Hey guys, this is sorta random, but im tryin to get the day off to go...sounds like fun!

http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=25694

 

Jesus, I'm wondering how you guys out of school now keep up w/ martial arts! I haven't been able to train since I graduated.

Most of the competitive jobs = 50-70 hours/week (and I know a lot of people who do martial arts are people going into science/engineering or finance.), gym/cardio = an hour a day, going out on weekends, one night of destressing. I dropped into a boxing gym for a while to get a hardcore ***-whupin' but there was just no time/energy to do it 4 days a week plus a weekend day.

I guess most people who do MA seriously just don't go to the gym and use the training as a whole physical fitness routine?

 

Cool. I used to practice in Palo Alto and San Jose till I got work down in Torrance. Do you remember where your friend practiced? 5dan is pretty high.

Tim

 

Ryan, if you find a Sambo school, lemme know. im in on that

 

Anthony - The more I think about it, the more I think I might wanna come back. I went to Team USA to check things out and I really don't care for it...

Musashi - Thanks for letting me know, but unfortunately Aikido is not high on the list of styles I'm interested in, at least for the moment

VIBEELEVEN - I'm in the City, and your suggestion has not fallen on deaf ears!

Kyokushin WRX - That sounds good, not too hard not too easy.

verc - I'm still in school so unfortunately I don't feel your pain

samurai - She's from Japan, and she started in elementary school (so she's had more than a decade of full-time training). I'll talk to her and see what dojo she came from. I DO know that she's competed in many national school competitions in Japan though.

Walt - right-o. Hope your Russian's polished haha.

 

lol screw you, my lower shin is itching from not smacking someone's leg with it.

 

^^
Haha, I get that feeling myself sometimes

 

calling all suby martial artists...anyone down to have a special meet somewhere in the bay and discuss or even share the different styles we all know? im down...i don't know if planing a meet like this was brought up yet, but hey its a start!!...let me know guys.!! im pretty sure ud be down choku dori...pm guys

 

That sounds like fun! I wonder if my instructor would be down for letting us use his place =p I've known him for...uh...13 years now? I'll talk to him when I get a chance....

 

Now THAT sounds fun. Martial arts open forum then maybe dinner afterwards. I'm sure all of us are mature enough not to send anyone home with injuries right?

 

Right! =p But seriously, yeh, this could be good fun. I hope to have more news by next week thursday/friday.

 

Cool beans! Please keep us posted!

 

cool, this will be a good opportunity for me to learn new things..like breathing techniques and stance training...i need to build up my foundation a lil more until i can start practicing my forms through baji-quan, and oh yea by the way choku dori, i dont take classes anywhere, a friend and i are both learning on our own, yea it sounds hard and maybe a little difficult since we dont have an intructor but its still ok...cant wait til we have a meet!!! i need new ideas!!! hehehe

-hiro

 

Whoa, bajiquan on your own?!
More power to you!

 

Oh yeah, old news but for those who haven't had a chance, make sure you check out Pride FC's New Year event from Dec. 31, 2004 "Otoko Maturi: Sadame"! Some really superb fights including Rulon Gardner's MMA debut! It's available for rent at almost any Japanese video store