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Martial art?

Dr. Evil said:
The only time I've ever broken a bottle for the purposes of weaponizing it, two cracks traveled up the neck and sliced my palm open. :|
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If the other guy grabs your hand and squeezes it's likely game over, too.

Bottle fighting...not for n00bs.

Or anyone that likes being able to feel their fingers.
 
Dr. Evil said:
The only time I've ever broken a bottle for the purposes of weaponizing it, two cracks traveled up the neck and sliced my palm open. :|
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I've always figured broken bottle fighting was movie bullshit, but you can hit the fuck out of someone with a beer bottle and it won't break.
 
There's nothing more satisfying then using a forty against someones head, especially if it's still in the brown paper bag.
 
Eldritch said:
I've always figured broken bottle fighting was movie bullshit, but you can hit the fuck out of someone with a beer bottle and it won't break.
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Yeah, you can, but you want to make sure you don't crack it, because it'll crack longitudinally, and that can really mess up your day.
 
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I've been in Hwa Rang Do for about 6 years now, although the past year I've done almost nothing due to a series of injuries (should be getting back into it now, have no real excuses other than the lack of time - and an instructor in the area).

If you are someone who really wants a traditional, comprehensive, overwhelming, and protected martial art, Hwa Rang Do is worth looking into. The most similar thing would be Hapkido (they have roots together in Korea), but Hapkido is pretty much a watered down version of HRD. Biggest problem is there aren't currently any schools in the area - we tried to get one going, but location and timing were bad, and our instructor finished school before things could take off. So training is fairly limited ATM.

They eventually get into everything from gun defense, knife fighting (108 weapons total), bone setting and herbal stuff, soft circular and hard linear movements, grappling, sparring, and a few schools have Sulsa training (similar to Ninjitsu tactically speaking). They also have the showy stuff that looks cool, down to the nearly invisible get-the-scummy-guy-at-the-bar-to-leave-you-alone-without-making-a-scene moves.

Obviously I've barely scratched the surface on what it has to offer, but I know it has real-world application as I used a number of the things I learned as a cop on the street.
 
HtChic said:
I've been in Hwa Rang Do for about 6 years now, although the past year I've done almost nothing due to a series of injuries (should be getting back into it now, have no real excuses other than the lack of time - and an instructor in the area).

If you are someone who really wants a traditional, comprehensive, overwhelming, and protected martial art, Hwa Rang Do is worth looking into.
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Huh.. interesting.. I'll have to check it out.
 
Most martial arts have merit, except some of the Americanized ones (Like Fred Villari’s mickey mouse system that guaranteed you a blackbelt in 1 year, as long as you paid all of the fees! :wtf We had a couple of their black belts come to our school over the years and our lowest ranked (blue belt) students kicked their asses) where they have been optimized for extracting money out of wallets in the most efficient manner.

My next system will probably be Aikido, there is a really good instructor at the same dojo that my son is taking karate. If I was still in my 30's or younger, I'd do bjj.
 
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