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Metroid Hybrid
04-03-2005, 09:18 PM
Just like the title suggests... does anybody here actually take the time and (most of all) the discipline to study boxing, wrestling, or any other fighting art?
or am I the only one...? :-|
HMG
04-05-2005, 01:09 AM
Yes. I was on the Junior High Wrestling team this season.
AcquiredTarget
04-05-2005, 01:38 AM
Boxing's part of my karate training. But then so is losing weight.
Metroid Hybrid
04-08-2005, 09:46 PM
Ah good, something!

I've been taking a modified form of leung ting style wing chun, and traditional Yang style Tai Chi for just over a year now.

And AcquiredTarget, do you know what kind Karate you study, and/or do you really take it seriously?
Ender
04-08-2005, 10:16 PM
I have a friend who's a boxer, and then another who's a wrestler, both do it more for the body-building affects they have, as that's more what they're into.
AcquiredTarget
04-08-2005, 10:45 PM
Ah good, something!

I've been taking a modified form of leung ting style wing chun, and traditional Yang style Tai Chi for just over a year now.

And AcquiredTarget, do you know what kind Karate you study, and/or do you really take it seriously?Kenpo. And not as seriously as I should.
Oomba
04-09-2005, 05:38 PM
One of my friends is a boxer, and I've sparred with him a few times. I enjoy it.
Metroid Hybrid
04-28-2005, 02:45 PM
Sure a lot of body building aspects come out the training, that's just the icing for me :-D . Me, I love the idea of learning new ways to break, maim, and generally incapasatate a person(s) with little-to-no effort:smt036 .
However the ways in which one could achieve such things as lightning speed or power is very different from what one would expect :wink2: .
girlsmug
05-26-2005, 03:00 AM
Hmmmm... the only thing i do is kickboxing and some regular boxing as part of my exercise.. and it's really fun to have some sparring sessions with friends :):)
Metroid Hybrid
06-04-2005, 12:46 AM
Yeah that's what my sifu used to do back in his teens' (kempo, then kickboxing)... but then he got into Grandmaster Cook's system, bringing his speedy gung-ho ways with him and in turn, had his ass handed to him (note: this was 22 years ago). Point: we have a way to spar, but with no pads or blood-spill involved; we train in way which concentrates on building form & technique, as opposed to muscling punches in (common even in professional boxing). We call it 'flowing', and dispite how hippy it sounds, it gets things done.

But hey, whatever works :)