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Re: Martial arts training at home?(techniques, fitness etc) [Re: beneath]
#8527017 - 06/15/08 02:29 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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I agree with not excessively using weights to train. 2 years ago I was a rather large guy but I started changing my daily life to help loose weight. One thing that really helped my lower body is that no matter what time it was what I was doing or how big or small the flight of steps was I would go up them no less than two steps at a time. Just doing that made me realize how much the regular world is just a big free gym. Now I've started doing push ups before going to sleep with my feet elevated, I plan on eventually being able to do handstand push ups.
As far as fight training I don't know what to tell you, bite the bullet and go to a class, find a sparing partner that you work well with, drop out of the program and start going to the park with him/her. That's the best I can think of, if you want to learn something new look it up online or in a book and experiment with the moves until they feel comfortable. The only difference I see between that and an actual class is that you get professional guidance.
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Re: Martial arts training at home?(techniques, fitness etc) [Re: Idiot]
#8527047 - 06/15/08 02:37 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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i really dont suggest training at home. its retarded. find out where some local martial arts guans/dojos are and go talk to them. first find out what youre interested in whether its kung fu, tai chi, karate, judo, or jujitsu. lots of places are what we call "belt factories" and basically hand out belts after you learn a form. find something traditional. its your best bet for learning something useful.
there are a lot of teachers who only teach for the money, but there are some good people out there who do it to pass on the tradition. personally i study northern praying mantis kung fu. i was lucky enough to find a traditional teacher who KNOWS his shit and isnt just doing it to pay rent. i just got home today from a 3 day campout we did. learned a little qigong and a staff form. im sunburned as SHIT.
but yea, martial arts are definately a good idea. id go with some kind of wushu if i were you though  its fun learning weapons
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Re: Martial arts training at home?(techniques, fitness etc) [Re: PilzeEssen]
#8527069 - 06/15/08 02:45 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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I was just saying to do that to start off. I used to do a little judo but that was a long time ago, although I retained some of the training. I've been thinking of getting back into a different form of MA that also uses your opponents momentum against them like judo does. I'm really good at that, if someone were to throw a punch at me I'd have them on the ground with my knee in there shoulder in a second flat, but that's pretty much all I got.
Edited by Idiot (06/15/08 07:33 PM)
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Re: Martial arts training at home?(techniques, fitness etc) [Re: Idiot]
#8527154 - 06/15/08 03:11 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Idiot said: I've been thinking of getting back into a different form of MA that also uses your opponents momentum against them like judo does. I'm really good at that
Chin Na.
Not exactly using their momentum against them.... more the art of bending bones and tendons the wrong way... to immobilize someone or stop them in their tracks.. or dislocate/break a bone or joint if needed. It's most definitely a defensive art, and with trained hands is EXTREMELY effective.
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Re: Martial arts training at home?(techniques, fitness etc) [Re: Shroomism]
#8527325 - 06/15/08 04:09 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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chin na is mostly incorporated in different styles of wushu (AKA "kung fu")
i really doubt anywhere would JUST teach chin na. but i agree, chin na is some good stuff.
(kung fu doesnt mean martial arts. you can have good kung fu in anything you do. cooking, writing, washing dishes, golf, etc. wushu means "chinese martial arts" in chinese. just an FYI)
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