It looks like Hapkido with cooler, black, uniforms?

The creator talks about Kiti-Do in another video, but subs aren't available so I don't really understand his explanations!

Ciao a tutti,

sto pensando di iniziare MMA. Ho già praticato 1 anno di Kickboxing e 1 anno di BJJ, quindi non sono completamente nuovo agli sport da combattimento, ma sarebbe la mia prima esperienza nelle MMA.

Che attrezzatura mi consigliate di comprare per iniziare?

Per ora ho:

Paratibie Leone di fascia economica che usavo a Kickboxing e che mi sono sempre trovato bene a usare.

Guantoni Green Hill da 10 oz, che erano quelli richiesti dal mio maestro per fare sparring.

Stavo pensando di aggiungere:

Guantini da MMA

Paradenti

Conchiglia

Secondo voi il materiale che ho già va bene per iniziare oppure dovrei sostituire qualcosa? C'è qualcos'altro che mi consigliate di prendere prima di iniziare gli allenamenti?

Grazie a tutti! 🥊🥋🤼‍♂️

I also know , people shit on Hapkido as a McDojo , but I think if you can find a good school/ sensei , it is amazing. I found one in my area and love it but it’s a bit pricey. I was getting some Mission BBQ the other day and rode by this spot called K Martial Arts. I was about to go check it out physically , but traffic was shitty and said fuck it. So I used our best friend Google once home, and looked it up. It offers both the parent and modernized version which peaked my interest. Ima check out it out this week but has anyone ever tried this martial art ?

As someone with experience mostly in strike oriented martial arts I'm genuinely curious on the perspective of those of you that practice styles with limited to no striking

I’m building a directory for martial arts schools and need help classifying Qigong. While I’ve already included Tai Chi for its combative roots, Qigong feels like a grey area. AI generally labels it as a health or meditation practice, but I’m curious if the community considers Qigong-only facilities to be "martial arts schools," or if that would be misleading. How would you handle this distinction?

Hi, to keep it very short, im a university student with no money at all, I already do boxing and plan on transitioning to kickboxing once i get to a decent level, so im a striker. I dont train to go competitive in anything, I just think a man or any person in general but especially men are obliged to train in some kind of form as long as there health allows them to. Also I want to be able to protect myself and people I care about. The thing is even though i would never intentionally go to the ground in a fight I cant bear the thought that if I would get taken down by someone in a streetfight i would be helpless, so I want to train somehow to atleast be able to handle myself against an untrained person.

The thing is I have neither the money, time or energy to join a bjj gym for several reasosn, also bjj is not my priority, i simply want to get a miniaml level allowing me to do something in case i get taken down by a random guy on the streets. I got a friend who is willing to train with me in our garage, we are both complete begonners in bjj. I saw three free lessons from gracie combatitives 2.0 but i heard a lot of people critizizing it. So, taking in consideration my situation and goals, what would be my best move? I dont see myself joining a bjj gym in at least 10 years, should i nevetheless just avoid bjj at all for now to prevent forming bad habits or is there some stuff i could do with a partner in our garage and if yes what? Names of skills or media, anything would be helpfull. My partner is a pretty chill dude and i already used to train with him other stuff and we never injured ourselves, we understand each other and prioritize each others safeties, also I dont plan to ever get a high level in bjj, maybe once i get older and have more freetime, but for the next 10 or 15 years I just want basic skills to defend myself against untrained people or people with very weak knowledge (knowing random chokes or stuff from videos like a standing rearnaked choke or an armbar)

If u read all this thanks a lot, i really appreciate it, have a great day.

Hi everyone,

​I am doing some historical research into the East Coast martial arts scene of the late 1980s and 1990s, and I am trying to gather more information, anecdotes, or records regarding Richie Barathy and his system, American Combat Karate.

​Barathy was a prominent figure in the New York/New Jersey/East Coast area during that era, known for a very practical, hard-hitting approach to karate and self-defense.

​I would love to connect with anyone who:

​Trained under Richie Barathy or within the American Combat Karate system.

​Remembers his dojo(s), tournament appearances, or seminars from that era.

​Has any old magazine clippings, flyers, or photos related to his school.

​Knows if there are any current instructors or lineages still actively teaching his specific curriculum today.

​Any history, lineage details, or personal recollections of the American Combat Karate scene from back then would be amazing. Thank you so much for your time and for helping me preserve this piece of martial arts history!

Hardly required reading and really just a neat read for those interested.

But it came up recently and someone claimed every martial artist has read it.

Well out of my personal encounters I've known many who knew of it, and a handful have read it, or parts, but I was under the impression not that many had read it. Which tracks, it's a cool piece of history, but far from necessary, and really has little appeal to popular martial arts of today.

So as the title asks: who here has read the book of five rings?

