What martial arts do you study?

i don't take professional lessons now because they are so expensive, however i have had lessons in the past with ju jitsu and tai chi.
also have self taught/practiced tai chi, jeet kune do, boxing and kickboxing
 
i don't take professional lessons now because they are so expensive, however i have had lessons in the past with ju jitsu and tai chi.
also have self taught/practiced tai chi, jeet kune do, boxing and kickboxing

Self Taught :O very nice
 
I study kenpo. Most people I talk to about it haven't heard of it, so my quick summary would be very fast, machine gun like attacks meant to end a fight in just a few seconds. If you'd like to see it used watch The Perfect Weapon. Decent movie with good karate. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GYa0n3_1Nc&feature=related]Clip here[/ame]. You'll see what I mean by machine gun around the 3:00 mark.
 
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I study kenpo. Most people I talk to about it haven't heard of it, so my quick summary would be very fast, machine gun like attacks meant to end a fight in just a few seconds. If you'd like to see it used watch The Perfect Weapon. Decent movie with good karate. Clip here. You'll see what I mean by machine gun around the 3:00 mark.
dosent chuck liddell have kempo tattooed on his arm lol?
 
I take shotokan karate under Shojiro Koyama, 9th Dan, one of the original people to bring karate to the United States. He is the leader of Japanese Karate Association World Federation. I am currently a brown belt, and my current kata is Jion.

Back in the early/mid 90's I was a card carrying member of JKA. I was living in Dallas at the time (which has a HUGE shotokan presence) and attended a seminar by Shojiro Koyama

In the mid 90's I moved to South Houston, where this is not really (at the time) a shotokan school. I got into Kung Fu for about 2 years. Being honest, while very fun, was not meant for somebody my size (6'3, 230lbs).

About 8 years ago, I got into Taekwondo. It was really the only thing offered around here. I searched around and found a school that was not a "belt mill" and did not train for "sport". Yall know what I mean...

I'm now one of the senior instructors and routinely teach the black belt class.
But..being honest, I know longer go as much as I should. After almost 20 years of training, I guess I burned out on it.

I did recently train in Modern Arnis (a Filipino style) for almost 2 years. I think that's what burned me out. I work full time, and was teaching the Taekwondo class 3-5 nights a week, plus taking Arnis.
 
Im currently in tkd & am an orange belt, going for my green belt in feb. Were starting to experiment in Gracie Ju-Jitsu, which is a form of BJJ.
 
I studied Kajukembo for a year, but had to stop because of my work schedule (grrrrr), although I'm hoping to get back into it at some point. It's a beautiful martial art, and eminently practical.
 
European fencing, Foil, Saber and Epee.

Before anyone gets on my case about this, Fencing is defined as a martial art. Bruce Lee took it's emphasis of foot work and a good balance when he was creating Jeet-Kun-do.
 

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