Anyone here actually train in a martial art/combat sport?

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

heard a lot of people badmouth Takwandeo growing up brehs, tho never any specifies why.

Brown belt TKD
Red Belt TSD

I was a black belt in TKD

USTF

 

[Bleed The Freak]

heard a lot of people badmouth Takwandeo growing up brehs, tho never any specifies why.

Pretty simple answer.

It can be bulllshytted very easily with the following:

- terrible one sided contracts
- no sparring
- glorified ti-boe due to school trying to get soccer moms and families
- reputation of being impractical with growth of BJJ and other grappling
- fees for shyt (although any shady place will do this)
- clearly undeserving black belts

I was fortunate to avoid all that shyt with a school that showed takedown defense and joint locks along with punches and kicks. TSD does the same.

Well-taught TKD can and will hand out a serious beating.

 

[Daio]

Pretty much what Rashad said.

There was no sparring for me until green belt.
Board breaking at blue belt
Take downs/throws red belt
It was pretty much impossible to fail your next belt/stripe test. You could advance every 2 months

My school catered to both. The Students who practice as a hobby and The students the school would actually sponsor to go to tournaments and events to compete

 

[Bleed The Freak]

Pretty much what Rashad said.

There was no sparring for me until green belt.
Board breaking at blue belt
Take downs/throws red belt
It was pretty much impossible to fail your next belt/stripe test. You could advance every 2 months

My school catered to both. The Students who practice as a hobby and The students the school would actually sponsor to go to tournaments and events to compete

It's tough too because if that's the only source of income for the instructor so they water it down to get attendance and make money so you get subpar instruction.

Damn shame too it has this rep. Cause if you got good schooling you can defend yourself well.

 

[perfectblack999]

I've been boxing for the past 6 month about. Spar occasionally. Lost 20+ pounds. Best workout in my opinion.

 

[Canon]

Brown belt in BJJ
Green Belt in Judo

 

[Don Mack]

Boxed for 10 years, I won a bunch of smokers held in the Bronx and some "clubs" in Spanish Harlem (25-0-0), it felt more like a hobby for me, so I took up wrestling in JH, and HS in Hawaii (HPA).


I do very little cardio, insofar that I have a naturally great gas tank, so I rarely needed to run much. All the cardio I gained came from training other areas; rolling for an hour, sparring/bag training for hours, etc. I got into catch wrestling aka American JJ, and easily fell into BJJ without any problems. Basically all that sparring/training, helped my stamina, without having to run miles. I tested this by rolling with guys who ran religiously, they would usually gas out first, so no problems there.


Never really liked Judo, Aikido, or Wing Chun, a lot of it felt like bullshyt to me even back in the 90's. As much as I love Bruce Lee, my use of every technique in different systems of combat, excluded those three. Some of Judo was nice, but I'm a big guy with proper training, if you can throw me, I deserve to lose. Always loved sumo, Chinoyofuji (the wolf) was a fav of mine, so I trained Sumo techniques for a summer.

Sounds like you got a great skill set to do MMA

 

[MF budz]

Boxed for 10 years, I won a bunch of smokers held in the Bronx and some "clubs" in Spanish Harlem (25-0-0), it felt more like a hobby for me, so I took up wrestling in JH, and HS in Hawaii (HPA).


I do very little cardio, insofar that I have a naturally great gas tank, so I rarely needed to run much. All the cardio I gained came from training other areas; rolling for an hour, sparring/bag training for hours, etc. I got into catch wrestling aka American JJ, and easily fell into BJJ without any problems. Basically all that sparring/training, helped my stamina, without having to run miles. I tested this by rolling with guys who ran religiously, they would usually gas out first, so no problems there.


Never really liked Judo, Aikido, or Wing Chun, a lot of it felt like bullshyt to me even back in the 90's. As much as I love Bruce Lee, my use of every technique in different systems of combat, excluded those three. Some of Judo was nice, but I'm a big guy with proper training, if you can throw me, I deserve to lose. Always loved sumo, Chinoyofuji (the wolf) was a fav of mine, so I trained Sumo techniques for a summer.

I was iffy on judo when i first started training but after seeing it in action. Some of the throws will.have you in a great position on the ground. And also inflict some pain on your opponent. Im naturally a striker. But just havimg that to fall back on along with some wrestling and bjj is great

 

[NinoBrown]

Yes:
Judo - 13 years Black Belt
BJJ - Blue 3 stripes
Muay Thai 5 years
Western Boxing 2 years
Aikido 5 years Brown (quit after joing Judo)

I don't compete for me per se, but to test what I know and because I would like to eventually open a club on my own....can't teach others to fight if you have never been tested on the mat...

I'd be further in BJJ, but my injuries sideline me for the big tournies...purple is my goal within the next 2/3 years if I can get healthy....

 

[MF budz]

Brown belt in BJJ
Green Belt in Judo

Which one do you enjoy more?

 

[MF budz]

What

Yes:
Judo - 13 years Black Belt
BJJ - Blue 3 stripes
Muay Thai 5 years
Western Boxing 2 years
Aikido 5 years Brown (quit after joing Judo)

I don't compete for me per se, but to test what I know and because I would like to eventually open a club on my own....can't teach others to fight if you have never been tested on the mat...

I'd be further in BJJ, but my injuries sideline me for the big tournies...purple is my goal within the next 2/3 years if I can get healthy....

What is your favorite to partake in?

 

[MF budz]

I can finally start going to more judo classes because of the way they changed their schedule. And plus i want to do some mma fights after acouple KB matches. Coach said i should be ready to fight fairly soon. It feels good being told by the dudes who have been doing it for years that going against you isnt easy. I actually study at home to and do footwork drills and shadow boxing alot knowing that i started alot later on life then most pushes me. Not trying to go pro or anything but definitely dont want to lose or make the gym look bad. Plus its helping me be healthy and eat better so its win. Til i cut weight for the first time anybody here cut weight for wrestling or anything

 

[Canon]

Which one do you enjoy more?

BJJ easily

i swapped out judo for wrestling the past year. lucky enough to have a bunch of college wrestlers at our school.

 

[MF budz]

BJJ easily

i swapped out judo for wrestling the past year. lucky enough to have a bunch of college wrestlers at our school.

thats whats up. Does bjj teach any throws at all?

 

[NinoBrown]

What

What is your favorite to partake in?

Muay Thai/Judo back-to-back as it was the closest feeling to an actual fight (in terms of feeling raw aggression/adreneline dump vs a tournie or hard roll in class where you relax and flow)

thats whats up. Does bjj teach any throws at all?

Quite a bit, just the basics, single/double leg, ankle pick, Kosoto gake, kouchi gari (inside leg sweep), ouchi gari (outside leg sweep)....