Having problems with message search?
Hi Restita,
Sorry I didnt answer your last reply concerning Push Hands and teaching Tai Ji as a martial art, but I did enjoy your response and Im glad to hear that you treat and teach Tai Ji as a martial art, as you know we do Kakie in Go-Ju Ryu,, dosnt quite give the sensitivity as push hands,,but Im sure somewhere back along the way it comes from the same source.
Anyway, back to your question about how we started in martial arts.
I was working in the Steel Mills in Gary , Ind. and living at the YMCA there, after running away from home , I was 16 or 17 I think didnt finish HS. But, saw these guys comming into the Y in the
evening carrying their GI's the old way,,u know, with the belts wraped around them,, some with white belts,, one or 2 with brown belts,, back in those days,,dats about all there was,, was white and brown,,:-)..but I followed them and watched a class,, it was Shotokan Karate, and like you I was attracted to it because it was so exotic and looked as if you new that stuff u could handle anybody. I started the class there,, but only stayed for 3 months or so,,then joined the Air Force.
My first assignement after my technical training in the Air Force was to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. One of the guys on my flight invited me down to watch him train at a local Dojo. It was pretty much the same stuff, Shotokan but with a little twist,,I wont go into that here.
But again like u
after that I lived and breathed karate, all my time off I spent down at that Dojo. From time to time Ive had times I couldnt train due to injuries , work and traveling, but Ive always returned to the martial arts and the comfort I find in the training.
Charles Mike
Restita <restita@...> wrote:
The board is kind of slow as of late....so I'll start a topic to get
some discussions rolling....
What attracts you to martial arts?? You don't necessarily have to be
currently studying one, as alot of people are interested in martial
arts and not actively taking a class. So...what floats your boat
about martial arts?
For me, I was attracted to Martial Arts initially by the "exotic
nature" of it. (hey, I was just a kid!!). I was a huge fan of the
old "Kung Fu" TV series back in the 1970's, and I thought it would be
cool to be able to learn stuff like that.....minus the smouldering
cauldron to brand forearms with! ha ha ha!
I started in Karate, and immediatley fell in love with it. I ate,
breathed, and slept Karate. I think I checked out every martial arts
book in my local library, and begged my parents to let me subscribe
to "Black Belt" magazine.
From there, the addiction kept on. Kajukenbo, Eskrima, Tai Chi,
Wushu, Iaido, Kyudo.....I gobbled up these arts just as fervently as
Karate, and still practice/study them. I can't even imagine not
doing martial arts.
So there you have my story.....what's yours??
Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
Offline 
Send Email