Martial Arts/Self Defense/Mix Martial Arts/Martial Science (Represent Your Art)
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L Ray
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Muay Thai, and Krav Maga.
Always liked Muay Thai and decided fukk it lets give it a go.
Krav I was intrigued by the brutality of the countering and teaches you a lot of practical defense.
We do bjj and shyt too but my main focus is the 2 above for now. Didn't want to take too much on at once, but will jump full into bjj once I'm all settled into the other 2.
Always liked Muay Thai and decided fukk it lets give it a go.
Krav I was intrigued by the brutality of the countering and teaches you a lot of practical defense.
We do bjj and shyt too but my main focus is the 2 above for now. Didn't want to take too much on at once, but will jump full into bjj once I'm all settled into the other 2.
chosen92GOAT
From a boy to a king
thanks do u think absence is necessary in this sport
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Warrior Lifestyle
Me too, I'm going to do a few Judo tournaments then I'm going to do NAGA grappling tournaments representing Judo, I like NAGA because it's a tournament and you going again different grappling styles.
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Testosterone is a man's fountain of Youth it keeps us strong, young, feeling good and the energy builds up, we become aggressive, so when we have sex and relieve ourselves what happens, we feel zapped, we are drained, calm and shyt.
That's why old school trainers forbid having sex a week or so, even up to the fight
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Grandmaster Yip Man
The Interview
When Grandmaster Yip described his past, he did so with great warmth. Here is a segment of the interview in its original format.
New Martial Hero: "Did Chan Wah Shun have the nickname Jau-Chin Wah (Wah the Money-Changer)?"
Yip Man: "This nickname does not represent my instructor's character. Other than 'Wah the Money Changer', he had also a less graceful nickname. 'Ngau-Chin Wah' of 'Wah the Bull'. He was the headstudent of Dr Leung Jan".
New Martial Hero: "This name indicates that Wah the Money Changer was a very bad tempered person who liked fighting all the time, right? How many students did Wah the Money Changer admit? How were you ranked amongst your kungfu brohters?"
Yip Man: "Including me, Wah Kung only admitted 16 students since opening his kungfu school. I was 11 years old when I became his student during his latter years."
New Martial Hero: "We Chinese have a saying that the last son is the most beloved one. According to the Chinese custom, since you were his last kungfu son, you must be the most beloved student of his. Right?"
Yip Man, smiling: "You're right. When I learnt under Wah Kung, he was already 70. He was a bit weak at that time. However, he still corrected my mistakes with great patience. Futhermore, he also told his other students to teach me. As a result, my techniques improved at high speed."
"It's a good question. Let me tell you why. In olden days, people were very strict concerning the teacher/student relationship. Before they admitted a student, they had to know the character of this would-be student very clearly. This is what is called 'to choose a right student to teach'. Secondly, it also depended on whether the student could afford to pay his school fees or not".
Grandmaster Yip stopped for awhile. He then talked i a rather low tone: "The fact is, not too many people could afford to pay for such a high school fee. For example: at the time I paid, the red packet for the 'Student-admitting Ceremony' had to contain 20 taels of silver. And I had to pay 8 taels of silver each month as my school fee."
A Lot of Money for Learning Kungfu
New Martial Hero: "How much was 20 taels of silver worth, in terms of your living standards?"
Yip Man, after thinking for a while: "For 20 taels of silver you could marry a wife, say if you did it economically. Also, with no more than 1 and a half taels of silver you could buy 1 picul [around 60kg] of rice." The Grandmaster continued: "That was why, at that time, most of the people who learnt kungfu were rich people. These people could leave their jobs and live in the old temples in deep mountains for training. It is not the same as today when people can easily learn kungfu anywhere."
New Martial Hero: "After the death of Wah the Money Changer, you left Fatshan and came to Hong Kong to study in St. Stephens's College. Did you learn Wing Tsun kungfu again when you were in Hong Kong?"
Yip Man, smiling: "Of course I did! And I can say that it was because of a highly proficient Wing Tsun expert whom I met that I learned the most advanced Wing Tsun techniques."
New Martial Hero:"Who was that highly proficient expert?"
Yip Man: "It was Leung Bik, the eldest son of Dr Leung Jan. The story of how I came to meet my teacher Leung Bik was really quite dramatic. It's a long story."
