Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” gets me in the mood for martial arts. Except I cry at the end when the swan dies.
Ah Budokan, secretly you’re Richmond’s own Frasier Crane. A middle class snob with a penchant for tomfoolery.
Hmmm
For quiet slow practice:-
Spiritualised, Broadcast, Loop Guru, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Will Oldham.
For more spirited practice:-
Mad Dog (pre-d&b white label stuff just for the bass), Ganja Krew/DJ Hype, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Autechre, Aphex Twin, ******** Surfers, Bongwater, and the like…
Stormtroopers of Death(S.O.D)
SLAYER
Reign In Blood
GeySuS
System Of Down.(cool)
logic, can you do the milano mosh? 
put in some kenny g and i’ll rip anyone’s a$$!!
Reetha!
Hmm, let’s see.
Carl Douglas
Steppenwolf.
Bon Jovi
Deep Purple
Jim Steinman
Queen
Enigma
Journey
for starters.
Really depends on what I am after when I hit the groove.
Dark and Destructive
External
Black Sabbath
Ozzy
Metallica
AC/DC
Judas Priest
Anything hard, dark and destructive
Internal
Pink Floyd
Moody Blues
King Crimson-Discipline
For some reason, if I want a good lively practice, Django Reinhardt and/or Stephan Grapelli does the trick.
For fighting, Sabicas all the way.
It varies depending on both what I’m working on and what is
currently in the heavy rotation for music.
Currently the practicing music includes:
The Legendary Pink Dots
Massive Attack
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
James
Love and Rockets
Beta Band
London Suede
Kristin Hersh
BRMC
Camper Van Beethoven
Laurie Anderson
…
Ok, those are things I’d normally listen to, I guess.
But other things include the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
soundtrack and a CD I picked up in Chicago Chinatown last
Christmas called “Gongs and Drums for Celebration II.”
I should clarify that most of the time, I prefer to work without music. I tend to disect music as I listen, and so music is something I make a specific time for, as opposed to something I use for background.
Slipknot
White Zombie
UGK
Antidote, Aphex Twin, Astral Projection, At The Drive In, Ben Harper, Cardigans, Chopin, Desmond Dekker, Deftones, Descendants, Don Cabbalero, Dropkick Murphys, Ella Fitzgerald, Eric’s Trip, Esthero, Frank Sinatra, Hallucinogen, Harry Connick Jr, Holly Cole, Hum, Jamiroquia, Juno Reactor, Juliana Hatfield, Letters to Cleo, Massive Attack, Mystery Machine, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Nina Simone, Nine Inch Nails, Pedro the Lion, Portishead, Radiohead, Ramones, Refused, Rentals, Rose Chronicles, Save Ferris, Scratching Post, Smashing Pumpkins, Sneaker Pimps, Sonic Youth, South Pacific, Sully, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Cure, Tool, (And You Will Know Us By The) Trail of Dead, Vandals, Weekend, Weezer.
… off the top of my head.
Soundtracks!
Star Wars trilogy (and episode 1)
The Matrix
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Blade
The Last Dragon
Karate Kid
Once Upon a Time in China
The Hunted
and my favorite: Conan the Barbarian!
80’s disco! Soul, funk.. that’s the ****! 
Jun-erh - i’m feelin that man!
Anyone from QB is good:- Mobb Deep, Noreaga, LL…Onyx
I also listen to ppl like Big L (RIP), Eric Sermon, Wu-Tang 36 Chambers… UK hiphop like 57th Dynasty, Roots Manuva, Malachi; it depends what mood i’m in.
The ‘Wong Fei Hung’ theme in Once Upon a Time in China is cool
david
know what music is real hot? the theme music from ninja 2 or ninja 3 (NOT the one where the girl gets possesed by the ninja). that used to get me shadowboxing mad foes in my pj’s with the sockies on 'em.
you guys are wierd
Braden, alphabitizing them right off the top of your head is impressive Just downloaded some Astral Projection, I like it.
Impressive? How flattering. I would have called it obsessive.
Astral Projection are great trance. Really fun fat synth lines; can’t help but make you happy.