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Do you practice martial arts? (lemmy.world)
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What sort of martial arts do you practice in and why? Judo? Karate?

Educating yourself in self defence seems very useful especially if you live in parts of a country that might be rough.

I'd like to get into it myself but I can't hear well, I can lip read however. Did some boxing when I was very young but it was only practice on training bags : )

Kung Fu students and masters alike, let me know your wisdom!

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[โ€“] 5 points 2 years ago*

Jiu Jitsu, a rather traditional method. I've practiced lots of things over the last 3 decades, and have now landed on this because there's a lot of good people practicing it.

What I like:

  • it has a bit of everything
  • judo throws are fun

What I don't like:

  • wrestling / grappling, never liked or been good at that
  • kicks are pretty practical, no fancy acrobatic stuff
  • no traditional weapon (staff, sword, nunchaku, etc) techniques

I suck at martial arts, but I've done it for so long that I'm sometimes able to fool people into thinking I'm not bad.

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