martial arts?

cfchloefrances96 · May 17, 2010

i learned how to dislocate someones shoulder today

Precious · May 17, 2010

Omg that is so creepy and yet so cool all in one

cfchloefrances96 · May 17, 2010

haha thanks, kinda. i first went to the classes because it was a good workout but now its kinda fun.

InnocentFacade · May 17, 2010

I wanted to learn Karate or Judo when I was a little kid and my parents told me it wasn't okay for little girls, it wasn't "ladylike". Urgh.

Ghost · May 19, 2010

I study several martial arts concurrently even now as I get older -- never met a MA art I didn't like at least a little.

Box most days as exercise too....

Martello · May 27, 2010

I've been involved with Traditional Japanese Jujitsu for about 34years - ish myself.

Ghost · May 28, 2010

InnocentFacade said:
I wanted to learn Karate or Judo when I was a little kid and my parents told me it wasn't okay for little girls, it wasn't "ladylike". Urgh.

InnocentFacade, that is really to bad, but it is NOT too late.

Strong women (and girls) have been part of almost every martial arts class I have even taken.

We have a number of them even in boxing.

Age isn't a big deal either. I am in my 50's and box almost every day, plus doing a number of martial arts.

Even physical ability is not necessarily prohibitive: AMOK! is a self-defense system built around defending against and using knives (usually pocket folders) that can work even for somone in a wheel chair or on crutches.

If you always wanted to do this, then go for it -- find all the schools in your area and take all their free lessons -- most schools offer anything from 1 free lesson up to an entire month for free.

Don't be embarrassed to just ask: "Can I come try it?"

Also feel comfortable in telling them honestly that you are going to try a lot of things before deciding because you have no experience or knowledge upon which to base a decision.

Most martial arts schools are delighted to have you come try out their program -- those who aren't usually aren't worth visiting.

After all, if they are proud enough to want to SHOW OFF their training and friendly enough to make you feel good about it then they probably aren't the kind of folks you want to hang out with several times each week anyway.
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master jey · May 28, 2010

Even physical ability is not necessarily prohibitive

don't say that man...
in offensive styles you need to crush your opponent so he can't find his broken bones afterwards

knives are for cowards real man must use his fists

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