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Anonymous
What Martial Art does /fit/ recomend?
>> Anonymous
what are your intentions? do you just want to fight people? or learn self-defense?
>> Anonymous
MMA ftw.
>> Anonymous
Tae Kwon Do is fun.
>> Anonymous
I recommend Tai Shin Mun kung fu =D
It's fun and you actually learn to fight there.

If you want to lose weight and gain a helluva lot of muscles, then kickboxing is the choice for you.

Don't fall for fake styles/teachers!
>> Anonymous
I really, really love judo.

It is a little difficult at first, but the mechanics of it are beautiful - plus it is useful as a self-defense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUne9Xg55og
>> Anonymous
>>3858
I like sparta battle training
>> Anonymous
Boxing is good. It's fun, it's great exercise and you're less likely to get injured than you are in MMA.
>> Anonymous
>>3874

Op here I actually do a Martial Art but wanted to see what /fit/'s opionion was on them without introducing bias.
>> Anonymous
>>3878

Indeed it is, I've been doing it for the past 4 or 5 weeks. But then again I have a legit, Korean-style instructor who has been doing it for fifty years and is an 8th degree black belt in TKD as well as Hapkido and Judo.
>> Anonymous
Was just gonna make a separate thread for good workouts for fighters and martial artists, but I might as well put it here instead.

What are the best workouts to increase the raw output of power you manage to get out into your punches and kicks, and what's a good method to just perfect both of those, so you can hit with all your strength without screwing up your wrist and whatnot?
>> Anonymous
>>3917

You need an instructor to teach you the proper technique for punches and kicks. There are many types of punches and kicks and you need to have the technique down first. The power will be there once you perfect the technique.
>> Anonymous
I've done wrestling and grappling (MMA) myself..
you learn pinning, submission moves, takedowns. I love it because it's intense the coaches are amazing which is a huge plus when youre learning this shit.
>> Anonymous
>>3935

MMA is pretty intense. It combines striking, grappling and 'ground pounding'.

If you want something that has more philosophy or lifestyle lessons behind it, go with an eastern martial art. If you want to learn self-defense, do Krav Maga or go to a self-defense school.

If you want to learn how to hit and get hit....and keep getting hit...and hit some more, and you're rather bloodthirsty...MMA is for you.
>> Anonymous
I do Muay Thai.
>> Anonymous
For pure fitness Wushu or any of the other chinese martial arts are fine.
>> Anonymous
What do you call the one where you cry, avert your eyes and start clawing, slapping and hammering at the guy in front of you?
>> Anonymous
>>3971
Instinctive combat method #1
>> Anonymous
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for ass-kicking, maybe kickboxing.
>> Anonymous
>>3974

Oh, and Muay Thai fucking wins too.
>> Anonymous
OP: For what?

Do you want to fight well, get fit, or look flashy?

For fighting well, boxing, kick boxing and jujutsu or Brazilian jujutsu (BJJ) are probably the most effective arts around.

For getting fit, boxing is a great one since you need great cardio to be a good boxer, avoid the flashier martial arts since a lot of them don't place much emphasis upon personal fitness/strength.

For just looking flashy, Wushu is pretty much that, but any kind of kung fu will do.

I've done about 7 years of Budo Taijutsu (formerly Ninjutsu) and it's taught me a lot, but the striking and stances would not an efficient fighting art against any kind of skilled opponent, the locks have application on the ground though.

I would use a mixture of boxing and jujutsu/ninjutsu locks and holds. The reason you see this style so often in top MMA competitions is because its the best. No matter how good you think your sensei is, a good MMA fighter WOULD beat them down.
>> Anonymous
It depends on what kind of intentions you have. If you just need it for the discipline and state of mind than most will be fine, Tai chi or Judo would be good for that.

But if you really want to kick ass and be disciplined then go for Krav-maga. That shit will fuck you up, it's the martial art Isreal teaches it's soldiers. It kicks the shit out of any other martial art.

Lots of martial arts are gimmicky with fancy flips and kicks that won't do shit in a real fight, Krav is about taking your opponent down in any way possible as fast as possible. The real way to fight obviously.
>> Anonymous
For self defense, Krav Maga (sp?)
For relaxation/flexibility, Tai Chi.
For becoming badass, Judo.
For everything else, there's kickboxing and mastercard.
>> Anonymous
What is it with people recommending BJJ? Have you ever tried to grapple on asphalt?

