MARTIAL ARTS


  For the more adventurous... Martial arts - is great for ; confidence/flexibility/speed and strength.
I am a pacifist and anti violence - but a strong believer in the right to self defence!
I once heard someone say "Practicing martial arts, is like practicing for an exam - that you hope you never take!"

Obviously, it takes years of practise... but as someone who has dabbled in a few styles over the years -
( 8 years shotokan karate, 1 year Aikido, 1 year of boxing/ kickboxing) I wholeheartedly recommend...
whatever style into yourself! Each of the different styles - brings something different to the table.
Aikido
Karate
Kick boxing

Yes, some are more (street) effective than others. For this reason - we now have "mixed martial artists".
Folks who study multiple styles. Makes sense really doesn't it?! The 2 main categories, are striking and grappling.
There are a few very interesting different channels on youtube that
 explore the differences, strengths and weaknesses of the different styles...

Martial arts journey
Hard2hurt
Effective martial arts
Ramsey Dewey
Jesse Enkamp
Master Wong

Bruce Lee, was a genius. Not just a martial artist, but a philosopher too...
His style, " Jeet kun do" grew from an earlier style of kung fu "Wing chun" as taught to him by master "Yip Man".

Bruce Lee
Jeet kune do
Yip man
Wing chun

Many consider Bruce to be the father of modern mixed martial arts - this is kind of true... however, also check out these links;
MMA
Pankration
Jim Arvanitis
BJJ

P.S. like many... Im a huge fan of the following;
 Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins,
Jason statham, Michael Jai White, Dolph Lundgren,
Jean claude- Van Damme, Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock, ...
 If you haven't yet seen any of the movies by these guys -
do yourself a favour and go check them out!