ladies,what do you think about men practicing martial arts? (127)
Im a martial fart expert, dont listen to the haters sebo 
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Jaygo1: No, I've never heard of Punatics. Why do we on the mainland never hear of all the crime there? All I ever hear of Hawaii is what a tropical paradise it is.
I have friends that are going there in just a couple weeks, but I doubt they'll be anywhere near these subdivisions.
I have friends that are going there in just a couple weeks, but I doubt they'll be anywhere near these subdivisions.
Tell them not to camp on any trails!
The trails around the island were built one rock at a time, in bucket brigade style; by thousands of people working together.
If you camp on a trail, it will be considered disrespectful to them, and the whole community.
You can look up Hawaiian night marchers on the internet.
If you camp on a trail in Hawaii, and you are found inside of your tent, at the bottom of a cliff, everybody will say.... It was the night marchers.
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I took my daughter to martial arts classes for about 7 years because she's very small. It's given her a huge amount of confidence and freedom. She knows that wherever she goes round here, whatever time of night, she can look after herself.
Twice in the last couple of years a friend of hers has been attacked and once herself. Grown men have ended up being made to feel very stupid by a 4'11'' young woman.
Serves them right for picking on her. Tee hee hee.
Jac xxx
Twice in the last couple of years a friend of hers has been attacked and once herself. Grown men have ended up being made to feel very stupid by a 4'11'' young woman.
Serves them right for picking on her. Tee hee hee.
Jac xxx
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wulfen: Typical couch potato comment
Martial arts is not just about being able to beat people up. It teaches you to have greater awareness of your body and mind; it's a good exercise to stay healthy and your body flexible even as you age; and teaches one self discipline.
Besides, how many times are you going to have to fight vs. someone with a shotgun? We're not in the Wild West you know.
Martial arts is not just about being able to beat people up. It teaches you to have greater awareness of your body and mind; it's a good exercise to stay healthy and your body flexible even as you age; and teaches one self discipline.
Besides, how many times are you going to have to fight vs. someone with a shotgun? We're not in the Wild West you know.
My boys did karate for a while but gave it up when soccer became their passion. I was sad because I agree with you've said above. I've taken a self defense class and found it very informative, even though I haven't yet had to put it in practice. Apart from learning focus and self-discipline and sculpturing your body beautifully, I think particularly for women, it could be a very useful tool in defending yourself. I admire anyone who masters martial arts.
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anonymous1: Tell them not to camp on any trails!
The trails around the island were built one rock at a time, in bucket brigade style; by thousands of people working together.
If you camp on a trail, it will be considered disrespectful to them, and the whole community.
You can look up Hawaiian night marchers on the internet.
If you camp on a trail in Hawaii, and you are found inside of your tent, at the bottom of a cliff, everybody will say.... It was the night marchers.
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The trails around the island were built one rock at a time, in bucket brigade style; by thousands of people working together.
If you camp on a trail, it will be considered disrespectful to them, and the whole community.
You can look up Hawaiian night marchers on the internet.
If you camp on a trail in Hawaii, and you are found inside of your tent, at the bottom of a cliff, everybody will say.... It was the night marchers.
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OMG!!! That's horrible!! Luckily, these friends are not the camping out type. A 3 star hotel would probably be the closest they'd get to "roughing it".
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anonymous1: I've already been shot two different times.F.T.W. If someone threatens to come back at me with a gun, they are in danger.One guy was yelling at me in the dark... You're breaking my arm!I just told him, I know..
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anonymous1: Malta might not be the wild west; but, where I come from you're more likely to see a gun, than a martial artist.
Gun battles with AK-47s, and Uzis, are very common; have you ever huddled on the bottom of your vehicle, while people hide behind it, in the middle of a machine gun shootout?
And, you should see some of the subdivisions in Hawaii.
There's miles of rough rocky roads between you and the police.
Guns are common in the sub-divisions, and so are lime pits; where your bones disappear.
One guy recently got drug behind a truck, until he was spread out for miles.
All that being said, I practice martial arts for physical rehabilitation from being thrown through the window of a car.
My dad signed me up for Kempo Karate, when I was 4, so it's been in my life for along time.
My dad practiced martial arts all of his life; and, he taught me to treat everybody with respect, like they have a loaded gun.
