Maat's Cap: Obtained

[Macht]

Originally posted by Grizzlebeard
Are you Batman?

LOL, Batman?

That's something I wasn't expecting to hear. What is it really that strange for someone to learn 5 different Martial Arts forms?

The Tae Kwon Do, Kyudo, and Jujitsu are new actually, the Dojang I go is mainly Tae Kwon Do but they are working to integrate Brizillian Jujitsu into their training. I just happened to be 1 of 5 people they started training to be instructors for that. The Kyudo I started learning since joining the Demo team.

The Hopkido I started when I was 8yrs old and now just practice to keep my mind fresh on it. The Judo I learned from a Master in Germany, he had actually visited me later too in the US been about 6 years ago now.

Current ranking on those:
Hopkido = Black belt 1st degree
Tae Kwon Do = Orange belt (or 8th gup, White belt is 10th gup, and Yellow 9th gup in this schools system).
Jujitsu = No Ranking started in this school system yet
Kyudo = No Ranking started and probably will not to maintain team comradery. (Which means if I want to be reconized in that form, I'll actually have to find a real Kyudo school and test under them.)

Actually don't know if I want to try for the Kyudo one. The final test to obtain black belt is a tough one, the paper cutting test. The goal is to use the katana to cut the paper without it swaying or releasing from it's restraints, which means to succeed you have swing the blade extreemly fast and very steady. Doing that while still being capable to stop the blade at the end of it's swing, it's a lot tougher then it sounds. The intresting thing is you can do this same technique with your hands too, and you can actually hear the wind breaking across your hand at that speed though.

In case you are wondering or asking the question, why different forms. That because each covers different sections.

Tae Kwon Do "The was of the Fists and Feet" it teaches how to fight at Range with your feet and block and push back with your fists. (Weakness is a person get in close and almost all of Tae Kwon Do is useless or back against wall or on ground).

Hopkido "The way of Balance and Power" it teaches how to fight in close range and how to explode your power effectively with about 1-2 inch space. Feet are used move to shove to a direction, sweep, or lock a person. (Weakness is Range fighters or back against wall or on ground)

Brazillian Jujitsu the best form for grappling. This is the most usefull techniques if your back is to a wall or on the ground. The technique teaches many forms or Arm Bars, Arm Breaks, Shoulder locks, pins, head locks, leg breaks, etc.... as well as how to escape them.(Weakness is it's not practicle unless you are against a wall or floor)

Judo this form teach a lot of throwing techniques as well as evasion moves. Unlike like the others this is a "soft" technique requiring little physical strength because most of the momentum will be the opponents. Basically redirecting the opponents attack so instead of punching you he punches a wall or some other object or is thrown into an object.

Kyudo teaches weapons forms, my original thought was it was specifically on katana, wakasashi, and tanto. However the instructor I have in my current dojang had also learned Tai Chi Sword, Tiger Hook Swords, 4 edged blade swords, Kamas, Sais, and of course Staff/Spear from his Kyudo instructor.

Anyway hope you enjoy the useless babble since it seems the original topic on this thread is already over now and seemed to move on two what defines a person having a life. >.>

[Jei]

hehe being a big Tekken fan I really like Tae kwon do and Jujitsu ^^

When I was young I got kicked in my eye training tae kwon do tho. I broke my eye socket and synus and had to gone through 2 oprations to get my left eye back in place. Spent well over 6 months in hospital. Was such a painful time. My left eye is still not 100% functioning to this day.

[Macht]

Originally posted by Jei
hehe being a big Tekken fan I really like Tae kwon do and Jujitsu ^^

When I was young I got kicked in my eye training tae kwon do tho. I broke my eye socket and synus and had to gone through 2 oprations to get my left eye back in place. Spent well over 6 months in hospital. Was such a painful time. My left eye is still not 100% functioning to this day.

Got kicked there while training? The instructor not paying attention to what was going on? You didn't have the proper sparing gear? or did you spar someone that didn't understand the concept of control?

My instructor or actually instructors have video tapes of tournament fights were they took or gave someone a really nasty kick. One of them the instructors did a roundhouse to the mid section then an Out-to-In Crescent Kick to the guys head, he ended up hooking the guys head and stop just short of driving the guys head into the mat. The guys head ended up bouncing and hit my instructors foot again though.

Then they have a photo that was taken of a Jumping Spinning Axe Kick with the guy the instructor was hitting just looking straight at it. From the photo you know that had to hurt.

[Grizzlebeard]

I trained in Choi Lee Fut for six years then transferred to Wing Chun for another three years. Based on what I learned in those styles I would find it very difficult to study more than one martial art at a time and be able to dedicate the amount of focus necessary to advance in it. Especially when the styles you listed are so very different. However, I know people who train in two styles simultaneously but I can see how their training suffers.

[Jei]

in my country we seem to be much more careless about safety I was 13 at that time, sparring under the instructor's control, no gear were given to us.

[Macht]

Originally posted by Grizzlebeard
I trained in Choi Lee Fut for six years then transferred to Wing Chun for another three years. Based on what I learned in those styles I would find it very difficult to study more than one martial art at a time and be able to dedicate the amount of focus necessary to advance in it. Especially when the styles you listed are so very different. However, I know people who train in two styles simultaneously but I can see how their training suffers.

