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Mr.Z
10-08-2009, 06:44 PM
Hey I was think it would be cool to post this so I study Kajukenbo and Kung-fu (Kajukenbo is a mixture of many different martial arts and was made Bruce Lee) and i was wandering if anyone here would like to state if they do or did a martial art and if they want maybe give some info about them.
Tanktunker
10-08-2009, 06:56 PM
I will be learning Krav Maga next year, it's a martial art developed to fight nazis, and I don't think I need to elaborate.
Helmic
10-08-2009, 07:16 PM
My instructor uses a blend of martial arts, mostly focusing on karate, kickboxing, jui-jistu (Japanese and Brazillian), and muay thai during the traditional karate class, calling it shuto-te karate. I have no clue what all I use for cagefighting, we just end up slapping "freestyle" on it when we fill out the forms. It does focus a lot more on boxing, though.

I usually end up groundfighting anyways, like most guys around 135. Unlike the heavier weight classes, I don't have enough power behind my punches to really threaten a knockout. Doesn't help I have terrible depth perception.
ba,ba,black,sheep
10-08-2009, 07:19 PM
I was taking tae kwon do but I quit at my blue belt its like the 5 ith belt out of 7 not including the strips which makes it 14.
Mr.Z
10-08-2009, 08:00 PM
I was taking tae kwon do but I quit at my blue belt its like the 5 ith belt out of 7 not including the strips which makes it 14.
Unless you don't want to talk about would you mind telling me why you quit?

I know my friend quit because a white belt passed up ranks faster than him
Eidolon
10-08-2009, 08:02 PM
I don't have enough power behind my punches to really threaten a knockout. Doesn't help I have terrible depth perception.

Knockout punches are more dependent on placement than power. The idea is to try and rotate the head as fast as possible, although it's probably still more reliable to go to ground fighting if you're under 150-160.
Freddy
10-08-2009, 08:44 PM
I have respect for people that do martial arts. I personally don't have the willpower to do it myself, but can admire those who do. To be truly good at it it takes dedication and discipline. Maybe that's my problem.

Still, props to those that practice martial arts.
jason
10-08-2009, 09:00 PM
I've been thinking of learning some martial arts.
I thought Bruce Lee created Jeet Kune Do. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeet_Kune_Do)

A couple friends said I would make a good MMA fighter, being 6' and 150 along with good endurance.
Mr.Z
10-08-2009, 09:45 PM
I thought Bruce Lee created Jeet Kune Do. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeet_Kune_Do)

He may have he was one of the greatest martial artist of his time so he may have founded more than one martial art but note that after a certain time period some martial arts were given different name such as putting the ending "do" on many word as it means way such as (i believe) Kendo which means Way of The Fist.
Scornic
10-08-2009, 10:03 PM
Someone beat me to it.

Bruce Lee was Jeet Kune Do, not this Kajukenbo stuff. The only mention of Bruce Lee in the entire Kajukenbo Wiki article is that he exchanged some ideas with a prominent Kajukenbo fighter.
Mr.Z
10-08-2009, 10:06 PM
Someone beat me to it.

Bruce Lee was Jeet Kune Do, not this Kajukenbo stuff. The only mention of Bruce Lee in the entire Kajukenbo Wiki article is that he exchanged some ideas with a prominent Kajukenbo fighter.
Hmmm funny i could have sworn he was the one who had a lot to do with Kajukenbo... at least thats what 4 of my teacher said my brother my dad and 3 of my friends...Funny how i would make a mistake like that


(and i'm not trying to start a fight i'm just stating what my opinion and what ive heard is)
jason
10-08-2009, 10:12 PM
Sometimes things just spread.
Mr.Z
10-08-2009, 10:14 PM
Sometimes things just spread.
Please explain i can't quite understand
jason
10-08-2009, 10:16 PM
He may have had limited involvement, but being the legend he is, sticking his name anywhere will bring more popularity to any kind of art.

Word of mouth etc etc.. Not much to explain.
Mr.Z
10-08-2009, 10:22 PM
thank you for elaborating i understand now i suppose that since he is legend if he had little contact with the makinf of the art but exageration, admiration, and just plain awe may have made it sound like he made the art entirely by himself (almost)
Scornic
10-08-2009, 10:32 PM
Hmmm funny i could have sworn he was the one who had a lot to do with Kajukenbo... at least thats what 4 of my teacher said my brother my dad and 3 of my friends...Funny how i would make a mistake like that

Read Wikipedia, then go watch a documentary about Bruce Lee's life.

Perhaps your teachers are trying to take elements from both traditional Kajukenbo and Bruce lee's Jeet Kune Do. He was nowhere near completion of his JKD Books at the time of his death, so he definitely wasn't working on more new styles.

