The sexiest martial art in the world.

Impetus

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I'm a big fan of the martial arts, and ever since I touched down on a discussion a few weeks ago about health and sex with my opinion on martial arts and sex, I've been having a stew brewing in my head about which is the sexiest martial art in the world. The disclaimer is, of course, that like the argument about which is the best martial art, the argument about the sexiest martial art is up for horse-cart loads of personal interpretation. In fact, I'm counting on it, that's what makes the discussion so much fun.

My nominee for sexiest martial art in the world is...Tae Kwon Do! (Oddly enough, the martial art I'm taking now...fancy that :))

Why is TKD the sexiest martial art? I'm glad you asked:

1) Legs. TKD is all about the kicking. They love to kick in TKD. High kicks, low kicks, middle kicks, combo kics, rapid-fire-spinning 720 degree death-strike kicks. It's the martial art for the mastery of the leg. And what does this mean in the bedroom? This means that (Caution...hyperbole ahead.) TKD practitioners have legs that posess xexxyness unrivled in all the athletic community...anywhere! Bikers? Runner? Not bad legs, but they lack the flexability that a truely wicked axe kick requires. You ever see your hubby or girlfriend do the splits? Sexy, isn't it? Gymnasts then? Same toned legs, same beautiful lines, same tight leg muscles. They're probably close on the sexy-leg factor, but in TKD you learn how to fight with those legs. Which is xexxier, beating down a leather-clad biker who's threataning your girl or doing a flip? If you said biker-beating, you win!

2) Endurance. TKD is all about the endurance. How much so? A master once said that only when a flight of stairs can be climbed a hundred times without a single drop of sweat being lost, can mastery be attained. Nice words. And to that end, TKD practitioners train *hard*. We sweat, we strain, we build up bodies of steel and stone. Not just legs, though they do recieve a large focus. It's a whole-body things. Pushups, situps, running like a madman on speed. All part of the standard regimen. And what does this mean in the bedroom? Come on, don't tell me I have to spell it out for you...it means that when we say we can go all night long...we mean it. You want rapid hip thrusts for the next three hours? We got you covered. We've probably done it before in the dojo :)

3) Ass. It almost falls into the category of legs, but it's important enough that it warrents its own point. The ass is as much a component of the kick as the legs are. The ass is what gets those hips and then the whole body into a concrete-shattering attack. I hear you ask, does this mean that not only do practitioners of TKD have great legs, but they also have great asses? Yes they do, my friend, yes they do.

4) Philosophy. Martial artists are masters not only of the body, but of the mind. We train for disipline, self-control, dignity, restraint, and a host of other charactaristics that not only make us wise and well-controlled martial artists, but also make us excelent significant others. You think you're going to get a lot of lazy-ass crap from your boyfriend when you ask him to take out the garbage after he's just spent the day at the dojo training himself for restraint and constant vigilance? If you turn to the back of the book, you'll see that the answer is no.

5) The outfits. Ladies, do you not agree that a man in a uniform is a terribly xexxy thing? Of course you do. And that's just what we have. Uniforms. Clean-pressed, well worn, and airy enough to let us move. And women in TDK garb? Don't get me started.

6) Toughness. This one goes out to all the S/M lovers out there. You want a man who can take a whipping with a cat-o-nine tails, have his back torn up with a metal fork, be spanked 20 times on each cheek and still screw like a madman untill the sun comes up? Where else you going to look, the retirement home? We sit around and kick each other for the *sheer pleasure* of knowing that it conditions our bodies against pain. You want to dish it out? We can take it. And when we give back, we've got the aforementioned legs of unrivaled strength to keep you cumming from dusk till dawn till the next dusk afterwords.

7) Body control. You all know what i'm talking about, don't you... *Body control.* Think about it. That's right...

Look at that body of masterfull argumentation. Such logic. Such exposition. Such mastery of the english language. Such modesty! He must be right! Tae Kwon Do must be the xexxyest martial art in the world!

