Intp's and martial arts

I know a INTP that does, or did, he claims because he had quit, that ninjas are after him.

I took martial arts for a couple years, and am considering taking it up again soon.

I did when I was little, but got bored with it. I didn't like it when the instructor would walk on my stomach. I do like watching it in action though!

I have in the past. The people who know me well ( very few ) call me the ginger ninja. Its a funny title.

Nope, not really... I've got a classmate who took some, but I believe he's quit now too. My parents once told me I should try taking some, but I resisted. I have gotten some interest over the past few years though.

I've done some judo and karate in the past, but for the past years I've stayed rather inactive. One day I went to capoeira, because my friend's there and he recommended it, not my cup of tea really. But I'd like to pick up somekind of a sports or activite in the near future, I just don't know what and if I'm up to it or will I once again become a lazy slacker.

the only reasons I stopped in the past was mainly due to financial reasons and a few times from mental exhaustion because of work. I always end up with jobs where I am surround and forced to interact with people all day and having a hard time recharging.

A close friend of mine who is an INTP is very much in to martial arts. He's taken many classes including Brazilian jiu jitsu and kickboxing. He's in very good shape and could kick anyones butt if he chose to.

I did judo when I was a kid, but that was pretty boring. Now I'm doing ninjutsu, mostly to stay in shape though. I might take up some kung-fu and learn zui-quan(drunken master).

I used to take Tae Kwon Do classes, and I almost got a black belt, but I ended up leaving because I didn't get along with my instructor. I might like to try another martial art sometime.

I am interested in learning some kind of Martial Art. I always thought Kung Fu was the best, but isn't jujitsu better for real life situations?

The Phantom said:

I am interested in learning some kind of Martial Art. I always thought Kung Fu was the best, but isn't jujitsu better for real life situations?

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there really is no such thing as the best martial art. It all comes down to your own personal style. True sometimes you train in an art and you will believe it to be the best over other styles and a lot of times some schools will try to make it sound like there martial art style is the best. I know I am not doing the best job explaining my point. But if you read many of the books on Bruce Lee and his philosophy of martial arts. He talks about the whole conflict of what style is better then the other and how each one is no better then the other and how what you learn from a style is not set in stone on how you fight. Except sport ones since there are rules involved.

It's one of the many things I've thought about doing, in a "maybe I should try that one day..." kind of way. However, almost every guy I've been attracted to or dated has been into martial arts. I think it's a very INTP kind of thing.

i did hapkido for about a year when i was younger and loved it.. but the instructor always used me as the dummy and would twist my wrist and flip me and all that fun stuff haha

I do karate. It's hard to keep up with it though, as I am terrible with commitments like regularly scheduled classes.

JoetheBull said:

there really is no such thing as the best martial art. It all comes down to your own personal style. True sometimes you train in an art and you will believe it to be the best over other styles and a lot of times some schools will try to make it sound like there martial art style is the best. I know I am not doing the best job explaining my point. But if you read many of the books on Bruce Lee and his philosophy of martial arts. He talks about the whole conflict of what style is better then the other and how each one is no better then the other and how what you learn from a style is not set in stone on how you fight. Except sport ones since there are rules involved.

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I think I'd like to get involved in Kung Fu. Maybe kickboxing aswell.

I used to. I lost interest when I began to reach levels that would require me to assume more leadership related roles during training. I attribute martial arts partially towards the developing of my Te

I've been training in wing chun over the past year or so.
What I've discovered since I took it up is that I'm possibly more interested in traditional chinese martial art culture than the martial art itself.

I started out digging through every website and book I could lay my hands on for wing chun, and moved on to all sorts of other martial arts related research e.g. ceremonies, traditions, qigong, pressure points, strengths and weaknesses of other chinese martial art systems.

I periodically for no good reason come up with urges to look up different martial art lineages and masters teaching around my area, just to feel a connection to the chinese martial arts community here.

inebriato said:

I know a INTP that does, or did, he claims because he had quit, that ninjas are after him.

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Epic, I can picture the Matrix style fights in his home now.

On topic, I would not mind in learning a form or two of Kung Fu. I have the determination, but the schedules of such things is what eats at me. Can't do things part time, meaning a few times a week. It has to be consistent with each day.