Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karate. My kids took it and I didn't just want to sit in a chair watching my kids so it became a family thing. After about 15 years it was hard to find a teacher and since my style is Shorin Ryu I wanted to see what its roots were like and started Shaolin Kung Fu on the side. I got injured in Karate and the Sempai in my Karate school told me not to come back to training until I could do everything, no 'sitting out parts of the class'. Since I couldn't train anymore I had surgery and took up Taiji to help with my recovery. It worked and I went back to Karate training after about a year. Since I wanted to get better at the more advanced bunkai of Kata I found a teacher in Aikijutsu who had better techniques at the joint locks and take downs than I did and I ended up in Aikijutsu brushing up on my bunkai and learning the small details which make the techniques work so much better. I do not have a lot of strength to muscle through techniques so the details are important.

Martial arts training has become my life. It has taken me places and let me do things most people can only dream about. That takes courage, courage I would not have had otherwise. Most people let opportunities pass them by because they do not have the courage to take advantage of them. I met incredible people and made good friends. I am not afraid to do things I want to do. It's cool when you can make dreams come true rather than just keep dreaming about things. I am much more aware of what is going on around me, I am better at reading people, situations and my own gut feeling and trusting it. Even though I often can not say why something is right or wrong it lets me make the right decision and often afterwards I see why it was a good decision. This helps you have less regrets and be a peace with yourself and others much more.

My kids grew up strong physically as well as strong in character. They make good choices and are responsible.

One thing I have learned in martial arts and that is not to worry about style. Find a good teacher. It's much more important. I have found incredible teachers in styles I never dreamed of even looking at. Taiji is one and Aiki is another. Even though Karate is my first art I have to say that my Taiji teacher and my Aiki teacher have greatly contributed to my skill as well as to my personal growth and both are much better teachers to me than some of my Karate teachers. I am grateful to both of them for being part of my journey. In the end the style does not matter. It is just a means.

I call mine freestyle because I combined styles

I follow the JKD philosophy not the style.

My foundation is Wing Chun combined with Capoeira and a little bit of JKD.

I took Wing Chun because I heard it was made by a girl. Even though I am male, I am weak, frail and had soft movements. Girls could even beat me in Arm wrestling which I never won. When I saw Wing Chun, I decided to turn these weaknesses into strengths and voila! Well, Im still not muscular and moves softly but I can instantly switch on my "internal strength" not muscular strength

It helped me very much with my confidence and willpower. I used to be fearful of other stronger and bigger people and I didnt like challenges because I was weak phisically and mentally. Now I can do things seamlessly such as going through tight spaces and switching from doing this and doing that. Some people asked me to teach them, I hope they learned.

Im supporting you on learning martial arts!!! I recommend Muay Thai for you but its your choice! 'u'

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I started at age 10 with tae kwon do, bc my father took it. In 4 yrs I earned my 1st Dan.

After that I decided to take Bujinkan thinking I was gonna be a ninja lol, wrong! Master Scott taught extreme practicality and violence. He would say "violence is to be met with better violence", bc fighting is violent and u must overcome. He taught us hardcore and it sucked at times! But in a good way, bc I was achieving things I never thought I would be able to do bc he pushed us to be the best we could be. After 6 yrs of "fun torture" lol, I earned my 1st Dan.

After that, I heard of AKBAN Ninjutsu and decided to take that bc it was a more refined form of bujinkan. I am now a green belt lvl 4 and have been in the art for 3 yrs. And I love it. Have another 8 to 9 yrs before I qualify for my 1st Dan.

I have also dabbled in arts like Muay Thai, Krav Maga, Judo, and BJJ.

In the past 3 yrs, I started MMA to challenge myself. For 2 yrs I was considered Amateur, and within the past year I was considered semi pro. I have put my training off to focus on my job, college, and other things.

I also study various styles of swordsmanship as a hobby on and off. But the places of learning are very long drives away so it is not often.

(B)

It has helped me out a lot. I had a very, very, bad past and it made me very angry when I was young. Martial arts was an outlet and as I grew more mature I was able to forgive those who had done me wrong for yrs, not to mention I became a Christian, which helped.

It has improved my sense of awareness, speed, power, discipline, all sorts of stuff.

I love it and couldn't imagine life without it.

Train Hard, Fight Harder

PS: Your English was very good.

And lol is short for Laugh out Loud, just saying. :)

Do karate. It has mostly helped me learn respect for others such as good manners and being calm.

Judo

i do tang soo do/kick boxing/boxing/wrestling/jiu jitsu/mma. you want a mma gym they teach several styles

I practice nothing

Why did you take it?

How has it helped you?(daily life)

In what aspects of life has it helped you?

I'm want to do/learn martial arts

Karate,western boxing,muay thai are on the top of my list now

I live in Japan

*sorry if my english is bad