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Martial Arts Anonymous
Sup /fit/,

Since about a month before /fit/ opened up I started to change my whole lifestyle since the drop of WoW( Don't even start ),

I've gone from 99KGs, 6'3, To 91KGs, And now that I've finished study, I want to start a martial art.

Now I want one which being tall won't really make it harder to excel in that sport, so my question is.

If you do a martial art, which one?
What would you suggest for a person who still has some extra pounds?

The main reason would be to tone up, but It'd secretly be nice to be able to fight properly ;)
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
Judo or Jiu Jitsu.

If you're tall, you have leverage advantages, and the extra weight can be a benefit in jiu jitsu for adding pressure and holding someone down.

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>>108020
Judo sounds awesome, Is it easy to pick up from scratch?

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>> Anonymous
>>108027
Yeah its easy to pick up. martial arts schools are used to total noobs showing up. just stick with it and expect it to take a while before you get good. Judo and JiuJitsu are great choices like>>108020said. I do judo and boxing right now, i hope to do the jitsu also eventually.
>> Anonymous
>>108027

No, it's not easy to pick up. Judo throws are not as intuitive to learn as punches and wrestling takedowns are and require a decent level of mastery before you see any results (which makes a proper throw extremely satisfying). But if you stick with it you will learn a lot about balance and clothing grappling as well as some ground grappling.

If you find a dojo that does plenty of sparring, Judo is very physically demanding so it's a great fitness choice.
>> Anonymous
I wouldn't really reccomend Judo. With the exception of a few basics, most of the throws are pretty difficult to learn, and most of them are reliant on your opponent wearing a Gi.

One of the problems with Judo is that, like other sport martial arts, they're much more interested in producing winning competitors within the (rather strict) rules of the sport than they are in producing students who can actually defend themselves and have fun in class. They want to have known competitors who do well so they can bring in more students, and more money.

What city are you in OP? Finding out what kind of instructors are in your area might help you make a decision.
>> Anonymous
>>108153
Agreed about the sport thing. That's what kind of put me off Judo after I did it for about nine months. There's basically no attempt to teach no-gi grapples or defense versus strikes, at least at the beginner level. It's understandable, but it felt too sporty instead of martial. If I wanted to grapple just for sport I'd go with BJJ because submission grappling is something I really enjoy and a lot of the techniques you learn apply both to gi and no-gi, while Judo techniques favor reliance on the gi.
>> Anonymous
OP, if you want to a "sport martial art" then fine take up judo. But understand "sport martial art" is an oxymoron, the whole concept of martial arts is doing it for self discipline and development, usually the strongest people in these arts understand that and know not to waste their time with meaningless competitions.
>> Anonymous
seriously dont listen to those judo fags who get there black belt in 9 months, take up a traditional karate style like goju ki or shotokhan, try to find a disaplined style that takes atleast 4-6 yars to gain a blake belt otherwise theres no point doing it but for some minor exersize
>> Anonymous
>Now I want one which being tall won't really make it harder to excel in that sport

You'd probably find Judo, Jujitsu and the like uncomfortable as all hell. Being a midget is how you p0wn at the Jujitsu styles. Being tall puts you at something of a disadvantage since your center of gravity is higher then everyone else's.

>The main reason would be to tone up

Start lifting. That'll give you a lot better returns muscle wise then martial arts. If you want to look like one of these guys in the movies keep at your diet till you lean out to sub-10% body fat and put on a modest amount of muscle; that's how the Personal Trainers do it when they want someone to *appear* very muscular on screen.

>but It'd secretly be nice to be able to fight properly ;)

In a ring or on the street? Because they're very different things. Strategies that would help you win in UFC will get you killed during a mugging. TBH it's been my experience that most people who want to learn to fight shouldn't. It's a decades long endeavor for shit you will almost never use. These days I see a lot of fools training to "fight" whose training seems to make them stupid, aggressive and juvenile. These people want to live the fantasy that they are great fighters; the reality is the more you study about this subject the more you realize that the things that REALLY keep you alive have nothing to do with martial arts and aren't taught in Dojos.

