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Mugger - (runs up and tapes his arm to Stu's) "Give me your wallet"
Stu - (turns to lady friend) "stand back baby, I've been trained for this"
I was watching that video wondering, "Who the hell uses a punching bag to warm up for an arm wrestling match?"
"There are no finger prints under water."
did someone say Kali? Escrima Sticks? I'll play... couple year old picture... belt rank is higher now... one of my favorite things... Escrima
Congrats on the promotions(s). Have you gotten taller too? Oh wait, you're on the right...Originally Posted by gnihcraes
JK... Yeah that was me. I loved kali but it's been a lonnnnnng time. Would you mind posting where you train here, thoughts on the school etc? Feel free to PM me about that if you'd prefer, either way I'd appreciate knowing where it's offered locally.
For those unfamiliar with these styles, a major benefit of stick training is that on the street, many of the techniques easily carry over to whatever's at hand. The "stick" can be an umbrella, tire iron, piece of pipe, cane, rolled up newspaper/magazine, snow scraper, an actual stick or branch off the ground etc.
Really fun disarms -- I remember one where, if done right, you tie up the other guy's lead arm & stick such that simply straightening your own arm sends their stick spinning out of their hand. At one point I made a purposefully oversized/heavy set of sticks out of bird's eye maple for training. Still have one, bro has the other.
Yeah, I'm on the right.few more gray hairs now too....
We are training with Mile High Karate - Stephen Oliver is the grand master, who was taught by Jhoon Rhee out of Florida I believe. Korean Taekwondo (American Karate).
Training is good, instructors are good, there are some issues with the way things are run I believe, but each has their own opinion. Nice thing about this training is it compiles many other things. Taekwondo, Aikido, Kick Boxing, Knife, Chucks, Escrima, Bo Staff, Kama etc. And you get to do the weapons training after about blue belt. Some schools won't allow any weapons training until you complete their brown or black belt training.
The cost is high $$, there are contracts unless you pay in full in the beginning. If you really want to spend 3-4 years or so working towards the blackbelt and and can give it several nights a week and weekends, it's probably worth it. We're at a stall point right now, they require many books to be read, binders full of material to be studied and completed before we can continue on to the black belt. Everyone is essentially trained to be a trainer for their system.
They "Progress Check" once a month with a "Test" the next. So you can move quickly through the belts. Essentially a belt every two months unless you really screw up bad or just don't show any forward progress.
We're supposed to test to High Brown belt in April, but I probably won't be able to make it happen, too much bookwork to complete and I will possibly be changing jobs that will cause problems in getting to class during the week. If we don't test at our belt rank in April, it will be October before we can test for the high brown again.
If we test and pass to high brown, then we're set for "Prep Cycle" and then the work really begins. Hours and Hours of work each night for months on end to even test into the black belt cycle which is held each october in breckinridge. Final black belt testing is something like 36 hours straight. Friday night through Sunday... Live or die.
Other schools don't test so much and other styles don't test at all which some people prefer. Just have to ask ahead of time before signing up.
MHK will make you work, they have a requirement of being in fit as much as being able to perform the art. It's been a great workout and if done properly, it makes you strong, as do most martial arts. Taekwondo (karate) has beat my body up pretty good. Knees especially. So I'm not sure I could complete all the training without really slowing down and taking it easy, which I might have to do.
Thankfully we did pay up front and can come/go as we please. So if we take a break for a few months, we're not paying all the montly fees. If the son wants to quit for a while and come back in a few years later, he can.
If you want to just casually work on some form of martial art, look around at the rec centers and such in your area, someone will have classes at a reasonable price, pay as you go with out a contract.
Hope that helps. There is plenty more to say... PM if you want.
Here is a quick summary... it's about marketing more than anything anymore...
http://www.martialartsresources.com/ma_background.html
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