Martial Arts anyone?

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 06 Feb 2009 10:49

This semester I'm taking a Tae Kwon Do class through my university and I think I'm going to join the club. Though all we've really done so far is a butt-ton of cardio, it's more of a workout than I've had in a good while. It's strengthened my legs in the first two weeks we've had class and I can't wait to see where it can lead.

Anyone else participate in any forms of martial arts?

I took an Aikido class last spring semester but was nowhere near as physically strenuous. I feel like martial arts training can be a great cross training for footbag, and vice-versa. Plus it's always handy to know a martial art.

Thoughts or comments?

KBizzle · Post by **KBizzle** » 06 Feb 2009 11:14

I did Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for a while. I went through some crazy workouts with that. I kind of got bored of it after a year and a half but it was a definitely a cool experience.

QuantumBalance · Post by **QuantumBalance** » 06 Feb 2009 14:22

I am a strong intermediate at sex-fu apparently

B_Man · Post by **B_Man** » 06 Feb 2009 15:15

I was in Karate for 3 years when I was 7, got as far as green belt before I quit. Then I was in Tae Kwon Do for another 3 years when I was 14, and got as far as red belt before I quit to play school sports (which I eventually quit to play footbag instead

).

I definitely think that my martial arts training played a huge part in my footbag progress, and I would bet that footbag would do wonders for martial arts training as well (especially Tae Kwon Do).

Cass · Post by **Cass** » 06 Feb 2009 16:08

Yeah I am a 3rd degree black belt in karate, and got my orange in Aikido. Though I haven't trained in a couple years.

Martial arts require a lot of balance and coordination, which are skills that definitely help when learning footbag.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 06 Feb 2009 18:51

I did judo for a year when I was about 7 or 8. Managed to work my way up to getting a white belt.

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 06 Feb 2009 22:31

A true master...

PoisonTaffy · Post by **PoisonTaffy** » 07 Feb 2009 15:06

I took Aikido for about 4 years. I feel like it helped me in footbag in two manners: First, in being more both sided than I naturally am and second, being able to learn more by watching videos/players than I naturally could. It's true that Aikido in most places is not a good cardio work out, but that's because it's a martial art, not an aerobics class. I also dabbled for a few months in BJJ and Daito Ryu.

JeffOverbo · Post by **JeffOverbo** » 10 Feb 2009 21:42

I started out doing muay thai for about a year and a half, and a little bit of jiu jitsu. When i switched to a closer gym to my house I got sick of stand up because it was a newer gym and no challenges so I started to take up more and more jiu jitsu. I then started competing and took third in my first national NAGA tournament. Currently taking a break from training until summer, although i still go to the schools gym and grapple there once a week

Pornstar · Post by **Pornstar** » 16 Mar 2009 06:22

I agree that Martial arts will improve your game and vise versa.. Obviously the stretching aspect is huge for both and the balance is very important as well. I have taken Tae Kwon Do for 3 years and am in my 6th year and Black Belt in Kung FU Northern/Southern Styles. I also think that taking martial arts is a bit of a recovery for my body, because footbag can be very harsh on joints and muscles. I would recommend anyone to take Martial arts or Yoga along with their regular footbag routine.

Pinkus · Post by **Pinkus** » 19 Mar 2009 20:23

Anything that forces you to move around and get exercise is a good cross trainer for footbag. I dunno about anything else, but judo is good for speed and strength (not so much flexibility).

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