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Traditional Martial Arts >> Who here is a black belt?
| 10/6/06 9:22 AM | |
Rollins
Edited: 06-Oct-06 Member Since: 02/09/2005 Posts: 179 |
2nd Degree Black- Tang Soo Do |
| 12/12/06 12:57 PM | |
The Sauce
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Edited: 12-Dec-06 Member Since: 10/24/2003 Posts: 3450 |
bb kenpo/bb shotokan/blue prejiet muay thai |
| 1/15/07 1:30 AM | |
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Calbert
Edited: 15-Jan-07 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 2861 |
1st Degree in Tang Soo Do "Black Sash" in Wing Chun Instructor Level in Kali and Jun Fan/JKD |
| 3/30/07 9:36 AM | |
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jarhead93
Edited: 30-Mar-07 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 276 |
8th degree black belt in Krazi |
| 4/24/07 2:49 PM | |
JasonKeaton
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Edited: 24-Apr-07 Member Since: 03/12/2002 Posts: 1866 |
Some Tradition Jiujitsu Tournaments are tough!!! I don't think some orf these guys would get there asses handded to them by a Bjj Blue And before you say anything, I am a Bjj Black Belt as well |
| 4/29/07 5:10 PM | |
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BushHog
Edited: 29-Apr-07 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 5349 |
Lets see...Andy Wang??? |
| 5/11/07 12:09 PM | |
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Stronghold
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Edited: 11-May-07 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 33033 |
2nd Dan old style (non-Olympic) TKD - as lots of hapkido in it. Not a bad stand up style as I could hold my own against KB and MT guys (and resisted being thrown pretty well when I did some judo), but the Olympic stuff took over about 1995 so I gave it up about 1997 after 8 years and did BJJ, sub wrestling, and pancrase. Pancrase is the best sport MA there is period, imo. Anyone can do it pretty safely and you can't have any holes in your system. Also, it teaches fast submissions and not stalling on the ground. |
| 6/11/07 11:38 AM | |
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cgregurich
Edited: 11-Jun-07 Member Since: 01/23/2007 Posts: 14 |
3rd dan american kenpo, blue belt bjj, brown belt shorin ryu,1st dan judo |
| 7/4/07 3:34 PM | |
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porra
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Edited: 04-Jul-07 Member Since: 05/25/2004 Posts: 386 |
2nd degree (nidan) tracy's kenpo purple belt bjj (carlson jr) |
| 9/22/07 8:44 AM | |
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JCJ
Edited: 22-Sep-07 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 523 |
2nd dan shotokan, 1st dan judo, brown belt Japanese JJ, blue belt BJJ |
| 9/24/07 12:28 AM | |
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TushHog
Edited: 24-Sep-07 Member Since: 10/22/2005 Posts: 110 |
BB in Goju Karate BB in JJJ Brown in Judo Purple in BJJ 23 years in MA
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| 9/24/07 11:43 AM | |
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TrevorRice
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Edited: 24-Sep-07 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 1297 |
1st degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do 1st degree black belt in Tang Soo Do Purplebelt in BJJ |
| 11/30/07 10:33 AM | |
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hitmeharder
Edited: 30-Nov-07 Member Since: 01/04/2003 Posts: 407 |
Blace belt means nothing. It just make the MT guy feel better when he beats your ass.... |
| 12/4/07 1:07 AM | |
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JasonKeaton
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Edited: 04-Dec-07 Member Since: 03/12/2002 Posts: 2528 |
So you failed your yellow belt test? |
| 12/4/07 9:12 AM | |
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hitmeharder
Edited: 04-Dec-07 Member Since: 01/04/2003 Posts: 409 |
I actually passed all of my belt tests. I worked very had at my bleack belt and did not test until I was asked by my instructor. I was a student at one of the premier TKD schools in the country. My master instructor had a reputation of me a very hard tester. And still after all that. I got got my ass handed to me by beginner Muay Thai students. |
| 12/4/07 2:20 PM | |
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Stronghold
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Edited: 04-Dec-07 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 38485 |
I had a similar experience. But, after about 6 weeks of leg block and elbowing practice, I was one of the bestin Saeksan JanJira's MT class. But, I had also done some boxing on the side. TKD is a sport; so is Judo but the latter is more lending itself to MMA I think. |
| 1/31/08 2:17 PM | |