Krav Maga all the way.
>> Anonymous
Uechi Ryu Karate-do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0F31rrnni4&feature=related

Dude in that video is 70

You can do it at 80 years old and beyond without trashing your body. Gets EVERYTHING strong. Fingers for single knuckle punches, spear hands, bushikens, and it has a spear toe technique. Has training equipment too.

Catch is you gotta practice five to seven days a week for at least two hours everyday to get good. More than that you have to do a lot of sanchin.
>> Anonymous
>>4086

In a real fight, you won't mind grappling on asphalt.

With the adrenaline pumping you won't feel a thing till 10 minutes after you stand up after having broken the other guys arm.

A few grazes are nothing for the advantages, besides, most fights go to ground anyway. May as well be good when it does go down.
>> Anonymous
>>4113
good for one on one. but one vs many, you're out of luck.
>> Anonymous
>>3977

Hey... whats the story on Ninjitsu? Did some guy make it up in the 70s because ninjas are awesome? Whats the deal?
>> Anonymous
>>4115
yes.
The founder of Bujinkan aka Ninjutsu actually studied theater arts.
He then proceeded to mix his knowledge of kendo and karate into a profitable business.
>> Anonymous
>>3884

I agree with this anon. I've been taking judo for about 5 months now and I love it. One thing I realized from my grappling class though is that traditional judo isn't much use when you're opponent isn't wearing a gi. Just think of it as a hardcore sport and a good workout.
>> Anonymous
Any one who recommends Ninjutsu is a fucking retard and doesn't know what they are talking about.

Striking: Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Some flavors or karate like Kyokushin.

Grappling: Judo, Wrestling

Ground: Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, Sambo.
>> Anonymous
>>4132
>when you're opponent isn't wearing a gi
normally people who get into fights in real life, aren't naked.
>> Anonymous
Mugen Tenshin Style.
>> Anonymous
shorinji kempo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6OXjtOyYlQ
>> Anonymous
I'm partial to taekwondo, hapkido and judo, but beware of belt factories. You can judge the merit of your dojang by whether your instructors only have you do one-steps or if they make you use them in active sparring. Keeping at it will have you so flexible you'll literally be able to suck your own dick. (Which is overrated, incidentally.)

If you're more interested in kicking ass, you can't get much better than Brazilian jujitsu. There's also websites like Bullshido that are good resources for martial arts.
>> Anonymous
>>4124

God damn... that a joke right?

It's over 2000 years old. Ninjutsu changed its name to Budo Taijutsu (combat movement) to AVOID the ninja references.

I've been doing it over 7 years, I'm not just some guy who read something on wikipedia.

It has its good qualities, it teaches some good locks and grabs, but boxing, Muay Thai and BJJ are the way to go for effective fighting arts.
>> Anonymous
OP here have a little bit of a talk going so I will say I do Tae Kwon Do. I was in the ITA (A smaller TKD organisation), however the kept diluting the forms, they went from 24 down to 12 so my teacher decided to brake off and join another organisation.

He has however decided to focus more on sparing aswell as grapling (Which is very new to me) with less emphisis on the forms.

What I would actually like to do is increase my speed, flexibility, agility and stamina/ Any suggestions?

Also I am trying to improve my diet, I have stoped drinking coke but damn it I love pepperoni pizza to much to give them up and I eat almost no veg although I do like fruit.
>> Anonymous
>>3917
power comes with proper footwork and mental training, im not a good kicker, but for punching try (and im not joking) hitting a paper hung on a string, make it do a loud snapping sound, when you have that down try hitting a punching bag, you will feel how hard you hit now.
>> Anonymous
If you want to get in serious shape AND kick ass take Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
>> Anonymous
>>4163

All Ninja arts/styles got wiped out by the Hiroshima bomb. In other words Ninjas got nuked, now if only they would nuke the Naruto fans.
>> Anonymous
Is insanity considered a martial art? Or just an unfair advantage?

