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| I take Brazilian Jiu Jitsu class and they're definitely an intense workout. More than 2/3 of our class time is spent sparring (rolling).
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KENPOFANMAN
3/31/07 11:27 A
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Hello Everyone!
I am a kenpo enthusiast. I have studied Mr. Tracy's material up to 1st brown. I study on my own now because my instructor moved out of town. In my original school we studied Tracy's Kenpo, Bart Vales "Shoot Fighting," and grappling. We mixed it up with boxing drills too. On Friday's the instructor hosted a "Friday Night Fight Club." This was really cool. It was mixed MMA. Everyone there was really respectful. You had to be invited.
Now that I'm on my own, I'm focusing more on conditioning, flexibility, kata training, and developing the spirit.
If any one in Sac Town wants to train in Kenpo, email me.
In the Way,
Leland
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LITTLE-LUEY
3/5/07 2:28 P
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| My 6 year old and I will be taking Karate, Kenpo style starting next week I hope, I got to get my foot well before we start, but I think we will enjoy it and will help us bond with each other.
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I study Tae Kwon Do. I do so in Olympic style and ChangHon style and love to mix them. I like the self defense, spars, and in my mind, the exercises are unsurpassed in promoting health. Every punch or kick uses the big muscles of the body, burning mega calories. The art emphasizes speed, fast twitch muscle, flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, core strength, and raw power.
As I change body size, my sparring has changed. With excess weight gone, I am focusing more on footwork, evading rather than blocking, I was too heavy and thus, too slow to pull that off before.
As has been said before, schools and instruction varies greatly. Go to as many school as you can, in your search for a school. It's not the style, it is the individual using the style that matters. This is true in instruction and matches.
Good luck and most of all, enjoy!
MBuzzy- Where in Korea are you? I know several Korean nationals who have studied many styles.
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| I have been taking Tang Soo Do for a little over 2 years. When I started, I was very afraid of being hit. I found, though, sometimes the best teacher can be pain. When I do not block properly and I get hit while sparring, I learn to block much better. The first tournament I sparred in, I did not realize the amount of contact I would have. I lost that match technically but I won in the amount of knowledge I gained. To me every bruise was a blocking technique that I could improve on. Especially if you are taking martial arts for defense, the way you train in class is the way you will react on the streets in a real life confrontation.
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SMACKATTACK
8/16/06 7:46 P
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Personally I studied American Kenpo Karate for 4+ years. The week I was supposed to get my brown belt I was in a nasty car accident and really screwed up my shoulder (grade 3+ ACL tear). Unfortunately my instructor moved out of state to be with his kids during my recovery.
Kenpo Karate (Parker style) is a mixed martial art (heavy emphasis on striking) developed at about the same time as JKD. The two are actually very similar, keep what works and drop what doesn't. In fact if you look in a lot of Bruce Lee's earlier books, that guy sparring with him is Ed Parker. Parker was also the host of the Long Beach International where Bruce Lee made his American debut.
I loved Kenpo, and the guy who took over the school is definitely qualified, but it's just not the same. So I'm looking to go in a completely different direction and pick up on judo once I've gotten back into shape a little more.
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Almost any martial art will help you obtain flexibility. Don't worry about trying to get more flexible first, that will come with the practice and training. No Master Instructorwill expect you to be flexible from the beginning.
matt
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GETTING_FIT
8/15/06 12:42 P
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| Very interesting topic. I have been thinking about joining a martial arts club for a few months now and really didn't know the difference between all of them. I do have one question/concern. I am not very flexible (to put it mildly), given that, is there one particular martial art that will help me develop more flexibility? Should I work on stretching and becoming more flexible before starting a martial art?
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I do Ninjitsu and completely love it. We work the entire body and core, and I have seen myself improve so much. When I first entered the class, I couldn't do a single sit up, and now I can do over 150 nonstop.
We focus really on everything, strength training, strikes, kicks, grappling, sparing, weapons, self defense, and discipline. Something for everyone.
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Thanks! that makes much more sense now.
I would love to get into JKD, but being in Korea, that is difficult....
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Jeet Kune Do is said to be one of the first bouts of known Mixed martial arts. As for capoeira, No, Capoeira is nothing like juijutsu or MMA.
BJJ is a grappling and submission martial art that focuses on ground combat. Teaches how to apply chokes, Armbars and leglogs[to break limbs] in a real fight.
If you have ever seen the UFC that is mixed martial arts, Where there is standup fighting such as boxing or kickboxing or a traditional martial art[gsp has tkd kicks and chuck liddels base is kempo] mixed in with wrestling and ground fighting/submissions like armbars.
JKD[jeet kun do] had that same idea when bruce lee was creating it. Stand up combat with ground combat and even had basic submissions tossed in.
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LOSINGIT61
8/6/06 12:36 A
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| When I was living in Ky. I studied Kempo karate. It was like you was talking about ROLLIEADV. I took it for about 4 years. It was a combination of kung fu, karate and jujitsu. It was a great workout. I can't find any classes like that style here in Tenn. Hopefully one day I will.
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| Anything like Jeet Kune Do or Capoeira?
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RHYTHMIC01
8/4/06 11:09 P
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MMA = Mixed martial arts
BJJ = Brazillian Juijutsu, not sure if I spelt that right though :/
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| Ok - always trying to learn...what is MMA and BJJ?
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I believe Dean Lister is in San Diego? He is one of the top two or three american grapplers.
BJJ and MMA are EXCELLENT cardio workouts!
