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--- Quote ---Which is kinda funny because it's supposed to be a really defensive martial art, but they teach you so many ways to hurt people it's not even funny. Like there are so many locks (by that I mean ways you can hold a part of them that hurts a lot) and chokes and also pressure points (which are lil bits all over you someone can press to make it hurt a lot.)
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Yupp!! Thats what i really love about martial art is that there is science within each and every move in there.  Jujutsu is specificaly science on the opponent for the most part. Because you are using their force. But getting a person into a locked position is one thing, but when you feel how its like to get locked then you know how effective it really is so next time you lock a person, your going to do it more proper. Jujutsu needs an opponent, i bet when you trained you always intereacted with someone.
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Yep, when i first started me and some friends sorta invaded this little club, so i was training with them initially. But as training with people of similar height is easier for initially learning a move, i eventually trained with someone just under 3 times my age which was really cool, and is great for self confidence and stuff.

But we had all sorts at our club. One of the best things was finally being able to throw 15+ stone over your shoulders in the form of your rugby playing friend ahaha.

Wolfprints:
I did Cuong Nhu (a Vietnamese style) for seven years.  I had to give it up when I started university because there's no school for it here, and because I just don't have the time for it right now.  Cuong Nhu incorporates elements Aikido, Judo, Wing Chun, Vovinam, Tai Chi Chuan, and Boxing.  So obviously we have some pretty diverse training.

We do a lot of sparring, grappling, and weapons training, which I personally love. I've trained with tonfa, ropedart, tambo, and bo (which is my personal favourite).

I'm currently not training, because of school, but I hope to get back into it once I finish university.  I miss it a lot, and I'm always happy to find people to talk about it with.

Crafeksterty:
Looked it up, never heard of it but looks interresting. Very modern, but i cant help feeling that the creator simply incorporated and expressed things he found grate and made it into one.
Since, the obvious use of different styles. But! Its actualy good cause you get the feel of each and every different styles and see exactly what makes them good or not. Some may train whin chun during a class of Cuong Nhu, one will find it useless while the other will find it incredible.

So, Cuong Nhu at glance to me seems like a martial art that lets you develop yourself easier. Just seems like it :P

Wolfprints:
Yeah, essentially it is. I don't know how much research you did, but Cuong Nhu was founded during the Vietnam War. The founder wanted to give the people both a way to defend themselves, but also something productive and healthy to do.  That's why Cuong Nhu is very self-defense oriented, and also incorporates a lot of philosophy.

But it's certainly not lacking in martial arts! We do drills, sparring, forms, etc, just like other styles. We have many forms and techniques that come from other styles, but also some of our own as well. It's really a blend of a lot of different things.

One of the things I really like about it is that Cuong Nhu was designed to be accessible to everyone. We're still small in the US, but all kinds of people train in it.  And because it's still small here, it's a very friendly community, which is awesome.  I've met many of the highest ranking people in Cuong Nhu at various conferences, including our Grandmaster and his family. I'm not trying to brag about that, anyone who's gone to a conference has probably met them.

If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend check it out. It's a really great community. Plus you get to train martial arts, so what else could you want?

DonTroopa:
I have never practiced a martial art (one without weapon). But I might try Krav Maga just because it's available at our uni (but downside is it looks really agressive) and I love to try Kyūsho Jitsu (unfortunately not available in our country).

At the moment I just do archery and I have ordered my own blunt axe for show fights at medieval events. Do not underestimate the medieval european sword fighting;)

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