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Martial Arts Training & ExercisesDiscuss martial arts training and exercises here
Judo - 4-5 months (i didnt enjoy the throwing but sometimes feel like i didnt give it a chance)
Hapkido - 2 months (currently in it)
BJJ - about 2 months (currently in it and am having a blast)
A bit of wrestling and boxing when I was a kid. Plus being a guy, I think my friends and I fought each other for fun almost everyday until 6th or 7th grade.
Plus maybe 6 or 7 actual 'street' fights in high school and college.
Name: Joe Cunningham
Style: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: 10 years, Yamasaki Academy 1998-Present
Rank: Brown Belt, Instructor Yamasaki Woodbridge & Black Belt Academy of Fairfax
Styles: Ninjutsu, Tae Kwon Do, Modern Army Combatives
Posts: 1,247
Home Country:
Kyokushin/ Shotokan - between ages 5-9 informal lessons from Dad, who was trained by Mas Oyama
TKD - 16 yrs off an on 1st Dan
Tang Soo Do- 1 yr 1st Dan
Hapkido- 3 months yellow belt
Tukong Musool- occasional cross-training with S. Korean Army no rank
Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu- 5-6 yrs off an on green belt
Modern Army Combatives- 2 yrs stuck at lvl 1 till I transfer due to current duty station lacking in qualifying soldiers
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Keeping the name of the school private and not even saying what he trains in are NOT the same thing.
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Originally Posted by 47MartialMan
You post/opinion. Not mine.
Though I did mention on a lot threads....
What exactly do you claim to have mentioned on a lot of threads? Styles you've trained in? Schools you've trained at? Competitions you've been involved with? I've read hundreds and hundreds of posts by you, but I've never seen anything but very vague references to your training, teaching, or competition experience.
Now I certainly agree that everyone is entitled to their own privacy, but I don't see how posting the name of any particular style and how long you've trained in it is going to suddenly cast you into the limelight and have people banging on your door or stalking you from afar. I'm beginning to smell a heaping amount of BS here.
You may not think your credibility on an open forum really matters, but, if you want people to have any type of serious discussion with you on any topic, it certainly does. Of course, if you don't care about real discussion and just want to stir things up for your own giggles, then you are what you've been accused of being - a troll.
__________________ "An eye for an eye only blinds the world." - Ghandi
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
"Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa
[What exactly do you claim to have mentioned on a lot of threads? Styles you've trained in? Schools you've trained at? Competitions you've been involved with? I've read hundreds and hundreds of posts by you, but I've never seen anything but very vague references to your training, teaching, or competition experience.
Now I certainly agree that everyone is entitled to their own privacy, but I don't see how posting the name of any particular style
Styles: Jeet Kune Do (philosophy),Muay Thai,Kung Fu
Posts: 1,635
Home Country:
ok here we go
Name: Devan
age 15 (16 in june)
as a child (4-12)
started at the age of 4 in Kyokushin Karate-1 year 1/2 (Brown)
Judo - 6 months (green)
Muay Thai- about a month or so
Tae Kwon Do- skipped Yellow belt, went to lower green in a few weeks and i loved TKD, but my sensei moved to new york so i had to end at low green. my favorite MA out of the ones i took so far.
my teen years (13- )
at 13 i started some Hung Ga for about 2 months, then i stopped and started learning about the Jeet Kune Do philosophy. ever since i stopped Hung Ga, up until i think 8 months ago i went and tried out a few Wah Lum Ten Pai Classes which is a traditional Chinese Kung Fu system (Praying Mantis) specializing in the Jut Sow (wrestling hands) Praying Mantis and Tam Tui (seeking leg) styles.
i stopped that because i had to move so i had no transportation.
now i am trying to get the time to get into a style called Jing Ga Quan which i already gave info on.
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Wrestling: 1979-Present, started wrestling with my dad then trained with a guy named Jack English. Wrestled for TF North high School 1989-1993, went to state 3 times never placed higher then 4th Wrestled in various freestyle and greco tourny's after high school trained with former Olympic Greco team member Larry Farnell, did not wrestle in college. When I have time I work technique with some of the guys at the Over Time school of wrestling.
Wado Ryu Karate: 1981-1989, trained with Ben Davis achieved nidan, competed in various tournaments.
Boxing/Muay Thai: 1990-1997, trained at Windy City boxing. Competed in smoker and amateur fights.
Wing Chun: 1995-1998, took a class for credit at Columbia College liked it and kept training with sifu Hau Kum Lung and sifu Li Chi Kueng. competed in various tournaments.
MMA/Sambo 1995-2003, team Pit Bull athletics. Competed in various organizations, former Iron Heart crown welterweight champion, former N.W.I.F.L. grand prix champion. Haven't competed in MMA since 2005.
BJJ: 2003-Present, trained at team Carlson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu up until Carlson Sr. passed in 2006. Just started training again with brown belt Jacob Henson.
Wrestling: 1979-Present, started wrestling with my dad then trained with a guy named Jack English. Wrestled for TF North high School 1989-1993, went to state 3 times never placed higher then 4th Wrestled in various freestyle and greco tourny's after high school trained with former Olympic Greco team member Larry Farnell, did not wrestle in college. When I have time I work technique with some of the guys at the Over Time school of wrestling.
Wow. You've been wrestling since you were four-years-old? That's a pretty long haul with one style. Impressive.
__________________ "An eye for an eye only blinds the world." - Ghandi
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
"Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa
Wow. You've been wrestling since you were four-years-old? That's a pretty long haul with one style. Impressive.
Yeah my dad wrestled back in Greece it was kind of expected that I do the same. Some times it gets irritating when I see guys who've wrestled for like 4 years and are just better then me grrrrr I didn't compete in anything till I was seven though. Those pee wee matches are always the best just two kids falling on each other.
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Martial Arts Training Experience
Wrestled in various freestyle and greco tourny's after high school trained with former Olympic Greco team member Larry Farnell, did not wrestle in college. When I have time I work technique with some of the guys at the Over Time school of wrestling.
I didn't compete in anything till I was seven though. Those pee wee matches are always the best just two kids falling on each other.
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