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Zapatista
Orange Belt
Joined: 28 Sep 2005
Posts: 110
Location: DeKalb
Styles: I'll loosely be doing BJJ
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 Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject: Martial Arts that have no katas |
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I've been wanting to start a martial art for awhile and I'm going to join some people on my school's campus in doing BJJ. I'm interested in grappling arts but don't know any place near school that offers them (at a reasonable price) and next summer I'm planning to do Judo through the park district that I live in when I'm at my mom's house. I'd also like to do submission/grappling contests eventually. I also want to be a well rounded fighter so I can defend myself if need be.
Here's the problem. I have issues with katas, I just want to learn striking without having to memorize katas (I have memory impairment issues too but I'm not sure how that will affect my martial arts training). As far as I know there aren't many striking arts that don't have katas, and they aren't all just striking. From what I know there is: boxing/western kickboxing/muay thai, krav maga, pankration, and that's all I know.
Can you all recommend a striking art (or combined art) for me? Thanks. |
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 12964
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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It looks to me like you summed up your options, as far as no-kata arts go. You could also add caporiea to the mix, I think.
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Zapatista
Orange Belt
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Posts: 110
Location: DeKalb
Styles: I'll loosely be doing BJJ
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| okay thanks. |
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 12964
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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You are very welcome!
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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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Your best bet would be to go with a MMA because usually they don't bother with kata. Judo's a great art, but can be pretty harsh on your body if you stick with it for a long time. And actually, Judo does have kata, but you rarely see it done.
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glockmeister
Green Belt
Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 465
Location: Pa
Styles: Haganah, Krav Maga, JKD, Kickboxing,BJJ, Judo
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May also wanna check out Hapkido.
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shukokai2000
Green Belt
Joined: 30 Oct 2004
Posts: 436
Location: manchester ENGLAND
Styles: shukokai shito-ryu ... boxing/kick boxing
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poisendhearts
Yellow Belt
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
Posts: 31
Location: Phoenix, Az
Styles: Songahm Tae Kwon Do
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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well you need katas, but chinese or korean martial arts call them forms, so , do one of them, but karate or taekwondo is the best!!!!!
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Bushido58266
Orange Belt
Joined: 05 Feb 2006
Posts: 101
Location: New York
Styles: Tang soo do, Chun kuk do, Muay Thai, Judo, Jujutsu, Bojutsu, Iaido
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| poisendheartsshotokan wrote: |
| well you need katas, but chinese or korean martial arts call them forms, so , do one of them, but karate or taekwondo is the best!!!!! |
katas are very important but are not needed, american boxing, kickboxing, and the form of jujutsu i take do not have katas but are all effective arts. also i wouldnt consider tae kwon do the best art, its very good but not the best, the reason for this is tae kwon do does not teach enough effective grappling or ground fighting (where 90% of fights end up) there really is no such thing as the best art.
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Bushido58266
Orange Belt
Joined: 05 Feb 2006
Posts: 101
Location: New York
Styles: Tang soo do, Chun kuk do, Muay Thai, Judo, Jujutsu, Bojutsu, Iaido
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if ur looking for something without katas then boxing or kickboxing would definitely be a good choice, muay thai is good also but the muay thai i take has katas
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on the post.
