for free there? It might be worth checking out. Take care and I hope you're able to start.

I fell down a flight of stairs outdoors and landed on my foot, I sat there crying, sure I had broken it, this was one year into TC and I stood up, it was only slightly strained. Can you believe I landed with it in a weird position and with all my weight on it and after a few days of taking it easy I was fine? I couldn't! I've seen some incredible things happen because of T 'ai Chi, and not just to me. The people I met were mostly nice and sweet, too. TAke care

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We have a Taekwondo instructor down the road... I need to check with him and see whats available. I think that t'ai chi is the exercise for people who are tired of messing around and want to do serious work on themselves... to learn something they can do for their health for the rest of their lives.
Yes... if we lived closer together, there's no end of trouble we could get into!LOL!!

You and I could seriously tear up the world!

Take care

No mercy... one of my mottos... I don't think the world is ready for us!!

Maybe not, but we sure could give the word heck!

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Congrats on being a black belt. Congrats on finding a style more to your liking. Some of my cousins are incredible wrestlers, so that style would really appeal to them, too.

At 50 years of age, choking me would stir up plaque and send it to my brain, I fear, but I can see the appeal. Every style is neat to someone, that's why there are so many styles. I like to watch each style and take something neat from each one. They all have pros and cons. Glad you're happy with the new style. But I won't be surprised if you move onto a new challenge someday. That's what's so cool about Martial Arts, there is always something cool out there.

I left Shotokan because it was too hard a style for this old body, but I still have some of the moves and I hope after I am fully recovered from may accident, that I can do the glide again. Take care and be happy.

Yes, there are plenty of submission holds in Jiu Jitsu including arm bars and blood chokes.

Also, I do not think you will ever have to worry about being charged for excessive force if you were only defending yourself.

You don't know Newy York State, only state I know where intruders sue people for leaving stuff around on the floor and win.

I think Jiu Jitsu has some really cool aspects to it and I'm glad you're happy/found your style.

I live in New Jersey and have plenty of friends and relatives from New York. My uncle who is retired military lives in NY and he shot someone who broke into his house and tried to rob him. The man who was shot didn't die and tried to sue my uncle, but my uncle got no punishment.

Oh nevermind. When this happened he was in his Texas ranch, not New York. Sorry for the confusion.

I was going to say. . . we had a kid who was shot trying to break into someone's home. He was drunk. The family of the kid went after the man who shot him by bugging the DA. The DA brought him up before a grand jury. They did not find enough evidence to indite him. A year later, a new DA was elected, mostly by the relatives of this kid, tried again to indite him, again found not enough evidence to indite him. The elderly Veteran who shot him now lives in New Jersey.

In contrast, in Vermont, next door to us, you shoot, beat, or kill some one in self-defense, they don't bother with all this. Many times someone has rescued someone from being raped and used some serious force and hasn't had to prove that it was self-defense in a court of law.

Texas, I've heard they're a really good self-defense state.

so sounds like Jui Jitsu is the only one you've liked. I'm at a point in my life where I don't want to get out there and socialize. I have all I can do to put on a videotape with this sub-zero weather.

But I like that you're trying to motivate me as requested (SMILE).

I live in Northern NY State. I wish I had spare money to go put into my car to make the extra mileage to go visit a friend who does T 'ai Chi.

P. S., In a real fight, you only have to kick as high as the opponent's shins.

You're talking to a 50 year old and you want to know if you're too old. You best be going ha, ha.

Actually, I've watched several Martial Arts specials and many have Muay Thai included.

Every once in awhile, a news article features us real old people, usually subduing a bad buy, and she or he is thankful the police show us and an ambulance.

Like you, I wanted Martial Arts when I was a teenager, but it wasn't until college before I could take it. Like you, I had to stop for studies for awhile.

Bruce Lee was amazing. Jackie Chan is too. But there are every day heros in every class, probably including you. Take care

I like doing Martial Arts to dance music, so Capoeira is cool, but I have a fear of being inverted and now with my high blood pressure, even push ups make my head pound. Wish there had been some up classes for that up here when I was younger and healthier.

Can you tell us more about Hapkido? What does it use for self-defense? Like Judo uses throws and karate is mostly punches and kicks. I've heard of it, but I can't remember. Do you use sticks?

I like Martial Arts very much, too. Take care

Amazing how many people get a foundation in one style and switch to another style.

Sounds like a really neat instructor. I like ones that show a little of everything. I think self-defense is very good to learn in every style that you can.

I hear you, I either have time or money, but not both and last fall, after my car accident-neither. Let's home you get some of both so you can go back to your love of Martial Arts lessons. Take care

I suggest that you and your kids observe other styles in your area. Then you can discuss each style. Sometimes there are short self-defence classes of 5 to 10 weeks in different styles that people can try.

Every style has good points to me. It also depends on what your kids are naturally good at. My Mother threw bails of hay for years, when attacked, she threw the guy headfirst into a tree. She would have Naturally been good at Judo. I have a fear of falling, so that would not be my style. But my legs had double the muscles my Mother's had naturally, so I am one heck of a power kicker. So anything with power kicks is a beautiful style to me. I also think styles where a person's power is used against him or her is good because I'm very short and often go up against people who have a lot of power.

But I did throw somebody one time because before self-defense exhibitions, our instructor taught us moves from many styles including Judo. A few weeks later, someone grabbed me and I threw him. That was pretty wild!

I also love dance, so T'ai Chi with its dancelike moves is cool and if I were younger, I would go for Capeila (spelling?).

So I can't really suggest because I don't know you or your children, but I remember being in top shape, too. When you blow the top off all the charts at your Dr's office, you just have to smile, good for them! SMILE

Let me know what you all decide, sounds like life is exciting in your Martial Arts household!

Where is Tang Soo Do from?

How long have you been doing Capoeira?

Yes, each one has its own uses.

Yes, definite stress reliever. Thank you for your rsponse and I hope you have many years of Martial Arts.

Tang Soo do's origins is from Korea. The Martial art is under the umbrella of TKD. The difference is that Tang So Do practicers practice different set of forms campared to the TKD system. Tang so do at least where I studied it didnt focus to mach of its techniques on kicks. Again this may just be the way my instructor taught.

I have been practicing Capoeira for about 2 years. I dont do many of the fancy cartwheels but I do participate.

Thank you very much for adding to my/our knowledge.

Well if we had that up here and I could get away without doing cartwheels, Capoeira might be for me, too. Hard to say without going and observing/trying.

Glad you found your style.

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Can you explain Kalari? I've never heard of it. What country is it from?

Thank you for your response and take care.

its popular in south india [ mostly in kerala]...u saw the movie "myth"??? in tht movie..jackie chan hired some ppl frm kerala do to kalari....wanna know more visit this site

www.kalari.in

thisz where i studied kalari!!...

Your place of study has a website, very cool. Thank you very much for expanding on our knowledge. Didn't know that style was in Myth. Great information, thank you very much.