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RHYTHMIC01
8/2/06 12:57 P
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mma huh, Nice,
I want to get into MMA too, Since I am in san diego I actually got a few gyms that have popular fighters training there. I really want to get some mma training myself and maybe even do an amatuer fight or two.
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| I've started taking a MMA class. They will rotate between Shaolin Kun-fu, Jujitsu, and Kempo Karate iirc. Even when learning, often we'll work up a sweat with some of the stuff we are just learning.
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HOCKEYFALLS
8/1/06 11:22 A
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| Hey Guys interesting topic. My daughter of 7 takes Kenpo and she loves it. Her Sensi got me to attend a grappling class once he learned of my wrestling background which has lead me to start BJJ later this month once my work schedule changes and the kids are back in school. I am planning to supplment it with some kickboxing classes also offered at the dojo. Hoping they will contribute to the weight loss I have already achived
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| I would agree 100% except I don't know enough about TSD. Sooooo...taking your word for it, then yup! =)
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| Ok, I can agree with that. It is completely true that every studio is very different. Although TSD doesn't really have a sport aspect at all, whereas TKD has that sport aspect. Would that be more accurate?
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BUNDORIYAGYU
7/31/06 12:50 P
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| Currently studying Yang style Tai Chi with a good instructor here in the great white north. But I have also studied Wado-Ryu and Yagyu Shinkage before. I especially like the study of weapons. Staff form is a personal favorite(in Tai Chi).
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Some great points, but I will have to disagree with the statement "TKD is a sport and TSD is a Martial Art." There is no question that the fighting involved with TKD is sport, especially since it's in the Olympics. However, some studios don't even practice fighting, they focus solely on the technique, the forms, and the self defense. Our studio has National Champions in both fighting and Forms. Our Master Instructor has been the National Forms Champion for the last several years.
Not only are all arts different, but each studio within the art are different. I agree that there are some studios that are 100% pure sport. But not ALL TKD is sport.
matt
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It really depends what exactly you are looking for. I am in Korea studying Tang Soo Do. I have been studying it for a while off and on and tried Tae Kwon Do a few times. The biggest difference that I can see is that TKD is a sport and TSD is a Martial Art. TSD is very focused on technique, forms, and self defense. We will spend half the class practicing kicking most days then spend the rest of the time on self defense and forms.
There are so many hundreds of styles out there, so look around, one big limiting factor is what is taught near you. I always have a hard time finding a TSD Do Jang.
If you are really into the fighting aspect, I recommend looking into Jeet Kun Do. That is the style that Bruce Lee invented and the basic principle is "Use what works." It is really a melding of a lot of styles and is really one of the most effective if you just want to be good in a fight.
Anyway, keep us updated as to what you find out!
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It really depends on what the TKD studio teaches. TaeKwonDo is the art of hand and foot, so both punches and kicks are taught. Our school really emphasizes kicking because we fight in the Olympic style; punches won't score in an Olympic TaeKwonDo fight. Other schools that fight in 'Point Sparring' focus on punching as much as kicking because both punches and kicks will score. We do lots of arm work though with our blocking techniques and our forms.
If you don't work up a sweat in a TaeKwonDo school then the instructor is teaching something different. Our school teaches Traditional Forms, Olympic style sparring, and non-TaeKwonDo self defense. We teach Respect, Discipline, and Confidence while getting a great workout.
My best suggestion would be to visit as many Martial Arts studios as you need until you find a school and instructor you feel comforatble with. We visited a couple and weren't happy until we found our current school. I wasn't big on the idea of taking TKD until we visited this school and fell in love with our instructor and the other students. Now I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.
matt
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| I'm kind of interested in a combination of exercise and discipline. When I took Jiujitsu, it seemed like there was too much discipline, as it was not uncommon for me to not even break a sweat during a training session. That got really boring, really fast. Am I correct in saying that Taekwondo is very kicking-oriented, though? That's the impression I got from everything I've seen on it.
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| It reall depends on what you're interested. Are you looking for it as a self defense? Exercise? Discipline? In other words, what do you want to get out of your martial arts experience? TaeKwonDo is very popular for so many reasons, one of which is that it's an Olypmic Sport and you can gain scholarships to schools with it.
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| Sorry to threadjack, but I've been considering taking up a martial art myself. I'm having a hard time picking one though. As far as I can tell, one of the most popular arts (Tae Kwon Do) is very kicking-oriented, whereas I'd want to focus on striking instead. I used to do Jiu Ji Tsu, but I found it to be relatively boring. Any suggestions? Krav Maga seems like it might be my best option so far; it's very fast-paced, but it appears that it focuses on defense a lot more than offense (which isn't a bad thing, I guess).
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Hey there! Welcome to Sp, it's a great place. There are actually quite a few people around here interested in Martial Arts; I practice TaeKwonDo.
I've been able to wear my heart rate monitor when I teach class and get an idea of how many calories I burn doing certain things. Also, my wife and I will go into the studio on our own time and practice some things while wearing the heart rate monitor. Doing 'Forms' for 40 minutes burns around 400 calories for myself. Obviously sparring burns even more, and if we practice kicks it burns even more then sparring.
SP has a generic "Martial Arts" option to enter calories burned in the fitness tracker. There's no question it won't be 100% accurate for you, but it will give you a good idea of what you're burning.
matt
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Hello, all! I'm brand new here - just curious if anyone else is interested in any types of Martial arts? I'm in Tang Soo Do (Mu Dook Kwan). Is anyone else involved? What types?
And more importantly, I'm curious how you track your calorie burn while doing it?
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