Any martial artists?

[Xant]

McDojo disease is worst in the US. Not nearly as bad in Europe.

[Konrax]

Very irrelevant point btw, I am posting in this thread to discuss what martial arts people do and what their perceptions are of the arts they do.

Not how america has a dojo problem, or peen flexing, or that guns are superiour to an unarmed man.

It's nonsense and a waste of time, if you find yourself at a dojo and you do 3 moves for 6 months and have paid a lot of money your in a McDojo. I've been training long enough to know the difference and to just have people repeat the same thing over and over again kills this topic, you made your point about mcdojos, now leave it be.

What I want to hear about are peoples experiences, not their own personal problems/issues/ignorant opinions on this topic.

[Xant]

For shame, SixThumbs.

[SixThumbs]

For shame what? Most martial arts places I've seen are basically just an hour baby-sitting services that touts about some bullshit self-improvement benefit for their kid or act as some alternative form of exercise.

[donib]

I did jiu jitsu for a day but it wasnt really something for me, i would rather have a martial arts where you strike instead of grappling. Maybe ill do karate or wing chun, ill see what is available in my area.

[Berserkadin]

I did jiu jitsu for a day but it wasnt really something for me, i would rather have a martial arts where you strike instead of grappling. Maybe ill do karate or wing chun, ill see what is available in my area.

You should try muay thai.

[donib]

Ive seen some videos and that really looks hard core, but ill have to check for availability in my area. But i might as well do kick boxing otherwise, here in the netherlands there is plenty of good school for kick boxing

[Rage_Guy]

I find kickboxing to be very efficient if you get attacked by some homo on the street, just low kick him in the leg, and he is disabled for the next few days.

[Belatu]

I did judo when i was a child, and later on I did some taekwondo and litle of aikido, (all very enjojable and recommendable) and then I took an arrow to the knee    [ well mostly I break that "elastic thing that join the muscle to the bone" [ i dont know the name in english] of my right ankle, three months without walking and no more simulated violence for me     ]
I am lloking forward start doing some kind of karate kind of more fist work and less jumps and shits like that 

[Vaynes]

I do Atarashii Naginata

[Falka]

[Xant]

Classic Russians, beating on women.

[Clockworkkiller]

why practice your useless karate when you can use a gun?

firearms where made for to outmatch the ability of old melee weapons and handfighting.

get with the times, the only martial arts I know is Glock 40 and Mossberg 590