Martial Arts Anyone???

[ninjormon]

I do ninjutsu, kenpo karate, MMA, and want to get into brazilian juijutsu. I had a blackbelt jujutsu friend that I was sparring with, hes much smaller, he jumped, spun, back heel kicked me across my chest and by time we hit the ground I was already in an armbar. I dont know of any classes in my area though, so im looking into an hapkido class at the rec-center. Diferences between hapkido and aikido? I've heard that aikido lacks some of the more dynamic parts of martial arts, true/untrue?

I make my own shurikens (ninja stars), get pieces of metal, metal shears, a hammer, and a sharpening rock, and you have "ninja stars", electrical outlet covers come in different thicknesses, thicker ones have good weight, saw blades can be good too but either way you need really strong hands. Some people say that they are "fake" but if they can go through wood theyre okay with me.

[Avrham]

Iaido/Kenjitsu I once wanted to be a Samauri

[Berean]

Wow, you make and use weapons...impressive. *And* they are functional. Yeah, I'd say real.
I don't really want to fight, for me it is almost like a dance/culture class although I am curious how I would stand up in a fight I just don't want to hurt anyone lol.
The only weapons I use anymore are my sais even though I have a collection of some pretty swords and many knives between husband and me...people ask what they are for when we buy them...
I say "to look at!"

...although at the street festival where we bought a beautiful set of 3 swords (long medium short) Joe told the police man he would be willing to help with crowd control...we all knew it was a joke but he likes to tweak *everyone*!!!

[ninjormon]

Yeah I want a full metal working shop to make my own swords/armor and whatever else might be usefull, Ive been looking at starting a sword collection recently, we'll need something when they take our guns.

[Berean]

wow...you got me on an internet search for swords and weapons...fun.

...notice thumb sticking out for non-satanic rock on...with forefinger and pinky down it goes from devil horns to tatonka...

[ninjormon]

Heres kind of a video on how I make my shurikens, but I use metal shears, the metal will bend but you can put it back in place with a hammer, I even sharpen them. And a funny video to go with it.

YouTube - SHURIKEN-making a cheap Model.

YouTube - Ask A Ninja Question 76 "Ninja vs Crazy People"

[Gab84]

I'm a Kyokushin Karate 3rd Dan Black Belt, I enjoyed it until I injured myself 2 years ago, however I think the best defense is avoiding places and situations where you can meet bad people.

[ADoyle90815]

I've done fencing and taken kickboxing classes at the gym, and I do collect swords.

[LDSTaoBro]

Anyone with LDS standards or similar in the Santa Monica, CA area interested in learning and practicing while helping to preserve an almost extinct Taoist martial art? It has been guarded so well that it is nearly gone. I am not a Sifu, so the value here would be the art, and not the teacher, but I am sharing what I have learned over the last 18 years, and this is an unbelieveably amazing art. Similar roots to SSTT if you want to google that for some of the more esoteric details. I know most of those guys. I am in a couple of the videos getting pummeled or burned with the fire element. My approach is a bit different from theirs and unique even among the few who are attempting to share this. Defintely not your normal muscle and knuckle art. I had a brown belt in that type of art, but find this art much more fascinating. Just for contrast, lifting weights is counter productive to this art, and you can hit with just about anything except the first 2 knuckles.

[EruditioSalvatus]

I've had savate-based commando training (on level with SAS training) when I was in school along with sabre fencing and cloak & dagger. Along with several years of practical, 'on the job' training I later studied Shuri-ryū and still use the 'Shuri fist' to the dismay of some friends.