Gollum Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) Myself, never practiced but do enjoy watching. My favorite Martial Arts style is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, have always been intrigued by this style and the history with the Gracie family and the sport's evolution. Also since MMA uses a lot of BJJ, my interest has only increased, very effective in 1 vs 1 situations...in fact I will say it is the most effective form accounting for size and strength. A 16 year old scrawny high school kid with advanced training can legit kill a 350 pound bodybuilder, the blood chokes and joint locks are very technical and require many years of training. A black belt of BJJ is not easy to earn unlike other disciplines and the physics, geometry, bio-mechanics, strategy, psychology is pretty high level...it is frequently called human chess. I might give it a try in the future, currently the scene is pretty dire in India. The good thing is you are never too old to get started in BJJ and it is one sport where you can spar at 100% in training without threats of major injuries. The pinnacle of grappling, IMO more effective than Judo, Sambo and Wrestling. Only problem is that at the highest level doping culture is rampant and IBJJF doesn't care with the drug testing procedure. My favorite competitors are Gordon Ryan (Danaher Death Squad) and Eddie Cummings (ex DDS)...both based out of Renzo Gracie's gym in New York. My all time favorite and idol is the Brazilian superstar Marcelo Garcia, IMO the GOAT of the sport. Even the women are quite good, very technical and practitioners like Michelle Nicholini and Beatriz Mesquita are fun to follow. And the coach John Danaher is someone I can listen to whole day, even if you aren't a BJJ fan he is the man. Eddie Bravo is another great guru but he also smokes a lot of weed, and his conspiracy theories are epic. India is well behind the curve as far as combat sports are concerned, our wrestling and boxing scene may attract some attention nationally but we are laggards at the international level. Hope we can improve, wrestling is in our blood with all that kushti/pehlwani culture. Somewhere down the road we have lost our traditional roots in wrestling. But whatever that remains, that will be a good place to start, maybe branch out from wrestling to other grappling forms in the future. BJJ has many athletes from wrestling background, much easier for wrestlers to make the switch to other grappling styles. And BJJ isn't as energy consuming and physical as wrestling, so we can have high level athletes developing in their 30s and 40s. What about ICFers? You guys practice or follow any martial art? Any interest or anecdotes? Any hero? Can be even your state/region specific martial art forms without any recognized governing body. Edited January 25, 2019 by Gollum
MechEng Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Kalaripayatu is considered to be more complex than MMA/jiujitsu/kungfu. The fluidity of kalari warriors is scary. velu and Gollum 1 1
punjabi_khota Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 No, but I am now pretty good at marital arts. Stan AF, Laaloo, maniac and 5 others 8
Clarke Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 Did some basic Shito-ryu in school, green belt equivalent I think. Do recall it was the best immunity I had during the school years. Wouldn't mind getting back to some practice.
FischerTal Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 whatever little I learned, I learned it from Ninja Chacha. Dont ever fight him for his atta. velu, raki05 and Gollum 3
Mariyam Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) Did a 6 session Capoeira course a few years ago. Edited January 26, 2019 by Mariyam
Gollum Posted January 26, 2019 Author Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mariyam said: Did a 6 session Capoeira course a few years ago. IIRC you once said that you love dancing and that you had trained under Shiamak Dhavar, maybe the transition to martial arts would have been smooth with that background. And trust a South Mumbai girl to do such fancy stuff rather than karate, judo, boxing, wrestling etc which are aam admi stuff. Thanks for the GK, at least now I know Brazil has a native non grappling martial art. PS- You are too talented Edited January 26, 2019 by Gollum Mariyam and sandeep 1 1
Mariyam Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 (edited) @Gollum Capoeira was taught more as a nimble footed dance than as a Martial Art. And I only had the basics covered in those 6 sessions. The instructor was a world champion in some a non combative form of Capoeira and was taking a 5 month sabbatical in India. Also, Shiamak/Marzi used to instruct us only at marquee events. Generally it was an instructor from Shiamak's institute. There was another poster here @Holysmoke who briefly had Shahid Kapoor as his instructor. Edited January 28, 2019 by Mariyam Gollum 1
Ranvir Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 My favourite has to be boxing. One of the best sports to watch, better than the sloppy UFC. Also one of the best arts to use for self defence. You don’t want to be on the floor in a street fight. Gollum 1
maniac Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 I am good at The greatest martial arts ever. That is running fast away from a fight Laaloo, Gollum, velu and 4 others 7
Gollum Posted December 23, 2019 Author Posted December 23, 2019 @Real McCoy feel like contributing here? Any fav martial arts form?
Real McCoy Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 41 minutes ago, Gollum said: @Real McCoy feel like contributing here? Any fav martial arts form? This one
Gollum Posted December 25, 2019 Author Posted December 25, 2019 On 12/23/2019 at 7:58 PM, Real McCoy said: This one
vayuu1 Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 I am thinking of enrolling my daughter in a martial arts school,the other one later,it's because of necessity in today's time,koi badtameezi kare to kutaai kr de, told my wife clearly that dance can wait ,but this is necessary, swimming and martial arts,like Amanda nunes and Ronda Rousey. sandeep and raki05 2
vayuu1 Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 My personal favourite are Jeet kune do ,muai thai , kalaripayatuu,and kung fu
sandeep Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 On 1/28/2019 at 12:21 AM, Mariyam said: @Gollum Capoeira was taught more as a nimble footed dance than as a Martial Art. And I only had the basics covered in those 6 sessions. The instructor was a world champion in some a non combative form of Capoeira and was taking a 5 month sabbatical in India. Also, Shiamak/Marzi used to instruct us only at marquee events. Generally it was an instructor from Shiamak's institute. There was another poster here @Holysmoke who briefly had Shahid Kapoor as his instructor. just stumbled onto this now - wifey also took some dance classes at Shiamak Davar's school - her instructor was a teenage Shahid Kapoor! Mariyam 1
Mariyam Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 (edited) 38 minutes ago, sandeep said: just stumbled onto this now - wifey also took some dance classes at Shiamak Davar's school - her instructor was a teenage Shahid Kapoor! Was this at St. Columba High School at Nana Chowk? If you don't mind me asking, when was this? Shahid Kapoor was a part of the winterfunk a few months before the release of his movie Vivaah. He and his crew performed to Edith Piaf's Padam, Padam and Babuji zara dheere chalo. I was a part of that crew. That was his last appearance on the SDIPA stage as a performer. He did appear a few times later as a chief guest though. Edited December 26, 2019 by Mariyam sandeep 1
sandeep Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, Mariyam said: Was this at St. Columba High School at Nana Chowk? If you don't mine me asking, when was this? Shahid Kapoor was a part of the winterfunk a few months before the release of his movie Vivaah. He and his crew performed to Edith Piaf's Padam, Padam and Babuji zara dheere chalo. I was a part of that crew. That was his last appearance on the SDIPA stage as a performer. He did appear a few times later as a chief guest though. Vivaah has a 2006 release date on IMDB? My wife was in college in the US by then, her short stint was probably about 5-6 years earlier. I'll ask her later... Mariyam 1
Mariyam Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 1 minute ago, sandeep said: Vivaah has a 2006 release date on IMDB? My wife was in college in the US by then, her short stint was probably about 5-6 years earlier. I'll ask her later... Yup, Vivaah released in 2006. But this Winterfunk was in 2005, when the shooting was going on. Shahid Kapoor was already a star of sorts by then. And boy can he dance.
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