Any MMA,BJJ,UFC or martial arts fans on tapas? You guys use it for your comics too?

[R.n.P]

Just wondering if there are any martial arts fans or practitioners here on tapas, are you a fan of any particular organization like boxing promotions, UFC, bellator, IBJJF, ADCC etc
-What form of martial arts do you practice currently and in the past.
-Who are your favorite fighters
-Do you implement certain martial arts styles into your comic
-Show panels or examples of the martial arts styles you use in your comic.
-Link your comic so we can check em out too.

For me in the past i practiced wrestling for about 6 years in highschool since its a big thing we do for fun growing up in Nigeria.
I also trained karate for a short while some years back and currently i train BJJ(also called Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) and I'm a four stripe whitebelt looking to be promoted to blue early next year hopefully, I also train kickboxing and boxing from time to time.

My favorite fighters currently in MMA, UFC in particular would be Israel Adesanya a fellow Nigerian, Conor Mcgregor since he got me into the sport, Khabib since his style inspired me to start BJJ, Francis Ngannou, a fellow African that pulled himself from being homeless to being the scariest heavyweight fighter currently in the world and Demetrous Johnson, one of the GOATs still fighting right now. Other favorite fighters for different martial arts would be Tyson Fury in boxing, his story is one of the greatest I've seen and in BJJ Gordon Ryan.

My characters use certain styles from time to time, the most consistent being my main character Luca Vincenzo that fights using free style MMA striking.

The Godfather that uses bare knuckle boxing

And I've snuck in some BJJ too, like here one of my characters tries to get a traingle choke on another character.

The Rolling Stone | Tapas

If you want we can chat about MMA too since i mainly follow that, would be awesome if i can find some other fans here to talk about the sport with.

[CarltonIsaac]

Boxing, Muay-Thai and Taekwondo,

Love to show My Ladies kicking @$$ using those Martial Arts.

Fantasy/Action/Comedy Comic Series

DELPHINE and ZIGADIAS | Tapas

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[amthecomic]

Hello,

You have an impressive martial arts journey. Sounds really interesting! I´m also a huge fan of any fighting sport there is - I don´t know why but it´s so much more interesting than chasing a ball.

I do karate now for 12 years, along with sporadic kickboxing lessons. Than I did Aikido for two years, but its really really traditional. And right now I´ve also been doing BJJ for the last two years. However Corona here in Germany makes any training attendence rather difficult.

And of course I use that experience in my Comic. Or lets say I try to use it. Both my main characters are trained fighters, while the protagonist (Lilith) really likes to use her legs a lot.
However since both of them are armed with blades, the fighting style is a bit different from what I m used to myself.

Here is a short move I wanna share with you.

Im still insecure about my action scenes because I really don´t know if they re easy to follow for my viewers.

Good luck on your blue belt.

Ah and here is my comic.

The Behavior of Emotionally Disturbed Meatballs

[nathanKmcwilliams]

I used to do Taekwon Do.

But I really really enjoy watching martial arts movies, especially older Kung Fu films. Snake in Eagle's Shadow is my ultimate fav.

My comic isn't heavy on martial arts, at least not anymore. Early concepts were all about it though.

One thing I do take from those older Kung Fu films is: wide camera shots. I use them for my fight scenes, as I like to show the entire body in motion. The older films were always highlighting the skill of the actors abilities with wide still still shots. None of that shaky cam up close BS.

[DiegoPalacios]

I did full-contact and boxing for some time.

My current comic is a comedy and a parody of shonen, so some martial arts elements are there. However, due to it being focused on humor, i don't get too technical, and will ocasionally make up some bizarre stances and combat styles for the sake of a punchline.

[R.n.P]

Nice its got this vintage comic and video game vibe, it's really unique

[R.n.P]

I'm pretty sure I've read your comic on webtoons before, I'm gonna check it out some more
Thanks for the kind words about my martial arts journey and the wishes of luck for my blue belt, hopefully i get it
I think your action scenes work for your style, pretty intense and it gives this fast paced vibe, hopefully its resonating with your readers the same way i see it

[R.n.P]

I agree too, the newer movies just disorientate us so we can't follow the action XD

[R.n.P]

Nice so sorta like a beelzebub, gintama or one punch man vibe.

[DiegoPalacios]

The shaky camera is not designed to make fight scenes look cool. Actually the opposite.

Is used to make the action look messy, to give the stress of a physical assault. That's why it can work better on thrillers or scenes where a villain attacks/kidnaps/ambushes an innocent.

Sadly, some people dont realize that, and use it for fights that are meant to look cool because they see other movies doing it without understanding why.

[TheDWrek83]

I definitely get more in to a secret fight club/mma underground scene later on down the road for a certain character...

....haven't quite gotten there yet here on TAPAS however. I'm currently in the process of moving my comic in here.

I don't have any favorite fighters per-se but more in to the pageantry of pro-wrestling myself. NJPW, AEW, ROH... WWE in my younger days.

...as for fighting styles I don't pattern anyone after anyone specific more of a general this one is boxer type, this one does kickboxing, etc.

Lots of cool comics to check out here guys! Digging it! Here's mine. Fighting is on the way... X'D

Twenty Four Seven | Tapas

[R.n.P]

Oh nice do you watch NXT, i check out AEW from time to time since it has some stars I'm interested in
Also your character with the green n black hair is hot as hell

[LCT_m_a_d]

I watch a little bit of UFC. I wrestled in school and my brother is learning jiu jitsu.
I pretty much only do yoga infused with some capoeira.

[R.n.P]

Nice, we have some grapplers over here at tapas.
Capoeira looks cool and its origin story is pretty amazing too.

[mcarrowolga]

I used to be really into martial arts before my back pain became unbearable. My favourite was Muay Thai.

Here's some fighting moves from my comic:

[LCT_m_a_d]

I mainly working on capoeira since I'm really focused on adding stuff from my dance background to diversify my yoga practice.
My dad really wants me to take Judo. After following Khabib I've been interested in sambo.

[R.n.P]

Nice i can tell you really did train and took inspiration from it, the combos are so realistic n technical

[R.n.P]

Yh, its basically the same thing that got me into BJJ

[TheDWrek83]

NXT was my absolute favorite till around the time of the Gargano (my fave) - Ciampa series of matches. Ever since it went to USA it hasn’t been the same and I just catch the results online. AEW and BTE has filled that void.

Thanks! Green hair is currently THANOSing her way in to the comic.