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rvboy
Edited: 31-Jan-08 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 1212 |
3rd degree black belt Kenpo Karate 1990. (omg that sounds like such a long time ago all of a sudden). |
| 3/27/08 4:15 PM | |
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disbeliever
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Edited: 27-Mar-08 04:30 PM Member Since: 09/27/2003 Posts: 225 |
shodan in Shotokan, Isshin Ryue and Ninpo Brown in BJJ cross training through the years in Kenpo, boxing, MT and Judo. edit* realized people were putting length in martial arts as well. Been training 22 years |
| 3/28/08 4:10 PM | |
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twinkletoesCT
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Edited: 28-Mar-08 Member Since: 12/26/2002 Posts: 7158 Modern Self-Defense Center |
4th degree black belt in Kenpo Karate Lakan (black belt) in Modern Arnis, from the late Prof. Remy Presas Brown belt (sankyu) in Budoshin Ju-jitsu under Prof. George Kirby I have earned my Judo yellow belt 3 times, as well as yellow belts in a number of other styles. Oh, I'm also a BJJ purple belt. There's nothing I love more than tying on a white belt and starting over. I've just gotten back into competitive Ballroom Dance and am working my way up to the advanced levels of Smooth/Standard dances (I used to compete in the high levels of Latin dance). I'm also considering applying to PhD programs. I love being a whitebelt!!!! |
| 3/28/08 4:37 PM | |
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Stronghold
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Edited: 28-Mar-08 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 41237 |
Yeah, I think of the 2% of people that start a MA and earn a BB, less than 2% ever put on a white belt again. |
| 3/28/08 11:18 PM | |
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Stronghold
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Edited: 28-Mar-08 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 41247 |
Funny and true story. When I was training with Carlos Machado, I, of course, wore a filthy white belt. I had been doing BJJ for about 4 months before that with a student of his. During class, instead of being a fanboy and being sort of wide-eyed around him, I'd talk to him like an equal (I'd done a lot of teaching too and I always let him know I liked his teaching style) Of course, he had no idea of my background. I generally talk to everyone that way (be they janitor or CEO - it takes less effort, believe me, and we all have to wipe our own asses, don't we?) About a week after I had talked with him about some aspect of teaching, something about his use of Uke' I believe, he actually arrived to class early and I was attending the earlier kickboxing class where the instructor made me wear me blackbelt. Carlos actually did a double take when he walked by me. Oh well, he says he still remembers me (we talk on myspace once in a while). MY BIGGEST CLAIM TO FAME though is that my signature is next to his on 5 BB certificates handed out by my instructor, his student. I am smug about it actually! |
| 4/4/08 1:22 PM | |
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BiggyBear
Edited: Apr 4 2008 12:00A Member Since: 8/17/07 Posts: 78 |
I am a second degree black belt (2nd Dan) in Chung Do Kwan and a white belt (1 YEAR 7 MONTH AND COUNTING)in BJJ |
| 4/11/08 6:27 PM | |
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Dojosensei
Edited: Apr 11 2008 12:00A Member Since: 1/31/08 Posts: 10511 |
1st in Aikido, 1st in Jujitsu (AJJ), 1st in Jujitsu (USMAA), 2nd in Ninjutsu, Brown Belt Jujitsu (shorinji Ryu), black belt equivilent in submission grappling, also knowledge in sambo and other arts Been training since I was 7 |
| 4/13/08 7:42 PM | |
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Slapsymaxi
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Edited: Apr 13 2008 12:00A Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 3462 |
Black Belt in Dai Shin Martial Arts, which I guess was a TKD, Ryuku Kenpo (Dillman) and BJJ. Supposedly, if I was willing to pay, I could have had an official Dillman Black Belt certificate, since my instructor was part of DKI... I was supposed to get my Blue in BJJ, but I was getting married, and moving across the country and never got around to it. :( Max |
| 4/14/08 10:58 AM | |
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Dojosensei
Edited: Apr 14 2008 12:00A Member Since: 1/31/08 Posts: 10524 |
I grappled with some guys that were very much into the Dillman kyusho? type stuff, did videos etc... Funny thing is...didn't work at all but if I hit them with anything (learned in ninjutsu) they would pass out. My thoughts on the Kyusho? is that it is mostly a pretty good mass hypnosis type of thing. Your thoughts? |
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