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Do you practice martial arts? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What sort of martial arts do you practice in and why? Judo? Karate?

Educating yourself in self defence seems very useful especially if you live in parts of a country that might be rough.

I'd like to get into it myself but I can't hear well, I can lip read however. Did some boxing when I was very young but it was only practice on training bags : )

Kung Fu students and masters alike, let me know your wisdom!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've done several years of grecco-roman and freestyle wrestling, a little boxing, and several years of taekwondo, hapkido, and judo.

I'm an okay striker, but I like the close-up stuff more; joint locks, submissions, take downs, etc.

Looking to transition into Chinese martial arts in a few years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does wrestling teach many submissions?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Some. Crossface chicken wing, ankle locks, hammer locks, etc. More of these techniques come from hapkido.