I, like a few others here in the devilberry comunity, love the shit out of martial arts. Taijutsu, Jujutsu, Kenjutsu, BJJ, Krav Maga, Muay Thai, LOVE EM. 

So, what i ask of you people is if you love them too, practicing, drawing, or even just watching cheesy kung fu movies. 

So, grab a seat, warm up your favorate keyboard fingers, and let's talk punching ; ) 

I miss martial arts. Due to an insanely busy study schedule I havn't been able to do any for over 2 years now. I really wanna give Krav Maga and Muay Thai a go as well, just to see what they're like.

There's an indefinable zen about martial arts that it's difficult to achieve with other things. I suppose it comes from the fact that you're trying to train your body not to think about what it's doing, so that it all comes naturally. Sure, the same could be said about sports, but there's also a shift in mindset and confidence that i find comes only with martial arts.

I definately love using what I learn from it for drawing and writing. It's difficult to describe how a well trained fighter moves and reacts unless you've experienced it yourself. Even describing how a bad fighter reacts to a trained fighter is difficult unless you know about fighting.

Same with drawing a character; unless you've been taught how to move and strike it's difficult to draw a convincing image of a duel or battle.

Actually I've noticed a degredation in my skills depicting fights specifically because it's been so long since I've practiced a martial art :S gonna have to fix that if I ever get some free time :P

YES! martial arts, the only sport (besides archery) i ever stuck with by my own free will. Now that i actually have a work schedule, not just a "sit at this desk until you pass out" im thinking of getting back into them.. and drawing.

Theres nothing more satisfing than a well draw fight scene

i've alway found watching people of middling ability more interesting to watch spar. when you get two really highly trained opponents they tend to be more reserved and you get a lot more moving around with less actual conflict. which is really good, but i find it more interesting when the opponents know what they're doing but still have the tendancy to go on the offence more