Brag: Starting Aikido

[King_S]

Has anyone trained in this martial art? If so, give me adviceaments.

[UnblinkingEye]

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Has anyone trained in this martial art? If so, give me adviceaments.

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Quit. Take Sambo. Much better. Well.. Actually, it depends on what you're looking for, if you're looking for combat training, Sambo is the best. There are better options if you're just looking for a trendy cardio workout.

~Mike

[King_S]

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Has anyone trained in this martial art? If so, give me adviceaments.

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Quit. Take Sambo. Much better. Well.. Actually, it depends on what you're looking for, if you're looking for combat training, Sambo is the best. There are better options if you're just looking for a trendy cardio workout.

~Mike

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Well, I started training(lifting) 8 months ago as I bulk up. I am not looking for a "trendy cardio workout," but rather an effective martial to protect myself.

[wazz]

Krav Maga / Capoeira / Kung Fu FTW

[UnblinkingEye]

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Has anyone trained in this martial art? If so, give me adviceaments.

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Quit. Take Sambo. Much better. Well.. Actually, it depends on what you're looking for, if you're looking for combat training, Sambo is the best. There are better options if you're just looking for a trendy cardio workout.

~Mike

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Well, I started training(lifting) 8 months ago as I bulk up. I am not looking for a "trendy cardio workout," but rather an effective martial to protect myself.

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Then Russian Sambo is the [censored]. Its a form of MA developed in Communist Russia and taught to KGB agents. Its basically the Navy Seal H2H Combat training x10. You're taught valuable street skills, not competition/ring skills.. For example,
lesson one: If you let a fight continue for more than 3 seconds, call the hospital.. More than 10, call the morgue.
You learn alot of 1 punch and 1 grouping techniques.. You learn to get in, drop them, get out. Keep your distance. A perfect example is this: Did you know that if I'm wearing a pistol, and a man in 7feet away from me concealing a knife, he could stab me about 15 times before I could draw my pistol and fire? Thats how important space is.

Sambo will teach you about keeping your distance, will teach you fast, brutal moves, and will increase your alertness. I got into it because of the total lack of bs. No religion/meditation/HHHIIIIIIIIIYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAA Karate Kid [censored].

~Mike

[The Ice Ceam Man]

boxing and jujitsu ftw... i take mike tyson over any aikido master every day of the week

[King_S]

I wanted to take Krav Maga, but it's too expensive regarding money and time.

Sambo seems interesting, but I can't find a dojo around my house...

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Sambo seems interesting, but I can't find a dojo around my house...

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Thats not suprising.. I have to drive across town 3 afternoons a week. The whole class is filled with night shift cops, bouncers, security guards and repo men/bounty hunters.

~Mike

[dlorc]

I [censored] lolled.

Aikido as an effective martial art?

Lets be honest, MMA has shown us that to be a good fighter you need to be competant at: striking ( punches+kicks+knees+elbows ), grappling, takedowns, sprawling, and submissions, and clinching.

If you watch early MMA shows ( ufc 1-5 in particular ) you'll see that training in just one art is rarely effective but if you have to train just one, that a submission game will benefit you more than anything else.

[Squareview]

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