First thing you wanted to learn
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jim777
Master Black Belt
For me it all started with Kwai Chang 
The way someone would rush him, and he would put up an arm to push the punch away, lean back, and the guy would just continue on past him without any bother. No harm, no foul. I thought that was awesome. I didn't want to learn to kill anyone, or kick someone in the back of the head when I had my back to them or anything, I wanted to be able to redirect whatever came my way. I wanted that spiritual Shaolin inner peace and harmony vibe. Protect myself in any situation, and do no unnecessary harm. :asian:
jim
The way someone would rush him, and he would put up an arm to push the punch away, lean back, and the guy would just continue on past him without any bother. No harm, no foul. I thought that was awesome. I didn't want to learn to kill anyone, or kick someone in the back of the head when I had my back to them or anything, I wanted to be able to redirect whatever came my way. I wanted that spiritual Shaolin inner peace and harmony vibe. Protect myself in any situation, and do no unnecessary harm. :asian:jim
Em MacIntosh
3rd Black Belt
I wanted to learn breaking. My school never taught it. Many tried to discourage me. I had no support and started doing it on my own. Now I'm losing mobility in my knuckles. Guaranteed arthritis. But it's worth it for me.
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OP
You must be a young fellow.
Hopefully you will change your mind before doing too much damage. Can't do much MA or protect yourself when your hands are damaged beyond repair.
kidswarrior
Senior Master
Weird! No, not this thread but an odd 'rep' glitch I just caught. I wanted to give a bit of a rep buff to terry and kidswarrior as I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiments they expressed.
However, the message I got back on hitting "rep buff" was 'Thanks for adding to FranktheTanks reputation' ... let me be the first to say "huh!"? I think perhaps the page hadn't loaded right and the hot-spots were a bit confused :lol:. So, Frank, you're welcome to the rep but I'm embarassed to say it wasn't intended for you.
Regardless, at least you chaps now know I approved.
Oh, and the first thing I wanted to learn when I first started kung fu in my 'teens {which was a while ago :lol:} was how to do all those flashy Bruce Lee kicks ... thankfully I've since learned that looking a little deeper is sometimes helpful :blush:.
EDIT - The mystery of the misdirecting 'rep' was quickly cleared up
Man, I just stumbled on this previous post, and it got me belly laughing all over again! You all should see me in my FranktheTank leotards! :lfao: Or not.
This bureaucratic snafu is not even a blip on the radar compared with the phone call I got from the Personnel Dept. last Thursday. It began, 'We've processed your resignation request...
' After a few minutes of circular reasoning, which I honestly didn't try too hard to follow, the voice on the other end concluded with, 'but it's all cleared up now. Only thing is your check won't be deposted on the first; it'll be just a few days late.' 
Leopard claw
Yellow Belt
Weapons by all means, couldn't wait to get my hands on them.
Em MacIntosh
3rd Black Belt
You must be a young fellow.
I have a good dit da jow and I've cut down lately since I saw a bone specialist. I love breaking though and makiwara is the only way to get the itch outta my knuckles. I do a lot of opening and closing to practice and maintain mobility but it's not exactly comfortable.
Fighting techniques. Vicious ways of incapacitating an attacker very quickly.
kaizasosei
Master Black Belt
the first thing i wanted to learn was the splits and cool highkicks-i once saw a tv show where this vietnamese refugee or something does a spining heel kick that was so fast and so nice that i will never forget that scene. couple of other insrumental movies or shows were blackeagle with shokosugi and vandamme,,which was on tv one afternoon when i was around 12(that was the first time i tried to kick the air around me-)..even before that i remember catching this show i have no idea what it is called with this kid who is a ninja...and uses all kinds of jintonjutsu and ninjaskills to escape..then when he gets to america he enters some karatestyle fighting competition but his own coach keeps cramping his style and telling him not to do things the way he's used to and he ends up losing a couple of bouts but then one time in training he starts rebeling against coach. in retrospect, this story is really interesting i find and i frequently remember it.
soon after learning kungfu/karate basics, i discovered ninjutsu and wanted to learn everything from that especially acrobatics flips etc...
i'm still learning now 29
j
soon after learning kungfu/karate basics, i discovered ninjutsu and wanted to learn everything from that especially acrobatics flips etc...
i'm still learning now 29
j
kidswarrior
Senior Master
Been roaming around the rooms of my memory for what it was I really did want to learn. Being an old street 'boxer', didn't care about the striking so much. Think the movie Billy Jack (which I'd seen 20 years before) got me wanting to learn fancy kicks and throwing/seizing. Little did I know then that my knees were already too far gone for Hapkido, but I kept at it for four years anyway--finally had to switch arts, and still going strong 14 years later (sprained my knee again just yesterday, tho--that's about time number 12 :ultracool).
bluemtn
Senior Master
It does take quite a bit of time to get those high kicks- unless you're barely out of grade school, or something... With that in mind, be careful when you do stretching. Don't do too much all at once, only go so far. Injuries happen when you stretch, too.
