Just curious even though I know i asked this question scattered in various posts. I dont remember. Anyone know if there is a style that Mugen uses from Samurai Champloo? It looks like a breakdancing martial art

No idea, but I train in Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu.

No Clue either but i did Funakoshi Karate for three years... hmmmm... me thinks i should get back into training. Only problem is its a style that was developed in South Africa and the only Dojo in london is 1h30 mins away by train/tube. Ugh!

I'm well trained in the art of randomly throwing punches / kicks / heads untill somebody ends up on the floor.

Amazingly, the last 2 fights i was in ended with me picking up some little 16 year old tit by the head (yup, lifting up by the head, i'm guessing it hurts) and flinging them at the nearest hard object. Any others sorta lose the will to fight after that.

Yeah I want to know also what style Mugen uses it really looks cool and I will train some martial arts all Summer (Jeet kun do <3 ) :SMILE:

good luck with JKD leaf. I hope you have a lot of discipline. You are aware that it is based mostly on power and developed by Bruce Lee right?

its because of Bruce Lee that I got interested in Martial Arts :)
if only I could find someone who could teach me...

I don't think you can. If i remeber right, Bruce Lee died before the style was ever completly tought to anyone. I belive his Daughter was the only one who ever recived any formal training in teh art form and even then it was only for a short time. Seeing as she was only 4 or 5 when he died.

hmmm i guess i'll just play Dead or Alive with Jann Lee and watch his moves then :LOL:

There are many JKD instructors, but you cant get the full benefit...

<-- Studies 'White Crane Kung Fu' as well as some other areas. But this is my fave hehe. Origionally from Tibet.

I'll take you all out BJJ (brazilian jiu-jitsu) for the win!!!!!!!

And if that doesn't work..I am a black belt in Geta-Gun-Do

I've deen a lot of martial arts...and I can honestly say that BJJ is the top art. Over 90% of fights end on the ground and if you are up against a guy who fights on the ground you are done. This has been proven over and over again.

Don't flame or hate me because I am right...just go switch!!!

:TONGUE:

[Edited by bayo at 6:27 PM on 5/27/2005]

your not right, I win every fight with a combo of ninjutsu and whatever other style i know of that i need to in order to win. I have beaten BJJ before and havent lost against it before. If im in a pinch on the ground, roll like mad for a jump up opening ^_^

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There are many JKD instructors, but you cant get the full benefit...

Just like Bruce Lee developed the style on his own, someone who truly understands the concept behind it should have no problem. It may not be the exact same, but if you truly dedicate yourself to JKD, I don't see why the full potential behind it could not be realized. Just my two cents, I just don't like it when "It can't be done" is said, hehe.

Roll like mad???

That in no way whatsoever would work against a BJJ guy. I don't know what kind of BJJ fighters you were up against, but you wouldn't be rolling anywhere...tapping more like it.

I saw a fight once of a ninjitsu guy against a kickboxer...the kickboxer dropped the ninja guy in 15 secs...then the kickboxer lost to a BJJ dude...

Everyone thinks their styles are the best so there is no point in me arguing...I backup my facts with facts. You look at any no holds barred nowadays...it is all muay thai and BJJ...all other styles were poven ineffective against a mix of BJJ/Kickboxing. Before that when people didn't know about BJJ...Royce wiped the floor..no one stood a chance against BJJ...

However, that is style vs style...but if you fight someone who has no knowledge of fighting, any style will come in handy.

But, to say you are going to roll away from a BJJ guy is ridiculous. The premise of BJJ is position before submition. We get you on the ground and immobilize you so you can't move. I can control guys that weigh 100 lbs more than me before I go for the submission.

Well considering I train in the use of twin-wielding Katana's I'd own of all you biznatches. But since I'm an honorable kind of guy - have to be if your trying to follow the code. I'd go with Sambo as my martial art - those dudes just use all kinds of nastiness and they bring ultra-sized cans of whup ass.

Speaking of which I need to find me an instructor.

Bayo is right though - most martial arts fights end up on the floor...UFC has proven this, but thats professional fighting, not some run of the mill bar fight where Billy Bob and his three inbred cousins use broken beer bottles, baseball bats and loaded pump-action shotguns.

Bruce Lee's philosophy for martial art styles was, no style at all.
It was to be fluid, like 'watah'.
Pour watah in a cup, it becomes the cup.
Pour watah in a bowl, it becomes the bowl.
The philosophy was to adapt to each and different style presented to you, instead of just sticking to one style.

'Watah'=Water bruce lee style.

I would have to agree with BJJ though, for no weapons fighting. Once you're pinned by a BJJ style, your ass aint getting up no matter how well trained you are in a particular style.

My martial arts history is a lot of books, Tekken, and Tae-Kwon Do (Blue belt motha f*cka!) And many of those old Wutang kung-fu films. So yeah, I was taught by the best.

I know 5 different styles so I can counter with something.

ninjitsu+nun chucks (dont know how to spell it) with knifes on the end=own
bjj looks cool ive been lookin at that website.

Oh snap! Wu-tang Clan!!! I miss those old movies, there the shit!