After repeated requests by the writer, Grandmaster Yip Man started telling this story in detail:
At the time Grandmaster Yip left Fatshan to go to study in Hong Kong, was already very skilled in the basic wing chun fighting techniques. He always fought with his classmates at the school. Although Yip Man was not tall, he was very skilful in fighting techniques. Therefore, he could defeat all his classmates, even those that were much taller and stronger than he. For this reason, he became arrogant for he believed that nobody could match him.
Meeting Leung Bik in Hong Kong
After six months, one of Yip Man's classmates, surname Lai, whose father ran a big silk company named "Kung Hang Silk Company" in Jervois Street of Sheung Wan, told Yip that there was a friend of father's living in their house. He was in his 50s. This man knew some kungfu techniques. He offered a friendly sparring with Yip Man.
At that time Yip had never been defeated, and so he wasted no time in accepting the challenge. Lai made an appointment to introduce them to each other on one Sunday afternoon.
On that Sunday, Yip went to the house of his classmate. After being introduced to this middle-aged man, Yip looked at him appraisingly. To Yip's eyes, he looked more like a typical slim-gentleman than someone who really knew kungFu.
After a short, Yip Man frankly challenged the man to a sparring match.
With a smile, the middle-aged man said: "Well, Yip Man, so you are interested in doing some sparring with me. Before your fight me, I can tell you not to worry about me. All you need to do is attack me to any part of my body with your full strength and that's all!"
On hearing this, the arrogant Yip Man, though apparently still unruffled, was actually so mad that all he wanted to do was to beat this man up!
No sooner did the middle-aged man give Yip Man a hand-signal inviting him to attack than he was subjected to Yip Man's aggressive rain of punches. However, this man was so quick that Yip Man could not match his counter-attack movements. In an instant, Yip Man was forced to withdraw into a corner. The man stopped at the same moment.
After the first contact, and already defeated, Yip Man could not believe that this man had gained the upper hand so quickly. Therefore, he asked the man if he could try again. Once again, Yip Man was completely controlled by this man. He could not do anything against him! This time, Yip Man knew that he had surely been beaten by a real kungfu expert. Without saying a word, Yip Man went away with great disappointment.
After that friendly sparring match, Yip Man was so depressed that he did not even dare to mention that he knew kungfu.
One week afterwards, Yip was told by Lai that the middle-aged man wanted to see him again. At that time, Yip Man rather afraid and too ashamed to see the middle-aged man again. He told Lai: "I feel too embarrassed to see him again. I am not his match at all."
However, to Yip Man's surprise, Lai told Yip that his father's friend actually praised Yip's kungfu techniques highly. That was why he wanted to see Yip and talk to him again. Lai started telling Yip Man the secret of his father's friend. In fact the one who had fought with Yip Man was none other than Leung Bik, the son of Dr. Leung Jan!
After learning the truth, Yip Man thought to himself: "Gosh! That is why he is so good in kungfu techniques. Actually this time I w as fighting with a high-rank Wing Tsun expert!"
Immediately Yip Man's realized what an opportunity this was. He was still not that highly skilled in the kungfu techniques taught to him by his si-fu Wah the Money Changer. This would be the best chance for him to learn the more advanced Wing Tsun techniques. Therefore, he wasted no time in asking Lai, his classmate, to take him to the Kung Hang Silk Company to meet Leung Bik.
Since Yip Man was a genius in terms of learning kungfu, Leung Bik was very happy to teach all he knew to Yip Man.
A few years later, Leung Bik got tired of living in Hong Kong and was thinking of going back to Fatshan. At that time Yip Man had already attained the highest proficiency in kungfu techniques.
Back to Fatshan. At that time Yip Man had already attained the highest proficiency in kungfu techniques.
The Interview
When Grandmaster Yip described his past, he did so with great warmth. Here is a segment of the interview in its original format.New Martial Hero: "Did Chan Wah Shun have the nickname Jau-Chin Wah (Wah the Money-Changer)?"
Yip Man: "This nickname does not represent my instructor's character. Other than 'Wah the Money Changer', he had also a less graceful nickname. 'Ngau-Chin Wah' of 'Wah the Bull'. He was the headstudent of Dr Leung Jan".