Sources:
Wikipedia
Documentaries on the life of Bruce Lee
His own Book:
http://www.truimagz.com/host/scornic/new/JKD.jpg
Mr.Z
10-08-2009, 10:36 PM
I will do this Scornic thanks for the advice
jason
10-08-2009, 10:40 PM
Jeet Kune Do takes aspects from many different forms of the arts as it is. Many aspects are also shared across different styles. Bruce Lee has definitely influenced many aspects of many of the arts. He's cool like that.
Mr.Z
10-08-2009, 10:46 PM
Jeet Kune Do takes aspects from many different forms of the arts as it is. Many aspects are also shared across different styles. Bruce Lee has definitely influenced many aspects of many of the arts. He's cool like that.
Under statement he fricken beat Chuck Norris (only person ever to do so even if it was in a movie)
Fabian920
10-09-2009, 04:24 AM
Oh yeah, is it a myth that if you keep practicing certain kicks/punches they will get faster and stronger? As in like 200-500 per day?
MadChild13
10-09-2009, 06:53 AM
I trained Muay Thai for about 7 years and Brazilian Jujitsu for about 2. So, if you combine those two, yes, I used to train MMA. I have had several fights.

I'm a little biased, but Muay Thai is probably one of the most violent martial arts in the world. In Muay Thai, your body is referred to as having eight "weapons" - your hands, shins, elbows, and knees. By comparison, boxing has two (fists) and typical sport-oriented martial arts have four (fists, feet).

My trainer was Filipino, so he was extremely old-school with is training methods. To deaden the nerves in our shins, we used to roll them with rolling pins. My trainer could snap a baseball bat in two with his shin. I never got there, but I could have a 2x4 broken over my abs and thigh. He also trained us in the art of stick and dagger fighting. Stick being a long-range weapon, dagger being a short-range weapon and Muay Thai being the hand-to-hand combat.

Oh yeah, is it a myth that if you keep practicing certain kicks/punches they will get faster and stronger? As in like 200-500 per day?

This is FACT. It is better to train 1 move 1,000 times instead of 1,000 moves 1 time. What happens is that under the proper training circumstances, your body eventually develops what's called muscle memory.

If you're training PROPERLY, then the outcome is good. If you're training WRONG (ie: randomly punching a punching bag), you develop bad habits that are extremely hard to break because you have developed the wrong kind of muscle memory.
Fabian920
10-09-2009, 07:02 AM
Yeah, the second part of what you said, I was wondering about that myself. Thankee.
MadChild13
10-09-2009, 07:15 AM
Hmmm funny i could have sworn he was the one who had a lot to do with Kajukenbo... at least thats what 4 of my teacher said my brother my dad and 3 of my friends...Funny how i would make a mistake like that


(and i'm not trying to start a fight i'm just stating what my opinion and what ive heard is)

One thing that any person practicing Martial Arts should do is educate themselves on the art they are practicing. Martial Arts isn't just punches and kicks.

Two seconds in Google would have turned this up - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajukenbo - Kajukenbo is a hybrid martial art that combines western boxing, judo, jujutsu, kenpo karate, shotokan karate and kung fu. It was founded in 1947 in Oahu, Hawaii, at the Palama Settlement.

The only mention of Bruce Lee is the blurb "In 1969, Tony Ramos trained with and exchanged ideas and methods with Bruce Lee. Tony's version of Kajukenbo became known as the "Ramos Method" and is kept alive by numerous instructors, most notably Emil Bautista of Vallejo"

Bruce Lee is definitely NOT the founder of Kajukenbo.
nczhivago
10-09-2009, 10:36 AM
I come from korea, I know a litter martial arts.
Mr.Z
10-09-2009, 12:24 PM
I come from korea, I know a litter martial arts.

Sorry i just couldn't resist...thats a 101 dollar fine by the way....Sorry again just couldn't resist
IrascibleTroll
10-10-2009, 07:46 PM
Monks punch rocks for hours on end because the cells break in the knuckle and are reconstructed, stronger. Martial arts is the ProgressQuest for your body.
Scornic
10-10-2009, 09:38 PM
Monks punch rocks for hours on end because the cells break in the knuckle and are reconstructed, stronger. Martial arts is the ProgressQuest for your body.

You are so wrong.

Good trolling there.
Tanktunker
10-10-2009, 10:29 PM
What, you mean if I break my arm, I won't simply grow a new, stronger one?
Luisd.
10-21-2009, 06:12 PM
i dont take martial arts but my dad is thinking of enroling me and him in this wierd Israily combat course.(like im not wierd enough)
Zapurdead
10-21-2009, 06:52 PM
Is it Jewjitsu???

*giggles like a little girl*

Also I do do martial arts.
Luisd.
10-21-2009, 07:02 PM
Is it Jewjitsu???

*giggles like a little girl*

Also I do do martial arts.

http://www.kravmagacombat.com/index.php some of that with some other stuff.
Helmic
10-22-2009, 01:01 AM
You are so wrong.

Good trolling there.

lateresponsehere, but I believe he's referring to building up callouses, which many martial artists do practice. However, I myself can't ever seem to keep my hands or feet calloused for long before friction pulls the whole damn thing off and I'm forced to start anew.