wow EG

[s-fx]

Heh, I've noticed that you now have a black belt in karate EG :)
Are there any other martial arts secret that you havn't told us about?

[Voetsjoeba]

I got a green one, with one red 'intergrade' :beam: Hey EG, what style do you practice ?

[mlk]

marrf i stopped at green belt - made me feel like a dancer in a white kimono...
doing kickboxing now.. much better :beam:

[kirupa]

I stopped at brown belt - had to move and go to a city that did not have the same style (Wado Ryu) that I had trained in for so long :) I'm glad though, for I didn't particularly enjoy martial arts.

Cheers!
Kirupa C:-)

[Voetsjoeba]

Aaah, that's too bad. Having to quit right before black belt :(.

[thediablo]

im red belt in Kung Fu :)

wanna fight?

lol

just some more months before i turn black (i hope)
then i can compete with jackie chan or something, or pick a fight with jet li :P

[c!rYx]

I don't like banging my head and this stuff. But I'm good in cs (bad alternative), wanna fight ?!

[Invis]

Hiya! I'm a white belt!

[Kitiara]

I got a couple of belts in Shotokan karate. :)

[andr.in]

i have a white one in Flash! =)

[NaliWarCow]

I'm a black belt in drunken street boxing.

[TheOrangeOne]

Originally posted by NaliWarCowZ
I'm a black belt in drunken street boxing.
hah hah! funny :thumb:

[andr.in]

In which order are these belts (worst->best) ? I wanna know what I have in counter-strike?

[asphaltcowboy]

I used to do karate when I was diddy. Then more recently, Wing Chun kung fu. Which is good, beecause they teach you how to defend yourself again real-life/realistic kinds of attacks. unfortunately it got too expensive. but it did wonders for my stomach! ;)

imo, karate is much good self-defence-wise. good for fitness though :)

Syko: the belt varies quite a lot methinks

[Voetsjoeba]

Just as Kit, I practice Shotokan : the belts are as follows:

White, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Brown, Black, 1st dan, 2nd dan, 3rd dan, ... until 5th or 6th dan, not sure.

[eyeinfinitude]

First degree black belt in shotokan karate and green in Tae Kwon Do.

[eilsoe]

I have a gold threaded belt in pro boredom....

[Jubba]

I have a black belt in burger Flipping from McDonald's do-Dea-Kwon

[eyeinfinitude]

Originally posted by Jubba
I have a black belt in burger Flipping from McDonald's do-Dea-Kwon

LOL, that style sounds good, makes me hungry. :P

[Voetsjoeba]

LOL Jubba :P

[Delsaber]

I am strong like red bull. I never went into martial-arts. I should have, maybe I would not be chubby... BAH! :trout:

[asphaltcowboy]

lol. I did some proper exercise for the first time in months yesterday...
now I can't walk lol! :thumb:

[Voetsjoeba]

Haha :P Great goin' :P

[thediablo]

Wing chun is very good. (i love one form, or kata or whatever. that we call wing chun 1, it last like 10 secs but omggggggggggggggggggggggg i luv it )

my kf style is 5 animals.

im going to try full contact in a few weeks... lets hope i dont get back with a broken neck or something :P

[Kitiara]

At least at least none of you have had the humiliation of having to spar with a partner who's a foot and a half taller than you. :)

Have you any idea how embarrassing it is when your head only reaches about halfway up the other guy's chest? :P

I love karate though. I did Tai Chi as well for a while. :)

[asphaltcowboy]

er! not true. I was a right short-arse ;)

anyway. I feel proud of myself for actually doing exercise for a change! another upside: now that I can barely walk, it gives me an excuse to surf kirupaforum.com all day :P

[kirupa]

Originally posted by Voetsjoeba
Aaah, that's too bad. Having to quit right before black belt :(.
Hehe true, but the black belt test was going to be tough...and I really didn't enjoy attending class. In hindsight, I'm glad it all worked out for the better =)

[kirupa]

Originally posted by Kitiara
At least at least none of you have had the humiliation of having to spar with a partner who's a foot and a half taller than you. :)

Kit, I am not really tall either (5'4 (laugh it up everyone :)) - I am short by most normal standards. That was another reason why I disliked Karate class. So basically, I had that humiliation almost all the time!

Cheers!
Kirupa ;)

[asphaltcowboy]

yeah, but it's cool if you get to beat the crap out of someone :)

[kirupa]

haha, of course! Though with the padded gloves and foot-wear and the giant-padded helmet thing, you can't do too much damage....but just enough =)

[chris9902]

5'4 Kirupa, you look much taller in your photo


i am 6'1 and used to do Judo, i was really good but then i found Girls and booze and it went the way of iraq

[asphaltcowboy]

**** up? ;)

[chris9902]

in more then one way :cowboy:

[asphaltcowboy]

just call me the King of Pun ;)

[chris9902]

sounds dangerous :beam:

[UNFLUX]

i have 2 black belts -

both are leather, one has a silver buckle, one has a gold one. :P jk

honestly, I really enjoy martial arts. I studied Tai Chi for a few
years but unfortunately fell out of habit with it. I'd love to start
into some fighting form. More than likely it would be King Fu since
that's the style that peaks my interest the most.

Congrats to all that have succeeded in it. I think it's a wonderful
accomplishment.

[ahmed]

i stopped a few years ago.. i had a green belt at Shotokan karate. :)... it was fun at the beginning but got kind of boring later on though

[Niann]

I studied Akido for a while... Oh and at 6'4" I was a tad bigger then most every one. =p

Cheers!
-Niann

[AnOraK]

studied shotokan for a wee while...

