Mixed (Up) Martial Arts
martial arts, self defense, karate, kung fu
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I've been thinking about creating a group for traditional martial artists, but I'll see how the response to this blog goes first.
So, you're wondering what's up with the title "Mixed (Up) Martial Arts"? I'll get to that in just a sec... First, let me introduce myself in the context of this post. I've been involved with the "traditional" martial arts for over 20 years (yeah, yeah I started young ;) When I was a kid, I took a rec center self-defense class and found then that it was something I liked to do. As I got a little older (late teens) I took judo for a couple of years and even took a tai chi class for about 6 months (sorry, don't remember what style/form). When I found out that a good friend of mine was a black belt in kajukenbo, I decided to take a class to see what it was about and I was hooked. I eventually reached black belt in that system, but then moved to another city, making it difficult to still train at the same school. A year or two went by, and I was itching to train again so I found a school close to home and again, I was hooked; this time in a system known as bok-fu. Starting all over again at white belt, I eventually reached black belt level in the bok-fu system and was a lead instructor at the school.
Now, when I say "traditional" martial arts, the two main systems that I've been involved in were not true, thousand-year-old, traditional systems, such as karate, judo, kung-fu. They were both eclectic styles, meaning they were comprised of pieces of various traditional systems, thus forming a new system in their own right. Which is why I think they were better, at least from a modern, practical self-defense perspective.
Kajukenbo: "ka" (karate), "ju" (jujitsu), "ken" (kenpo), "bo" (chinese boxing, aka kung-fu)
This is a martial art that was born in the 40's in Hawaii, and was used for teaching WWII soldiers hand-to-hand combat survival techniques. Because of this, it is direct, bruta... read entire entry
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on 3/11/2008
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