New Martial Hero: "This name indicates that Wah the Money Changer was a very bad tempered person who liked fighting all the time, right? How many students did Wah the Money Changer admit? How were you ranked amongst your kungfu brohters?"
Yip Man: "Including me, Wah Kung only admitted 16 students since opening his kungfu school. I was 11 years old when I became his student during his latter years."
New Martial Hero: "We Chinese have a saying that the last son is the most beloved one. According to the Chinese custom, since you were his last kungfu son, you must be the most beloved student of his. Right?"
Yip Man, smiling: "You're right. When I learnt under Wah Kung, he was already 70. He was a bit weak at that time. However, he still corrected my mistakes with great patience. Futhermore, he also told his other students to teach me. As a result, my techniques improved at high speed."
"It's a good question. Let me tell you why. In olden days, people were very strict concerning the teacher/student relationship. Before they admitted a student, they had to know the character of this would-be student very clearly. This is what is called 'to choose a right student to teach'. Secondly, it also depended on whether the student could afford to pay his school fees or not".Grandmaster Yip stopped for awhile. He then talked i a rather low tone: "The fact is, not too many people could afford to pay for such a high school fee. For example: at the time I paid, the red packet for the 'Student-admitting Ceremony' had to contain 20 taels of silver. And I had to pay 8 taels of silver each month as my school fee."
A Lot of Money for Learning Kungfu
New Martial Hero: "How much was 20 taels of silver worth, in terms of your living standards?"
Yip Man, after thinking for a while: "For 20 taels of silver you could marry a wife, say if you did it economically. Also, with no more than 1 and a half taels of silver you could buy 1 picul [around 60kg] of rice." The Grandmaster continued: "That was why, at that time, most of the people who learnt kungfu were rich people. These people could leave their jobs and live in the old temples in deep mountains for training. It is not the same as today when people can easily learn kungfu anywhere."
New Martial Hero: "After the death of Wah the Money Changer, you left Fatshan and came to Hong Kong to study in St. Stephens's College. Did you learn Wing Tsun kungfu again when you were in Hong Kong?"
Yip Man, smiling: "Of course I did! And I can say that it was because of a highly proficient Wing Tsun expert whom I met that I learned the most advanced Wing Tsun techniques."New Martial Hero:"Who was that highly proficient expert?"
Yip Man: "It was Leung Bik, the eldest son of Dr Leung Jan. The story of how I came to meet my teacher Leung Bik was really quite dramatic. It's a long story."
After repeated requests by the writer, Grandmaster Yip Man started telling this story in detail:
At the time Grandmaster Yip left Fatshan to go to study in Hong Kong, was already very skilled in the basic wing chun fighting techniques. He always fought with his classmates at the school. Although Yip Man was not tall, he was very skilful in fighting techniques. Therefore, he could defeat all his classmates, even those that were much taller and stronger than he. For this reason, he became arrogant for he believed that nobody could match him.
Meeting Leung Bik in Hong Kong
After six months, one of Yip Man's classmates, surname Lai, whose father ran a big silk company named "Kung Hang Silk Company" in Jervois Street of Sheung Wan, told Yip that there was a friend of father's living in their house. He was in his 50s. This man knew some kungfu techniques. He offered a friendly sparring with Yip Man.
At that time Yip had never been defeated, and so he wasted no time in accepting the challenge. Lai made an appointment to introduce them to each other on one Sunday afternoon.
On that Sunday, Yip went to the house of his classmate. After being introduced to this middle-aged man, Yip looked at him appraisingly. To Yip's eyes, he looked more like a typical slim-gentleman than someone who really knew kungFu.
After a short, Yip Man frankly challenged the man to a sparring match.
With a smile, the middle-aged man said: "Well, Yip Man, so you are interested in doing some sparring with me. Before your fight me, I can tell you not to worry about me. All you need to do is attack me to any part of my body with your full strength and that's all!"
On hearing this, the arrogant Yip Man, though apparently still unruffled, was actually so mad that all he wanted to do was to beat this man up!No sooner did the middle-aged man give Yip Man a hand-signal inviting him to attack than he was subjected to Yip Man's aggressive rain of punches. However, this man was so quick that Yip Man could not match his counter-attack movements. In an instant, Yip Man was forced to withdraw into a corner. The man stopped at the same moment.
