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6 contributions to The Geeky Martial Artists
Oct 23 in
How Long to Black Belt?
This is always an interesting topic that I've had come up in conversations with other people practicing. How long did it take you to receive your first black belt? If you haven't received one yet, what seems to be the average time in the styles that you're involved with? It's always interesting to hear different people's stories and experiences.
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New comment 25d ago
1 like • Oct 24
Depends on the art. I got my TKD black belt after ≈3 years. It’ll probably be 12-15 for my BJJ black belt (I’m 10 years in and currently am a purple belt)
1 like • Oct 24
@Nic Rollins typically, a black belt in BJJ takes about 10 years. My promotion to purple was a bit delayed partly due to gym politics and partly due to the Covid lockdown and some other stuff. My main coach wanted to promote me in 2021, but it got vetoed with no real explanation
Oct 22 in
Shannon Lee's book
Who has read Bruce Lee's daughters book about her dad?
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New comment Oct 23
2 likes • Oct 22
It was pretty good.
Oct 22 in
Conditioning exercises
Who here thinks conditioning exercises should be included in martial arts class curriculum? Not everyone has the space to train these. Or the equipment to do this kind of training solo. Also in order to ensure life long health training students need guidance on proper form to prevent injury.
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New comment 23d ago
2 likes • Oct 22
Strength and conditioning should be its own thing, separate from technique training and sparring. Calisthenics and body weight stuff can be done just about anywhere. I recommend that everyone should lift heavy stuff. Decent goals are 1/2/3/4 plates for overhead press, bench press, squat, and deadlift. Or .75x, 1x, 1.5x, and 2x bodyweight for those lifts, whichever is lighter as initial goals. They’re achievable for most individuals over time without steroids or anything too crazy. Understanding energy systems used in your goal (street fight/self defense, tournaments, etc) will dictate what you should optimize. Cardio is good for everyone for general health and wellbeing, but the average altercation tends to last less than a minute where anaerobic metabolism is the primary metabolic system used. This is where force output can be the highest.
Oct 17 in
Introduction
👋 Hi, I’m Caleb! I want to get these 3 things from the community: 1. Fun 2. Learn some new things 3. Engage in an interesting community For fun I like to do these things: 1. BJJ, Muay Thai, Kali/JKD, MMA 2. Movies 3. Hang out with my dog 4. Video games 5. Read (books, comics, manga…) I have a black belt in Chung Do Kwan, a purple belt in BJJ, and am a PFS certified JKD instructor. I’ve also done some shotokan, tang soo do, and boxing. I’ve been training for a long time, but there is always more to learn.
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New comment Oct 22
0 likes • Oct 22
@Eric Miller some advice I got before from an older guy that trained was to train like you’re 50 when you’re 20 so you can train like you’re 20 when you’re 50 (not gonna lie, I didn’t listen to this the best and have had a couple knee injuries which took a while to come back from…). Picking your training partners and being vocal about your goals and what you specifically are trying to work on are what you would want to do. Extra strength and conditioning, prehab/rehab, and managing intensity and recovery time from everything become even more important to prevent injuries.
0 likes • Oct 22
@Eric Miller the way to scale things back, is to keep things light and playful. Not every session is about smashing your opponent. Flow rolls, light controlled sparring, turning things into a game…
Oct 18 in
What Was Your Inspiration to Start Martial Arts?
Happy Friday! Wanted to throw this out there to see what everyone's experience was. For me, I wanted to become like Goku from DBZ when I was a kid and thats what led to my initial interest in martial arts
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New comment 23d ago
1 like • Oct 18
Kung fu movies as a kid, anime, the whole ninja fad, and just wanting a fun mode of exercise
0 likes • Oct 20
@Eric Miller I’m sure I did at some point. It’s been a while.
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