I'm small. What's a good martial art for me?

[Dell SkyCat]

You want a martial art and be able to use it fast and effective! And not waiting until you reach so unconscious competence of the art. What i suggest is a martial art that will allow you to Experience, Experience, Experience, Experience AND EXPERIENCE!

Experience is so crucial in any area of life when it comes to Improving and noting feedback. You could read all about weight lifting and know the best and most effective technique's on gaining muscle, but if you haven't stepped into a gym even ONCE...You'd be crushed in a powerstruggle! Likewise with women... you can read and memorize every great technique and unless you put it into practice you won't reap anything. You get what you practice. And the more you practice, the more you realize where to improve more and how much better/flexible you will become, to the point where you'll naturally use what you have learned without even realizing it until you later go "Whoa! Did i just do that?"

Okay... If you are very serious about quick results ( depending on your level of capability and 'catching on' or the credential of the Dojo or school) Then your best bet's are:

*KickBoxing ( Jean Claude Van Damme Style )
*Boxing ( Mike Tyson Style )


The reason for these heavy hitter's is the amount of physical resistance, endurance and fighting you do to learn this. You can practice virtually on anyone or anything. Personally, I Practice the brazilian martial art known as Capoeira ... Cap'O is definately not an overnight art and only focuses on your legs and using your body to swing into action. It's more of a dance too!
As many other arts, This art takes time. The downside of Cap'O is if you ever find yourself in a tight spot or small space area. You need lot's and lot's of space! And you never really learn how to use you're fists! How bad do you want it? is the answer to how good you will be.

Just remember when or if you start, it's an active project! a detication. Ask yourself if it's something you can really envision yourself going through it to the end of the process!

Peace

Tip: Power Percieved... Is Power Achieved - The subsitute

 

[Soshyopathe]

Originally posted by bigforearms
Yes, I realize that you were talking about traditional martial arts. Your story was still crap. And flaming someone because you're wrong isn't very web forum practice.

And animal forms aren't universal to the traditional Asian martial arts.

Yes, they are universal to asian martial arts. They all include and are based on animal forms, stances, and hand techniques. In a lot of schools it's "Advanced Blackbelt training" when you finally learn the animal hand techniques, but I promise you it is a part of every asian art, save maybe judo.

So again you are telling me that for 3000 years, a crane never killed a gorilla?

 

[Triangulo]

Combo

Do some Muay Thai and Brazilian jiujitsu. I take bjj and is very EFFECTIVE. I am able to beat bigger and stronger guys once i get them to the ground. Take some wrestling for better position on the ground and for the takedowns

PS. often I find myself using the guard,so then i apply my favorite move- triangle choke! it rox

 

[bigforearms]

Originally posted by Soshyopathe
Yes, they are universal to asian martial arts. They all include and are based on animal forms, stances, and hand techniques. In a lot of schools it's "Advanced Blackbelt training" when you finally learn the animal hand techniques, but I promise you it is a part of every asian art, save maybe judo.

No, they are not.

So again you are telling me that for 3000 years, a crane never killed a gorilla?

Even in the highly unlikely scenario that a crane HAS killed a gorilla, that's not the point. You need to work on your logic skills. Seriously--take a class or something. I'm done with this thread.

 

[Jinn]

Every single martial arts question that's ever been asked in this forum has been the exact same: "which martial art should I do?"

I'm gonna answer this question in one big thread that should just about take care of this, so hang tight J-Man.

 

[Dee-Zy]

Aikido

I personnally like Wing Chung (Dunno if the typo is right) though.

If you don't know any of this stuff - just do Kung Fu. It's the best basic-martial art out there.

Every martil art has it's strength and weaknesses but Kung Fu is the best bases wise. Underated too if u ask me.

 

[BMW]

LOL. everyone is an expert.

 

[Biz]

tae kwon do is definitely not crap....i'll admit first few weeks is crap....all u do is how to make a fist and ****...but i've been practicing tae kwon do for 12 years now...and yes...it will help you in some sense....but it won't necessarily make you bigger....but i'll make you faster, and give you more confidence knowing you can kick some a$$....haha..but yea...take up any kind of martial arts and stick with it for few years....and you will definitely see the results

 

[WORKEROUTER]

the bigger u look the less intimidated u feel. go pump some heavy weight and gain some weight.

also, screw complex martial art forms like kung fu or tai kwan do..99 percent of the so called martial art schools are simply americanized crap.

go for something basic, like boxing, grappling, and kickboxing.

with a few months of training with boxing or kickboxing you will definately have an edge over most people out there. of course, dont get me wrong. for short term progress, boxing and kickboxing are the way to go, and the least likely to be americanized crap since theyre very basic.

also supplement with some grappling so that you can be confident in ground fighting.

and work out.

easy as that buddy.

 

[Eve6SixSix]

Systema - the martial art formerly used exclusively in the russian militaries elite forces Spetnatz(sp????) sounds pretty bad ass - damn local instructor has been a challenge to get a hold of tho so I cant speak from experience. but checkity check it out.

www.russianmartialarts.com

 

[Rahul]

Originally posted by bigforearms
Wing Tsun and Wing Chun are two different anglicized spellings of the same couple of words. There is no "right" spelling of Chinese words in English. There are two generally accepted spelling rule-sets, but they're not set in stone.


Yes, I realize that you were talking about traditional martial arts. Your story was still crap. And flaming someone because you're wrong isn't very web forum practice.


And animal forms aren't universal to the traditional Asian martial arts.

Did you even read what I said?

Bruce Lee's Martial art was Jeet Kune Do NOT Wing Chun Kung Fu, it was BASED on Wing Chun, but people shouldn't delude themselves into thinking that if they train the Wing Chun style they are training Bruce Lee's fighting method. Bruce Lee changed and adapted Wing Chun a lot, so much so that it no longer looked like Wing Chun, that's why he gave his style a new name, Jeet Kune Do.

If you read "The Tao of Jeet Kune Do" by Bruce Lee (especially the chapters which discuss actual fighting techniques) you get a basic idea of the style of fighting that Jeet Kune Do employs.

 

[ChunLi]

Before you even begin training in any form of martial arts, you should get yourself into shape. Not just running, do push ups, situps, horse stance to strengthen your body. Also, do not build bulk, build definition, this is what gives you speed and strength. This will allow you to learn and practice a lot better. Tai Kwon Do isn't a crap form if you can use it properly. However, since the average person can punch faster a lot faster than they can kick, you will have to invest a significant amount of time to actually be able to kick effectively. Also, IIRC, Tai Kwon Do lacks any defense against grappling or wrestling or throws. If this is the case, you better make sure that your Tai Kwon Do is good enough to keep your opponent from doing throws, grapples or wrestling techniques. Wing Chun is very good form to use, Hung's fist or Tai Chi are also good forms to use. Just make sure that you have a good instructor that will teach you each form properly and that you know how to use each form. Oh yea and make sure that you spar regularly so that you build your confidence and experience.

ChunLi