/r/AsianMartialArts
We welcome any junior level, Sifus or Masters to post knowledgable material, school or style information, or share any personal forms for open critique. We are very open minded to any martial art including mixed indochinese styles, spiritual, religious, historical or mythical information. Please be respectful and enjoy intellectual discussion as gentlemen!
Welcome!
We invite any junior level, Sifus or Masters to post knowledgable material, school or style information, or share any personal forms for open critique. We are very open minded to any martial art including mixed indochinese styles, spiritual, religious, historical or mythical information. Please be respectful and enjoy intellectual discussion as gentlemen!
/r/AsianMartialArts
Aloha! I am here to learn more about Asian martial arts. I’ve done some taekwondo and jujitsu when I was younger, but I stoped due to money and time. More recently I’ve had more time to devote myself to martial arts, and I have a taekwondo place near by, but something else caught my eye.
It was a video about Jack Dempsey, champion boxer/boxing icon, and I got into boxing! Then I saw some kendo and thought I might try it out. But for the life of me I couldn’t find any good videos on kendo, since there are no kendo clubs near me, but I did find something: The German Longsword.
Since then I’ve been aspiring to be a martial artist that specializes in western styles, from weapon (longsword is my favorite) fighting to hand to hand combat (My interest at the moment is focused on the Greek martial art Pankration).
So why am I here? Well, I’m a believer that we can bring the world together if we are willing to share our cultures with one another, either with art, music, foot, or even our methods of beating people up efficiently. So I’m here to compare and contrast western styles to eastern styles of martial arts, both for me to learn something and for others to maybe learn something in return.
I’m not here to downplay anyone’s fighting style or claim mines better, but I’m open for discussion or debate, so long as we are respectful towards one another. That’s all, mahalo and aloha!
How long have yoy been practicing? Care to shed some light on this style?