Martial Arts ( follow on), what did you do.....

peteblue · April 9, 2014

I was lucky enough to be trained by the likes of Billy Higgins (mostly), Andy Sherry, Bob Pointon and Steve Cattle in Shotokan Karate. All of these guys were members of the KUGB National side and were the most knowledgeable and dedicated karate men in the UK, and indeed apart from the late Steve Cattle they still are.....

....anyone else done anything.......

BlueLlama · April 9, 2014

Did some ju-jitsu whenI was younger but tbh didnt have the discipline and when I got into beer and fingering I lost interest.

peteblue · April 9, 2014

BlueLlama said:
Did some ju-jitsu whenI was younger but tbh didnt have the discipline and when I got into beer and fingering I lost interest.

Fingering is Goju-ryu style isn't it.........

Deleted member 28206 · April 10, 2014

My uncle is a TKD instructor.

BMFin · April 10, 2014

I've done Brazilian jiu-jitsu for about 10 years, and muay thai for about 7 years. I love it, but I'm not recovering as fast as I used to. I may have to start cutting back.

Azzurri · April 10, 2014

Used to do Muay Thai and BJJ, loved it. Stopped because I was always injured for footy/couldn't be arsed.

Walken · April 10, 2014

Did a bit of judo as a kid, wasn't really into it and just messed about, moved onto boxing which I found easier to pick up and more satisfying

d34noj · April 10, 2014

peteblue said:
I was lucky enough to be trained by the likes of Billy Higgins (mostly), Andy Sherry, Bob Pointon and Steve Cattle in Shotokan Karate. All of these guys were members of the KUGB National side and were the most knowledgeable and dedicated karate men in the UK, and indeed apart from the late Steve Cattle they still are.....

....anyone else done anything.......

Renbukan, trained by Balfour Martin and Unil Piper from the England training camp and Andy Shannon from the Irish side

Azzurri · April 10, 2014

All too quick for me though, got moved into the advanced class within about 6 months and was sparring with world champions. No fun really considering I wasn't that good.

d34noj · April 10, 2014

Azzurri said:
All too quick for me though, got moved into the advanced class within about 6 months and was sparring with world champions. No fun really considering I wasn't that good.

Some folk just take to it mate, my little brother couldn't spar or fight but was awesome at Kata, whereas I couldn't get to grips with Kata but loved the fighting lol

Azzurri · April 10, 2014

d34noj said:
Some folk just take to it mate, my little brother couldn't spar or fight but was awesome at Kata, whereas I couldn't get to grips with Kata but loved the fighting lol

Aye, I was a bit like you. I couldn't throw a punch at a pad but just knew how to fight if you know what I mean.

EDIT: probably doing myself a disservice saying I wasn't that good there. I was decent but went from having my first inter club against some nobody to doing full contact sparring with an older lad who'd just won the world title in Cambodia within three months.

Warwick Hunt · April 10, 2014

Trained with this fella for a few years back in the day.......

http://www.uechi-ryu.co.uk/karate/daves.htm

d34noj · April 10, 2014

Azzurri said:
Aye, I was a bit like you. I couldn't throw a punch at a pad but just knew how to fight if you know what I mean.

EDIT: probably doing myself a disservice saying I wasn't that good there. I was decent but went from having my first inter club against some nobody to doing full contact sparring with an older lad who'd just won the world title in Cambodia within three months.

I fought in uk champs in Crystal Palace years back, got my nose broken by some black lad ffs