Disagree? Well, (Caution: hyperbole ahead) after i'm done laughing hysterically at your foolish ignorance (Hint: it'll sound like this: HA HA HA HA HAAAA!), I'll come back here and read your arguments and see what I think. You got a better martial art for me? I want to hear about it.

-I
 
Pullease. Tae Kwon Do's all lower body. If you want serious full-body strength and power - and sexiness - look to Kung Fu. Kicks, schmicks.
 
Dude...there is absolutely nothing sexier than some Tai Chi. Fluidity, slow motion...and people do it in the park all the time...can't beat that
 
Tai Chi with a sword all the way. go watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and pay attention to the sequence where Chow Yun Fat is going to town after he is reunited with Green Destiny (his sword). if you're like me, just put Michelle Yeoh or Zhang Ziyi in his place. for an added touch, take away the clothes.

it's just so damn fluid and graceful. beautiful.
 
Bad voice dub: Laurel...you...have insulted my school. We...shal do battle! (Your kung fu is strong! But it cannot stand against my dragon's breath punch!)

Though I will admit...Shaolin Monks? Shaved heads? Sexy. Oh yeah.

Thai Chi? Come on! That's an old-person martial art. At least talk Thai Chi Chuan. Ki...now that's sexy.
 
[bad voice dub]: Impetus! You kick real high...but my Choy Li Fut style cannot be beaten! I will defeat you! *executes a half-assed knife-edge kick and brandishes her puny fist*

Shaved heads ARE sexy. And Shaolin monks are so stoic! Mmm... Take those bitchen robes they wear and add the fact that those bald dudes can kick serious ass and you've got a recipe for serious sex appeal.

I will say, though, there is something intriguing about a man who can hold a perfectly vertical snap kick.
 
Laurel said:
And Shaolin monks are so stoic!

rent or buy (buy, preferably) the DVD Shaolin: The Wheel of Life so you can watch the "making of" special about it. they are about the exact opposite of what you think, i'm serious! they are so full of life and engery, it's just incredable! i was quite suprised, myself!
 
Impetus said:
Bad voice dub: Laurel...you...have insulted my school. We...shal do battle! (Your kung fu is strong! But it cannot stand against my dragon's breath punch!)

Though I will admit...Shaolin Monks? Shaved heads? Sexy. Oh yeah.

Thai Chi? Come on! That's an old-person martial art. At least talk Thai Chi Chuan. Ki...now that's sexy.

Tai Chi and Tai Chi Chuan are one and the same basically, they are the Martial Art of the Taoist religion, besides there can be nothing more sexy than fluid movement followed by the strike. TKD, its good its fun but I didn't find it sexy, just MHO, kung fu nice again not sexy although Wu Shu has it moments IMHO.
 
The gungfu you are enamoured of is usually no better than Beijing Opera. WuShu for the masses and for the health of the state. Fighting gungfu is more like Wing Chun.

Tai Chi sexy? Yoga more like it. Peaceful, serene, tranquil, beautiful, yes. Sexy? Like fawkin' granny...
 
kenpo!

good use of hands...and you get to wear all black when you reach black belt...
 
Muai Tai or Shoot wrestling. Hell.. with shoot wrestling, you and your partner (in bed, not sparring) can come up with some modified positions.

There's my two cents.

:)
 
Half-naked people with fantastic bodies gavoting and gyrating to hypnotic beats...






HELLO!



WAKE UP PEOPLE!



SMELL THE SWEAT!



Are you armchair martial artists?

I do TKD, Kenpo, gungfu, and I know crazy...






BUT THIS IS ABOUT SEXY! RIGHT?
 
SINthysist said:
Half-naked people with fantastic bodies gavoting and gyrating to hypnotic beats...





HELLO!

WAKE UP PEOPLE!

SMELL THE SWEAT!

Are you armchair martial artists?

I do TKD, Kenpo, gungfu, and I know crazy...

BUT THIS IS ABOUT SEXY! RIGHT?

kenpo, TKD...took the arms off my chair...

I thought that the women were a sucker for a man in uniform?....
 
SINthysist said:
Half-naked people with fantastic bodies gavoting and gyrating to hypnotic beats...






HELLO!



WAKE UP PEOPLE!



