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singularity6
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 26 Jun 2017
Posts: 958
Location: Michigan
Styles: Jidokwan Taekwondo and Hapkido, Yoshokai Aikido, ZNIR Iaido, Kendo
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No, I've never stopped learning/training in the MA, to only resume learning/training later on; in which, it'll be 53 years this October since my MA journey began.
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That really is awesome!!
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30183
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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I've never "given up" on Martial Arts, but I have had life happen a couple of times where it required a bit of a hiatus from active training.
Coming back sucks, as things don't really get easier to do the older (and heavier) I get. But, it always comes back, and I learn more about what I can and can't do, and I have to adapt my training to that.
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mazzybear
Brown Belt
Joined: 30 Oct 2013
Posts: 675
Location: Scotland.
Styles: Wado Kai
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I trained as a child but left after reaching 5th Kyu. I returned some 26 years later. I re-joined the same club with the same instructor and I've not looked back since.
The hardest thing was walking through the dojo doors on my own but, everyone made me feel welcome and I slotted right in. I started from 9th Kyu as it was such a long gap I was essentially a beginner.
4 and a half years later and I'm now a brand new shodan and loving every minute of it. Although every now and again the thought of "where would I be now if I'd never left?" sometimes crosses my mind.
What brought me back was, I had joined an MMA class as a way of getting back in to shape. It quickly became apparent that there would be no teaching to speak of, we were left to whack a heavy bag for the duration of the class, with no mention of keeping your guard up or how you should be throwing a punch. So I junked it and looked up my old instructor..........
Mo.
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JazzKicker
Orange Belt
Joined: 07 Aug 2017
Posts: 174
Location: NJ
Styles: Hapkido, JKD, TSD
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I've had peaks and lulls over the years, often it was related to the activity level of club I was training with, sometimes it was changes in priorities in my own life.
The first time I slacked off was after college, getting established in career and the rest of life. Coming back to it a couple of years later wasn't too bad at a local club that didn't train too hard. But then I stepped it up, to advance in dan rank. Then I got more into non-traditional training, and it was certainly rougher. Eventually I lost interest and the clubs folded or moved.
I've always kept my own solo training going, though not very consistently, just for fitness and flexibility. |
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JR 137
Black Belt
Joined: 10 May 2015
Posts: 2442
Location: In the dojo
Styles: Seido Juku
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Although every now and again the thought of "where would I be now if I'd never left?" sometimes crosses my mind |
Give or take a little bit, I know exactly where I'd be if I never left. The guy I tested for shodan with and would've tested for nidan with if I didn't go away to grad school was promoted to godan last year. We came up through the ranks together, with him starting about a month before I did. He never left.
I'd most likely be at the same rank if I never left. No regrets though. Life happened, and in a good way. I wouldn't change anything. |
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