When Was Your Last Fight?
Discussion
ledger said:
Thanks for the replies people, but what it JKD and Muag Thai ?. I have just moved to Coulsdon (outskirts of the bad lands known as Croydon :-) ) if anybody can recommend a good martial arts school in the area
mungo said:
Lau Gar Kung Fu - most clubs around the country teach full contact kickboxing too in the style. Kickboxing is very different to Muay Thai (Thai boxing). There should be Lau Gar schools near Croydon
mungo said:
JKD is Jeet Kune Do which is the style Bruce Lee (who was a genuine bonafide martial artist not just a movie actor) developed combining many styles but originating mostly from Wing Chun (Chinese boxing) and western style boxing (most martial arts are similar in concept these days anyway, modern martial arts have all taken good techniques from other styles)
mungo is correct in everything he says there. Personally, I prefer Thai Boxing to kickboxing as you tend to have extra tools - Muay Thai includes use of the knees and elbows in 'full rules' fights (which kickboxing does not) and, as whole, incorporates the use of throws and weapons (though most people never go that far). However, both arts are very effective if required in a fighting situation.
Try KO Kickboxing for a good Thai Boxing gym in Bethnal Green, London. This is run by Master Bill Judd, a big name in European Thai Boxing and former world champion.
Alternatively, try The Real Fight Club if you fancy a bit of 'White Collar Boxing'. I quite fancy the latter but am moving out of the city now so hope to start Muay Thai with Master Sken near home.
Regarding Bruce Lee, the man is quite simply a legend and arguably the greatest martial artist of the modern era. Watch his films - superficially some are awful but watch the (actual speed) fight scenes and you can't help but be bowled over by his speed, power and technique.
Dibble said:
Last night (as predicted), with a drink driver, twice. Once when we were arresting him, then he wanted another go for the benefit of the custody office cameras...
So let me guess, he'll go to court for this and get community service and a fine? Something tells me he won't get the 5 years he should for assaulting a copper.
Having said that, I read an article during the week about a copper pinning a man up against the world by his collar in front of his solicitor after earlier calling him a, "F@cking @rsehole!" In those circumstances he'd have had a headbutt minimum from me and f@ck the consequences!
Dibble said:
He was 17 and was merely trying to stamp his authority on the world. I probably outweighed him by a factor 2 to 1, weighing, as I do, 20 stone+ with all my body armour/kit on, and was a good 8 inches tallewr. He didn't get chance to connect with his swinging fist, but rapidly found himself on the floor. He didn't get a kicking or any of that nonsense, but he was restrained and rehandcuffed before being taken straight round to his cell.
He hasn't been charged with assault Police, he's enough to worry about with the drink drive. If he had connected with me, he would have been done for the assault as well.
It sounds like he got off lightly. Personally I think a zero tolerance approach to assualting a police officer should be taken. As you say, on this occasion he tried but failed - I just think the public need to recognise that attacking police officers is totally unacceptable. The same goes for the fire brigade, doctors, nurses, etc. Don't get me wrong, I know it's wrong to assault a random bloke in the street but I just think the kind of people I list need to have the air of untouchability about them and part of the way we can probably achieve that is through very harsh punishments.
guydw said:
since there seems to be a certain amount of expertise on here, some advice ....
I've always meant to do martial arts but just never really got round to it, I suppose it take a lot of dedication and committing the time has always been an issue ( I work away a lot etc). However, I'd like to do something before I'm too old (I'm 36, so maybe too old already...).
I'm not really into doing it to go round fighting in the street, but then I'd like to think nor are most people.. I'm reasonably fit, play football OK, not as supple as I was, don't really know too much about it ... what do you think, what should I go for ? What kind of things should I look out for ? I'm in Bristol if anyone has any ideas ...
Boxing would be a good start. Boxing gyms are everywhere and generally cheap. Boxers can generally defend themselves well and it doesn't take the flexibility of something that requires kicks. If you want to go the whole hog, I recommend Thai Boxing for the best combination of fitness and effectiveness.
Yugguy said:
"Every martial art has something to offer. The effectiveness of it depends on the individual."
This isn't completely true, some arts ARE more effective for fighting than others. A lot depends on how it is trained. In a contest between two practicioners of equal skill/experience, my money would always be on the thai boxer/mma-er and not the tkd/wingchun/aikido-er
I agree with mungo in that all martial arts have something to offer, however, I also agree that some are more effective than others. I'm not going to go into which as that always starts an argument and there are a lot of dangerous people around.
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