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Vallerina

Something I don't get: fighting/wrestling/boxing

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I used to love studying martial arts of all sorts of reasons and none of them involved hurting anybody. Its more your in competition with yourself. I feel its the same as weight training, you want to find your physical and mental capabilities, then try to improve them.
Its a great feeling when you have been training hard and you win in competition, against an opponent that was also worked hard. Just as someone said earlier, it gives you huge self-confidence and motivation in other areas, both physically and mentally. In the past I have studied:

Judo - from the age of 6 to 11 - International Grading - Blue Belt 6 Dan

Karate Do - from the age of 10 - 12 Club Grading Green Belt.

Kung Fu - from the age of 12 - 14 - No Grading (Club)

Choi Kwang Do - from age 14 - 16 - Club Grading - Orange Belt.

Wushu Intergrated KickBoxing - from age 17 - 20 - No Grading

Capoeira - from age - 21 - 23 - No Grading

It all depends on what type martial art/training is involved. All the grappling ones use a lot of physical contact, like Jujitsu, Judo, wrestling, Ninjitsu etc. Then there are other ones that involve kicking and punching either the air, padded material or another person like kickboxing, karate, choi kwan do tai kwan do, kung fu etc.
Many people study them for their different methods. Perhaps that person was attacked in the street and wants to know how it could be avoided (if possible) next, or for cardiovascular training, or to release aggression out in the right environment, or simple to have fun and meet people. All martial arts can help to improve you in some way.
I started training in Judo with my older brother, so it was normal for us to have a ruck, it was just piece of mind for my Mum knowing we were controlled, learning and supervised as well. I spent my entire childhood doing spinning kicks and muckin around in the garden and stuff with my mates, so it was totally natural to me to kick and punch stuff in a dojo.
I can totally see why you would find it uneasy though. I remember when I started going to Capoeira. Just a load of dancing to out of tune music lol. I felt really unnatural in there, but I did get used to it. It gets harder as you get old, to train in certain martial arts. When your young you just want to get the aggression out, but when your old you become aware of peoples personal space and you feel uneasy touching strangers in personal places, like grabbing them round the leg or under the arm or something.
The best thing to do is to train with one or two people you know, that why it doesn't become such an issue and you'll end up getting to know everyone pretty well anyway.
At the end of the day, the chances of you remembering what your taught in an extreme situation are very slim, unless your have a VERY high grade and its been drummed into you for 4 - 8 years or so. I still remember LOADS of my Judo, but hardly anything of the others, just cause I did it for so long.
All instructors will say the same thing anyway, if you get into a dangerous situation and someone wants to seriously physically harm you, unless you know EXACTLY what your doing just poke them in the eyes, kick em in the bollocks and RUN shouting help.

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Never felt uneasy, just didn't care for it ...till I discovered Aikido :)

"Aikido focuses not on punching or kicking opponents, but rather on using their own energy to gain control of them or to throw them away from you. It is not a static art, but places great emphasis on motion and the dynamics of movement."

It's martial arts with a sense of humor.

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I loved it when I was studying Uechi Ryu Karate! I spent 4 1/2 years studying it. Studied Kung Fu for a bit as well but definitely prefered the full contact style of Uechi Ryu. B|

At first, it was strange hitting someone, but after awhile, sparring became fun. Plus, the guys in the dojo and I were friends so I had a lot of trust in them and I knew they wouldn't be easy on me because I'm their friend. Actually, I would have kicked their ass if they were as someone outside of the dojo attacking isn't going to be nice just because I'm female.

I loved improving, getting a punch or kick in when I never used to be able to, the workout, etc. I miss it a lot and look forward to the day I can get back into a dojo and start up again.
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Never felt uneasy, just didn't care for it ...till I discovered Aikido :)

"Aikido focuses not on punching or kicking opponents, but rather on using their own energy to gain control of them or to throw them away from you. It is not a static art, but places great emphasis on motion and the dynamics of movement."

It's martial arts with a sense of humor.



Aikido is probably the most appropriate style for a woman because it uses the opponent’s energy and therefore the natural differences in physical strenghth do not limit females when they fight with males. Gosh, I will never forget how my college classmate (a young elegant girl) playfully tossed two drunk local guys into a lake and we just had to watch and enjoy the show.

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I always liked the idea of Aikido. I like that you don't actually cause harm on someone, you let them do it for you, by using their own momentum and body weight and stuff. Is there any sort of stance or ready position in Aikido?

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Never felt uneasy, just didn't care for it ...till I discovered Aikido :)

"Aikido focuses not on punching or kicking opponents, but rather on using their own energy to gain control of them or to throw them away from you. It is not a static art, but places great emphasis on motion and the dynamics of movement."

It's martial arts with a sense of humor.



Aikido is probably the most appropriate style for a woman because it uses the opponent’s energy and therefore the natural differences in physical strenghth do not limit females when they fight with males. Gosh, I will never forget how my college classmate (a young elegant girl) playfully tossed two drunk local guys into a lake and we just had to watch and enjoy the show.


Wing Chun would be a good style for a woman as well, seeing as how it was developed by a nun.
I like Wing Chun, never had to fight for real (for which I am eternally grateful) but I want to look into MMA now.

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