Just curious how many people on here practice martial arts, and what they practice.
I personally take Cuong Nhu, but I have taken tai chi, wing chun, and karate in the past.

wow . .. are those chinese name of martial arts.. well i didnt learn those stuffs.. Yeh but i do have innate fighting skills in me..

lol.
Cuong nhu is vietnamese. It means hard soft and it is basically a Mixed martial art, where you start with karate and then blend techniques from other styles.

Wing Chun is a form of Kung Fu, its what bruce lee learned before be created Jeet Kun Do

Tai chi is also chinese, it is a very internal martial arts with very slow movements. I haven't taken much of this one, but I really liked it. I am trying to find another place to take it that fits my time/budget

Karate is a japanese martial art. What I took was a kick heavy form that was basically karate mixed with tae kwan do and was essential a sport style rather than actual combat.

tks mate i guess i know more now.. I wanted to learn these stuff but i dun get time.... Karate seems to be very popular. Kung Fu tooo but i havent heard of the rest.. anyway tks for taking u r time explainning,,,

I don't practise martial arts, but my oldest brother does, he has practised karate, wing chun and is now been doing tai chi for some years, he's also learnt a mixture of other arts. When he's older, he would like his retirement to be teaching martial arts. It's quite strange hearing a 50 year old (his grandmaster) still being able to beat him even though you would think being young and still more energetic, you would be able to easily take on someone who may require a pacemaker.

This really shows that martial arts is quite a good thing and can keep you fit, and if I weren't too involved in computers I would have learnt more about it, I did boxing for 2 years but it was only to build my upper body, as I'm into physical (bulk) appearance and just keeping taut, toned and trim.

Cheers,


MC

KICKBOXING. That is all. Speed, agility, reflexes. Did a little bit of grappling (sp). I work for several clubs so none of the other martial arts are going to help. The rest deal with dicipline. This deals with speed and how it feels to get hit and how to respond after you get hit.

When people get hit, they are all like WTF and don't know how to respond. Kickboxing willl make you learn your opponent fast and teach you not to ever get hit like that again.

Karate is the most overrated form of martial arts ever, i took it for 3 years, and all it got me was -400 dollars.

pathetic, if someone comes and attacks me, i dont think of the karate stuff i was taught, i think bite, kick in balls, scratch, etc...
why because all karate taught me was make wierd noises, and shout.

Wow, then you did get ripped. Apparently you went to a terrible karate school. Granted, there are LOTS of terrible karate schools. But thats because karate is no longer really a martial art, its more a sport that pretends its a martial art, just like tae kwon do.

I practise Aikido - a Japanese Martial Art.

i'm not practicing any martial art currently, but i've done kickboxing, ninja-do and taekwondo in the past. i would really love to learn muay thai, bjj and mma.