Any one here study or learn(ed) drunk monkey kung fu or drunken kung fu?
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I have studied several martial arts. Drunken monkey isn't as practical as other styles. But it is very interesting to learn. \n\nI found an authentic samauri school in the state I live in which teaches combat ju juitsu and ninjutsu.  Full contact no pads. I stuck to the Ju Juitsu side and it has been extremely effective. \n\nI haven't lost a street fight in about 10 years. Not that I fight that often but it happens when you hang out in rough areas sometimes. \n\nIt is so effective the US military is starting to teach it to soldiers now and police departments have been using it for years. \n\nYour fighting skills are a culmination of all styles you learn. \n\nI encourage you to learn any styles you are interseted in. What works for some may not work for others. But having the knowledge of many styles will make you an effective fighter in any situation.
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I think that is Shaolin martial arts. Try that. :)
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Stephen K. Hayes used to have a dojo but that was a long time ago. Try GOOGLE. You'll probably have to go to Japan for that these days.
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Tee,\n\nI've studied multiple disciplines over the last 22 years..\nThe main two arts were Hung Ga Chuan Fa (17 years) and Bujinkan Taijutsu for the last 5.\n\nIn the midst of those...I've played around and cross-trained w/ Muay Thai, Yoshinkan Aikido, MMA players, Kodokan Judo, Kokkar military knife and firearm tactics, Wing Chun, Xingyiquan, and Bagua...\n\nBut Hung Ga and the Bujinkan were the major two, the only two that have really spoken to me. The others were for fun mainly.\n\nHave I ever had to defend myself? Yes...\n\nOnce at an attempted ATM mugging : the assailant left w/ a broken elbow and a nasty concussion.\n\nOnce at a bar : I hit him w/ an ashtray, and my bouncer friend threw him out. 30 seconds and done.\n\nThat's good enough for now...
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"The Legend of the Drunken Master"
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I am learning Chinese (Mandarin). I have already studied for five years, with about half of that time spent in Taiwan or China. I enjoy it a lot!
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You had one response that states "TKD is nothing more that a watered down version of Kung Fu". This statement is absolutely ridiculous. TKD is a form that has evolved over many generations. It is for lack of a better way to describe it, "a mixture of several different forms". Very, very few forms of martial arts are "pure". I suggest talking to students of TKD or researching on the Internet ( ITF or others, a general search on TKD is a good way to start). Please, do not take advice from someone who "hasn't done their homework" about TKD.  If I can be any help, feel free to ask. On Yahoo I am kywildcat_70.
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If you have been practicing martial arts, the skills you have honed will be facilitated upon the need in real life...kind of like reflexes. \n\nI was drunk in a bar one night and someone put me in a full-nelson. Before I even knew what happened, I had clenched his arms, spun around and head-butted him. I didn't even think about it, I just reacted. \n\nI hope this helps ease your mind...
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Its KUNG FU FIGHTING...CARL DOUGLAS and you can find it on Limewire. I have it.
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Yes....  And yes.  Formally studied Aikido/Aikijitsu, Kyoshinkan Karate, and Tae Kwon Do.  (Though I don't really count the last two as I was only there long enough to gain some basics.)  However, also have done personal research and/or worked out with practitioners in Jui-jitsu, Taijiquan, Arnis, & a non-classical form of Gung Fu.   \n\nYou?
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Wing Chun kung-fu: Like most of the stylized kung-fu systems out there they get caught up in the who's instead of the why's and how's. The fixed positions and the inability to expand out of their systems fighting position leaves it vunerable to take downs, angled attacks, multiple person situations, and takes too long to implement the ideas to practical use.\n\nTaekwondo: You're represented by the biggest morons out there WTF and ATA. These orginizations are out for your money, boosting their prestige, and brain washing you into believing that there is a purpose to what they are doing. All the while, WTF specifically, handing you this crock of shit on how long taekwondo has been in existance. Because of their predjudice outlook toward the karate/Japanese culture in which it originated from they've developed a sport based on a game played over 1000 years ago and make people think they're actually learning how to defend themselves. They refuse to look toward proper training for fighting effectively taking them out of the true realm of martial arts. Now there are some fairly solid TKD orginizations out there but they're not represented by the vast majority thus undermining any attempt at validating their system.\n\nKempo: Like saying car, there is no true identity for this system of martial arts. Are we Japanese, American or Chinese. Who give a rats ass. Most systems have tried their damndest (is that really a word?) to validate a fairly effective group of fighting techniques while others get bogged down in the muck of trying to lay claim to some wierd Chinese Shaolin authenticity. Kenpo/Kempo has been represented over many years as some of the hardest hitting, most ferocious fighters in existance. There was a reason they became popular but because of greeed they watered it down to a state where you'd be lucky to find an instructor that wouldn't get you killed in your first encounter on the street. Now a majority of kempo guys are fat, out of shape bastards who are more interested in getting your check book then getting in shape. They have gone the way of TKD but fortunately most schools are changing for the better and maybe in the next decade or so they can rise to the prestige they deserve.\n\nShaolin Kung-fu/Wu Shu: Doesn't exist people it's fucking myth, as a martial arts you are learning to be a fucking gymnast/ballet dancer. Fucking stage performers are all they are. If you like that shit fine but stop licking the balls of these so called Chi masters as if most their stuff wasn't parlor tricks and simple athletic acrobatic techniques. Simple and to the point.\n\nOther systems of Kung-fu: if you aren't training in modern ways then you're not training in Kung-fu. Systems were not to be mired down to tradition they were supposed to change with the time, passing on techniques that worked and adding new ones on to make their respective kwoons "bad ass". Unfortunately you've all seen too many Jet Li and Jackie Chan circle jerk movies and believe half that shit is real. It's the fucking movies people get over it.\n\nJudo: Fucking turning into a bunch of pansies I swear, they outlaw so many moves we're soon going to be left with nothing but a pussified sumo match where only pushing is allowed.\n\nJujitsu: The problem here is identity. Like so many arts Jujitsu wears many masks and covers many different areas of grappling. Some Jujitsu systems look like modern MMA events while others are so bogged down in theoretical shit that they have no comprehension on what works and what doesn't work. Bottom line is if you haven't done it against a fully resisting opponent you'll have no idea if it'lll really work. Most of these practitioners get tied down to tradition and never question for a second their "masters" teaching because they've seen him/her throw some cooperative bitch around. Find Jujitsu that works people.\n\nBrazillian Juj
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Look for "Ong-bak".  Tony Jaa is amazing.  Anything you can find with him will appeal to a martial arts fan.
