the martial arts interest!!!

ZeroHourLP · Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: -172359

I just typed about 4 different responses and scrolled down about 8 times quickly scanning words from your post before I actually read the whole thing.

I am now ready for the martial arts!

ZeroHourLP · Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: -172359

[quote="battou"]Not quite, what it boils down to is this. My life was destroyed by an accusation and I had notions of retaliation. I chose a sword and began practicing, I didn't want to kill them but mearly destroy their lives. The more I practiced, the more I began to wonder if I even had the right to hold the weapon. This led to research, the answer was NO. So I looked more into the values and discipline required to weild the weapon correctly and pulled my self out of the darkest patch of my life with out hurting a single person.[/quote]
But goddammit, you fucking caught you favorite animes on time!

ZeroHourLP · Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: -172359

THAT WAS THE FUCKING CORNIEST THING I'VE EVER READ IN MY LIFE, BATTOU. NO GODDAMN EXAGGERATION. THAT WAS IT.

Holy fucking shit, Battou.

Isn't there a part of martial arts where humility is encouraged and taught? You know, like not making your life's story out to be some fucking legendary epic. Who the fuck are you, Battou? Are you some fucking master swordsman? Do you wake up at 5 AM every day to practice on a hilltop? What does your diet consist of? The bare essentials to keep you going on your dark path?

For how many weeks have you been practicing iaido and posing in front of your bathroom mirror?

Battou · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:23 am Post subject:

very well, I never ment for that post to come off as some sort of epic, but if that is how you see it, then so be it. This is the reason I did not mention it in the first place.

To asnwer your questions

Yes, I am well aware that humility is encouraged and so is honesty

No, I am no master swordsman

No, I do not get up at five am to practice on a hill top

My diet consists of barely more than junk food

I don't pose in front of a mirror

I have been practicing for a meager six years nothing more
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ZeroHourLP · Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: -172359

You're embarrassing.

Admit you want attention and you're making yourself seem interesting by saying grave shit is going on in your life. Admit it.

Who the fuck are you. A nobody. Fucking accept it and be real about your problems. Jesus fucking Christ. I'm only mad because your little story was the fucking corniest thing. Ever.

Tell us, what exactly was this great injustice that made you CHOOSE THE SWORD and who were these people? Did it happen in school? I bet it did.

Private message me with the story. Tell me. I won't post your message on the forum. I have to know the depth of your situation.

Unless these people killed one of your family in front of you, shut the fuck up.

PhunkYMunkY · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:53 am Post subject:

Did they raep mommy

srs question

Battou · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:44 am Post subject:

[quote][b]ZeroHourLP[/b]You're embarrassing.

Admit you want attention and you're making yourself seem interesting by saying grave s**t is going on in your life. Admit it.

Who the f**k are you. A nobody. f**king accept it and be real about your problems. Jesus f**king Christ. I'm only mad because your little story was the f**king corniest thing. Ever.

Tell us, what exactly was this great injustice that made you CHOOSE THE SWORD and who were these people? Did it happen in school? I bet it did.

Private message me with the story. Tell me. I won't post your message on the forum. I have to know the depth of your situation.

Unless these people killed one of your family in front of you, shut the f**k up.[/quote]

You are right, I am a nobody. Always have been allways will be and I have accepted that. I had no intention of bringing any of my past up, but your ignorant joke pissed me off and my lack of discilpline led to this, so it is an embarrassment. I allowed my anger to get the best of me.

Why did I choose the sword, simply put back then I was a fool, an angry punk kid with nothing more to loose. I didn't want to shoot'em, that was just too easy as for the rest I honestly don't know it seemed like a good decision at the time.

Did it happen in school, no it happened at home

No these people did not kill my family, My own family turned against me.

Why do I practice Iaido, the art of drawing the sword looked good to me at that time, it wasn't even swordsmanship in the beginning, I was just swinging a sword around for about a year. It wasn't until I was nineteen (six years ago) that I really started, but in these past six years I have changed a lot. Iaijutsu helped me find a clarity of mind I have never had before and gain control of my self. I continue to practice to this day to maintain that control.

Yes, I got agitated by your comment, but you prolly would not have made it if I had not tried to withhold the information wile answering the question at the same time. I still have a long ways to go but still...

It is with this post, this conversation pertaining to my personal reasons ends. The problems of my life are meager compared to some and had I wanted to cry about it I would have done so in Life Assistance. Never the less if you must know, the last remaining obstacle that I have to overcome is the fact I do not have my diploma and will never hold a real job. My loss of eligibility to attend school if closely related to the issue, but I am not going into that. Perhaps some day I will but no guarantees. I'm not going to PM the story simply because, regardless of how much better you understand my past you are still just a person on the internet whom I will likely never meet face to face, so I see no point in doing so.

What it was I was trying to convey is the fact the the values instilled by martial arts can change lives for the better regardless of how you start or what you pursue.

If this post makes no sense, I'm sorry, I am terrible when it comes down to putting my thoughts into words, always have been.

Spelling and grammar always blew too.
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ZeroHourLP · Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: -172359

I have no idea what you're saying. You didn't even answer my question.

I dislike you more than anyone I've ever communicated with on this site.

Mechjunkie · Newb Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 21 Location: funkytown

wow.......erm...OKAY!! That's enough ! This topic was made by ME to talk about the martial arts not to argue wether or not battou has made up his past or whatever you two were fighting about!Lets see , uhhh, what do you think of boxing , it IS a martial art ya know!

