MARTIAL ARTS

[MastaChronic]

i want to learn drunken monkey boxing kung fu, but theres no schools for it anywhere NEAR where i live and have to resort to books, any good ones anyone would suggest?
i know people would say that learning kung fu from a book is not as effective as learning from an instructor but i find that if its written down i learn so much better because i can study it over and over again and commit it to memory much faster

[kknight]

My kind of topic :thumbsup:

First man, other than "it looks cool" why are you wanting to learn martial arts? Self-defense, fun, bored ect?

I have been training in the martial arts for 6 years now with my last two years at a reality-based, self-defense school (the only one in our state) am an active submission fighter. I train 2-3 hours a day, 5x a week on a normal schedule. My point being, I can offer some advice.;)

If you want to learn how to fight, really fight, throw out the drunken monkey business and stick with arts like Muay Thai and JuJitsu (or sub wrestling). Both arts have proven on the street and in the ring.

And if you want to seriously train (are you high now :D ) look into finding a school to devote your time to. Those books are nice to read and show techniques that might impress your buddies when you are fooling around but learning martial arts from a book will get you killed on the street.

[MastaChronic]

i have a buddy thats a brown belt in juijitsu and a green belt in shotokan karate, hes shown me a few things, but i want to learn kung fu because it is a martial art that promotes speed, agility and flexibility, i believe it would be a good base for future learning. my friend's sensei told me after i learn a bit of kung fu i can train it against some of his beginning students in karate and after time step up to higher skilled opponents

[kknight]

i have a buddy thats a brown belt in juijitsu and a green belt in shotokan karate, hes shown me a few things, but i want to learn kung fu because it is a martial art that promotes speed, agility and flexibility, i believe it would be a good base for future learning. my friend's sensei told me after i learn a bit of kung fu i can train it against some of his beginning students in karate and after time step up to higher skilled opponents

Exactly my point lol. I trained Oyama Karate (considered one of the very few "hard" styles) and in my second knockdown tourney I took 1st in men's division buy beating a black and another brown, both of shotokan and another guy from a TKD school. I was at "orange belt" or the third belt when I did that.

An FYI also: just about every friggin karate place doesn't train with contact nor with punches to the head. I learned this after thinking I new a few things after having competed in respected events at the time before I got that first punch to the head.

But goodluck man, got any questions, I can try and help. :rasta:

[MastaChronic]

thanks, if i have any questions i'll be sure to ask. i guess this guys shotokan dojo isnt normal then, his sensei makes everyone sign a waiver before they join

[kknight]

thanks, if i have any questions i'll be sure to ask. i guess this guys shotokan dojo isnt normal then, his sensei makes everyone sign a waiver before they join

Nah man, truth is that ever dojo/school/gym makes you do it. I went to the coast recently and ran into some guys at a gas station who trained, I made small talk and trained with them the next day with them. First thing I did when I walked in was signed my life away. I even make adults at my skating rink sign waivers (posting from now, and high :D ).

Tell ya what, do a search on youtube for katate, MMA, BJJ, MT, ect and then go from there.

[MastaChronic]

okay, thanks, but what i mean by not normal is they go all out! they beat the shit out of eachother, head blows nut strikes, elbow shots, the works. i sometimes go there and watch cause its cool, plus i smoke weed with their sensei :stoned:

[MastaChronic]

the books that im gonna find are:
The Drunkard Kung Fu & its application
Dr. Leung Ting

The Shaolin Workout
Sifu Shi Yan Ming

Tiger Claw Kung-Fu Exercise
Tak Wah Eng

Zuijiuquan (A Drunkards Boxing)
Longyun & Shankang

Drunken Monkey Kung Fu
Dr. L. Ting

Drunken Monkey-The Legend Continues
Willworth Wellington

Monkey Style
Chinese Kung Fu Series 1

The Great Sage Monkey Kung Fu System
James I. Wong