Does anyone here do any kind of martial arts?

I have recently decided i want to get into it for fitness and well being.

Advice from a friend of mine was - start stretching. I have unusually tight legs so i have been waking up 30 mins early and doing stretches morning and night.

I was also told, look around and find something that really appeals to me. Otherwise the dedication wont be there.

After looking around i am pretty set on muay thai and have been looking at local gyms.

Does anyone have any exercises for beginners i can do at home? Other than pushups and situps (which are a must). Also if you do martial arts, what is it and how long have you been doing it?

Valhalla in valley, above the strip joint opposite the arena.

You'd want lots of core strength, so do front and side planks to strength core.

Remember to do your joint rotations and warm up prior to any stretching.

Stretching cold is bad news.

Cheers guys,

Yeah i got a guide off some thai site and have a joint rotation and dynamic stretching routine.

Also have been doing running @ the gym, 5km in 30 minutes landing on the ball of my feet (to work the calves more). Have had sore calves all week :<

Definatley need to build up my core though.

i do kung fu, you might have read me mention it before

schools in banyo and birkdale, with tai chi on the weekends if its not raining

www.blackcranekungfu.com

i love it because its basically the same stuff that you saw in the matrix movies (all teh possible stuff anyway)

spock, so we can't take on unlimited clones of ourselves and jump all over the place?

I thought Morgan/Flying Llama did muay thai but I could be wrong.

Dirtyape was doing mixed martial arts at southbank im not sure if its still there, i will ask and get back to ya jake.

so how many boards can y'all break on your heads?

dammit I thought this thread was gonna have pics of Scuzzy's Anime Demon Pr0ns

Personally I'd steer clear of johny come latelys (s*** like STEVE SMITH SUPER HAPPY KARATE DOJO and other made up s***). I did Traditional Okinawan Goju Ryu for 5 or so years. Was pretty cool reading into the traditions and whatnot also. It was under a dude who studied with a master in Japan for 10 or so years.

Twas good having a pretty forceful sensai, you push yourself a little bit harder with him screaming at you haha. Some nights where insane though, we'd have to run laps then come back in and do a few hundred pus hups on concrete on our knuckles and then on finger tips using less and less fingers each time.

Lots of training went along with it (exercise along with body training. EG kicking uprights with shins and smacking arms against each other haha, sounds a bit odd but meant you could kick someone a lot harder or block/hit a lot harder without pain).

We also did some weapons training.

They used to do gashaku's also where we'd goto a beach or creek etc and basically exercise and train katas and spar.

I'd love to get back into it, I'm waiting for an operation on my back though before I can get into anything. Even using an exercise bike was screwing me up. One of my nerves is being pinched and it's causing half of my right calf to just drop out and when I was going a bit hard with the exercise it made it a lot worse heh.

Personally I'd steer clear of johny come latelys...t was under a dude who studied with a master in Japan for 10 or so years.

Pretty much every Johnny come lately will say something like that though.

Pretty much every Johnny come lately will say something like that though.

Obviously you can't train under a thousand year old guy, I meant style wise I would steer clear of some crud a dude who studied for 6 months under five different styles and created his own style and opens his own dojo. This is the dude here, I was actually under Rob but Ravey visited quite often.

Edit:

Heh, he was even in a movie with Bruce Lee Tower Of Death.

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I was just pointing out that there are a lot of guys who will say they studied under every grand master/mma champion/buddha himself, so how is a new comer to sort the Johnny come latelys from the Johnny Badass. (A:research, dont take their word they know their s***)

what side of town dude?

muay thai is the best for fitness :)

what about boxing? i've got a bag at home. belt the s*** out of it and it feels great. do some skipping. you'll feel like rocky in no time.

trained in wing chun & bjj for a few years at the wing chun combat centre in the city. but a couple of years ago they moved to browns plains so i cbf anymore.

been meaning to get back into it, theres a decent ju-jitsu and jeet kune do school near me but i'm too lazy atm.

I did Go Kan Ryu for a while when I was younger, but it wasn't air-conditioned, f*** that... standing half-crouched in sweaty pyjamas for 2 hours...

I did Zen-Do-Kai for 4 years on the north side, it's originally a Bob Jones martial art but in QLD it was under Malcom Anderson.

It was a strong muay thai base with alot of traditional karate influence, as well as some mixed martial arts, all in all it was pretty sweet.

I haven't done martial arts for 5 years or so now, but have been doing yoga for about a year now and its great for core strength and flexibility. Thinking about starting something up again, quite interested in something different like Tong Long or Krav Maga.

spock, so we can't take on unlimited clones of ourselves and jump all over the place?

yeah, some of the black belts do that.

i was talking more about the jumping from two trucks crashing into each other and being picked up by super neo

what about boxing? i've got a bag at home. belt the s*** out of it and it feels great. do some skipping. you'll feel like rocky in no time.

Throw in a speed ball too

I wish I was able to skip correctly, i end up looking/feeling like an elephant doing massive jumps and the rope only just making it round me.. haah

I was thinking of doing Krav Maga, there's a place really close to me that teaches it so I'm tempted to do it.

I've been wanting to do krav maga for years, can just never find time for classes and especially any money..

something about how to skip

buddy lee has some good videos on crossfit but its under jump rope, and he wears funny clothing

I think I need to start doin cross-fit, meant to be apart of police force..damn it!!

its probably good to ease into it seeing as some of the WOds are rediculously hard

take todays for example:

Saturday 090613

Walking lunge 100 ft.
21 Pull-ups
21 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
18 Pull-ups
18 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
15 Pull-ups
15 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
12 Pull-ups
12 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
9 Pull-ups
9 Sit-ups
Walking Lunge 100 ft.
6 Pull-ups
6 Sit-ups

its hard enough just doing 6 pull ups (palms facing out, hands about a shoulder width apart)

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what suburb do you live in damo?

I did Muay-Thai kicking boxing for about 2 years , was about 3mths off 2 dan, really good for getting fit and kickin ass if need be. lol. you'll need tough shins tho lol

greazy, live around the corner from garden city. why's that?

I was just wondering.

hmm... **watches my back**

greazy, live around the corner from garden city. why's that?

'round the corner from Garden City represent yo

it's originally a Bob Jones martial art but in QLD it was under Malcom Anderson.
- my sensi chris hortle i think it's spelled, started off with Malcom back in the early 80's in melbourne i think he said. I hold a Bushdio cross which was a Bob Jones thing too.

ahaha damo. if you lived closer i would have told you about the krav maga place in calamvale.

ah ok. How much do they charge? they got a site?

I do taekwondo full time (5days week) at Strathpine.. www.factor10.com.au
i do mainly sports training as i have made australian team a few times...

i would recommend dynmaic stretches before classes but long slow stretches in your spare time... just dont push yourself you will get more flexible...

i have mates that train at ironfist

went and watched some pro fights, man, those muay thai guys are f***ing nutbags.

i watched ALL of the once apon a time in china movies... fist of legend too.

Taggs where is the jeet kune do school?

I'm right near garbo too. There is blood axe muay thai near upper mt gravatt primary. Can't vouch for quality tho- never been.