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Jayare012
White Belt
Joined: 26 Jun 2007
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 Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:26 pm Post subject: Intense MA Styles |
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Ive taken a break from doing any type of MA for a couple years now. Recently I have been wanting to get back into it. The problem is, I do not know which style of MA I want to take. I am looking for something that involves about equal or slightly more hand work than feet work. Another thing that im looking for, is a dojo that trains hard and hits hard. When I did TKD it was mainly kicking, katas and hardly any exercise. Also I dont remember learning any real techniques other than different types of kicks. I was no beginner either, was 3 belts from black. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. Also if anyone else lives in the cincinnati area and knows/goes to a school like this please let me know.
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soyangco
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Joined: 26 Jun 2007
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Hmmm that was cool!...  |
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french fri25
Green Belt
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Posts: 354
Location: long island
Styles: Hapkido, Moo Duk Kwan, Chanbara, Arnis De Mano
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| muay thai, kyokushin karate, and possibly shotokan could be what your looking for. of course, its going to depend on the instructor, but these styles seem to be pretty equal between kicking and punching. good luck with finding a style your happy with. but, remember, its more important to find a good instructor rather than a particular style. |
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Montana
Orange Belt
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Posts: 195
Location: Formerly Montana, now Spokane, WA
Styles: Shorin Ryu Matsumura Kenpo & Kobudo
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Find an Okinawan school...50/50 hands/feet, grappling, weapons..and should be a real good workout for you. I'm partial to Shorin Ryu for some reason.  |
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ninjanurse
KF Sensei
Joined: 13 Feb 2003
Posts: 3989
Location: Upstate NY
Styles: TKD;Shotokan;JuJitsu;Tai Ji
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| french fri25 wrote: |
| muay thai, kyokushin karate, and possibly shotokan could be what your looking for. of course, its going to depend on the instructor, but these styles seem to be pretty equal between kicking and punching. good luck with finding a style your happy with. but, remember, its more important to find a good instructor rather than a particular style. |
I agree here...and the same goes for TKD schools-no two schools or instructors are the same.
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Jayare012
White Belt
Joined: 26 Jun 2007
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Also I am not a big fan of katas. So something with little to none of that would also be a big plus. I looked into Muay Thai and kyokushin. Both look very interesting and equally appealing. I have a problem though. There is no muay thai or kyokushin school in the cincinnati, ohio, 45251 area that I can find. If someone knows of one of these schools or something else that I may be interested in please post.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 13960
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and I research Medieval Combat
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Judo or BJJ would be styles that do not practice katas as well. You could look into some of them, and grappling styles are intense workouts as well.
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french fri25
Green Belt
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Posts: 354
Location: long island
Styles: Hapkido, Moo Duk Kwan, Chanbara, Arnis De Mano
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| you could also look into krav maga or a russian MA. those usually contain a good amount of hand strikes, no kata, and good self defense techniques. |
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boyo1991
Orange Belt
Joined: 06 Apr 2007
Posts: 162
Styles: taekwondo, boxing
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| french fri25 wrote: |
| muay thai, kyokushin karate, and possibly shotokan could be what your looking for. of course, its going to depend on the instructor, but these styles seem to be pretty equal between kicking and punching. good luck with finding a style your happy with. but, remember, its more important to find a good instructor rather than a particular style. |
i really agree, kyokushin is what you are looking for 
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lordtariel
Black Belt
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 1709
Location: Oregon
Styles: (Past)Judo, Yang Family Tai Chi, (Current)Shito-Ryu Karate, Kobudo(Tonfajitsu)
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| Judo or BJJ would be styles that do not practice katas as well. You could look into some of them, and grappling styles are intense workouts as well. |
Technically Judo does have kata. You just don't learn it till black belt level. 
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on the post.
