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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silly Orc" data-source="post: 381736" data-attributes="member: 5755">Cool Thread.My Kung Fu is stronger then your Kung Fu!!!Tae bo!!! 2 Weeks!!! - j/k<start slightly more serious mode>What a great thread, very interesting indeed.Sure do.Many many, it's hard to keep track sometimes, but mostly my own bastardized version of old yang style t'ai chi ch'uan, hmmm... over 22 years now.And before you jump the gun and think you know what I do I'll dispel a few ideas, no, I don't do it for meditation or spiritual, no, I rarely do it slow, and no, I don't care how forms look.I'm currently mostly involved in my sparing, tui shou, chi sao, chin na, dim mok, touch range strikes and many many weapons, oh how I love my weapons...Mmmm... I donno, even though I've been in a lot of fights and stuff it seems kinda lame to talk about them unless there is a specific point to it.Maybe, the best thing i've learned is know the limits of what you can do (whether they are stylistic, skill, mental, or physical limits), to both overcome them and to understand how exploit other peoples limits when in combat.Find a style that holds your interest for starters, if you really want to learn about say breaking boards, you probably don't want to do a style that is mostly about throwing people, if you don't like rolling around on the floor don't take Brazilian jujitsu, if you like to dance maybe capuera is for you, in you want to learn about a weapon it's probably not a good idea to focus on an empty hand style.Ask yourself what do I really want to learn the style for? What do you want to do with it? And maybe more importantly figure out what you don't want to do?To defend yourself?To hurt people for fun?To show off your Leetness?To help get better coordination?To cure your hypertension?To get out of the house?To hang out with your friends?To be safer when you fall off your bike?To jump around like a power ranger?To become a disciple of a golden god?To compete in a ring?There are many arts that can help you do all of these things and more.It's time to do a little research on your own now.Cost can be a factor, look at your budget and how much you can afford to spend on a regular basis.Then find a school that sounds like it might do what you want that is close enough to get to on a regular basis, if it's to hard to get there you'll probably stop going after a while.Then make sure the teacher isn't to much of a jack azz, check out the class, ask if you can watch what the class is doing from the side for an hour or so to see if this looks like something you want to do, look to see how the teacher treats the students.Then if it still seems like something you want to be involved in go for it! Just make sure it's going to be enjoyable to you, that's what should really matter.Now you're talking my language.I am very proactive in my fighting style, much more then when I was younger.I close the distance and prepare to launch an all out attack at the slightest hint of an attack.I don't allow them to take a stance or allow them to begin a body movement that can become an attack, also any attempt they make to touch me will result in an attack.I used to hold back a lot more, not wanting to hurt people to much when I was attacked, at time this has resulted in me getting tired out or eventually getting hit.I don't do that anymore, now I strike as quickly as possible and build up to a more devastating attack in a quick manner that will end the fight in seconds.I don't know if the exact amount of time is true, but I've seen people of great ability unable to block attacks because it's to fast, some people are inhumanly fast they can kick you in the head before you can even begin to raise your arm to block, as if an arm could block a kick that is moving at that kind of speed.The eyes can also be fooled, an attack like an axe kick hits on it's return, a lot of people fail to block it (I've seen knock outs resulting from this).From experience the best think seems to be (for me) to make contact at a touch range, after that it's all about waiting for them to make a mistake and exploiting it.Also being in contact allows you to feel what they are preparing to do through weight shifts, muscle contractions, etc.Also I always keep my eyes looking into the opponents, never my target, it will tell you his target but wont telegraph yours, unless your opponent is doing the same, in which case I will look at false targets.Also blocking is overrated, you really want to not be hit at all, some people will destroy the part of your body you block with because they have such powerful abilities, Advanced Uechi-Ryu Karate practitioners will for starters, it's better to not be hit at all.One of the reasons I don't like iron body techniques.You've kinda got the idea down.But I have been in more situations where trash talking did not result in a fight then did.Be calm and confident in yourself, people are less likely to attack if you look more secure in your own abilities then they feel they are in theirs.Also there are visual ques you can look for, often a angry person will become quiet and turn away for a moment before they attack to attempt to surprise you (police training) most often a large haymaker like punch with their right hand or a kick to the groin.Distance can be key, depending on who you are and what you do it can be many different lengths, I prefer to be at such a close range my opponent cannot make an attack without having to step back or wined up a punch by pulling his arm away, since I can do attacks at touch range any attempt to do so would be a mistake.But it's really all about personal style.Environment is also always a factor, obstructions, walls, cars, tables, can be made to your advantage if you know how to get someone in the right spot.Good stuff. My my my, your verbal kung fu is leaving me in stitches. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />BTW no disrespect intended, but every time I see you guys type wtf with tae kwon do I think of something else, and it's cracking me up, lol. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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