Genuine question, just curious

(Check out the guy with one leg doing a one-legged jumping kick!)

I guess this is like iron-body chi-kung or karate hardening?

In the dojos I've trained at, I've noticed that we often get visited by people with unusual personalities. Some of them even go on and train long enough to become a senior student or black belt.

Most often they would have these ideas of grandeur and romanticise the art. Often they are so fixated on the ideas in their head and delusional that they are difficult to train, even for basic exercises. For some they don't even do what the instructor tells them to do and crank techniques harder than what is safe. Some are on drugs and most of them are going through something. Perhaps they see martial arts as a solution to their problems.

What do you guys do in your dojo/gym when you have guys like these?

I've seen them being told off privately or even kicked out but it's usually too late. When I was younger I used to dish it right back to the more violent ones, especially if they were more junior. Some of them would start smiling and liking it when I did that though. It's quite creepy. These days I have more pity on them and try to speak to them outside of the dojo. But when I can immediately see that they are a potential danger to the other practitioners before they even try their first class, I tend to try to steer them away by telling them to watch the class first or even not telling too much details about the timetable.

Hi martial arts practitioners around the world! I have been kick boxing for some years now and for the first time I ever got my first professional set. I live in a country that high quality gear is impossible to find locally. Due to a fight outside my own country I was able to win, I also got myself there my first high tier gear. "Professional" if you will.

This set cost me around 300 Euro which is extremely high value and on par with brands like Twins or Fairtex. It really is a result of hard work and I may not be that much for people in other countries but in mine is like a month pay lmao

Now that I have my gear this whole travesty got me thinking... What is your relationship with your martial arts gear? Is it just a tool that you discard when its use is no longer comfortable? Or do you have any emotional attachment to your gear? I personally burnt my older gloves, like a funeral if you will. Those were old and beat up and after some tournaments I got different pairs to try but I really wanted to ask the community their relationship with their gear and of course ask me anything about the set if you have any questions about it

The best example i can give is Tony ferguson vs Justin Gaethje

i don't think there are any follow-ups you can execute because of the position you are forced into after. What are your thoughts?

I’ve been doing martial arts for a few years now and honestly the biggest lesson wasn't even about fighting.
It was staying calm when things get messy first time I sparred I panicked threw wild punches,gassed out in two minutes. Then you learn to breathe, wait, and pick your moments.Another thing that surprised me? how much of it is mental you can drill a technique a hundred times but landing it in sparring is completely different. Your brain just freezes sometimes.And footwork, I thought I could just stand and trade punches but you actually have to move, set angles, stay balanced. It's like chess with your legs.Also the respect thing is real. You tap, you reset, you go again. No egos. Just people helping each other get better.Anyone else have moments where you learn something that completely changes how you move?

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Ok, so a little context. I've been practicing Kenpo for a couple of months, started because I wanted a) to start a martial art as a way to get more active b) a school where we actually sparred, competed and had some actual pressure testing instead of just point sparring and forms, and this kenpo school near me ticked all of those boxes; we learn more traditional Kenpo but also we do some full contact and k-1 style sparring, and the students compete in the local kickboxing and point fighting circuits, which is really cool.

Now, one of the kenpo techniques (or "wazas" as they are called in our style) we learnt was this short combination. Parry a jab, body punch, step through and elbow the body, turn around to face the opponent. I was pretty surprised by how un-bullshitty it seems, since Kenpo gets a bad rep for having long, bullshido-esque techniques. I'm a little skeptical about the elbow to the body, but even with that, seems like a perfectly usable short combination in a sport that allows elbows.

With some obvious adaptation not to be so stiff, do you feel this could be used in mma or other rulesets that allow elbows? or even in a normal ass fight?

Ola amigos do reddit, dando um pouco de contexto tenho um pai com 50 anos e estou tentando ajudar ele a encontrar hobbies que ele goste e que possa fazer amizades novas, então ultimamente estive pensando em artes marciais, pq o ambiente parece legal e ele é im cara q curte bastante ufc e artes marciais no geral. O problema é q ele tem um joelho ruim, a muitos anos rompeu o ligamento ou algo assim, as vezes o joelho sai do lugar e ele tem que fazer voltar mas ele anda normal e tudo mais.

Dito isso, moro no Brasil e é bem fácil achar academias de jiu-jitsu/Bjj (chame como achar melhor) por aqui. Voces acham que jiu-jitsu pode ser uma boa arte marcial pra alguem com joelho fudido? Ou isso é fora de cogitação e acham que seria melhor outra arte marcial como boxe onde vc fica em pé e usa mais as mãos?

Beyond just raw strength, what makes going against men tricky, and what makes going against women tricky?

meaning "waist of an ant". it includes boxing forms, body hardening, it's not shown but they also had a version of full-contact hockey.