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[macbolan00]

On 4/17/2022 at 1:32 PM, Gtayo11 said:

who else a part of the karate/tkd 90s/2000s craze?

You're at least two decades late. The karate craze started in the '60s with Tony Ferrer, Bernard Belleza and Roberto Gonzales films. It started with lessons given by Latino Gonzales (Roberto's father) who first taught karate in the Phils. The '70s further increased interest in Karate (strange) with kung fu stars like Bruce Lee, Meng Fei, Wang Yu, etc. Just not enough kung fu teachers willing to teach Filipinos mainstream. But the Bruce Lee craze saw the birth of several Filipino-born arts like Trac-Ma, Inosanto JKD, modern arnis, etc.

The '80s saw the rise of Tae Kwon do and it brought a martial arts explosion to the country.

But to answer your question, yeah I dabbled in karate in the '80s but my real MA was judo. Judo is pretty well-developed in the Phils, which explains why BJJ can't seem to go beyond a small mich here, even with the third explosion brought about by MMA. BJJ just can't cut it against judo when it comes to a throwing-grappling match. Although I admit BJJ is a terror when it comes to chokes and locks. Judo has all of that too, but people see mostly throws in competitions (and it's what judoists train in mostly, because it ends the match cleanly.)

[RadeonNitro]

chukchakan

[Lynch110]

Sistema

[jwynn]

On 4/2/2022 at 6:55 PM, manofculture said:

Any places in QC/within Metro Manila where one can try out fencing,  kendo, or kyudo?

There's going to be fencing classes by Forge Pioneer this May at Valle Verde.

Check them out for other details.

[artemis2007]

I'm interested to learn Taekwondo. Where to enroll training here in QC area? 

[anjero]

If I have to choose to learn just 1 martial art, it's definitely going to be Muay Thai. Muay Thai's elegant lethality is just a beauty to watch.

[Christian.Grey]

Aikido 

[joe070]

Muay thai

[jondon88]

Jiujutsu

[Phenom96]

Krav maga

[Dandelion812]

Karate

[anjero]

Wrestling almost cancels every other martial art...

[magnumfinger]

Mma jiu jitsu in mall is fine

[DavetheBarbarian]

Wrestling

[anjero]

But having extremely ridiculous striking power is a hell of an equalizer against all techniques...