2nd Dan...

good style...

as far as the self defence aspect goes i guess it depends on who teaches you...

although it has to be said when you look at a lot of ppl it is a shame when you see them wearing a gi and a high graded belt and their form is not good you have to question whether it is them or their instructors fault...

a lot of charlatans in the martial arts world...

who simply take the money for the gradings and run...

used to do a liitle bit of tai chi as well but had to stop when the class broke up...

would love to to learn wing chun but there are no classes near me...

black belt @ fek u 2 he he...

[Voetsjoeba]

2nd dan ... heavy phigthing :P My mentor has 5th, and he's like 65 years old. I have incredibly much respect for that man.

[Millad]

I have soon green belt in Taekwondo !
"still training"...

Whant to fight ?

[Voetsjoeba]

Bring it on :bad::P

[thediablo]

i give you my address in a PM, so you can come and we can kick each other ... lol!

Hey kit!, its really cool when you fight people taller than you.
i like to kick those guys heads off. and they are slow... and only use KICKS and kicks. they are kind dumb lol! :P.

and whats with Shotokan!, is that the only style or what :p... personally i dislike karate.. specially the forms... not stylish enough.. but i like the sparring (well some) of the ppl that train karate.

Hurray for KF

:crazy:

[kirupa]

5'4 Kirupa, you look much taller in your photo


i am 6'1 and used to do Judo, i was really good but then i found Girls and booze and it went the way of iraqOk - time for a clarifcation of a gross error on my part. I am not 5' 4" but actually around 5' 7"/5' 8" (two medical reports have it reported differently). That's what happens when one tries to convert from CM's to inches using the wrong conversion number :)

I just noticed that a few seconds ago when my most recently diagnostic check came back. I'll probably get defragmented soon, so that'll be good!

EDIT: Crazy IM'ers. No, I was not searching for this thread in particular, but I was curious to know how many people took part in martial arts. So much for my cloaking ability :)

:ub:

[senocular]

I am not 5' 4" but actually around 5' 7"/5' 8"



(while wearing the really tall boots)

[kirupa]

hehe - those come in real handy in the north east :)

[senocular]

that and a 10 gallon hat :cowboy:

[kirupa]

You know, halloween isn't too far off...ish. I think you may be on to something here! ;P

[prstudio]

missed this one:

took Okinawan Go Shu Ryu (one of the original root forms)

and American Karate.

Friends have taken, Ninjitsu, Kung-Fu, Judo, and Karate - and there were a couple of other friends that could just wrestle the crap out of you ...so my experience is varied lol.

as far as the someone taller deal - when i was little little kid my sparring partner was in high school and i was in elementary school...so yeah my point zone went to 0 lol. I still remember triying to hit him in the chest any way I could, even if it was illegal haha.

[Lou_Sifffer]

I'm a big fan of Russian Martial Arts. Actually, this particular disipline started out in France, and migrated to Russia.

следуйте за Лу форменное пятно

[T-O]

I have my first dan... In judo... wich means I have a black belt. I was beat up allot as a kid... but after awhile they got scared of me :P because i could beat up kids that where 3 years older then me :cool: self defence only ofcorse i am not that agressive.

[CanadianGuy]

Holy smokes! Kirupa.com is like the place to be for washed up ninjas.

[T-O]

Holy smokes! Kirupa.com is like the place to be for washed up ninjas.
some are stilll active ;)


just wanted to give this link :P
http://www.realultimatepower.net/

[kirupa]

I took Wado Ryu for a really long time (I think about 6+ years). I wasn't too interested in it, but I never really bothered quitting. Luckily, my parents and I moved right after I received my brown belt, for I am not sure how much longer I could have survived there haha.

:cyclops:

[paradox244]

I'm a master of Run Fu, really easy to learn and you never have to fight...
and if you wear a belt you can run faster

[Lou_Sifffer]

I'm a master of Run Fu, really easy to learn and you never have to fight...
and if you wear a belt you can run faster
maybe you should translate the russian disipline I posted above. I think you'd like it.

[paradox244]

"follow for Lu the regular spot"
I think my translator is broken...
and I can't find my pocket russian translation book

[Lou_Sifffer]

"Follow the Lou shaped Blur"

:D

[paradox244]

I knew that...really...I promise
Nice to see another member of the art

[kirupa]

LOL! Needless to say, I just got what "Run Fu" was also :)

[McGuffin]

Ok - time for a clarifcation of a gross error on my part. I am not 5' 4" but actually around 5' 7"/5' 8"


Nice try there K-Man, but I'm still taller than you. :cons:

[Lou_Sifffer]

LOL! Needless to say, I just got what "Run Fu" was also :)
I figure, if they catch me, they will have less energy to beat me with.

:-/ (http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#) :-/

[paradox244]

After all that MIT learning I guess the stupid jokes don't work so well...oh well

[dropkick]

maybe you should translate the russian disipline I posted above. I think you'd like it.
http://translation2.paralink.com/

that translated it to - "Follow for Lu a uniform stain"

[Lou_Sifffer]

http://translation2.paralink.com/

that translated it to - "Follow for Lu a uniform stain"
well, when you think about it, my uniform would prob be stained if a big guy in a kung fu pajama set was chasing my little butt down the street.

:D

[Mik3]

Black belt (Or black-belt equivelent rank) in:
Tai Chi
Aikido
Kendo

Did it for years and years.