POLL: Have you ever done a martial art?

[kenshorin]

With the number of martial arts related threads I have seen on ATOT, and the number of people who reply to them, I was wondering how many people here have actually trained in martial arts, and whether they are still active and for how long...

Why 5+ years as the last option? I dunno.

EDIT - BTW, Tae Bo and cardio kickboxing DO NOT COUNT as martial arts. There has to be some combat theory involved in training.

I've been doing Shorin-ryu for 13 years, Okinawan kobudo from a little more than 10. I have also done at different times (but not presently active) in Small Circle Jujutsu, Kendo (which I want to take back up) and did fencing for a little bit back in college.

 

[hdeck]

did it for like 2 years when i was younger

 

[Hoober]

I'm currently studying Jiu Jitsu. I've been in the class for a little over a year now.

 

[AlienCraft]

Judo....age 3-6 in Japan
Kenpo...... age 12 Sacramento
Tae Kwon Do..... Age 14 Sac.
Jeet Kun Do...... Age 15 to now...... although I practice rarely now.

 

[Nocturnal]

BJJ for about a month now.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

tae kwon do for a while when i was younger

 

[Gyrene]

Tae Kwon Do from 4-14
Shorin Ryu since age 14

 

[Ameesh]

i took karate for a couple of years at the YMCA

 

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: Hoober
I'm currently studying Jiu Jitsu. I've been in the class for a little over a year now.

Who do you train with?

 

[Zugzwang152]

Participated in Judo for about a year and a half, and also wrestled for 4 years in high school, which can be look at as basically judo with more rules.

 

[QueHuong]

I've been doing Tae Kwon Do for about 2 or 3 years, but now don't get to practice nearly as much because of an injury (kick to the knee, resulting in torn ACL) and school. We also do a little bit of Judo and Hapkido, just basic stuff though.

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
tae kwon do for a while when i was younger

 

[Yossarian]

did judo for a year and a half in college, it was great. I loved throwing people around.

 

[prvteye2003]

back when I was 14, I studied American Karate and Tae Kwan Do for a little under 2 years.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Wing Chun and kick boxing.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Wing Tsun
Escrima
ITF TKD
Judo
Kickboxing

 

[amcdonald]

wing chun for over 2+ years.
I also spar with my friends who street fight a lot.

 

[Tom]

if you wanted to know if people "trained", how come you didn't use that as your poll question ?

Doing and training aren't the same thing.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: prvteye2003
back when I was 14, I studied American Karate and Tae Kwan Do for a little under 2 years.

. . . What's "American Karate"? You mena Kenpo Karate? What are its roots/lineages?

 

[ScottyB]

I want to do one, but I don't know which. I want to do one where I can do flying kicks, but I am a big guy I might get into kick boxing. I tried Tae Kwan Do when I was younger but we just did stances all the time and it hurt my ankles.

 

[krunchykrome]

I took Tae Kwan Do for seven years....forgot it all now.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I took Tae Kwan Do for seven years....forgot it all now.

How long have you been out of it?

 

[Babbles]

How suprising that most people have never practiced at all or did less than two years of martial arts.

I practice jujutsu and kenjutsu; well actually, we have not done much kenjutsu stuff the past year so primarly just jujutsu. I feel kind of bad because I can not remember if it has been four or five years now.

 

[FuZoR]

i took some sort of kung fu martial art class when i was 9-10 years old... dont remember anything

 

[Nohr]

I used to kick my brother in the head a lot, I'm a kung-fu mastah!