I destroy people with my amazing mind power. I crush their brain!

ohhh...big words....@.@ i weird ppl out..

I have mastered "the Look" that Christopher Walken has. One look and your head explodes leaving a bloody mess that some poor janitor is gonna have to clean up and he'll be really sad because you looked at me...if you didnt well, he wouldnt have to clean up the remnants of your brain and you'd still be alive - word.

i just... set people on fire... lol...

i studied years ago... i've done swordplay for about 6 years with friend who have studied, but i dont realy have a style... and i'm sure as hell not cocky enough to challange a blackbelt in anything. i agree that BJJ is the shit, but it doesnt nessisaroly over rank any other style. i've seen a kickboxer knock out a BJJ, and a street brawler destroy a kickboxer. it's all relative. i think being rounded in you're style is the best way to ensure victory. but that's just me. and with not having any actual training since i was 13, perhaps i am not one to talk.lol.

i just pick up what i can and try not to get my ass wooped.

bayo heres a question for you. How much time do you spend training?

No amount of training can prepare an indiviual for anything. It takes real experience to see how well that training paid off. For instance, if you train in Karate for 50 years and you get made a 10th dan black belt people would say: "wow, you kick ass." But you've never been in a single fight before outside the training ring - where it's real.

You get into a real fight and get you ass kicked, people would now say: "dude you freaking suck, 10th dan black belt my ass."

No amount of training can do anything but hope to prepare you for the real thing.

Btw, some great commander guy in the US Military said that once. I think they made him a General or an Admiral.

Personally I'm going to put it this way; there is always a bigger and stronger than you and they will kick your ass no matter what style you use. Arguing about style vs style doesn't matter if that person will kick your ass anyways. Personally I'd prefer to see a street brawler win so every uppity "martial arts expert" can shut the hell up.

[Edited by Gabriel AoD at 5:36 AM on 5/31/2005]

Without my swords I'm your basic Navy Grunt with street brawling skills - no actual Sambo training...but I'll whip some Martial Artist booty or try to.

you see, thats the thing, I train in the dojo at least 2 hours a day, and ive been up a street brawler before. Sure, the first time I lost, but I went back the next day and beat him. It doesnt matter how strong or big the other guy is. It all depends on your agilty, and certain martial arts styles, like Kung Fu, depend on agility and minor power. JKD on the other hand requires brute strength. If I were to fight someone who uses JKD, I would get my ass handed to me on a silver platter. Reason being, despite being agile and quick, JKD teaches how to counter that. All im saying is, if you have experience in the Dojo and streets, your pretty much set. 2 more years and I can legally carry swords around with me ^_^

I train every day..I do kickboxing for 1 hour then BJJ for 2 hours every day.

If you look at the first 3 UFC's, which were originally style vs style, BJJ came out on top. The only reason for this is that BJJ recognizes that over 90% of all fights end up on the ground and it capitolizes on this fact. That is why all BJJ is on the ground. In UFC 1-3 Royce worked everyone for the simple reasons that all other styles are limited by what you can do on the ground. It is hard to punch because all your power is taken out when you are lying on te ground, that is why BJJ is so effective.

Sambo, is good too. Much lik BJJ, except they do alot of foot locks.

If you want to be an effective fighter nowadays, you have to have both a striking art and and a grappling art. Fighting has definitely strayed aaway from a single style as more people are mixing and really doing MMA (mixed martial arts).

2 more years and I can legally carry swords around with me

Ok, how does that make any sense...by rights as an american citizen your allowed to carry amd bear arms within the legal confines of american law. Age has nothing to do with it - if it does, it shouldnt. But we all know letting 6 yr olds tote pump-action shotguns isnt the greatest idea either.

Heres how it makes sense. Even to carry the gun, you need to be 21 with a concealed weapons permit. That is the permit i need for my sword carrying. So henceforth, age does have something to do with it. If you can find the statute that says otherwise, send the link. Government sites always say that you need the permit now. I went to the courthouse to find this out. If you have a government sponsered site, by all means, let me see it. I would love to carry them around before that.

Yep Agility is far more important to me then Strenght, considering i dont have much lol. But i can move good ^^. White Crane Kung Fu teaches you to use evasive tactics, waiting for the right time to strike while maintaining a certain 'elegance' about yourself ^^.

I only spar at the mo. Havent really had anyone try to atk me hehe. Only a kid bout my age on a bike attempting to kick me while he wizzed passed, just kicked my leg out when he was up to me right into his front wheel and he went head over bike onto some soft grass. (dam lol) Hate Yobs =)

Hmm, agility I don't think would win every time. If you have someone who is like 7' tall and like 340 pounds ex-military, tough as nails. I think the only agility your going to use is to run the hell away or grab a weapon or something. Unless, you actually have power behind your agility. Then you'd kick some ass. Otherwise myself, I just swing away, try to knock them on the ground, and if I get them on the ground, i swing for the face, with my head or fists/arms/elbows. But then again, I probably get owned in a fight.

I would love to carry them around before that.

That should be easy for a sword wielding ninja such as yourself; Dont Get Caught.

You can do it all you want.