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Hi all!!
Thanks to all who offered suggestions regarding what my 4 year old could take! I am researching these options, and think it is good advice that I go and do some observations of classes ( will they let me or is that off limits? ) and meet with the instructors to get a feel for their teaching style and overall attitude.
I have discovered my community offers 3 Tae Kwon Do facilities, so perhaps one of the 3 is worthwhile, one other place rather ambiguously names Midwest Martial Arts(?), a Japanese Karate place, and a place that teaches Aikikai.
So now my questions are..lol...what is Aikikai? And with my options a little limiting ( unless the Martial Arts place has a large selection of styles offered) , can anyone contrast them for me?
I am still going to do my homework, and observe the class...and unfortuantely expense has to play a role at this time...but your input has been so helpful!!
Happy Clam TheChienFamily@aol.com Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at 06:28:03 (PST)

simulacrum,

that's really a small world indeed. hey do you post on the jujitsu gear forum as well? Team Yamasaki has our own special forum. Just Let Sam Kim know who you are.

Which one are you? Do you go up to Rockville at all? I must admit I've been bad with attendance, working way too much these days.

Hey drop me an email, I'm curious as to which one of the yamas are you. My email is snoopyparsons@yahoo.com
Snoopy Monday, March 18, 2002 at 16:10:39 (PST)

AC Dropout

I don't know if you ever studied martial arts, but it's not taught to beat the crap out of people. It's taught to be for physical and mental conditioning. And if a person is dedicated to what they are doing, when confronted this person no matter how good they are, will be better off knowing martial arts to defend their self if necessary than if they did not.

bigsquill Monday, March 18, 2002 at 12:28:54 (PST)

NHB,

All arenas have "rules of engagement."
Tournament fighting has time rounds and specific area of contact. Fighting on the street also have similar aspects to them.

I doubt most martial artist who wish to suceed in physical conflict only restrict themselves to practicing attacking, defending, and feinting techiques.
Like I mentioned before most street confrontation I have experienced were many against few. Since street confrontations are not meant to be fair. Very few structured martial art schools will have realistic practices dealing with this situation on a regular basis.
AC dropout Sunday, March 17, 2002 at 21:35:54 (PST)

pencak silat is the martial art of the malays, and Bruce Lee was so impressed with the power and grace of Silat sweeps and kicks that he melded silat techinques into his martial art.
silat king Saturday, March 16, 2002 at 23:47:34 (PST)

wow, what a small world. I train at the Yamasaki Academy also, at the Alexandria location.
simulacrum Saturday, March 16, 2002 at 20:22:16 (PST)

AC Dropout

"Not to be rude but what did you think street fighting was? Fireballs and uppercuts?"

You don't think a good uppercut would help you in a street fight? Who ever talked about fireballs.

"Other than attacking the leader and keeping a ear out of the police sirens...it can get quite involved sometimes"

Quite involved??? kicking, punching, grappling, weapon, all elements of streetfighting. However, you are talking about the legal aspect about how to avoid police, getting out without a record, etc. These are elements of street fighting, but we are talking about effectiveness of various martial arts which do not address legal issues or bum rush someone. You talked about gang up on Shamrock in a street fight and ways of avoiding police afterwards. Sure, useful information. But this is a martial arts forum. We are talking about which martial arts are most useful on the street, we are not talking about five people bum rush one and getting out before police getting there.
NHB Saturday, March 16, 2002 at 12:17:39 (PST)

Its a damn insult that these Brazilians are calling "Jujitsu" as Brazilian Jujitsu. What a bunch of bullshitters!
Brazilian hog wash Friday, March 15, 2002 at 16:33:58 (PST)

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