what do you guys study?

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  1. wingchung

    wingchung Active Member Full Member

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    what do you guys study?
     
  2. Chris85

    Chris85 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    TKDfighterJoe Oneshot Knockout Full Member

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    Kukki-Taekwondo (literally, world Taekwondo) Which is the largest martial art in the world. With over 80 million practitioners in over 180 countries and growing strong. Truly Taekwondo. There are other misleading, fractured, disorganized, and communist versions of the genuine article which should not be truly called Taekwondo. Kukki-Taekwondo (incorrectly known to many practitioners as WTF Taekwondo) is the national sport of the founding nation, S. Korea, and the only full medal olympic sport (shi-hap kyorugi, one type of sparring in taekwondo) to allow kicking.

    Physical aspects of taekwondo include
    Kyorugi (in effect, sparring. Literal translation 'conflict with the self)
    Poomsae (in effect, forms.)
    Kyuk-pa (breaking. Most commonly wood, concrete, and granite)
    Mommage (Grabbing techniques similar to hapkido (korean akido)

    Tae being to defend the body with the area from the finger tips to the elbow
    Kwon being to defend the body with the area from the knee to the toes
    Do being The way, or the path. That path being the things we learn about life as Taekwondo practitioners. I like to think of it as to defend the body with the mind through the qualities gained in the Taekwondo experience.

    Taekwondo is one whole compound word, and has been for some time now. We do not spell foot ball, basket ball, base ball, kick boxing, volley ball, etc... because the words must be combined together to gather the complete meaning.

    Just a basic summary.
     
  4. Beebs

    Beebs Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    BJJ, boxed for several years.
     
  5. 196osh

    196osh Mendes Bros. Full Member

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    BJJ, but im still very much a noob.
     
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    achillesthegreat FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Full Member

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    boxing, ever so slightly dabbled in bjj and just generally interested in all arts.
     
  7. Beebs

    Beebs Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Also finance, philosophic, and economics. :lol:
     
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    achillesthegreat FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Full Member

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    oh, that type of studying. my mistake. i used to study history, now i am in recruitment.
     
  9. pijo

    pijo Feed the Pope Full Member

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    How is bjj? As of late it has really interested me. There is a club about a mile from me but I talked to the bloke on YouTube and he answered my questions apart from the price which has me a bit worried, as of now I'm skint.

    So is it worth it if it is quite expensive?

    I have done Thai boxing for about six months when I was younger and did boxing for about a year and half.
     
  10. ufoalf

    ufoalf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Try it out. Most schools will allow you to come and see for yourself if it's your cup of tea. If money is a problem than it's up to you really.

    I can tell you that in one on one fighting in the streets there's nothing better than to know how to submit someone. I can think of countless of times when it would've been useful to me prior to this knowledge.

    Clearly you'll get as much back as you give at practice. So, if it's a respectable school(Give us a name of the school and the teacher an we'll tell you how promising it might be), and you put in the time it's definitely worth the time.
     
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    ufoalf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :lol:
    College burns me out. Not gona lie, I do a lot more practicing than studying in MMA.
     
  12. Beebs

    Beebs Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    To be honest if it is not good quality training, its too expensive for you to justify (only you can make that call), you don't have much time, and especially if you have some other sort of training; I would vote no in this case.

    Do you have a link to the school?

    England is pretty good at Judo for an English speaking country, it tends to be cheaper, look into that.

    http://vale.lrjudo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=29
    £12 a year, £16 a month
     
  13. pijo

    pijo Feed the Pope Full Member

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    Cheers mate, I would definately put the time. I get pretty addicted to anything like this, haha.

    Here is the website for the local club by me.
    http://www.impactjkd.co.uk/instructors.htm

    I think this is the bloke who actually teaches you though. I can't imagine a Brazilian black belt would teach in Stoke.
    http://www.youtube.com/user/mcgovernacademy
     
  14. pijo

    pijo Feed the Pope Full Member

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    It'll probably be after Christmas now but I will look in to it. It's the only way I'll know suppose. I've got nothing to lose.
     
  15. Beebs

    Beebs Boxing Junkie Full Member

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