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

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  1. Arnoo

    Arnoo Work in Progress

    Started karate at late 13 stopped at late 15, started boxing on 19. Hoping to start judo and kendo along side boxing when i turn 20 aswell.
     
  2. davefly76

    davefly76 Valued Member

    i started kuk sool won when i was 22, been doing it ever since. not interested in doing anything else other than dabbling in muay thai, no intention of fighting though.
     
  3. progdan

    progdan Valued Member

    I started Krav Maga and Eskrima when I was 19. Which was earlier this year! :D
     
  4. koyo

    koyo Passed away, but always remembered. RIP.

    karate judo and kendo when I was eighteen added aikido when I was nineteen crosstrained in all four into my thirties.
    Fifty years later uninterupted training.aikido instructor.


    regards koyo
     
  5. progdan

    progdan Valued Member

    That's great, hopefully I'll be able to say something pretty similar 50 years down the track in my own Martial Arts career! :)
     
  6. koyo

    koyo Passed away, but always remembered. RIP.

    Avoid politics personalities mystics and machos and I am sure you will.


    regards koyo
     
  7. Kraen

    Kraen Valued Member

    Hapkido when I was 5/6 then picked it back up at 18 and started Aikido sometime before I turned 19.

    -Kraen
     
  8. progdan

    progdan Valued Member

    Thanks for the advice, I'll certainly keep that in mind. :)
     
  9. Humblebee

    Humblebee PaciFIST's evil twin

    started boxing at 7 yrs old.
     
  10. Bost MMA

    Bost MMA New Member

    Shotokan Karate at age 5, stuck with it till about 11 or 12 and then trained in Tang Soo Do till i was around 15 and Ive been doing Muay Thai/BJJ/MMA ever since.
     
    Last edited: May 27, 2009
  11. never too old

    never too old Valued Member

    Kupso when I was 37, never done anything like it before. Still here nearly 2 years later - the longest I've ever stuck anything remotely related to exercise.:cool:
     
  12. MatsunoCj

    MatsunoCj Jujitsu rookie

    Matsuno Ryu goshinjitsu at 18, wish i had started earlier :bang:, but better late than never lol
     
  13. Satchoki

    Satchoki Valued Member

    I was 4, started with Taekwondo and wing chun
     
  14. SamuelTrygger

    SamuelTrygger New Member

    I was 35 when I started practicing iaido. I was 37 when I started practicing jodo. Currently not practicing jodo, though.
     
    Last edited: Jul 12, 2009
  15. Kuma

    Kuma Lurking about

    Started boxing right about when I hit puberty.
     
  16. Dhalsim-on

    Dhalsim-on Banned Banned

    Taekwondo 15-17

    Jeet Kune Do 17-18

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    *cue drinking, smoking and bad women*
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    Silat 20 - present

    Budo Taijutsu 21 - present

    Ju Jitsu 22 - present

    Muay Thai 22 - present

    Don't consider myself talented in any individual art to be honest. I just like to train hard!
     
    Last edited: Aug 24, 2009
  17. SeeDarkly

    SeeDarkly Valued Member

    17-21 Lau Gar
    23-26 Keysi fighting Method
    24-27 Freestyle
    29-31 (present) WTF Tkd

    Any other time, anything anyone will teach me;)
     
  18. dormindo

    dormindo Active Member Supporter

    Exactly the same story as mine except that my style is capoeira angola.

    paz,

    dormindo
     
  19. Dao

    Dao Valued Member

    5/6 years old when I started Judo, switched when I was about 9 to Jujutsu uninterupted training since and run my own little school.


    Dao
     
  20. Pacificshore

    Pacificshore Hit n RUN!

    Started age 14 in Kajukenbo........since then have stuck with Hawaiian version(s) of Ken/mpo.
     

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