by C.J.W. on Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:05 pm
The way I see it, we are now fortunate enough to be living in an era where information on various styles of martial arts around the world is more openly and readily available than ever. Even forms, techniques, applications, principles, and theories that were once considered jealously guarded secrets and only passed onto a selected few are now, as Dan Inosanto once jokingly commented in an interview, "all on Youtube." So why not take advantage of this brave new world to "upgrade" and allow our traditional arts to evolve?
If all-time greats like Dong Haichuan, Yang Luchan, and Guo Yunshen were still alive today, do you think they would be glad to see that the arts they'd created are still being practiced the same ways they were done 150 years ago? Personally, I don't think so.
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