r/martialarts

310 words Why do people make fun of taekwondo? 144 words Does the average person care if someone practices martial arts? 748 words Doing some research on a guy my brother is talking about in his martial arts community. Apparently Kajukenbo Tum Pai is part alt right gun club and this kind of rhetoric is pretty standard. Is this normal for a martial arts community? 130 words Anyone else miss old school UFC? 146 words PSA: You do not "need" to train martial arts. 293 words The decline in Judo's popularity 423 words For those who learned how to wrestle in school and then continued outside of school, what was the experience like? 204 words Noob here. I want to learn a MA, but people online make fun of karate which is the only thing available in my city. I love boxing so much that I ordered a pair of gloves without realizing that only karate/TKD is available in my city. 161 words Anybody like spinning back kicks? 213 words Have you ever been challenged for a fight by egomaniacs? 156 words This is Robert Drysdale's depiction of BJJ lineage from his Closed Guard film. It is sure to ruffle some feathers but it is consistent with the sources I have been able to consult. 122 words For women here proficient in martial arts, when training against men how are you able to work with the obvious physical disadvantages and what aspects of martial arts do you find worthwhile and empowering even as you are dealing with the realities of those disadvantages? 307 words JRE with Robert Downey Jr. Discussing Wing Chun 152 words Balancinh Boxing, muay thai wrestling 158 words Traditional Kung Fu training 160 words What is the correct way to punch? 177 words MMA fighters that have a similar striking style to me? 173 words How effective are stun guns? 152 words Should I quit teaching? (Wing Chun) 166 words Matt Thornton: Almost all of us are far more likely to die of heart disease or a fatal car accident, than a knife wielding sociopath who confronts us in a dark alley... if you don’t put physical fitness at the top of your list, self-preservation probably isn’t the thing that's really motivating you.