Steve James wrote:Aw, shuaijiao doesn't have a roundhouse kick either.
Wanderingdragon wrote:Whether you are aware or not, you make the point, violence is no longer the norm in modern society, fighting is no longer a necessary study. There are hobbyists, health enthusiasts, those committed to learn the art and of course boxers. Warriors are born of war.
Trick wrote:MistyMonkeyMethod wrote:.
Furthermore, I've travelled extensively and met many highly praised, respected masters from numerous styles, in Japan, Korea, China and numerous other countries in Asia who despite their talk and massive following, couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag, not only that, the physical condition many of them were in, left much to be desired. One commonality between them, they are happy with their practice and don't step out of their paradigm, comfort zone. It's quite delusional.
For me, such approaches are useless and will likely end disaster. The world is unpredictable, so is the violence inherent in it, I need to be able to fight under any circumstance, with anyone.
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Yeah, God forbid the blasphemous practitioners that don't practice for death fights. In today's violent world of martial arts we must all prepare our selfs to fight in the cage, those who don't must vanish
marvin8 wrote:Trick wrote:MistyMonkeyMethod wrote:.
Furthermore, I've travelled extensively and met many highly praised, respected masters from numerous styles, in Japan, Korea, China and numerous other countries in Asia who despite their talk and massive following, couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag, not only that, the physical condition many of them were in, left much to be desired. One commonality between them, they are happy with their practice and don't step out of their paradigm, comfort zone. It's quite delusional.
For me, such approaches are useless and will likely end disaster. The world is unpredictable, so is the violence inherent in it, I need to be able to fight under any circumstance, with anyone.
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Yeah, God forbid the blasphemous practitioners that don't practice for death fights. In today's violent world of martial arts we must all prepare our selfs to fight in the cage, those who don't must vanish
Forgive those practitioners that choose to practice applying their art in actual combat against a resistant opponent, rather than rely only on the limited rules of forms, push hands, drills and faith. Competition can be used to gauge one’s ability to use one’s art in a fight, instead of waiting to see if it works against an attacker in the violent world. Better to lose a fight in a competition, than in the real world. Lei Lei could have saved himself embarrassment & business by testing his art in competition earlier, rather than just believing in himself.
A tennis player gets better at applying tennis strategies by playing against an opponent, not by just doing technique and drills. Through fight experience, martial artists can continue to grow in applying their art.
For those that choose not to compete, they can learn by watching/analyzing how their art is successfully applied in competition. They can adopt the same training methods, as those that compete.
marvin8 wrote:Forgive those practitioners that choose to practice applying their art in actual combat against a resistant opponent.
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