Any Martial Artists Here?

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Have done kickboxing, kung fu, muay thai and BJJ
Muay Thai is my main art though am currently 1-0-1 amateur and completely obsessed

I practiced Kung Fu/T'ai Chi and made my first black belt, but that was about ten years ago. My two sons were getting heavily involved in marching band and something had to give...I still use some of the meditation practices, and some of the yoga techniques I learned back then to keep focused and to de-stress, at least when I remember to do so!

Always had a fascination with martial arts, but never had any formal training. Interestingly, my dance style catches the interest of those who've trained and they always ask if I've done any, which I haven't.

I've also come across an inspirational woman with AS called Jo Redman: http://www.joredman.com/

Jo is an international kickboxer based in the UK and a solid role model for those on the spectrum.

Vx

I started a beginner's kendo class in September; it runs through December. At first I wasn't too impressed. It's very much a sport, as opposed to the more martial aikido that I'm used to (more rules of where and how you can attack - by necessity, since you're hitting each other with shinai), but interestingly the ettiquite is more formal and strict and a lot of the things that I was suspicious of to start with have legitimate reasoning behind them. It's difficult to get used to the more square stance, and the fully-raised strikes, as opposed to the sideways hanmi of aikido and the more slippery jabs that I've been taught.

Wing chun Kendo Jiu jitsu boxing wrestling etc. I was wondering why no one mentioned the problem with physical contact...I found jiu jitsu very gross in the beginning...

Me, me!

when I started aikido, it was very difficult - especially letting myself fall when I was thrown. Once I learned how to fall better, it became easier - and the type of touch wasn't as difficult to handle as some of the 'social' touching that people do. A complete stranger laying their hand on my arm or shoulder zings me far, far worse than having my wrist grabbed or my face hit in a dojo setting.

I started Wado-ryu karate about seven years ago, and am now a black belt. Martial arts has grown into my main "aspie obsession". Due to the resulting tremendous amount of research, I realized that my little small-town dojo was ignorant, unrealistic, not really very good. Now I live in the big city while I'm going to school, so I joined a well-known old-fashioned, practical karate group that hearkens back to karate's Chinese/Okinawan self-defence roots, before it got pretty and sporting. I also began Japanese jujutsu, which is actually very similar to old karate. I also mean to study historical European martial arts, medieval fencing and unarmed fighting, if I ever find the time.

What's the difference between Ju-Jitsu and Brazilian Ju-Jitsu?

BJJ is less traditional in its practice, a little more MMA-ish. Otherwise, afaIk, basically the same thing.

hey all. I've been doing judo on and off since I was 12. I like it a lot but I was never particularly good (my body couldn't quite accomplish the maneuvers my mind had planned a lot of the time).

I also did taekwondo on and of starting in high school.

In college I was planning on doing both martial arts competitively but got seriously injured in judo practice and got a "sprain" in my left shoulder that never quite went away so I've been out of the game since.

I'm studying Wing Chun from an app because there's no formal instruction in my small town!

I've studied other styles before but soon I'll have to start commuting if I want to keep this up.

You can't study or practice a martial art (or, for that matter, much of anything) without feedback from someone who is better/more experienced/more knowledgeable than you. You'll end up making mistakes that you don't even know that you need to correct, and even worse, they'll end up getting ingrained into your muscle memory. It might be disaappointing, but you should either pick a different art or commit to traveling.

I'd agree with you but It's not my first rodeo. I know how breathe, how to drive power through my hips and how to use my tools (arms and legs) from studying Boxing, TDK and Tai Chi and incorporating them into my own style over the last 30 years. As an animator and cartoonist, my observational skills are keen enough to perceive all of the subtle nuances in balance and posture to replicate them for my own purposes, so your advice is as inaccurate as it is unsolicited.

But hey, thanks for sharing.

Good luck with that.
I've met people with similar self-confidence before, and been unimpressed... but maybe you're the one who can, despite all logic to the contrary, pull it off.

Based on my original post, what exactly do you think I'm trying to pull off?