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UPDATE: Started Kick-boxing MMA yesterday
NightGod:
Just curious if you have any background in a more traditional martial art before you started taking these classes? While I don't nessicarily see anything wrong with learning a MMA/UFC fighting style, I think there's alot to be learned from taking a more traditional class, either before hand or in conjunction with your MMA training. You note in both cases with your teachers that they took this path.
Just a thought for you to consider as you begin your journey into martial arts.
ChadTower:
These are his goals:
--- Quote ---My whole goal is to lose some weight and get in better shape. Also, I hope to be able to confidently defend myself against an unarmed attacker. I have never been so tired or so sore in my entire life.
--- End quote ---
Seems like what he is studying is perfectly in line with those goals.
shardian:
It is not the goal of Tae Kwon Do to teach you to "whoop someones ass". It builds your confidence in yourself, and in a worst case scenario, you will be better equipped to defend yourself. If I got in a fight, the last thing I would be doing is throwing a back pivot kick...unless I really wanted the crap beat out of me. I studied under Grand Master Sok Ho kang. I got the biggest kick out of watching him work with little kids. They'd come in, and you just new their parents let them run over them. After a few classes, they listened, and actually stood still for more than 5 minutes.
It is well known that if a Tae Kwon Doe specialist enters the octagon, he better have his insurance premiums paid up. Jiu Jitsu owns that field.
Lutus:
Yeah, the website is...
http://www.pmapanamacity.com/index.cfm?page=4
It is part of the bigger conglomerate http://www.pmaschools.com/
I live in Panama City, FL so there are a number of options but most all of them are taekwondo. Eventually I would like to taekwondo but I will try my hand with the more "physically rigorous" first.
I doubt I will ever be confident enough to really fight in a tournament and if that means I won't gain a belt I don't really care. I am not looking for accolades or bragging rights. I suggested this class to another guy here at work and when I told him we train "no-gi" he said "but you don't look cool without the uniform". I knew then that he wouldn't be a good match for the class.
I am 23 years old and in decent physical shape. Very strong but little cardio stamina.
I also like the fact that the two styles are so different. Me and one of my best friends would wrestle each other in college just goofing off and I noticed something which I didn't understand till now. He has a good foot on my height wise and quite a bit longer reach. I didn't stand a chance against him standing up, but if I could get him on the ground it evened things up because I was faster and more agile on the ground. After a couple months of training when he starts his crap again... lol, I should be able to dominate him on the ground.
The two different styles give you many more options for different opponents.
shardian:
The tournaments are super fun! I won first place forms in my division, and third place in sparring at the one I went to while I was doing it. the best part was watching the advanced blackbelt forms and sparring. It is basically all the instructors of the different schools going against each other.
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