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December 12th, 2007, 01:15 AM
|  | Venerable Student | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: VIC, Australia Style(s): Black Lung MAs
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What form(s) of martial arts doesn't interest you in the slightest, what would you never even consider spending time with if you had a choice in the matter? Why?
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December 12th, 2007, 03:18 AM
|  | <--theguychangingmyavatar   | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Land of Whales Style(s): Mei Hua Chuan/MMA Year(s): 21
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Rep Power: 220 | | | I wouldn't bother with Savate or Karate (unless it's Kyokushin). I think the French are the last people on the planet one should learn a martial art from, as proven by their track record and it just doesn't seem to offer very much in the way of effectiveness and I am not a fan of Karate as I trained that for a while and found it way to limited and restricted.
I train CMA's because they offer the most in variety and adaptability and I train MMA/BJJ as they are effective in coordination with the striking skills I get from my CMA, so I get groundfighting/grappling covered by that and thus am a better all around fighter due to that. |
December 12th, 2007, 07:46 AM
|  | Super Moderator    | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: South East England Style(s): Sinclair Wing Chun Year(s): 8
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Rep Power: 100 | | | None. I wouldn't right off any style. Its all about the person who's training them really anyway! |
December 12th, 2007, 07:54 AM
|  | Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boston Style(s): Wah Lum/Yang Tai Chi Year(s): passing by
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Rep Power: 153 | | | It's not so much the styles I'm not interested in, it's the schools I wouldn't bother with.
Some schools are just utter s***e. Even schools within otherwise good, even great systems.
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December 12th, 2007, 08:28 AM
|  | Weathered Post Master  | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Augusta, Ga...For now Style(s): Choy Lee Fut/Kenpo Year(s): Not Long
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Rep Power: 41 | | | I agree with Sammie Girl. The school I would write off is the SD (want to know why look in the other thread) and most schools whos windows are filled with trophies, tourniment adds and the like. I get into MA for myself. Heck I dont even display my awards, ribbons, diploma, etc. Only reason I keep them is my wife asked me toand I told her its up to her to do what she likes with them. A persons worth comes from themselves not a prize......The the Winning Lottery Numbers would be nice! |
December 12th, 2007, 08:30 AM
|  | mogate victim | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Leeds Style(s): wc/arnis/(b)jj Year(s): since 2002
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December 12th, 2007, 10:33 AM
| | Super Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: South East England Style(s): Sinclair Wing Chun Year(s): 8
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Posted By: Pope_Wingnut 
yellow bamboo | ” | |
OK fair enough;  |
December 12th, 2007, 12:02 PM
|  | Fear is the Mind Killer | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: MA Style(s): Long Men Jia Quan Year(s): 27
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Rep Power: 81 | | | Fred Villari's Kempo Karate /Kungfu/Jiujitsu
Ninjitsu. Not impressed. Really just Karate with black GI. If I want karate I'd do Goju or Uechi Ryu
Savate. What Mei said
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December 12th, 2007, 03:27 PM
|  | Burninator | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Style(s): Sil Lum Hung Gar Year(s): since '98
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Rep Power: 19 | | | 1. Oomyung Do
2. Shaolin Do
3. Temple Kung Fu
4. Ngfamily
5. any kind of kempo/kenpo
6. Liu He Ba Fa
7. Pai Lum
8. Pankration
9. Krav Maga
and lastly...
10. JKD
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December 12th, 2007, 03:31 PM
| | Weathered Post Master | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Augusta, Ga...For now Style(s): Choy Lee Fut/Kenpo Year(s): Not Long
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Rep Power: 41 | | | Wow thats a long list. Why wouldnt you do those (a few I understand but please if you would indulge me). |
December 12th, 2007, 10:03 PM
| | Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boston Style(s): Wah Lum/Yang Tai Chi Year(s): passing by
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Rep Power: 153 | | | Specifically, why not Liu He Ba Fa? It's hard to pronounce, that's why I don't study it, you know.
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December 12th, 2007, 10:35 PM
|  | Spanker of the Foolish | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta Style(s): Choy Li Fut Year(s): 25+
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Posted By: mok
1. Oomyung Do
2. Shaolin Do
3. Temple Kung Fu
4. Ngfamily
5. any kind of kempo/kenpo
6. Liu He Ba Fa
7. Pai Lum
8. Pankration
9. Krav Maga
and lastly...
10. JKD | ” | |
Yeah his list plus I'd add my favs...
-- ring focused MMA l33t p33ps
-- anything that claims to be the progenitor of everything else
-- anything claiming untaught secrets until now
-- Any CMA/KMA/JMA/AMA ending in "-do"
-- Anything that has misspelled "-jutsu" or "ju-"
Those are a few of my fav add ins. I'm sure there's more but I'm tired & having an endoscopy in the AM so that'll work for me now.
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December 13th, 2007, 01:11 AM
|  | Super Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Koko Style(s): Wrestling, primarily Year(s): 32
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Posted By: clfsean
but I'm tired & having an endoscopy in the AM | ” | |
Ouch, that news is hard to swallow!
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December 13th, 2007, 01:42 AM
|  | GM of Chunky Cheese KF | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Style(s): Striking & Grappling Year(s): too few
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Rep Power: 41 | | | “ | and lastly...
10. JKD | ” | |
how rude  JKD rocks ! and don't you forget it sonny !
But yea, I agree with the earlier statement, a lot of it comes down to the actual school, not always the style taught.
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December 13th, 2007, 01:42 AM
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