| Martial Arts - Whats good/whats not
Posted: 7/9/2009 5:22:13 PM | have to agree with the person above me. find a art and style and most importantly a club that fits you as a person. its all well and good going to the best karate.judo/Aikido/TKD/etc etc club in the area if you don't like how the club is run/taught and you don't feel like you having fun whilst doing it. After all for most people at the end of the day, its just a hobby.
Personally i have studied a few arts for varyign ammoutns of time.
My nan was a judo instructor so since I was in primary school I was taught th basic self defense stuff form that, I then went out and found other arts on my own, and was encouraged to do so. I found a more traditional form of Tae Kwon Do, the more ju-jitsu with big kicks, knock the guy off his horse/over and finish him off on the ground, style, when I was about 7 or 8 and stuck with that for about a few months.
I then went on to study so called "Ninjutsu" at a local club, enjoyed it stayd for the two/three weeks or so before the instructor went off to America, no sure if he came back or not, and thus never returned.
After that my nan took up Tai Chi, and I went along as well with her, and took that up for about 8 months when i was 14/15, my an stopped going and thus i had to stop, really enjoyed that, and rather than just the relaxation side of it they taught the forms and movements for the first half of the class and then followed up with the And this si where it comes from and the practical application of it.
I then stopped looking for a martial art to concentrate on my GCSE's... failed miserably as I found a local Aikido club about a just under a year before my actual exams, and have been doign Aikido for .. well the 8 years since, passed my Shodan at the end of last year, and passed my level 1 national coaching qualification in February this year.
As you might be able to tell, the fact that i stuck it out for 8 years, i enjoyed it and found it fun and yet practical at to study. Have unfortunately had to use it to varying degrees in the street, from the basics like simply avoiding a drunk who tried to grab me, accidently sending him into a lamppost to the more drastic elements of having a white van driver take issue with me crossing the road on a pedestrian crossing when I had right of way, try to take my head off with his fist, resorting in me putting him into boh the side of his van and the floor at the same time, resulting in him getting a fairly nicely sprained shoulder, maybe even as far as a broken collar bone form where he tensed up mid throw.
But back to the point in question, i agree with a fair few comments on here, but personally id say don't focus on the style initially just find something and a club that suits you, and then after you have done that for a while id say no sooner than your at blue/brown belt equivalent should you start to look at anything else to cross train in if you want to. As before then you can confuse what your already learning making it harder to learn both arts, and at the blue/brown equivalent you have a better grasp and understanding of why the techniques work and how they work than earlier on in the grades.
Well thats just my opinion and general ideas/history haha. | |
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