Martial Arts Down Town?

[Senior]

I want to start taking a martial arts class. Any suggestions?

Cost, class times, and location would be the most important factors. I'm looking for something that I can go to 2-3 times a week for an hour or two. I live down town and wouldn't want to have to drive so it needs to be down town. I don't have a lot of money so maybe like a community center class or something? I want to improve my core strenght, balance, and cardio for snowboarding so hopefully it would be some what geared towards that.

[dj_soo]

what are you interested in?

i'm taking Braziliian jiujitsu and it's awesome (although i fucked up my finger on tuesday)

pricey though...

[Senior]

Well I have wieghts and a pool in my building that I use so all I need is classes. I've noticed a lot of places offer a range of services for one very expensive price ($100+/month). Price wise I want something cheap, maybe $40/month?

I was looking at this http://www.taoist.org/english/about_taoist.php and thought it sounded pretty cool. It doesn't sound like much cardio is invloved though.

I've heard lots about Jiujitsu and it sounds great but I'm not going to spend big bucks on this at all.

[Senior]

The Kung Fu class sounds good, http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/park...artialarts.cfm

[Kraig]

Email my buddy Ayron Howey - http://www.shouyuliang.com/instructo...on_howey.shtml

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He's also a certified personal trainer and so if it's shape you're wanting to get in, he can definitely put together a program.

[Kraig]

PS: he's now even involved in movies -- he trained the lead dude in Eragon recently.

[Gunter S]

wrestling is pretty good for core training

[dj_soo]

boxing is great for cardio too i know some community centres offer boxing for really cheap...

[ppcock]

there's a place on granville near remix records
they do bjj, kickboxing, jujitsu and boxing.

mon - wed - fri - jujitsu
tue - thurs - sat - kickboxing

perfect to get into shape quickly and learn MMA.

I'd be going there if i didnt work so much, im getting trained by other doormen.. its free!

[ppcock]

where do you live?

I need a workout buddy. I have weights in my apt too. Im in yaletown (homer)

[dj_soo]

Originally Posted by ppcock

there's a place on granville near remix records
they do bjj, kickboxing, jujitsu and boxing.

mon - wed - fri - jujitsu
tue - thurs - sat - kickboxing

perfect to get into shape quickly and learn MMA.

I'd be going there if i didnt work so much, im getting trained by other doormen.. its free!

That Cocoon Athletics? I'm taking the BJJ class at their sister site at main and broadway.

[ppcock]

I had a flyer here, but i doubt its cocoon. It's got a pic of a tiger and says MMA on it.

Jujitsu is fun, i took it for 2 years while taking taekwondo, deffinitely one of my favourites. Mixed with taekwondo, One of the bartenders at work took ninjitsu for 3 years. That man is deadly.

[project.one]

Originally Posted by ppcock

where do you live?

I need a workout buddy. I have weights in my apt too. Im in yaletown (homer)

You just want someone to shower with afterwards!




Are you wanting a matial arts class to learn self defence as well?
Because a good cardio workout and one thats alot of fun to learn is Capoeira. Its alot of fun. Helps alot with cardio, and is definatly excellent and building on balance. It wouldnt be the best for building core strength, but it does help and will build on it.
Helped me out with balance when I was dancing, and Im sure it would help you with snowboarding.
Classes are not on a strict schedual or anything like that, so you can do it pretty much anytime you have spare time.
As for costs however, Ive looked around and the vary alot. So depending on where you are the costs are going to be different it seems. But I dont see if being too pricey, espically compaired to some other martial arts classes. But I could be wrong on that one.

[dj_soo]

^ capoeira is a lot of fun and a great work out but it's pretty expensive in comparison to others. The rarer the art, the pricier it's going to be...

[project.one]

Originally Posted by dj_soo

^ capoeira is a lot of fun and a great work out but it's pretty expensive in comparison to others. The rarer the art, the pricier it's going to be...

Yeah, I dont remember it being cheap. But I dont remember it being too expensive compaired to other martial arts. But that could have been due to where I was at the time.
Down here seems to be a little different in prices.
Still well worth the costs I thought.

[Vitamin-X]

Just go to the Met a lot.
You'll be cracking skulls in no time :smash::smash::smash:

[ppcock]

that type of fighting is dumb and extremely immature.

people who pick fights need to get jobs.

[·dıesel·]

Griffins Boxing and Fitness :) on lonsdale tho not exactly downtown haha