I’ve been into taekwondo before and I didn’t much care for it at all. It seemed more leaning towards showing off than anything and everyone there treated anyone but higher belts like shit and the instructors seemed to encourage it. Perhaps it was a bad place to learn but from Taekwondo demonstrations and such I [...]
Hey everyone, I’m 43 years old and in solid good health. I guess I’m a bit of a late starter but man I’ve always wanted to get with a martial art of some kind, really train hard and make it a part of my life for the rest of my life. I guess busting my [...]
I want to study martial arts but there are so many out there. I want to learn practical self-defense where I learn strikes, grappling, and throwdowns and also weapons disarming. But I also want to learn stealth kinda like ninjutsu. I also want to learn a martial art where you have to fight smart rather [...]
A real martial art
Out of curiosity, is there a martial art or a combination of martial arts with a good balance of these things? Stand-up Striking — Stand-up Grappling/Takedowns Empty Hands — Weapons/Weapons Defense Tradition — Practical Self Defense Kata/Forms — Kumite/Sparring/Sparring Drills Hard/External — Soft/Internal (akin to Wing Chun) Artistic Expression — Combative Practicality Dont get me [...]