After the first contact, and already defeated, Yip Man could not believe that this man had gained the upper hand so quickly. Therefore, he asked the man if he could try again. Once again, Yip Man was completely controlled by this man. He could not do anything against him! This time, Yip Man knew that he had surely been beaten by a real kungfu expert. Without saying a word, Yip Man went away with great disappointment.
After that friendly sparring match, Yip Man was so depressed that he did not even dare to mention that he knew kungfu.
One week afterwards, Yip was told by Lai that the middle-aged man wanted to see him again. At that time, Yip Man rather afraid and too ashamed to see the middle-aged man again. He told Lai: "I feel too embarrassed to see him again. I am not his match at all."
However, to Yip Man's surprise, Lai told Yip that his father's friend actually praised Yip's kungfu techniques highly. That was why he wanted to see Yip and talk to him again. Lai started telling Yip Man the secret of his father's friend. In fact the one who had fought with Yip Man was none other than Leung Bik, the son of Dr. Leung Jan!
After learning the truth, Yip Man thought to himself: "Gosh! That is why he is so good in kungfu techniques. Actually this time I w as fighting with a high-rank Wing Tsun expert!"
Immediately Yip Man's realized what an opportunity this was. He was still not that highly skilled in the kungfu techniques taught to him by his si-fu Wah the Money Changer. This would be the best chance for him to learn the more advanced Wing Tsun techniques. Therefore, he wasted no time in asking Lai, his classmate, to take him to the Kung Hang Silk Company to meet Leung Bik.
Since Yip Man was a genius in terms of learning kungfu, Leung Bik was very happy to teach all he knew to Yip Man.
A few years later, Leung Bik got tired of living in Hong Kong and was thinking of going back to Fatshan. At that time Yip Man had already attained the highest proficiency in kungfu techniques.
Back to Fatshan. At that time Yip Man had already attained the highest proficiency in kungfu techniques.
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Clean footage of Grandmaster Ip Man - 叶问 - 葉問 - 葉…:
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Wing Chun (Chinese: 詠春; pinyin: yǒng chūn;Jyutping: wing6 ceon1; literally: "spring chant"), also romanised as Ving Tsun or Wing Tsun, (and sometimes substituted with the characters 永春 "eternal springtime"); is a concept-based Chinese martial art and form of self-defense utilising both striking and grappling while specialising in close-rangecombat.
The alternative characters 永春 "eternal spring" are also associated with some other southern Chinese martial arts, includingWeng Chun Kung Fu and Yong Chun
The earliest known mentions of Wing Chun date to the period of Red Boat Opera.
The common legend as told by Yip Man involves the young woman Yim Wing-chunduring the period after the destruction by the Qing government of the Southern Shaolin and its associated temples.
Having rebuffed the local warlord's marriage offer, Yim Wing-Chun said she'd reconsider the proposal if he could beat her in a fight. She soon crossed paths with a Buddhist nun named Ng Mui, who was one of the Shaolin Sect survivors, and asked the nun to teach her to fight. According to legend Ng Mui taught Yim Wing-Chun a new system of martial art that had been inspired by the nun's observations of a confrontation between aSnake and a Crane. This then-still nameless style enabled Yim Wing-Chun to beat the warlord in a one-on-one fight. Yim Wing-Chun thereafter married Leung Bac-Chou and taught him the style, which was later named after her.
Since the system was developed during the Shaolin and Ming resistance to the Qing Dynasty, many legends, including the story of Yim Wing-Chun, were spread regarding the creation of Wing Chun in order to confuse enemies. This is often given as a reason to explain the difficulty in accurately determining the creator or creators of Wing Chun.
Philosophy
He who excels as a warrior does not appear formidable. One who excels in fighting is never aroused in anger. One who excels in defeating his enemy does not join issues. One who excels in employing others humbles himself before them. This is the virtue of non-contention and matching the sublimity of heaven.
The alternative characters 永春 "eternal spring" are also associated with some other southern Chinese martial arts, includingWeng Chun Kung Fu and Yong Chun
The earliest known mentions of Wing Chun date to the period of Red Boat Opera.
The common legend as told by Yip Man involves the young woman Yim Wing-chunduring the period after the destruction by the Qing government of the Southern Shaolin and its associated temples.
