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

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  1. TaeAno

    TaeAno Certified Ninja

    12 Years old, Taekwondo

    I am only 15 but I have a long way to go!
     
  2. Master Betty

    Master Betty Banned Banned

    TKD - 6
    Ninjitsu - 14
    Boxing - 15
    Muay Thai - 20
     
  3. Stevebjj

    Stevebjj Grappling Dummy

    Bullshido Karate at 33
    BJJ at 36.
     
  4. seiken steve

    seiken steve golden member

    goju ryu 12-16
    boxing 13-16
    little pleb at 16 and quite for fags and dope
    now doing shukokai and loving it.
    owe alot to my first sensi and conisidering doing goju again
     
  5. Done-Gone

    Done-Gone Banned Banned

    STREET FIGHTING -5 y/o
    JUDO - 7 y/o
    WRESTLING - 15 y/o
    BJJ & NO-GI GRAPPLING - 17 y/o
    GUN FU - 18 y/o
    MUAY THAI - 30+ y/o
     
  6. Terri63

    Terri63 Valued Member

    isshin Ryu

    I was 46 when I started isshin Ryu karate..Best thing i ever did!
     
  7. Kemposhot

    Kemposhot Valued Member

    I had a brief stint in a summer program when I was a young kid, but I don't really count that since it was only 2 months.

    My real MA training started at age 17 in Choy Li Fut Kung Fu. As other people said, probably one of the best decisions I've ever made.
     
  8. Gerlock

    Gerlock Valued Member

    6 - I wached my brothers do Viet Vo Dao and learnt off them.
     
  9. Seventh

    Seventh Super Sexy Sushi Time

    Wrong Thread Sorry.
     
  10. kitkatninja

    kitkatninja Valued Member

    I was 19 or 20 (I believe I started around my birthday, can't remember if it was just before or after) and it was Shotokan Karate :cool:

    -Ken
     
  11. french fri25

    french fri25 Valued Member

    started in Jeet Kune Do and Muay Thai when I was 14.
     
  12. ScottUK

    ScottUK More human than human...

    Age 11 (1984), Wadoryu Karate.

    27 years later, still going strong - but sticking to weapons these days.
     
  13. Dave Humm

    Dave Humm Serving Queen and Country

    Aikido - aged 22.

    Jesus where did all those years go ???
     
  14. ScottUK

    ScottUK More human than human...

    The same way as all the colour in my beard. ;)
     
  15. Willsy

    Willsy 'Ello love

    Okinawan Goju-ryu at age 11, still going.
    Dabbled in JJJ for a year - 13
    And (basically) TKD for a year - 16
    Recently started Judo - 20
     
  16. BurningB

    BurningB Valued Member

    Started TKD since i was 20. Seven years later, and i'm still on it.

    Been doing Thai boxing since i was 24.
     
  17. Commander Nitro

    Commander Nitro Valued Member

    30 when I began my formal training in Jujitsu under Prof Kirby.
     
  18. Hanwei

    Hanwei Valued Member

    Shudokan Karate at 8 or 9, starting ****o-Ryu now at 15.
     
  19. LeaFirebender

    LeaFirebender Ice Bear has ninja stars

    I started Hapkido when I was almost 13 :hat:
     
  20. gorinnosho

    gorinnosho Kendo Addict

    k here goes.

    Age 13-15: ****o-Ryu Karate: Renbukan system (Till blue belt)
    Age 15- current :****o- Ryu Karate: Traditional Japanese Karate network ( Blue belt -Shodan). still basicly the same as Renbukan, but political issues at the Dojo and in japan happened.
    Age 21: Kendo
    Age 21: Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo Jutsu
     

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