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A little history about myself:
+ Show Spoiler +When I was little, my parents had me try a bunch of different sports to see what I liked. The two I enjoyed most were karate and gymnastics. When I was 7, I was offered to be on the competitive gymnastics team, so I decided to go with that and I had to drop karate. I had forgotten how much I liked fighting and such until my younger brother started wrestling in high school. So, last year (senior year) I decided to try wrestling and I really enjoyed it. However, being a serious competitive gymnast, the vast majority of my focus was in that. Now, I am on the gymnastics team at Springfield College (Mass.), but there is an MMA club that meets twice a week, and I am currently learning Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. I intend to continue this after college and eventually get my black belt in BJJ.
tl;dr I was just wondering if there were any Team Liquidians also interested in any forms of Martial Arts.
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Ueichi Ryu
Studied it for a while, then went to college and there are no schools for it around here. =\
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I've never heard of Ueichi Ryu. What kind of style is it?
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Taekwondo, because the only thing noteworthy about me in terms of martial arts is my fast kick speed; it makes for really fun sparring lol.
started when I was a kid as well, took a huge break and got my black belt... the reason why I took it up was because the two strongest people in a fight I knew were both black belts, and tho i'm physically "stronger" than one of them now, he would still hand my ass to me in a fight cause of his knowledge lol 
But having continued gymnastics, you'll be at a huge advantage; other than the "fit" - ness that comes with constant exercise, you'll be awesomely flexible... I used to be able to kick above my head (albeit a bit slowly) but if I try it now, it is difficult (because of the size of certain muscles and my lack of flexibility). This means your effective reach is kickass (although I don't know if it is of extreme importance in BJJ)
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Hey sup man, grappling is probably my favorite thing in the world atm. I did BJJ for a year, then decided to put it on pause to join wrestling my senior year in high school (similar to you). Ive been back training BJJ for a few months now that the season is over, and I hope to be able to continue training as long as money doesn't get in the way (I train at American Top Team), as it can get quite expensive.
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+ Show Spoiler +On April 03 2010 00:07 Navi wrote:Taekwondo, because the only thing noteworthy about me in terms of martial arts is my fast kick speed; it makes for really fun sparring lol. started when I was a kid as well, took a huge break and got my black belt... the reason why I took it up was because the two strongest people in a fight I knew were both black belts, and tho i'm physically "stronger" than one of them now, he would still hand my ass to me in a fight cause of his knowledge lol But having continued gymnastics, you'll be at a huge advantage; other than the "fit" - ness that comes with constant exercise, you'll be awesomely flexible... I used to be able to kick above my head (albeit a bit slowly) but if I try it now, it is difficult (because of the size of certain muscles and my lack of flexibility). This means your effective reach is kickass (although I don't know if it is of extreme importance in BJJ)
Oh, I have absolutely noticed an advantage from gymnastics. I'm not very strong at all, I just don't have the right body type to have huge strength. However, I am a lanky-ass mofo (5'11", 6'4 1/2" wing span) and that reach has helped me quite a bit. My flexibility has been very useful especially in BJJ because it's all about submissions and a lot of it is using legs. Long legs + flexibility + good body sense = awesome.
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On April 03 2010 00:06 jcarlsoniv wrote:
I've never heard of Ueichi Ryu. What kind of style is it?
It's a southern okinawan style. It's condition-based like muay thai but it's based on a grounded style rather than mobility. Also it's more rounded, rather than being strongly leg-focused, and over the past several decades a lot of the masters began incorporating Brazilian jujitsu adaptations into schools.
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did yongchun (wingtsun) for some time - awesome martial art!
now learning judo - really fun to spar
and my PE class is taekwondo
love martial arts 
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I stopped like 6months ago due to me being in canada but I used to practice Hoi Jeon Moo Sool, its a korean martial arts very similar to Hapkido. I received 1 Dan after 3.5-4 years of continuous practice, I got 2nd place in a fitness competition and 3rd in a sparring competition (both before black belt). I was going for the national team but because I dropped out I didnt get the chance to continue. Next month I am going back again ^^!
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taekwando for 2 years, never got black belt though, i will always regret that.
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I did Tae Kwon Do for a couple years and I made it into 1st Dan black belt. I wanted to go farther but then I busted my hip snowboarding and lost all heart in it. Its been years since I've done TKD. I also kinda did kendo, but it was mostly following my sister and helping her practice and whatnot. I also practiced boxing and mma with some friends...
So...all in all I guess I really don't know martial arts. I was really bad at everything anyways, so it doesn't matter. Hehe~
I like being active though~
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TKD here as well. was almost 2nd dan black belt but then i quit. haha. oh well ^^
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Currently training MMA at Team Quest, also compete in pure BJJ, Mauy Thai and Boxing tournaments
Did Karate as a kid, don't even remember much of it besides getting to wear a totally sick Gi(at like 7-8 I felt like a straight up ninja/samurai in the thing)
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Did karate for 10 years, got my black belt, but then stopped when I went to college. Need to get back to doing that 
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just started doing kung fu this year, hung gar style
hoping to finish my first form by the end of the year
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I did Shotokan-Karate for some months, had to quit because of uni. Still looking for something more 'realistic' and less static, maybe Krav Maga - is anyone here doing it?
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On April 03 2010 00:10 jcarlsoniv wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On April 03 2010 00:07 Navi wrote:Taekwondo, because the only thing noteworthy about me in terms of martial arts is my fast kick speed; it makes for really fun sparring lol. started when I was a kid as well, took a huge break and got my black belt... the reason why I took it up was because the two strongest people in a fight I knew were both black belts, and tho i'm physically "stronger" than one of them now, he would still hand my ass to me in a fight cause of his knowledge lol But having continued gymnastics, you'll be at a huge advantage; other than the "fit" - ness that comes with constant exercise, you'll be awesomely flexible... I used to be able to kick above my head (albeit a bit slowly) but if I try it now, it is difficult (because of the size of certain muscles and my lack of flexibility). This means your effective reach is kickass (although I don't know if it is of extreme importance in BJJ) Oh, I have absolutely noticed an advantage from gymnastics. I'm not very strong at all, I just don't have the right body type to have huge strength. However, I am a lanky-ass mofo (5'11", 6'4 1/2" wing span) and that reach has helped me quite a bit. My flexibility has been very useful especially in BJJ because it's all about submissions and a lot of it is using legs. Long legs + flexibility + good body sense = awesome.
agh im jealous >.<
I used to be a flexible little midget back when I was a kid, but i've lost all that
i've tried out some grappling (If judo counts lol). I've been interested in starting muay thai for a very long time and probably will, but I'm curious, how strongly would you recommend BJJ? It sounds pretty interesting, but all I have are leg and arm strength, and I think (unless my opponent is vastly weaker than me) it would be damn hard to get out of submissions etc because of my lack of flexibility.
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It's funny, all while I'm learning BJJ, my girlfriend (who is the president of the club) is learning it with me. However, she is a 4th Degree Black belt in Shaolin Kempo (I think), so she knows how to fight pretty well, haha. Her brother trained BJJ with Team Link for a while.
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I learned WingTsun for a few years, now I am looking for an alternative since my association isn't represented where I moved to. I cannot judge in what respect it prepared me for serious interaction (never got into a fight, don't intend to), but in terms of precision and bodily awareness, I am quite happy about it.
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