ZeroHourLP · Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: -172359

I love boxing and watch it often on HBO. My current work out routine is centered around a lot of cardio and various unweighted exercises. It resembles a boxing routine minus the running, since my knees are fucking up. Lots of shoulder exercises and lots of sit-ups. I try to put in about 5 minutes of punching bag work towards the end. I got a 100lbs bag outside.

Boxing is really effective, though it is limited. But really, boxing is straight forward and practical. A person with a few months in boxing would probably beat some of the people here who have a couple years in Taikwondo or whatever.

Kickboxing is where it's at for practical purposes. I used to be able to deliver some pretty good kicks about 4 years ago in 9th grade, but I've stopped practicing and can't do anything but a stiff forward kick.

Mechjunkie · Newb Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 21 Location: funkytown

I dont think boxing is limited. at least not as much as most karate men think it is.
the only thing it is missing in reality is takedown defense and lowkick defense.

Kebee14 · Member Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 79

[quote="IndagoFeather"]Ah, I used to take Tae Kwon Do for exercise and self-defense but the teachers paid no attention to me and it took about 8 months for me to get to yellow belt so soon after I quit because sparring was terrible, everyone advanced too fast, and I was just too low in stamina to get very far.

I like to watch and appreciate the martial arts but I take no part in it anymore after my miserable experiances. I'm just not cut out for it. :3[/quote]

Lol, IndagoFeather, we're quite the same. Sparring was terrible! And I have no plans in coming back! My trainer is horrible. Yeah. I took up Tae Kwon Do once. Then I left ^-^ It's just frickin' damn boring!

gamefox120 · Very bored Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 233

Battou I believe your story
because I know some one whos family turned on him.
so dont let zerohour get you down

Kendo can be used with other objects such as a Impact baton or a simple broom handle
you just have to adjust to its feel.
now zerohour, you cant assume that my Bro and I are weak and cant produce an efficient
blow ,we have trained for 6 long,hard years my bro especially!
we have our fortes' mine being sword play and his Hand to hand
now you can blow all the smoke you want about how you beat up some guys from a Dojo we know its nothing special all places train by a point system these days
thus they produce weak martial artist
Pain system is more effective.

ZeroHourLP · Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: -172359

I wasn't bragging about beating some Taikwondo practitioner. I used the story to point out how shitty Taikwondo is.

gamefox120 · Very bored Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 233

well Tae Kwon do is not instructed to its best in the states Because of the point system
if you really I mean REALLY train like you should then Im sure that it is effective.

Stereominate · Member Joined: 13 Jan 2007 Posts: 76

My friend is ranked 9th in the wrold in Karate.
2nd in pan-american.

He'd be in the olympics if it was an olympic sport.

Which it isn't for some whatever reason.

anti_sk8r · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:38 am Post subject:

[quote]Boxing is really effective, though it is limited. But really, boxing is straight forward and practical. A person with a few months in boxing would probably beat some of the people here who have a couple years in Taikwondo or whatever.[/quote]
*Professional Boxer runs at Tae Kwon Do Expert*
*Tae Kwon Do Expert kicks him in crotch*
*Professional Boxer dies of severe damage to prostate glands*
[/irrelevent text-based fight scene]

Anyway. My friend recently came second in a Kickboxing tournament down in Philidelphia. Won $1000 apparently. Not too surprising. He's 15 but a big guy.

Me? I've been doing fencing for several years now. Don't know if you would call it a "martial art" (I know I wouldn't).

Always liked armed combat though and so I picked up a sabre and wouldn't you know. I was pretty decent. And it was fun, as well. Unlike you kendophiles who can more or less get away with random thrusts (no offense: kendo is cool), fencers have to worry more about evasion and strategy.
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Battou · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject:

[quote="gamefox120"]Battou I believe your story
because I know some one whos family turned on him.
so dont let zerohour get you down[/quote]

It's not really an aspect of believing so much as it is understanding what kind of impact it can have on ones life. If one has never ben through a situation like that, they can never truly understand. Having witnessed your friend and his situation gives you a far better understanding than one who has not. Zerohours reaction was common of someone who does not understand the effects of that. It was for that reason I tried to dodge the question, but that attempted dodge is what got it all started , but any who...

[quote="anti_sk8r"]Me? I've been doing fencing for several years now. Don't know if you would call it a "martial art" (I know I wouldn't).

Always liked armed combat though and so I picked up a sabre and wouldn't you know. I was pretty decent. And it was fun, as well. Unlike you kendophiles who can more or less get away with random thrusts (no offense: kendo is cool), fencers have to worry more about evasion and strategy.[/quote]

actually a thrust is a seldom used in Japanese swordmanship, the sword in and of itself is spefically desined for a slashing movement
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anti_sk8r · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:00 am Post subject:

[quote]actually a thrust is a seldom used in Japanese swordmanship, the sword in and of itself is spefically desined for a slashing movement[/quote]
Wrong. You are talking about the art of Kenjutsu where it is common to use a traditional Katana. I was speaking of Kendo which is the practice of Japanese fencing. The principles of the Katana are applied but kendoka rarely actually use them. Rather, practitioners of Kendo use Shinai which is made of bamboo. And a common move among kendoka is the thrust-into-throat (tsuki).
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reityhe · Elder In Training Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 3356

[quote="Mechjunkie"]Who else besides me has REAL interest in the martial arts , as in "I want to be the kick boxing champion of the world", not like "oh yeah naruto does martial arts so they're cool.
I'd like to start a nice little conversation on martial arts. so please , RESPOND!![/quote]

yeah, im trying to find some ninja training place somewhere. do they actually exist?