Martial arts are good exercise; but you never know when the wild west will appear on your doorstep.
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Gun battles with AK-47s, and Uzis, are very common; have you ever huddled on the bottom of your vehicle, while people hide behind it, in the middle of a machine gun shootout?
And, you should see some of the subdivisions in Hawaii.
There's miles of rough rocky roads between you and the police.
Guns are common in the sub-divisions, and so are lime pits; where your bones disappear.
One guy recently got drug behind a truck, until he was spread out for miles.
All that being said, I practice martial arts for physical rehabilitation from being thrown through the window of a car.
My dad signed me up for Kempo Karate, when I was 4, so it's been in my life for along time.
My dad practiced martial arts all of his life; and, he taught me to treat everybody with respect, like they have a loaded gun.
Martial arts are good exercise; but you never know when the wild west will appear on your doorstep.
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Er, you make the Hawaii sound worse than Afghanistan there!
As for the rest of the thread, I agree with you that no matter how good you are, if confronted with a firearm and you're unarmed yourself you should only resort to fighting your assailant as a very last resort.
Still, if it boils down to self defence I'd rather know how to defend myself rather than huddling in a ball and sob.
In the dojo I attend we stress a lot on the fact to the kids who attend lessons that the skills they learn there are NOT to be used to bully classmates at school for example; and it does teach them to be more self confident & have a greater awareness of their bodies. Besides that they have fun in a healthy manner and it's a change from sitting in front of a playstation all day.
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jac379: I took my daughter to martial arts classes for about 7 years because she's very small. It's given her a huge amount of confidence and freedom. She knows that wherever she goes round here, whatever time of night, she can look after herself.
Twice in the last couple of years a friend of hers has been attacked and once herself. Grown men have ended up being made to feel very stupid by a 4'11'' young woman.
Serves them right for picking on her. Tee hee hee.
Jac xxx
Twice in the last couple of years a friend of hers has been attacked and once herself. Grown men have ended up being made to feel very stupid by a 4'11'' young woman.
Serves them right for picking on her. Tee hee hee.
Jac xxx
mom enrolled me in ballet instead of martial arts cuz i was tomboyish. as she says, to make me act more refined
can u be my mom?
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leostartingover: My boys did karate for a while but gave it up when soccer became their passion. I was sad because I agree with you've said above. I've taken a self defense class and found it very informative, even though I haven't yet had to put it in practice. Apart from learning focus and self-discipline and sculpturing your body beautifully, I think particularly for women, it could be a very useful tool in defending yourself. I admire anyone who masters martial arts.
Hehe, actually football is another passion of mine. The two aren't incompatible so long as you have the time to practice both :)
Seeing the world cup final there was at least one Dutch player who didn't have a bad flying kick at all (can't remember the name, but it was the guy who kicked the Spanish player in the chest during the final,lol)
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sebomaster: all is in the title i think ,so,i would be glad to know what ladies think about it ;)
thanks a lot ;)
thanks a lot ;)
My ex husband chose Aikido, because he liked the more peaceful, reactive message of it, rather than the pro-active.
I always found he came back from his classes more relaxed and peaceful.
As regards women taking self-defence classes, I agree totally with that. I think its essential. As long as it is indeed used as DEFENCE, and not just a way of causing more aggro..
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leostartingover: My boys did karate for a while but gave it up when soccer became their passion. I was sad because I agree with you've said above. I've taken a self defense class and found it very informative, even though I haven't yet had to put it in practice. Apart from learning focus and self-discipline and sculpturing your body beautifully, I think particularly for women, it could be a very useful tool in defending yourself. I admire anyone who masters martial arts.
my only self defense is this
and this 
and the good ol' kick in the nuts
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so sebomaster, since you're into martial arts... is sebo a sort of jitsu?
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plainlyjune: mom enrolled me in ballet instead of martial arts cuz i was tomboyish. as she says, to make me act more refined can u be my mom?
Strange as it may sound, Jean Claude Van Damme learnt ballet as a boy, and he always described ballet lessons as being some of the toughest exercise he's ever did.
If you look closely at most martial arts kata (katas are a form of motions done in sequence, going through the motions of a set of predefined techniques, either solo or with other opponents), they focus more on gracefulness of movement and co-ordination that outright brute strength; and in that regards ballet is very similar I guess.