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It wasn't funny at the time, but...\n\nI practice Kendo, which is a kind of martial art. It is based an samurai sword-fighting techniques. Participants use bamboo swords and armor. My armor, though I am a small person, weighs about 10 or so pounds. Practices are tough, too, especially when DS Sensei would run one. His idea of a perfect practice is when someone passes out or pukes or both.\n\nAnyway, practice in the afternoon. I normally don't eat within four hours practice in order to make sure I don't get sick, but I had been running late and missed my pre-practice snack and I was starving. My sempai (senior student ranking above me) were on the way to the dojo and he did his usual thing of stopping at Taco Bell. Usually, I didn't get anything to eat, but I was STARVING. I mean I was so hungry my stomach hurt. So I narfed down a 7 layer burritto in a bout two seconds. Then we went right to practice.\n\nAnd DS sensei was there. I hadn't known he'd be visiting. So he takes me aside and puts me through this horrible, tough workout. And about halfway through, I am like UH OH...and I turned and bolted from the match and out the door (I actually forgot to bow out--bad manners) and I am running down the hall, trying to get my full-head armor helmet off (think similar to a fencing mask) before I am sick all inside of it. I burst into the bathroom, whip off the helmet in record time, and barf up my burritto. A couple of times!\n\nI go back to practice and DS sensei realizes what happens and totally makes fun of me. I thought that was the end of it, but nooooo...\n\nApparently DS sensei thought this was so funny, he told other people about it. LOTS of other people.\n\nSo I would go to a martial arts function and DS sensei would introduce me to other martial arts folks and they would hear my name and go "Oh, you're the one that barfed up her burritto!" This went on for almost a year!\n\nI still get teased about it, but I sure learned a lesson. And I sure DO NOT eat Taco Bell right before practice anymore.
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I have to say that Aikido would be my choice, though it is a mostly defensive art. You can perform offensive moves, but they are usually in response to someone else's aggression and normally in order to incapacitate the opponent/halt the attack; which again, makes them defensive moves. \nThere are some rather intricate kill-tactics employed by practioners of Dim Mak, which follows a series of meridians that control the ebb and flow of the body's energy and if employed correctly, cause series injury leading to death, but I won't go into those here.
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Druken fist is not actually. done by drinking alcohol.The art gets its names from the jerky movements that look like the practitioner is intoxicated to the untrained eye.It is a very effective style because it atr first makes it look like the practitioner isuntrained. When the opponent finally catches on he still wont be able to touch the practitioner because the practitioner evades all the attacks by getting in some attacks of his own.As i said this is a very effective style.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_fu\n\n\nHint: If you talk about Chuck Norris, you're bound to get an A!
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It is possible to teach yourself, believe it or not. I started out with 'Modern Chinese: A Basic Course' by The Faculty of Peking University. It's put out by Dover and has a CD with native speakers, both male and female, to accompany the text. Quite old, so kind of 'communist', but describes the sound system in detail, gives you a good foundation for the grammar - the basic sentence patterns.\n\nAnd a nice book on the writing system: Teach Yourself Beginner's Chinese Script, put out by Teach Yourself Books.\n\nLater on, I found a very nice (and free!) course on the Internet. Here's the URL: www.hanyu.com.cn/en/default.asp\n\nThis will give you more modern vocabulary, how to use it in conversation.\n\nAlso if you want you can learn Chinese characters, they have very nice animations which slowly take you through each character, like an invisible hand drawing them for you so you know the order and direction of the strokes (every detail IS important - if you don't get it right and you learn with the wrong order or direction, it'll come back to haunt you when you are writing the characters fast and they just 'don't look Chinese'...).\n\nI believe they also have a Japanese and a Korean version of this site - don't have the URL for it handy.\n\nFinally, a nice dictionary for beginners: Oxford Starter Chinese Dictionary.\n\n祝你好运气！Zhu4 ni3 hao3 yun4 qi! Good luck!