fellow martial artists?

[saio]

As the title implys I'm wondering if there are any fellow martial arts practitioners
if so which style and rank or if your self taught like myself state your inspirations or references

I was deeply interested in martial arts even as a child when I watched my first jackie chan film
legend of the drunken master, after that I watched as many martial arts films I could get my
grubby little mitts on,
jet li. samo hung. andy lau. chow yun fat. tak sakaguchi. tony jaa. won bin (if you didn't notice he's the guy on the bottom of this post ). donnie yen. robin shu. chuck norris (man those were painful). johnny hallyday. bruce lee (my personal favorite).
and many more. I took a lot of their traits and mixed them together I'm not going to lie to you it was painful
but I don't regret doing it because it's not just an art it's a culture

well that's my story thank you for listening please tell me yours
on to the thread

[Heartless Angel]

I studied Ving Tsun for a little while, there was a free class nearby, my schedule didn't permit me to keep going unfortunately. I enjoy reading about martial art theory more than actually practicing it. Ving Tsun interested me particularly because of Bruce Lee and his famous teacher, Yip Man. Ving Tsun is a particularly interesting art, because it requires virtually no physical strength to use, it's based mostly on finding the most efficient use of the design of the human body. I've always loved the martial arts movies, the anime where they go into great detail about the physics of techniques, I find that all quite interesting for whatever reason.

[Mystyrion]

I've been to a few martial arts class. Not sure the particular style, I went just to be a friend.
One of my best friends that I've had growing up through the years studied martial arts for about 6 or 7 years. He later gave it up and got a job and a wife haha.

[saio]

I studied Ving Tsun for a little while, there was a free class nearby, my schedule didn't permit me to keep going unfortunately. I enjoy reading about martial art theory more than actually practicing it. Ving Tsun interested me particularly because of Bruce Lee and his famous teacher, Yip Man. Ving Tsun is a particularly interesting art, because it requires virtually no physical strength to use, it's based mostly on finding the most efficient use of the design of the human body. I've always loved the martial arts movies, the anime where they go into great detail about the physics of techniques, I find that all quite interesting for whatever reason.

ah wing chun a very respectable style one of my greatest influences particularly in redirecting attacks
I'm sure you meant ip man right? both a great warrior and a solid base for philosophy

oh and right on for picking bruce lee

I've been to a few martial arts class. Not sure the particular style, I went just to be a friend.
One of my best friends that I've had growing up through the years studied martial arts for about 6 or 7 years. He later gave it up and got a job and a wife haha.

lol well that's the beauty of this art you require virtually no equipment or supplies to practice it
case in point jackie chan would watch tv with his legs completely straight this way he could tone his leg muscle while watching his favourite movie

[Heartless Angel]

I've seen his name spelled both ways, I believe Yip is the more accurate, where Ip is the romanized version. Same guy in any case.

[Rowan]

If you have seen Jackie Chan's hong long films such as drunken master and path of the dragon, you would understand how amazingly talented he is. He is overshadowed by the more popular martial artists like Bruce lee, jet li (who is amazing by the way) and various others. If you like samo hung, Andy lao(more of a singer these days =p) Jackie chan and tony Leung, watch island of fire. It features all of them. Great prison film.

[saio]

If you have seen Jackie Chan's hong long films such as drunken master and path of the dragon, you would understand how amazingly talented he is. He is overshadowed by the more popular martial artists like Bruce lee, jet li (who is amazing by the way) and various others. If you like samo hung, Andy lao(more of a singer these days =p) Jackie chan and tony Leung, watch island of fire. It features all of them. Great prison film.

for a second there I thought there was actually a jackie chan film I hadn't watched
then I looked it up and found out I had watched the american version titled the prisoner
it was an okay film though I enjoyed dragons forever more

[Cyanist]

Excellent thread, Saio
I was torn between Jackie and Bruce. I chose the latter because I don't think I could deal with random stuff being thrown/boards and pans being set where my fist is going and then of course Jackie might make fun of me and I just couldn't take that
And for some inexplicable reason, I can't picture Tony Jaa agreeing to spar with me - he'd probably prefer an elephant

[Josh_R]

I used to study quite a few styles of martial arts when I did amateur MMA fights.

I have a brown belt under Relson Gracie. I am not as into as I used to be, but I still regularly attend his classes whenever I have the chance, and compete in tournies.

I also have a green belt in Kyokushin karate under Phil Clark. Don't get into this as much as I used.

I am self taught in Muay-Thai kickboxing, and standard boxing.