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ShoutBox

~blackiris 4 minutes ago
Revive the dead

~haikoru-sama 37 minutes ago
Dead shoutbox is dead.

$ditpowuh 42 minutes ago
......This is what I mean everytime I say this....teh Shoutbox is DEAD!

~Neckbreaker 4 hours 6 minutes ago
Wow...kinda dead

~lildevil8200 6 hours 49 minutes ago
Stopping in to say a quick hello

~Neckbreaker 6 hours 54 minutes ago
Late...damn thats bad singing

~kittylove 6 hours 55 minutes ago
Uhh...yeah i'll talk to you later...probaly gonna call you...

~Neckbreaker 6 hours 57 minutes ago
NooooooooooooOOO!!!!!!!!!!

~kittylove 6 hours 57 minutes ago
Ohh to bad OU lost? hey i'm going Nite nite (n_n)~ emoticon bye bro!

~Neckbreaker 6 hours 58 minutes ago
Who?

Martial arts

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~thewoundedsoldier
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Mae govannen
Topics: 13
Posts: 297
3 years 1 month ago
I'm a fan of martial arts and I do shotokan karate at the local dojo, the club is based in the college I'm attending and we train twice a week. Apart from that I'm into films about martial arts too.
Anyone else do any form of self defence or have an interest it?

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~centurion
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living by fang & claw
Topics: 7
Posts: 67
3 years 1 month ago
I'm a purple belt in my local tae kwon do class. I know many people discredit tae kwon do as simple but it really doesn't matter. it's fun and I like it. :)

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~thewoundedsoldier
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Mae govannen
Topics: 13
Posts: 297
3 years 1 month ago
It's good to see your proud of what you do. My little sister is a green belt in tae kwon do, she is in competition this weekend so I'll be there to cheer her on.

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~dravakius
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lost all hope well.. all hopes lost
Topics: 10
Posts: 118
3 years 1 month ago
I have a few belts
karate jujitsu and hou yu shin
but i always wanted to learn
jetkundo and ninjitsu the style
of bruce lee and the style of the ninja
combine those too speed stealth power
thatd be bithcin
i liked jujitsu the best though

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~Elandra
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Warrior's muse
Topics: 17
Posts: 236
3 years 1 month ago
I do kick boxing, also made a time self defence and went to a taekwondo lesson, but it was nothing for me. Did Aikido a time but i want to do japanese sword arts and some other martial arts :ninja:

$kelbear
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Topics: 2
Posts: 89
3 years 1 month ago
I've got my blackbelt in Isshinryu karate. Martial arts are a great way to focus a person. Its merits in combat are disputable, but the personal growth it can bestow on new practicioners is definitely worth it. It's a sight to see when 20 or so screaming little children are running about, and one man steps in, speaks 1 word in a normal speaking volume, and every single one dashes into their position bolt straight and dead silent. And that's for just little kids, the benefit to adults can be so much more.

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~yun-ting
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Topics: 13
Posts: 197
3 years 1 month ago
Errr. i love fighting and matail arts.my brother did quit alot and he teaches me and my dad knows all the traditional stuff so he teaches me aswell(but the real hard way like : no pain no gain way.)so i do learn quite alot from my family, its not very accurate way of learnin but its the best i can do for now.theres no tae kwon do lessons here so (T_T).
i love fighting but my mums against it "not very woman like" she says so even if i could find a good place its unlikely i could be a proffesenal martail artist.

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^Warrior
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Mystic Eyes
Topics: 34
Posts: 649
3 years 1 month ago
I practice shotokan karate too!
I'm black belt (1st dan) and I'm in training for the second.
I think that karate is great, it helped me a lot to obtain selfcontrol and concentration.
Ninjitsu, yeah!
I want to learn ninjitsu too!
The only thing I don't like in karate it's that it's not allow to use weapons!
But it's great too, in particular for the self defense!

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~onthewaytoasmile
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You maybe a firefly but I am a fulloon risen
Topics: 18
Posts: 429
3 years 1 month ago
I used to be on brown belt Judo but yeah I am not really into martial art as a sport I prefer to fight FREE STYLE (with out so much rules and techniuqe) I really want to do tae kwon do actually it sound cool :)

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^Warrior
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Mystic Eyes
Topics: 34
Posts: 649
3 years 1 month ago
Tae Kwon Do?
It's a martial art that use a lot kicks, right?
Seems interesting...

~jujigatame80
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Topics: 3
Posts: 61
3 years 1 month ago
I've been studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai Kickboxing for about five years now.

My styles go great together: BJJ for the ground and Muay-Thai for stand up.

I am seriously interested in taking kendo, but can't find a studio anywhere.

Picture the way that Wanderlei Silva fights mixed with the way that the Gracie's fight, and you get... how I fight.

To all of those who mentioned the desire to take ninjutsu (or ninpo, depending) good luck finding an authentic teacher. The last martial arts instructor that I met who claimed to know ninjutsu had a picture of him in a camo nightsuit with two machine guns in his hands on the wall of his dojo. Think Rex from Napoleon Dynamite...

And centurion, don't let people diss on your style, like my sensei always says: It's not the style, it's the individual.

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~AgoNxRuS
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Yours and truly, the almighty Agon.
Topics: 65
Posts: 819
3 years 1 month ago
I love tae kwon do.. i used to go there for a year but then i left.. not becouse i was too lazy or too much into anime.. but becouse of the people there... and in israel there are only 2 places where you can find tae kwon do lessons.. and in both of um the people are... how you say it... >,> "juwish" that 1 word is worth a thousand swears...

~jujigatame80
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Topics: 3
Posts: 61
3 years 1 month ago
I don't appreciate your anti-Semitism.

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~thewoundedsoldier
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Mae govannen
Topics: 13
Posts: 297
3 years 1 month ago
I agree with jujigtame80, if you have some dislike for the jewish thats your choice, but let's not start any issue between religions.

It's great to see that there are plenty of you doing some form of martial arts, and suprising that some of you are doing more than one at one time, well done!

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~ElricOfGrans
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Reformed(-ish) Otaku
Topics: 2
Posts: 64
3 years 1 month ago
I study Shi Sei Kan Karate Do, attending classes 3-4 times a week. My younger brother attends 5 times, and undertakes special extra training for tournament fighting (he plans to take the state Kyokushin title next year). While he specialises in full-contact fighting, I have specialised in defence and sabaki techniques. I still cannot catch Kanchou with my sabaki, but I am now experienced enough to break from his 9/10 times; I bet I could beat him at Igo any day ;)

I have long wanted to take up Iaido (Kanchou has too, but that's another story), but it a 4 hours train trip to the nearest dojo, and it would clash with my karate.