Personality Type and Martial Arts

[Fu-Pow]

Hey I'm just curious if there is a trend for certain personality types to be attracted to certain types of martial arts. It also might be an opportunity for people posting on this forum to understand each other a bit better. So if you're bored at work or have some time to kill take the test here:

http://www.personal.psu.edu/~j5j/IPIP/ipipneo120.htm

and post your 5 main domain scores (we don't want all the gory details of your ****ed up personality) and the style/styles that you currently do.

I'll go first:

I practice Chen Taiji and these are my scores:

EXTRAVERSION...............14

AGREEABLENESS..............43

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS..........22

NEUROTICISM................37

OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE.....93

Enjoy!

FP

[SanHeChuan]

Seven Star Praying Mantis

EXTRAVERSION........................2
AGREEABLENESS.....................18
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS.............29
NEUROTICISM.........................35
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE.....34

[PangQuan]

NEUROTICISM - 100%








j/k of course....i think...

cant do this at work, but its neat. ill do it later if i have time

[Merryprankster]

Extraversion - 47
Agreeableness - 75
Conscientiousness - 58 (I should note that this is a product of my orderliness score, which was a 1. My desk at work is a disaster area, I leave a trail of clothes through the house, etc. "Achievement" related sub-dimensions were all in the high ranges - 97% for self-efficacy, etc.).
Neuroticism - 8
Openness to experience 90

Style: BJJ (for the most part)

[xcakid]

EXTRAVERSION...............89

AGREEABLENESS..............28

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS..........34

NEUROTICISM................8

OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE.....32


Currently Style: Shoalin Long Fist

[PangQuan]

Extraversion...............15

Agreeableness..............52

Conscientiousness..........34

Neuroticism................62

Openness To Experience.....54

[zippo_88]

I love this stuff, cool idea, here are my results.

I practice Tai Chi(I'm a fan of almost any internal Kung Fu) and Jeet Kune Do


EXTRAVERSION...............2

AGREEABLENESS..............81

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS..........36

NEUROTICISM................39

OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE.....77

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

EXTRAVERSION...............84
AGREEABLENESS..............70
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS..........72
NEUROTICISM................86
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE.....17

it was actually fairly accurate by my own accounts. i think my aversion to polictics effected some of the scores a little in the wrong direction, but its a 120 question test so its not gonna be dead on.

my original styles were wudan/pukulan, currently jiujitsu/judo and play with a little boxing when i have the chance. most of my training time is spent lifting.

[Mega-Foot]

That's wierd....it wouldn't compute my scores. There was some kind of error.

I'm going to try again in a couple of hours.

[golden arhat]

VALETUDO (with some general CMA mixed in)

EXTRAVERSION...............86
AGREEABLENESS..............14
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS..........11
NEUROTICISM................0
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE.....77

[Takuan]

Yang Style Taiji

EXTRAVERSION...............41
AGREEABLENESS..............90
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS..........93
NEUROTICISM................10
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE.....93

[xcakid]

So it looks like anyone that is Extroverted will more likely be in an external art. Hell, I coulda told you that.

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

There is no classifacation for me.

[Mega-Foot]

I can't get my scores to compute either. I've done it twice.

Perhaps the engine can't count that high?

[bodhitree]

Extraversion...............40

Agreeableness..............41

Conscientiousness..........43

Neuroticism................50

Openness To Experience.....32