sweety i do kung fu as a hobby im not half bad and we have females in are class for us they never get picked on as for fenceing im not sure i know what it is but never done it

all i can say is it's ya choise and ya do what ya want

Fencing is a french sword art. It's all about reflexes and dodging. Thank you. It looks like I'll join fencing and then Kung fu additionally in 3 months when  sultry get's back.

From a practical standing, I'm not surprised you have a dilemma. Fencing requires a weapon, which most other styles don't need. Kung Fu can use weapons, but usually doesn't.

I'd personally have you join my kick-boxing group if you could - everybody teases each other, so no one person is targetted, and any bullying is punished in the same way the army punishes - lots and lots of press-ups =D Also, if anyone is hurt, the tutor is very conciderate, so all in all, it's a very close knit class.

I just hope the Kung Fu has a similar system.

I don't know what to tell you.

lol yet you commented to tell me you don't know what to tell me. That's a bit of an oxymoron isn't it?

Yeah, but I wish I could help you though. *hugs tightly*

is it legal to pack a pocket knife, stun gun, or pepper spray in canada?

Stun guns and pepper spray are illegal and I would not use a knife for self defence unless I thought I was going to be killed. I'm not looking to murder someone I'm looking to be able to phyysically defend myself without the aid of a weapon.

them seeing the knife might be enough of deterint that a fight might be avoided all together and if they are still comeing at you after a verbal threat is given and they see the knife, i would take that as a threat aginst my life and would qualify the use of the knife. it wouldn't be murder it would be self defence.

Yeah I get that but I would still be hauled to court. There are plenty of innocent people who were using senf defence who got thrown in prison because the court didn't see it as such. On top of that I'm a minority

the laws up in canada are just weird to me. its all just backwords to me.

Take fencing. It's something you want to do and it fits your budget and schedule. So long as you keep practicing the arts that are practical in actual self defense, you'll be fine. Besides, fencing will keep your reflexes and vision sharp. Those are always key in real combat. ;)

Thank you for the amazing advice. I think that's what I will do. Perhaps I will join Kung Fu in the future but I do really want to do fencing. It is so elegant and I have a friend in it and his reflexes are beyond imagination. It would be a great asset.

I would recommend you take Kung Fu.
Then, once proficient enough to kick major ass, take fencing!

*waggwagg* Where can I learn how to fight with a paper clip and broomstick??

Kung Fu or Fencing. Both would be practical for that.

*wagg* Nice! I want to poke holes in ppl!

Umm... I've been a karate4 person for 12 years now, and I will advise you to take Isshinryu karate. a good school should be in the $40 a month range. If you find a school near you, contact me and I can help you vet it, as the different schools are... different. some are very low quality, so I would like to aid you in whatever way I can.

If you don't choos isshinryu< i wish you the best of luck.

Thanks a bunch. Karate personally doesn't interest me all that much. It's a great martial art however the Karate near me is more for sport and fitness than self defence.

I'm sorry for that. Things like that make me sick. They take something I love and am passionate for and turn it into something undignified and useless.

*sigh* Still, I know a lot about martial arts, even outside of karate, so if you want, I can still help some. I'm happy to do whatever I can.

Try and find a Silat instructor. If you like fencing than this is the best real world alternative. You will use the philipino knife called a karabit (like my cold steel, steel tiger) it is perfect for you as it is considered a more feminine art. Ive seen demos of silat and it is swift, cunning and devistating in the right hands.

Great idea but I don't want to use knives for defense. Additionally there is no instructor anywhere near me for that kind of thing. Oh the downfalls of living on a tiny island.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcw6.....eature=related

Unless you really have the will to hurt and potentially kill your attacker(s), martial arts does nothing for you. I achieved a brown belt in kung fu some time ago, but completely gave it up when I realized how utterly ridiculous it was. There were many other brown, red, and black belts who could never defend themselves from any sort of attack in my school.

I even took a self-defense course at my college as part of the physical education requirement, and was paired off against another girl to practice self-defense against punches. In doing so, I dialed back speed and power by over 85% and she simply did basic parries. The whole time, I felt like a bully, and a waste of time, because if I had the desire to actually punch her, I would have done so and she would not have been able to stop me.

Other than that, doing sets of moves has zero combat application whatsoever other than to condition you, and unless you actually practice realistic scenarios of attacks or do sparring, you learn next to nothing that is useful apart from the most basic of techniques.

I carry multiple weapons on my person and in my car whenever legal, and sometimes... well, I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

My advice is to watch a few videos of basic self-defense techniques on the internet, practice them, condition yourself physically so that you're not weak, and condition yourself mentally so that you value your blood more than that of a potential assailant's.

Yeah that much I have been doing. If it came down to it I would easily choose my life over an assailants without hesitation however I would avoid that. If someone tries to beat me up I'm not going to try and kill them. I believe in equal escalation. Fists to fists. If they pulled a knife then I would consider them a deadly threat and take extreme actions. However My goal isn't to murder people who attack me. I just want to know how to render them helpless and "win" as it were.

Murder is a legal term that is only applied to cases of homicide with extreme prejudice.

Besides that, there's no reason to fight fair. I have never had to fight anyone in my life, but if I do, I will fight to win and that is all.