Martial Arts - Have you trained or not?

Anchor · 02-09-2010, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by TRANCOSO

Who taught you Jeet Kun Do? This Kung Fu/Tai Chi style, developed by Bruce Lee, is very rare & practiced by few.
And what is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu? A mix of Capuera & Japanese Jiu Jitsu, perhaps?

Brazillian Jiu Jitsu seems to be quite popular in Australia - it is the Jiu Jitsu made famous by the Gracie family - derivative of Japanese style ground fighting experts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Jiu-Jitsu

Kulapops · 02-09-2010, 09:53 AM

Hi Anchor,

yes, for me, it's Tai chi (why of course!... check out my Avatar

)

I practice the Lee Family style, which is a bit different to the more popular Yang style.

I love it. Some say it's the ultimate martial art (Tai chi means 'supreme ultimate'... although it's also the name for what we also call the yin-yang symbol). I think the video below proves this...

gita · 02-09-2010, 09:59 AM

Kula you is so funny man.

:ro ll1:

es7ter · 02-09-2010, 10:16 AM

1 week of Judo at age 12. No kidding. Too funny even to mention it. I was the fattest kid in the whole class. You can imagine it was a train going nowhere fast.
It would be good to get some training, but I would much prefer fencing and archery, these two I’ve been contemplating taking up. Mix it with horse riding and I am a modern day heroine in the making.
Much respect to all of you my fellow Avalonians, great subject! Thanks for having me here.

raulduke · 02-09-2010, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Anchor

Brazillian Jiu Jitsu seems to be quite popular in Australia - it is the Jiu Jitsu made famous by the Gracie family - derivative of Japanese style ground fighting experts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Jiu-Jitsu

Yeah it's starting to get some attention here in the states as well. Brazillian jiu-jitsu as I understand it was adapted from the Japanese style to be more aggressive. The Gracie family took it leaps and bounds in the early 90's creating the ufc, and we found out how all these styles actually compared in real practice for the first time in who knows how many years, and as a result alot of very old martial arts have evolved extremely quickly in a short period of time relative to their existance. It was Royce Gracie that won the first tournament though so bjj was top dog early on, although now the wrestlers seem to have the upper hand.

The Gracies took jj pretty far, but the switch to no-gi, I believe happened in America. Taking some of the older guys outta their gi, they couldn't pull off alot of their moves, especially chokes. The no gi style is even more aggressive especially on one's back, always attacking limbs or looking for sweeps.

Here's an awesome grappling match between underdog Eddie Bravo (no shirt) and highly touted Royler Gracie at the Abu Dhabi Combat Club. This is a non-stop 9 minute battle with like 500 gaurd passes and recoveries. Incerdible finish as well, a beautiful triangle.

That was the creation of 10th planet jj (

yup it means nibiru!), and Eddie Bravo's super aggressive style of jj.

View Poll Results: Have you any martial arts training - if so how much
No - None	19	27.94%
Yes: 0-24 months	15	22.06%
Yes: 2-9 years	20	29.41%
Yes: 10-20 years	9	13.24%
20 + years : OR senior mastery (teaches /grades black belts)	5	7.35%
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02-09-2010, 09:53 AM	#2
Kulapops Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Torbay, UK Posts: 704	Re: Martial Arts - Have you trained or not? Hi Anchor, yes, for me, it's Tai chi (why of course!... check out my Avatar ) I practice the Lee Family style, which is a bit different to the more popular Yang style. I love it. Some say it's the ultimate martial art (Tai chi means 'supreme ultimate'... although it's also the name for what we also call the yin-yang symbol). I think the video below proves this...

02-09-2010, 09:59 AM	#3
gita Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 516	Re: Martial Arts - Have you trained or not? Kula you is so funny man. :ro ll1:

02-09-2010, 10:16 AM	#4
es7ter Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: down under Posts: 37	Re: Martial Arts - Have you trained or not? 1 week of Judo at age 12. No kidding. Too funny even to mention it. I was the fattest kid in the whole class. You can imagine it was a train going nowhere fast. It would be good to get some training, but I would much prefer fencing and archery, these two I’ve been contemplating taking up. Mix it with horse riding and I am a modern day heroine in the making. Much respect to all of you my fellow Avalonians, great subject! Thanks for having me here.