Yes, it definatly is tough. Tae Kwon Do is notorious also for being the biggest organized chaos then all the other martial arts forms. I don't think my training has suffered much at all, since my instructor knows that I've trained in Hopkido he's quite good and detailing the move to be similar to one in Hopkido then points out their differences.

Right now it really is just two forms I'm spending the most focus on, with the other three being just a gradual introduction of them. My experience with Hopkido has already gotten me way ahead in my Tae Kwon Do that the instructor himself saw it fit to teach me beyond the needed requirements for my current rank.

Other then that the Judo is just practicing and perfecting the few moves that the German Master had shown me, the ones he thought to be the best of the moves that with my previous martial arts I could adapt to easily.

Other then that the Jujitsu and Kyudo is an extreemly gradual introduction, we're practically doing just 1 class every month and then on our free times just practicing what we learned that month to get down that 1 class.

As far as my problems I just keep confusing Pawlge Yi-Chang and Pawlge Ill-Chang forms (Both the Tae Kwon Do) but mostly it's because they are the newest of the forms required at my belt level.

Other then that most kicks and such used in Hopkido and Tae Kwon Do are very similar just the goal in their use differ and Tae Kwon Do adds in more kick moves that Hopkido did not have.

Originally posted by Jei
in my country we seem to be much more careless about safety I was 13 at that time, sparring under the instructor's control, no gear were given to us.

Ouch no gear, well that does explain it >.<

[taru_ranger]

Originally posted by JP_Ikari
Aren't you guys putting so much into this?? I'm not surprised that someone (a JPN nonetheless) has done such a thing. Game's been out for 3 years, if he's on PC, then still took em about 2.5 or so. Is it possible?? Maybe, since they take shit way too seriously.

In Japan, gamers (in general whether this type or anything they play) they play to be the best at what they do. They want to be as good if not better than the next person that's playing with them or around them. Take this example, 1 the top players in Japan in the game called Street Fighter. His name is Umehara Daigo. The so called beast of Japan. He spends 8 hours a day on Street Figher before, breaking the game down to how far range a limb is to how many frames it takes from start, hit, on block stun and recovery. 8 freaking hours and that's on the first day of the game. People wonder why he's such a great player?? It's cause he spends time in the game.

speaking of Daigo!!

STREET FIGHTER GREATEST COMEBAC [VIDEO]K

[Macht]

Originally posted by taru_ranger
speaking of Daigo!!

STREET FIGHTER GREATEST COMEBAC [VIDEO]K

Holy!

Did I just see that right, he blocked Chung-Li's Special and Air blocked her High Roundhouse to finish her with a special, all of that with nearly no Health left on his bar? Now that's impressive :sweat:

EDIT:

Correction, He did all that with no health left on his bar...

[lionx]

Lol yeah when my friend showed me that i was like DANG O_o thats totally BS, parried the entire thing. And like parrying is one of the harder things to do..tapping forward at the last moment to gain frame advantage..if you screw up you get creamed by the entire thing. EVO!!! GOGOGO!

[Rai-Jin]

that video is awesome O.o


btw it proofs he has the hat but not tht all jobs are 75 -.-

and actually u can just change .dat files for hat :D

Edit: I just found outthis..look at the 2 Images on the 1. One there is a lil Space until the bottom on the 2. Not


Edit: Okay i cant edit and add pics see next post ^^

[Rai-Jin]

why should square make these 2 pics diffrent -.-

[pman]

just found this post, and after reading a lot of comments on how people should live their life, i don't think anyone really has the right to decide how others should enjoy themselves unless it is creating health problems or something. if you were rich it might be fun to replace a normal person's work time with a ffxi shift. personally i would enjoy playing a mmorpg for 8+ hours a day if i could still have a sex life and daily exercise. with my type of personality unfortunately a game of this depth consumed me and it was hard to think about anything else, so i had to quit to fulfill the other things i enjoy in life.

as for how one could manage all 75 jobs, it would be possible for a hardcore jp player who started at release. two or three players playing the same character on shifts would make it easier. also consider that it could be possible that a party or half a party of bot programs did a lot of the leveling. or perhaps his character sat in a corner while a level 75 mnk or blm party of bots or normal players stormed through ranperre. you would probably go 1-75 in under a week that way. i'm not suggesting he actually did this, just giving my ideas on how it could have been done.

next step: all relic weapons

[Jei]

don't think he'll even need a bot because, you know, japanese PT already plays like a bot :sweat: I didn't mean they're skillless, but every single member in the PT can play non stop for 10+ hours straight without arguing anything and very little break...

Blocking specials in street fighter is easy by the way. It's about rythm and pratice You can go into practice mode, and tell your opponent to use their special and you can practice blocking it all day long. I've done it and many friends do too
you tab forward instead of backwards at the exact time the attack hits you, and you'll perform an "on-frame" guard where you lose no health (that's a tekken term, i forgot what street fighers call it)

[Brayden]

Originally posted by taru_ranger
speaking of Daigo!!

STREET FIGHTER GREATEST COMEBAC [VIDEO]K

omfg! that is unreal!!!!!!!!!!!

[Teffie]

Originally posted by Jei
d...you'll perform an "on-frame" guard where you lose no health (that's a tekken term, i forgot what street fighers call it)

Parry
:p