Having rebuffed the local warlord's marriage offer, Yim Wing-Chun said she'd reconsider the proposal if he could beat her in a fight. She soon crossed paths with a Buddhist nun named Ng Mui, who was one of the Shaolin Sect survivors, and asked the nun to teach her to fight. According to legend Ng Mui taught Yim Wing-Chun a new system of martial art that had been inspired by the nun's observations of a confrontation between aSnake and a Crane. This then-still nameless style enabled Yim Wing-Chun to beat the warlord in a one-on-one fight. Yim Wing-Chun thereafter married Leung Bac-Chou and taught him the style, which was later named after her.
Since the system was developed during the Shaolin and Ming resistance to the Qing Dynasty, many legends, including the story of Yim Wing-Chun, were spread regarding the creation of Wing Chun in order to confuse enemies. This is often given as a reason to explain the difficulty in accurately determining the creator or creators of Wing Chun.
Philosophy
He who excels as a warrior does not appear formidable. One who excels in fighting is never aroused in anger. One who excels in defeating his enemy does not join issues. One who excels in employing others humbles himself before them. This is the virtue of non-contention and matching the sublimity of heaven.
DaveyDave
Superstar
did Taekwondo since i was 7, 4th Dan Black Belt but i haven't done anything since i movied about 4 years ago, there's lots of Martial Arts up here but not many good schools and i don't have the time right now with 2 little kids. have done at least some seminars in lots of other stuff, provisonal Black Belt in hapkido, trained for a while in Muay Thai, done a little bit of BJJ probably not even at Blue Belt level yet tho, Philippine Stick Fighting, taught & trained in MMA, done a little bit of Karate. i taught mainly Taekwondo & Hapkido at a school for about 6 years but that stopped obviously when i moved away. have done seminars with Michael Bisping, John Will (great BJJ coach, coaches some of the UFC's best & travels around the world constantly doing seminars) and other masters in other styles, Fari Salievski (coach & head instructor for a few guys in ONE FC and some other MMA promotions).
I'm a traditional guy when it comes to training, i like the structure and goals it sets for you but i do like MMA if it's with a good trainer. one thing i never did was Kung Fu which i would like to try.
as far as fav MMA fighters Cowboy Cerrone is my #1 fav guy right now, obviously as a TKD guy i have to rep for Pettis and Henderson. Overeem was a fav for a while, i just like watching good fights tho really, i have lots of guys i love to watch mainly in UFC i don'tget much time to watch any other fight promos and i don't find many of them to be that good (Bellator is my prime example)
I'm a traditional guy when it comes to training, i like the structure and goals it sets for you but i do like MMA if it's with a good trainer. one thing i never did was Kung Fu which i would like to try.
as far as fav MMA fighters Cowboy Cerrone is my #1 fav guy right now, obviously as a TKD guy i have to rep for Pettis and Henderson. Overeem was a fav for a while, i just like watching good fights tho really, i have lots of guys i love to watch mainly in UFC i don'tget much time to watch any other fight promos and i don't find many of them to be that good (Bellator is my prime example)
Waterproof
Warrior Lifestyle
That's a deadly combination right there, I love Muay Thai, I was training in the art for a few months but I had to stop, those banana bags and hundreds of kicks was killer, then I checked out a Muay Boran school was going to join but again life got in the way.
I'm a fan of Karv Maga also, they have a great school in my city but it's real expensive...
For my stand up I think I'm going back to Muay Thai to go with my Judo game that's a beast combination
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L Ray
All Star
Judo and Muay Thai would be
.I'm about to grab me an outslayer bananna bag and stand for my basement. Our last stripe test we had to do 100 kicks each leg in 3 minutes three separate times. Felt like I was standing in quicksand at the end and my entire base was sore as fukk for about a week.
We got belt testing tomorrow, don't even want to think about what we are in store for
Amare's Right Hook
Southeast World Champion
L Ray
All Star
I've always been curious about ninjutsu, could you give an insider's view on how and what the training consists of?
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Judo and Muay Thai would be
I'm about to grab me an outslayer bananna bag and stand for my basement. Our last stripe test we had to do 100 kicks each leg in 3 minutes three separate times. Felt like I was standing in quicksand at the end and my entire base was sore as fukk for about a week.
We got belt testing tomorrow, don't even want to think about what we are in store for
How did your belt test went