Could be with a teacher, other students, the school, the training itself. I’ve had a few. Here’s one: I met with a Tae Kwon Do teacher who laughed at (LAUGHED AT) my Kenpo background continually and said it wasn’t real karate, and wouldn’t exist outside of the U.S. He worked us to the bone! That wasn’t so bad you get used to it eventually. But then another student proceeded to tell me how other newbies have thrown up in class before. And a yellow belt actually did throw up that day. It was too much for me. I went once.
And the place didn’t have air conditioning!
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taekwondo – i really dont see how kicking someone will win you a fight never mind an experienced fighter but even against a bumb on the street. but if you can elaborate please tell me how it is effective. same goes for kenpo karate, kung fu and boxing.
for me i belive if you fight more than two attackers you wont possibly win. this is why i think brazilian jujitsu will serve as self defense as will judo, sambo, amateur wrestling and a few other styles but they are not practiced often. more often than not its the least effective arts that are taught that you cannot you in a defensive situation.
why is this?
ok people misunderstood what i said. right for starters i come from a country where guns arent findable aand crime is low but assaults are still common and defence is necessary. obviously you dont take an out out onto the street and just use it. i know that ive been training since i was 13. but from a self defense point of view can you defend yourself with any of these arts. i know which ones you can and cant i want to hear your opinion!
for anybody who is going to answer please asnwer how they think these arts will help you defend yourself from an attacker
oh and as for they kittie guy who said staying there and mixing it up with a violent person is stupid i fight in a cage for a living(part time) if im attacked i dont back down unless it means my life. i dont call for help! a man should not have to live in fear of others thats why people take self defense classes. if your attacked run if its dangerous but if you can kick his ass then beat him to a pulp cause thats the only way to teach them
i never said i could grapple with multiple attackers but striking just doesnt work in self defense. so if you have one attacker your only chance is to grapple and then either run or finish him
ha shootersway you misunderstand me again. when i say beat them to a pulp i mean snap a leg bone so that they need serious rehab and will probably think twice before they do such a thing. social conscience goes out the window if you are attacked. best way of edfinding yourself is avoiding situations but you cannot allow yourself to be bullied or attacked by a drunken idiot or a fool high on some drugs or something. armbar him and at least he wont be attacking anybody for about 8-10 weeks
nope my judo man i have boxed 16-2-4 and also muay thai two years but like you pointed out yuo only need so much striking to defend yourself and then its grappling that you realy need! a tkd fighter has no grappling experience so if he gets grabbed by a stronger attacker he is toast because he cant grapple. a boxer is grand until somebody shoots on him he hasnt been taught how to defend takedowns and he cant punch when you have passed his gaurd. you see what im saying of coarse you need striking for the cage. i still take classes in muay thai but i only spar i dont fight. but muay thai is all good until you get grabbed and if he is bigger and you vant clinch or elbow he has you. you can be world champion at taekwondo but if you get grabbed by a strong oponents chances are he has you. unless he has a grappling defence.
also mofo wrestling is only common in certain countries. in britain and ireland good arts are very hard to find. boxing is still the norm and we never encorporated wrestling. there is a small amount of judo but jujitsu is not common at all. and sambo doesnt exist here. you know it just depends on where you go. but taekwondo is the most common art here after boxing. than you have kenpo. and other forms of karate are very popular too. but i dont think they are effective enough. they will help to a degree but a black belt in taekwondo doesnt mean as much as some people think it does
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My son is 6 years old. He is a small boy and I want to get him into the Martial Arts. My family is big on Kenpo…but I don’t know much about it. If I ask them they will say Karate is the only thing for him. Are there other types of karate or just one? What about other styles? I want him to learn discipline, respect, and self-confidence. He will be growing up in a family of TALL people all 6’0 and above. He will only be 5’8…..mmmmaaaaybe. I want him to be comfortable with his frame and earn the advantages that come with his size. Perhaps a style that focuses on balance and agility instead of strength or aggression? Any help or information would be appreciated.
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I’m 13 and i normally do about 10 hours of karate a week. I go for about 3 hours on Tuesday and Thursday and 4 hours on Friday. I also help my boyfriend in his training outside of classes since he’s preparing to test for his 1st. This weekend I attended a convention with a few of the masters and Grand Masters of multiple styles and learned a lot. We did multiple styles traditional Okinowan Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Kickboxing, Tai Chi, and Kenpo skills, we also did some basic chi training, and it took a lot out of me. I do Kenpo and XMA and last Friday I hyperextended my elbow and reinjured my ankles and knees this week during P.E. and my regular classes so it was very difficult for me to keep doing the techniques and conditioning this week. My dad said I’m stacking up injuries and I know he’s right, but it’s hard for me to take it easy because of my schedule with karate and I’m getting ready for track. I’m aware that if I don’t stop and take it easy for a little while I may have some…
permanent injuries but I don’t know how to slow down. I need some advice from anyone who has over trained or understands what I’m talking about. I just need to learn how much or how long I should stay off the mats. I’m talking to my Sensei when i go in on Tuesday about teaching more and doing less, so i figure that will get a couple hours off of my training and hopefully then I’ll be down to only about 6-8 hours.
like i mentioned I’m going to talk to them and see if i can do more teaching so I’m probably going to be cutting out the XMA and just go to helping run the class or doing desk work. Normally an injury doesn’t bother me but I sprained my ankle, messed up my knee working on Judo with my dad, and my elbow is still very sore from last week so I can’t do weapons or straighten it out all the way with out it hurting.
Um it’s December so i dont think I’ll try swimming for a month but I’ll remember that for the summer. But thanks for the advice on the massages and strength training.
Do you think trying a lower impact style like Tai Chi would help, or any other low impact styles?
I’ve already got a 4.0 GPA so school is not an issue for me. But should I maybe stay off the mats more. Cause after I got my 1st dan my parents said i could take another style and I want to do old-style shotokan like my dad did but he said i have to heal up first so I really need to learn like what to do so I can still take classes.
so basically skipping class and icing my elbow/knees/ankles/other injuries is the best thing to do? I skipped doing my XMA class and since or regular instructor wasnt there we basically had free mat and i just ran class with having people work on there forms and taught the new kids how to do the basics and kicks instead of doing my routines.
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what is the difference between Ed Parker and Tracy kenpo karate cirriculums?
