i know karate, kung-fu, and 47 other dangerous words.
seriously though, being korean, i've been in some form of martial arts since i was like 4 or 5 years old.
started out with taekwondo and got up to orange belt. really didn't like it since all it ended up being was the stupid form stuff and lots of pointless kicking and punching. i wanted to SPAR!!!
left TKD and started hapkido. did that for a number of years and got a first degree black belt. i left hapkido eventually because while i was learning a lot of stuff about self defense and sparring almost every week, it just wasn't for me. the teacher taught us a lot of cool stuff... he let the black belts sit in the classes with the police and military. but like i said, it just wasn't for me. plus, it was really getting in the way of schoolwork.
while i was still doing hapkido, an older gentleman at my church had this judo program going at church. it would meet every sunday after church. all i saw was an old-school type of teaching and no pressure to really worry about belt testing and stuff. it was all about the technique. i really liked it and continued judo after even leaving hapkido. got up to brown belt some degree... i forget (since anyone under 18 couldn't get a black belt).
i also tried kendo for about 7 months. it was just waaaaaaaay too intense for me. plus i developed a clicking shoulder so i stopped.
i moved to florida to start college and such and haven't found a decent school to start up again. =/ i guess that's the way it is.
seriously though, being korean, i've been in some form of martial arts since i was like 4 or 5 years old.
started out with taekwondo and got up to orange belt. really didn't like it since all it ended up being was the stupid form stuff and lots of pointless kicking and punching. i wanted to SPAR!!!
left TKD and started hapkido. did that for a number of years and got a first degree black belt. i left hapkido eventually because while i was learning a lot of stuff about self defense and sparring almost every week, it just wasn't for me. the teacher taught us a lot of cool stuff... he let the black belts sit in the classes with the police and military. but like i said, it just wasn't for me. plus, it was really getting in the way of schoolwork.
while i was still doing hapkido, an older gentleman at my church had this judo program going at church. it would meet every sunday after church. all i saw was an old-school type of teaching and no pressure to really worry about belt testing and stuff. it was all about the technique. i really liked it and continued judo after even leaving hapkido. got up to brown belt some degree... i forget (since anyone under 18 couldn't get a black belt).
i also tried kendo for about 7 months. it was just waaaaaaaay too intense for me. plus i developed a clicking shoulder so i stopped.
i moved to florida to start college and such and haven't found a decent school to start up again. =/ i guess that's the way it is.