I did Aikido for a year, quite nice, but you apparently have to train it for 10 years or so for it to be useful in a fight.
Now I don't really do any martial arts, unless parkour counts... At least I can get away if things get out of hand.
>> Anonymous
>>4163
The term "Ninja" is only 200 years old.
How can it look back to 2000 years of history?
That's ridiculous if you keep in mind that japanese history has few recordings dating back to that time.
The earliest shinobi/spy schools date back to the middle ages, something around 1400/1500.
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>>4189
>Speed
I dunno lol
>Flexibility
Stretch. Stretch a lot. Twice a week over many years was enough to put me in the autofellatio zone, but every day is probably better. Your martial arts will also help.
>Agility
Isn't this the same as speed?
>Stamina
Work out (or spar, in your case) for long periods at a time without resting. Train yourself to breathe through your nose, then practice deep-breathing to reduce the breaths you need to take. Using an elliptical with a heart race sensor is a good way to gauge your progress.

Also, sparring and grappling is hot shit. Stick with it, it's lots of fun, especially grappling.
>> Anonymous
krav maga

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>> Anonymous
>>4247

I'd assume agility is different from speed in that it's more to do with reaction times.

I think speed and agility only comes through practice. Learn the technique. Do it well. Do it faster. Repeat.
>> Anonymous
Agility is being able to move from one spot to another quickly. This has to do with proper foot work, which does require speed and strength.
>> Anonymous
Jumping Jackfu
>> Anonymous
>>4224

Ninjutsu existed for a long while before it was actually named Ninjtusu.

Nobody knows exactly when the first Japanese farmers started training themselves in combat, or how long it took them before they actually formed a school that anyone recorded in the history books.
>> Anonymous
What style do Samurai use?
>> Anonymous
>>4294
Good lord, you really buy into that shit eh?
Shinobi were samurai, by no means farmers.
There are some famous "Ninja" arr Shinobi who have been recorded like Fuma Kotaro, Hattori Hanz?.
>> Anonymous
>>4328
Kenjutsu.
>> Anonymous
massive overrating krav maga ITT

since it's intended to disable the opponent asap, you can't really spar in krav maga, seeing how eye strikes and punching/kicking to the groin are fair game there

having next to none practical experience, except for having trained to block knives in slow motion routines (lol) without full contact, krav maga fighters are rather prone to make mistakes in an actual fight

pit one of these against any sort of boxer and he'll have his skull bashed in
>> Anonymous
>>4353
soo this krav maga is just street fighting?
>> Anonymous
>>4363
worse than that

it's trying to put streetfighting into a textbook
>> Anonymous
>>4363
Ya its pretty dirty. The Isreali police force or Army or something uses it.
I've never actually trained in it but I hear they teach things like kicking people in the balls
>> Anonymous
For any underaged B& who are reading, join your schools wrestling program. It is hands down the best workout you can get from a school sport. Sure, track or cross country naturally involves more endurance cardio, but wrestling is the best all around workout ever.

It beats paying WAY too much for martial arts lessons...
>> Anonymous
>>4379
HOLY SHIT! I am a expert krav maga fighter I been fighting like that since grade school.Im going to start a school now! brb
>> Anonymous
If you want to be the Uber-destroyer (haha) learn boxing and wrestling.
Boxing will teach you how to punch and evade.
Wrestlers have huge strength and excellent ground work.
>> Anonymous
>>4394
err I would have joined when I was in high school BUT alot of the guys on the team were also in the dance class.
>> Anonymous
>>4389
kicking in the balls never really works. in one of the earlier UFCs I nut shots were allowed and one one of them ever landed and it was accidental.
>> Anonymous
>>4416
hugging men (wrestling) really does seem like the perfect sport for those
>> Anonymous
>>4418
take a break, go outside, get some fresh air, then come back and try to make coherent sentences.
>> Anonymous
>>4418
but in a street fight most people are not gona fast enough to stop a nut shot.
>> Anonymous
A friend of mine takes krav maga, and yes there is a lot of ball kicking involved. I now no not to attempt raping Israeli womenz.

This is a quite interesting video giving information on some basic Krav Maga fighting techniques and how it links into using firearms and bladed weapons, good video to watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i7N6Y7OYwI
>> Anonymous
>>4114
one vs. many you will get your asskicked regardless of martial art so BJJ is fine.
>> Anonymous
>>4418
>>4429
>>4437
Yes, you can join him outside
>> Anonymous
>>4444
Striking arts will at least teach you to keep distance and defend yourself against strikes. BJJ meanwhile will teach you single leg, double leg and then profit.
>> Anonymous
Muay Thai or Krav Maga. The latter if you're doing it primarily for self-defence.