Question: Who is into martial arts here?

I used to be pretty into my boxing when I was at uni. Ended up getting seriously ill and had to give it up after stomach surgery.

I went back a year or so ago to a local gym and although I could boss around a lot of the guys my own age, sparring against sprite little kids that are 16 and like the idea of punching a teacher in the face wasn't fun.

I keep saying I'll go back (got up until I'm 35 before I can't compete in amateur fights) as I'd like to fight a time or 2 but dunno if I'll ever get round to it. Aside from not liking getting punched by kids the head trainer pointed out 2 things you need to do to get good at boxing:

1. a lot of road work
2. give up the beer.

Neither is enticing.
 
The fighting system I've been studying for the past four years is under the umbrella of Jeet Kune Do (Bruce Lee). In addition to JKD we study Silat, Kali, Thai Boxing, and American Boxing. We do some BJJ once in a while too and I found I was naturally good at it. My Sifu was Dan Inosanto's #1 guy for many years who trained under Bruce Lee to develop JKD. We don't believe in a belt system. I'm on a break but I'm hoping to return to move up to Phase 3 so I can be beaten by large men with Filipino fighting sticks.
 
I'm betting that the appearance of said device would tend to discourage anybody getting that far in! :wink:
 
I am a 3rd degree paisley belt in the official Scottish Martial Art of Fukyewe!

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bsman said:
If foregoing the opportunity to pour thousands of dollars and hours training for something will very likely never happen is lazy, name-call away.
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If you pay thousands of dollars you're doing something wrong.

Anyway, you prefer to spend thousands of dollars on something you most likely never use and spends most of its time lying locked away. Makes sense

And you DO know what sports are and that martial arts are not necessarily for fighting in the street?

Some people enjoy exercising, even if not in a competitive environment.
 
I don't train because I think something is going to happen. I train because I love the culture, the philosophy, and working out.
 
James Franciscus said:
I don't train because I think something is going to happen. I train because I love the culture, the philosophy, and working out.
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I'm going to Wang Chung tonight......... I can't believe this thread got this far without anyone saying it.


I went to Karate classes in my teens at the typical strip mall Americanised Karate school. I got more seriously interested in martial arts around 20 and studied Wing Chung and Qi Gung. I wanted to do some kick boxing so I also studied Muay Thai at a little studio that opened up in an area where a lot of Asian immigrants settled. I didn't know at the time how big a deal Muay Thai was in their countries and some of these guys had been studying since they were little kids. I went there and got the shit kicked out of me weekly for about a year.
 
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