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Justin Owen

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Tae Kwon Do

Started taking Tae Kwon Do when I was 6 and it was like a 2nd religion for 16 years (basically 'til right after I got married and had to choose between Paintball and TKD! LOL). I'd suspect that successful martial artists also make good paintballers because they realize the importance of patience and discipline. Just speculation, though. It probably has more to do with the fact that a martial artist, dressed to kill, looks a lot like a snow-white poodle...and we all know that poodles rule, now don't we?!!

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jermanboy

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Hey bro (Manning 26),
Im a Shaolin ninja samurai bunker master. HA HA
Everyone on the the forum needs to explain their moves they do in a martial arts style, such as "I bunkered that guy Jeet Koon Doh style."
It helps in pissin off Mr. Manning our new Newbie Moderator
 
I am no expert but

As a little girl a studied ballet which is all about disapline and stance to a move, ballance and religious training untill you can do it in your sleep.

My mother taught me to box (yer I know Weird one. In her day she was the sparring partner to the london all school champ till she got too busty) my granfather boxed for the army. Another sport of contorl, timming, hand to eye coordination and not being afraid to get hurt.

I also have done a very limited amount of kick boxing I was told if I had the time I could be good (they paired me up with their retuning champ and I some what suprised him on my first attempt).

I have been known to dance, not hand bag shuffling. All night full on stuff. When it's 4am on top of a speaker, podium other such wobbly object in stupid high heels. You don't want to fall off and look redicluse.

You learn balance. you learn your limits. When I was really fit no drugs or alchol (3 sessions at the gym and toned muscles) I could and did dance for up to 8 hours and only disaper for nature breaks. Endurance still being acurate at the end of the day.

As TJ rightly puts it it's a skills thing they all relate and improve your game. To call paintball a sport as we do it's sports mem and women need understand this it's not just about turning up on the feild hung over ( I know some of you play better like that) and playing your game.

An unclutter focused mind plays a sharper tighter game, body weaves done them (balance and thigh muscles) I tottaly agree with learning to shoot with both hands. At the moment I take paintball seriously rather than personally playing but I am not dead yet. Which leads me to another point, if you are fit and look after your self and do the warm up streaches as TJ is advising it cuts down signifigantly on injury time. I speak from personall experince I had a real bad fall any normal person would have broken their neck, wrists and i don't know what else. I have always been increadably supple and flexable this is what saved me. To put it into paintball do the warm ups, don't rip and tear things, stop the cramps, have indurance, be able to fit into strange tight possions do the body swever thing at least once (dead cool) Have fun I will leave you to muse on this one.

Sparklie

Please tell why no one has yet hit this chess conparison? walking feilds working out the possiblitys the opositions game?

Just curious not meaning to thread hiest or offend.
 

Wookie

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Two completely different ones....

Spent 3 and a half years doing Tae Kwon Do with the RAF at Uxbridge until my knee started to lose cartilage and detatch ligaments and also when I tore a hamstring overextending myslef during a sparring session with a Karate black belt. After all that, I decided that my body was trying to tell me something and I started to ease out of it.
When I went back to Suffolk, I moved on to Kage Shinobi Kai for a year and really enjoyed that, but it took a while for me to "click" with the difference between a "hard" art and a "soft" art. When I did click with it, I really started to enjoy it.

I started them just to keep fit, but it ended up giving me a lot more focus and flexability. I keep meaning to get back into it, but the Last club I was in shut up shop and moved to Witham and they only have Tai Chi (the slow relaxing sort) here on Alderney.

If this is ongoing, I might have to break out my old TKD books and start learning that again. I just hope my knee can still take it.

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Hyder

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Shaolin Samurai

I studied the same Shaolin Ninja Samurai Bunker Master style as Jermanboy. Although somewhat controversial, as Manning26 will more than likely shed some light on, it is extrememly effective in nearly all conceivable situations. :D
 

Manning26

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I know a couple fools who are going to be extra-bruised after practice this weekend.

Sparklie, if you do a search for, 'chess,' you should find some long fight we had last year, so it's been covered.

Something I think that we've missed so far on here is the fact that martial arts should help you keep from getting tunnel-vision, and to a lesser extent, telegraphing an attack. Tunnel-vision and telegraphing will get your butt beat, and quick! Also, I think meditation can help to keep a level head during a game. I'm pretty sure none of the martial artists on here suffer from the crazy-leg syndrome. It's easy to find, it's the guy hopping all over the place behind his bunker, who when he finally does move it's at the worst possible time, and normally for no good reason. Control your adrenaline!
Later Kids!
 

Robin Hood

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Originally posted by Manning26
Also, I think meditation can help to keep a level head during a game. I'm pretty sure none of the martial artists on here suffer from the crazy-leg syndrome. It's easy to find, it's the guy hopping all over the place behind his bunker, who when he finally does move it's at the worst possible time, and normally for no good reason. Control your adrenaline!
Later Kids!
I think you've got a brilliant point here Manning: I was at the indoor about a month ago, I was spectating one of the matches on the diablo field and there was this kid who ran straigt to a cross off the break I think. Anyway, he was on his knees leaning back but spazzing around all over the place!! He was doing all sorts of way OTT jerky movements trying to look around the bunker what seemed to be all for show, when he finally sticks his head out he's a gonner!! That's about 10 seconds gone and he's out!

You need to stay calm in stressful situations like that to keep yourself thinking straight to make calculated and informed decisions that will keep you in the game!

AJermstad :)
 

Jones the Paint Magnet

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Tiger Crane Combination kung fu, and chi kung exercises related to the discipline. Have also tried Chinese boxing and a bit of Hsing-I. Fencing (the European martial art!), mainly foil and epee (wonderful weapon).

Don't know any famous players that well!

Flexibility and timing - life is a helluva lot easier when you are bendy! Strength, resilience and speed are all built in to it, hence the high number of martial arts film stars who actually trained as dancers, not fighters (superior understanding of body mechanics -I knew an ice skater at Uni who could lift & balance a 7-stone partner on one arm!). Timing all important, both your own, and awareness of what and when other people are doin' their thang!