Originally posted by Mr Parker
Well spidergrl,it looks like Baylin had too much of a painful experience from your last match with him so looks like he has stayed away since then.He obviously found it too painful and unpleasant to eat mat. 😄 so since your getting a litle bit bored and all from him being gone,tell you what,you can shove MY face in the mat and make me eat mat then and we will see if I can hold out longer than Baylin did before he cried out Uncle to you. 😆 😆 😂 😂 🤣 😆 😆
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I'm just saying. If you're in a striking art, take some Tai Chi on the side. It can only enhance what you already have.
Tai Chi teaches you better bodily control, not to mention that it forces you to slow down and helps your body 'remember' movements with better precision. It augments your sense of rhythm as well.
I want to take a Martial Art that will teach me how to defend myself..and i'm not that strong i only weigh 120 lbs.. so maybe judo may fit me best...
If you know technique, strength will mean very little. So long as you know how to strike and/or how to throw someone, you shouldn't have too much of a problem unless the ratio is just that significantly off. Physical strength and stature is always a plus, the bigger/stronger person will have the advantage, but it isn't the be-all-end-all of fighting. If it was, people would do nothing but lift weights all day.
Originally posted by AdventChild
I want to take a Martial Art that will teach me how to defend myself..and i'm not that strong i only weigh 120 lbs.. so maybe judo may fit me best...
From my knowing .... Taekwondo is a great self-defense martial arts. Its up to you. I mean, Im not into self-defense much .... but I like the fighting aspect!
From my knowing .... Taekwondo is a great self-defense martial arts. Its up to you. I mean, Im not into self-defense much .... but I like the fighting aspect!
From my understanding, Taekwondo is more sport than anything else. Too much emphasis on tournaments and sparring (which is a flawed system that severely limits strike-points, and thus handicaps you in a real altercation). I don't know how your system works, and I'll probably get a lot of flak for saying what I did above, but that's what I've come to see from the general Taekwondo population.