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wulfen: Strange as it may sound, Jean Claude Van Damme learnt ballet as a boy, and he always described ballet lessons as being some of the toughest exercise he's ever did.
If you look closely at most martial arts kata (katas are a form of motions done in sequence, going through the motions of a set of predefined techniques, either solo or with other opponents), they focus more on gracefulness of movement and co-ordination that outright brute strength; and in that regards ballet is very similar I guess.
If you look closely at most martial arts kata (katas are a form of motions done in sequence, going through the motions of a set of predefined techniques, either solo or with other opponents), they focus more on gracefulness of movement and co-ordination that outright brute strength; and in that regards ballet is very similar I guess.
hmmm.. i did tai chi for a year in college. does that count? 
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plainlyjune: hmmm.. i did tai chi for a year in college. does that count?
Tai Chi is a bit of conundrum amongst martial artists. You'll meet some who consider it a 'true' martial art, and others who view it as a more active form of meditation.
In my view (and it is purely my personal view) it is not a true fighting style, but I admire it a lot as a meditation style. Unlike 'rougher' martial arts it can also still be practiced by elderly people and helps a lot in keeping them flexible and energetic.
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wulfen: Er, you make the Hawaii sound worse than Afghanistan there!
As for the rest of the thread, I agree with you that no matter how good you are, if confronted with a firearm and you're unarmed yourself you should only resort to fighting your assailant as a very last resort.
Still, if it boils down to self defence I'd rather know how to defend myself rather than huddling in a ball and sob.
In the dojo I attend we stress a lot on the fact to the kids who attend lessons that the skills they learn there are NOT to be used to bully classmates at school for example; and it does teach them to be more self confident & have a greater awareness of their bodies. Besides that they have fun in a healthy manner and it's a change from sitting in front of a playstation all day.
As for the rest of the thread, I agree with you that no matter how good you are, if confronted with a firearm and you're unarmed yourself you should only resort to fighting your assailant as a very last resort.
Still, if it boils down to self defence I'd rather know how to defend myself rather than huddling in a ball and sob.
In the dojo I attend we stress a lot on the fact to the kids who attend lessons that the skills they learn there are NOT to be used to bully classmates at school for example; and it does teach them to be more self confident & have a greater awareness of their bodies. Besides that they have fun in a healthy manner and it's a change from sitting in front of a playstation all day.
I was describing two different places.
I'm from Venice California, that's where I was shot when I was 18, where I was stabbed, where the machine gun battles happen, and where I learned to do the duck, and run when someone has a gun.
I moved to Hawaii, and even though it's rough, I had more friends die when I was between 16, and 20 in Venice, than I have lost here in 30 years.
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jac379: I took my daughter to martial arts classes for about 7 years because she's very small. It's given her a huge amount of confidence and freedom. She knows that wherever she goes round here, whatever time of night, she can look after herself.
Twice in the last couple of years a friend of hers has been attacked and once herself. Grown men have ended up being made to feel very stupid by a 4'11'' young woman.
Serves them right for picking on her. Tee hee hee.
Jac xxx
Twice in the last couple of years a friend of hers has been attacked and once herself. Grown men have ended up being made to feel very stupid by a 4'11'' young woman.
Serves them right for picking on her. Tee hee hee.
Jac xxx
Right on!
My daughter has had Ninja training; and, I'm trying to keep her interested in learning more.
I like to give her things that look inconspicuous; but, have whole arts built around them being weapons.
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I DID KICKBOXING FOR 2 YEARS.
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wulfen: Tai Chi is a bit of conundrum amongst martial artists. You'll meet some who consider it a 'true' martial art, and others who view it as a more active form of meditation.
In my view (and it is purely my personal view) it is not a true fighting style, but I admire it a lot as a meditation style. Unlike 'rougher' martial arts it can also still be practiced by elderly people and helps a lot in keeping them flexible and energetic.
In my view (and it is purely my personal view) it is not a true fighting style, but I admire it a lot as a meditation style. Unlike 'rougher' martial arts it can also still be practiced by elderly people and helps a lot in keeping them flexible and energetic.
I like the movie where Bruce Lee discovers Tai Chi, as his true style.
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My ex is the one with a sawed off shotgun!
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