How old were you when you started martial arts and what style

Aikido--18

I'm 27 now.

 

I'm 15 and I have taken TKD for 3 years so far but I'm not sure if its ITF or WTF.

 

Karate when i was 8 or 9. Did it for about 4 years then quit. Did TAGB TKD for a few years some time later. Then quit. Kickboxing the last 4 years though.

 

Started Tae Kwon Do when I was 12, about a month before I turned 13

 

i started kuk sool won when i was 13

 

Judo when I was around 6... switched to Karate when I was 14 and continud through most of my twenties. Went on to Aikido in my late twenties and started BJJ and Tai Ji a few years back as well (I'm 33).

Now do mostly Tai Ji and BJJ with some Aikido on occasion. I also train in classical Japanese martial arts... but it's sporadic (since I don't have a teacher locally).

/Stef

 

kung fu at 17 (2-3 years)
jkd at 31 (7 years) but still practice my kali on a regular basis
bjj at 39 still doing it

boxing training on and off

 

Started judo at 7
have done lots of various styles since

 

well uhh i started around liek 4 years old and i was trying to do i think it was shaolin kung fu, i trained most of what i know by myself out of books but now i have real training

 

Good question!
I started Judo when I was a skinny 17 year old. After being taught a single throw, I got thrown around the floor by a HUGE Brown Belt student for six weeks before deciding that it wasn't really my thing. WE didn't get taught how to fall until week 3! The 20 minutes of bunny hops at the start of each lesson and the sign saying "Please Do NOT Bleed on the Mats" also kind of put me off!
I then did nothing MA wise for over 20 years until I started KSW aged 38 to encourage my 6 year old son. Now, 15 years later, I am teaching MA for a living and he doesn't train any more!

 

48 when I started MMA/BJJ. I should point out that I don't compete ! Roll - yes, light spar yes, but full on tear-up no !

 

I started Judo at eight years of age at my dads Judo club. Tomiki Aikido at fourteen years of age. Taiho Jutsu at twentyone years of age. I still practice all three although Tomiki Aikido is my primary martial art.

 

started my 1st martial art (kuk sool won) at the age of 24, back in 1996 still doing the same one 13 years later with no plans to switch or stop

 

Arnis, Kali, Kuntao - 13-15
Wushu - 16-17
Muay Thai - 17 - till I die.

Taekwondo - 19

Muay Thai is my main stance. Haven't used any fighting styles in a street fight rather than Muay Thai.

 

1. a few weeks of kyokushin at age 6, my father forced me to go but I hated it so I quit
2. wado-ryu karate at age 13, also forced by my father, also hated it at first but I slowly got hooked and I'm still doing it
3. capoeira at 19 years old, I was obsessed with it for years before that
4. muay thai, started a few months ago and it has everything my karate dojo lacks so it's a nice compliment for my striking

I'm 23 now and I still have a nice long list of styles I want to try including judo, aikido, BJJ, some Filipino MA and maybe a little TKD and boxing.

 

Shotokan when I was 12 - 14 and then back to it from 18 onwards

 

23 - Karate (Shotokan/Chito-ryu mix) - still doing it, going for my brown belt actually in a week and a half
23 - BJJ, only did it for a couple of months, class times weren't working for me

I also dabbled in jodo this winter.

I want to try Judo, Ju-Jitsu, and TKD (still debating between ITF and WTF - both are offered at convienient locations for me) in the future. I'm only 25, so I'm still nice and young, so will probably have the opportunity.

 

shorin-ryu karate at forty-two for two yrs.
sullivan's american kenpo at forty-four and counting
.....kind of a late start...

 

goju ryu when i was 20 stopped at 22
sun style tai chi when i was 25ish stopped at 27ish
wado ryu when i was 40 still going at 45
also do some LauGar, Chin na, praying mantis

 

Shotokan when I was about 12 years old, and various other styles over the next 29 years. Mainly freestyle karate (which I am back studying again!) and now doing eskrima and having a blast