Martial Arts

[Bhajneet]

well as stated above: do we have to follow the martial art that Guru Jee taught us? or is it okay to go into Jeet Kune Do or Kickboxing or something?

Just wanted to know before i started something that i shouldn't

[Sarblor_Souljah]

well if i said shastar vidiya &/or gatka would people agree

[Gurbar Akaal]

As long as you can defend yourself and others, go for it

[Jagmeet]

as bruce lee once said,

we only have two arms and two legs, there is really no style in fighting. If someone had an extra arm, then it wud be a totally different martial art altogether.

To my limited knowledge, Gatka is a martial art that abides by Vahegurus law, such as the techniques are all circular in motion = no begining or end = one god.

bhul chuf mafi,

[soldier_khalistani]

the main one i can think of for sikhs is gatka and shastar vidiya lets not get into the politics about uk nihangs just the martial aspect. both art a traditional battle field arts involving a vast array of weapons. but then again for street combat or street fighting there are many arts for instance if u want a quick way of becoming a efficient fighter i would recommend boxing, kick boxing etc. but i want to practice and put time and effort there are many complex arts out there e.g woo shoo wing chung, wingstun etc etc just to name a few. there are alot of sikhs into martial arts and have been since they move to britian.

but to get the ultimate fighting experience cross train learn a few arts this can be difficult but the advantages are immense if used and trained in a real way. but at the end of the day it comes down to the type of person u are as in bottle wise if u want to learn proper street fighting or real fighting (reality) i suggest u enter the underground world of bare knuckle boxing and cage fighting.

[Bhajneet]

well obviously i would do different types, but there is nothing against a Sikh doing some different art then Shastar or Gatka then?

I was also under the impression that if i could defend myself or others i would be okay, but the whole Guru Gobind Singh Jee taught us a specific art doesn't matter?

[soldier_khalistani]

sorry i keep talking another thing with the complex martial arts espicially ones from areas like japan, china, korea, showlin etc involve or based around internal engery (chi-energy) meditation is the key but u soon begin to realise how closely it is related with sikhi martially and spiritually its amazing just read up on some of the arts and u will see wat i mean.

[Gupt daasan daas]

the movments r NOT all circular in motion

now i dont like niddar and wa he says

i dont even kno if he knows the art he says he knows

but the gatka we do today is only around 6 percent real prob

there is 108 presuure points in ure body, guru je taught all this

knowing these, there are 6 when hit means death

u die

their fatal

each part of jaap sahib je has its own vaar to it

each avataar of vishnu as stated in choubous avtaar has a vaar to it

there is a art located in india, done by hindus, which realy relsembles shastar vidya of old time

they know 108 marma points, and everythin

howveer, its also a shoot off of shastar vidya, just like evereything else is

its shastar fighting isnt that good, but hands stuff is crazy

gatka is just the fighting of a soti and faree

shastar vidya is vidya on how to use all shastar and their different styles

and how to hand fight as well, which can be ill in a street fight

but not to man people kno it

im nore even sur eif niddar knows it, he might know ABOUT IT but aint sure if he actually knows it

some nihangs in punjab, older once, do know it

bhula chuka maf

[Bhajneet]

Thank you veer jio!

Could you possibly specify a vide variety? So i could be an all-rounder so to speak?

What i had written up was simply Jeet kune Do, Soft-Weapons, and some type of sword (gatka was my first choice).

[Bhajneet]

and is a shastar basically like a knife without the handle tied to a string?