New Article: The Scarcity of Real Combative Training

[StevePearlman]

The Scarcity of Real Combative Training: Miyamoto Musashi and Misty the Cat
Steven J. Pearlman, Ph.D.
http://www.PraxisMartialArts.com

“To cut and to slash are two different things. Cutting, whatever form of cutting it is, is decisive, with a resolute spirit. Slashing is nothing more than touching the enemy. Even if you slash strongly, and even if the enemy dies instantly, it is slashing. When you cut, your spirit is resolved.”
― Miyamoto Musashi, Book of Five Rings

If there’s a hole in many modern martial arts’ approach to combative realism, and I assert there is one, it might take the form of Musashi’s point above. Musashi, in his enduring wisdom, illuminates what we could identify as the crux of combative training, and that crux does not necessarily hold any relationship to fighting full contact, training for the “street,” or training in modern vs. traditional ways.

If you want to understand Musashi’s point here ...

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[yeniseri]

Combative Training is out there but it is rarely the goal of what we call amateur or "hobby" martial artists!
Realistically, people are either afraid of being hit or when hit, they hire a lawyer so the injury associated with martial arts is a present liability so I can understand if real martial arts is de-stressed in favour of 'leisure' MA activity.