SMELL THE SWEAT!



Are you armchair martial artists?

I do TKD, Kenpo, gungfu, and I know crazy...






BUT THIS IS ABOUT SEXY! RIGHT?

We'll thanks for the CV, if I can just get my arse out of this damned chair......................
:D
 
Good Lord. TKD as with almost all martial arts make one big mistake, and that is taking on body mass. This means that if you get into a fight with somone bigger than you, you will most likely loose, especially if the opponent has some martial art experience. Tae Kwon Do is not a fighting art, it is a sport, a way of finding yourself. Do in martial arts mean way. If you fought a person who studies Kosho Ryu Kempo you would see that we try to not take on body mass, we also go into throws and grappling which TKD doesn't do yet 90% of fights end up on the ground. If a person knows what they are doing and a hich kick is thrown, the person has forever to react to it, and you will most likely get a punch to the nuts. Kenpo is ok, it branched off of Kosho Ryu Kempo by I beleve Thomas Young and now Ed Parker is incharge of it. Anther good style would be Jeet Kun do the art bruce lee started. He uses many of the same theorys as Kosho. If you want to say bruce lee's art has Do in it, thats because it translated to "Way of the intercepting fist"

David Larson
 
dtlarson said:
Good Lord. TKD as with almost all martial arts make one big mistake, and that is taking on body mass. This means that if you get into a fight with somone bigger than you, you will most likely loose, especially if the opponent has some martial art experience. Tae Kwon Do is not a fighting art, it is a sport, a way of finding yourself.
David Larson

Some merit in what you say but during my TKD training we were taught how to adapt the style for real world fighting. Highly unlikely that you'd throw a high kick in a street fight - far more likely to take someone's knee out - I defy even a 20 stone giant to survive a hard strike to the knee joint. There are also far more hand and elbow strikes used as well as, yes, grappling techniques. But then TKD has several styles the main 2 of which are WTF and ITF. WTF tends to be focused far more on what you describe as sport TKD with ITF seeming to be much "harder" in the strikes and techniques employed.

All IMHO of course.
 
I agree with VanB...a lot of the TKD schools incorporate self defense arts...like Hapkido...and isn't Kempo and Kenpo similar?

btw VanB...I hear that all the time...TKD is a sport...drives me crazy...
 
All I know Rambrat is that, if it's a sport, it's fucking destructive and very dangerous when used in anger
 
Jim Harrison, Karate Legend, who has an extensive Judo background, says that 90% of all untrained fighters end up on the ground. He has a wonderful rant on the subject.

Now if you read Nagamini, Funakoshi, and others from Okinawa's recent golden age of Karate, they do not talk about matches going to the ground.

As a bouncer, I was never taken to the ground, but I also wrestled, so that gives one am awareness of when another is trying to engage in grappling.

And Furthermore, I don't recall David Caradine, Bruce Lee, Samo, Jet Lee, or the immortal Jackie Chan engaging in a lot of grappling...

In short, I dispute that truism, oft repeated by those who like to grapple.

Just fess up and repeat after me, "I like Wrasslin better'n Boxin'."

:p
 
Gentlemen, Gentlemen,

It's all Buddha-Ball, no matter which way it bounces...
 
One more thing about punch-kick styles. I've seen many, including George Dillman, Kenpo/Kempo player, who are willing to show some of the applications between the moves (and several of the masters write about their own self-discovery of these techniques during the constant, repetitive practice of their kata) and grappling as been every bit as incorporated into most of those styles as kicking and punching are in Judo.

Now granted in sport TKD ITF especially, all of this is downplayed until way later in rank and age. In WTF, most of the forms are lifted in part form Shotokan forms since during the occupation of Korea, only Japanese styles could be taught. Many famous Karate Masters such as Mas Oyama, were, in fact, Korean.

Jack Hwang down in Oklahoma is another Korean whose base form is Karate.

Most top artists that I know are also cross-trainers. My gungfu instructors have told me repeatedly that the beauty of America is our openess and how styles can get together and peacefully compare styles and techniques, probing, teaching, and improving all the arts.
 
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