Training a sport, or training a TMA as a cultural art will probably be a lot more rewarding to you then the quixotic quest for "Self defense." that a lot of people are on.
>> OP here
Just got back from work, Cheers for the input so far
>>108153
I live in Sydney, NSW.
>>108194
Yeah, I understand the difference, It'd defiantly be more for self defense as i live in a pretty shady area and have an hour walk home every day
>> Anonymous
I do ITF taekwon-do and the training is excellent, it's very demanding and you do build up a lot of strength and endurance. There's a lot of organisations in TKD so you mightn't get that in other clubs

The reason I've kept it up is cause my instructor is excellent, he's very encouraging but he pushes you to try harder. My advice to you is to go to a lot of different martial arts classes and see which one has the best instructor (one you'll want to work hard for)
>> Anonymous
Brazilian Jiujitsu and (Kick)Boxing
>> Anonymous
i'd suggest taekwondo, aikido or hapkido.
>> Anonymous
krav maga

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>> Anonymous
>>108153
What the hell are you talking about??? you can do all judo throws without you opponent wearing a gi, the reason we use a gi in practice is because the gi dosn´t rip so easily, I could preform the same judo throw on a guy wearing a t-shirt or something, and then again there is also a bunch of throws you can use on a guy who´s not wearing a shirt- what fucking mcdojo did you go to?
>>108342
uhh...it takes a minimum of 6 years to get the black belt...and a belt is just something to hold your Gi together...getting a black belt doesn't mean you get some super DBZ powers...and besides...karate is for females and fags who are afraid of sparring...
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>>108379
the proper term is jew-jitsu
>> Anonymous
This is relevant to my interests. I took karate as a kid and stopped once I hit highschool and now I want to start again, but I want something not to hard for a begininer. I'm mostly looking for supreme flexibility. I'm thinking taekwondo, but what's /fit/ recomend?
Also, any good martial arts books/sites for research?
>> Anonymous
>>108013
Tae Kwon Do.
>> Anonymous
www.taekwondo.org.au

I know ITF has very high standards in their grading and training, you can be sure that the instructors know what they're doing

I've heard of some organisations where you can get a black belt in a year, stay away from those
>> Anonymous
Tae Kwon Do is awesome. Im practicing, and now I can kick pretty hard. Also, extreme flexibilty.
>> Anonymous
>>108381
You can also do most judo throws even if the opponent is naked by grabbing his skin.
>> Anonymous
>>108153

Jesus fucking christ, you are an idiot. Judo throws aren't difficult to learn, and 90% of them can be transferred to no-gi by using grips on the wrist/elbow and whizzers. It's not fucking hard, I've uchi-mata'd plenty of people in wrestling.

The classes are also very fun in every dojo i've been to. A little discipline doesn't make the classes shit, and in most cases the dojos now have very little, just a formal bow in the beginning and at the end. Also, unless you're a complete moron, full resistance competitions are what makes you fucking good at what you're practicing. If you don't compete and test your skills against a fully resisting opponent, you should shut the fuck up and go back to mcdojo, katafags.

>>108194

Again, if you don't compete full resistance in whatever martial art you're doing, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. If i'm walking down the road and someone tries to jump me, i'd want to have a FULL sense of what its like to apply my techniques, instead of trying to remember some fucking kata.
OP, do not do karate or TKD, I'm willing to bet that there will only be mcdojo's in your area, as 99% of the karate and TKD dojos are mcdojo's. Even if TKD isn't a mcdojo, you won't get any punching skills at all, and karatefags (unless kyokushin) just do kata all day.

Take Muay Thai if you really want exercise and self defence for standup

Judo/BJJ/Wrestling for exercise and a ground game

Or just do MMA
>> Anonymous
isn't muay thay too fucking dangerous? i mean, you can use knees and elbows so you can pretty much kill someone while sparring right?
>> Anonymous
>>108440
I'll keep my opinions on MMA to myself
But I must say that you will learn good, effective punching skills and street defence in TKD.

Also, he's in Sydney, so he's got plenty to choose from,
>> Anonymous
>>108454
Well I ain't dead yet.
>> Anonymous
Wing Tsun, the best u can do!!
>> Anonymous
>>108454

People aren't made of sponge. Falling unconcious is not death.
>> Anonymous
>>108454
everyone wears pads while training. its safe to do muay thay. if you dont want to get hurt then dont do competitions. that shit will leave you with broken bones.
>> Anonymous
Taekwondo is great work out and makes you stretchy.

p.s holidays are coming, always coke-acola.