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Old 07-14-2008, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by urgeok2 View Post
so you'll be learning from the incomperable Master Newb then ?
I already have the drunken part down. ;)


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Originally Posted by Ferox13 View Post
A lot of traditional martial arts evote a lot of time to doing katas/forms/patterns - personally i can see very little practical applications to these - bear in mind I've done 12 years of TKD and taught it for 3+ years.

Lost of TMAs don't fight/train full contact to it or close to it. It makes a lot of difference when you do. There are some exceptions to this which i do rate highly - particualy Judo and knock down karate.
It all depends how you train and the art like you said, studying Judo was helpful in competitive fighting within the first few weeks for me. Tae Kwan Do taught me some flashy kicks but not much else. :)
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