everything wrote:explained using the "science" as in "a systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject."
but not "scientific method" as in "a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses." basically you need "statistically significant" differences to reject a "null hypothesis". but that may or may not tell you much. it certainly doesn't lead to a "xyz is not scientific" kind of hare-brained statement.
Regarding research, a clinically significant finding backed up by < 0.05 (p value!) per statistical significance is a good thing but there is language ambiguity, trickery, damned lies that at times, demeans the actual direct finding of results resulting in the oft repeated chorus of Lies, Damned Lies statistics...in the modern parlance of understanding.
I have worked on a few clinical trials where the skill of the statistician is important because tests have been known, when improperly used, to "trick" (for lack of a better word
) the ignorant into believeing a thing works when in fact the wrong test was used to come to a conclusion.
CMA lacks a didactical!!! approach to teaching when it come to the use of what is termed "internal" because the step by step acquisitong of goal X is explicitely left out and therein lies the problem.
If only, the structural elements of internal (CMA!) were taught like shuaijiao, qinna, etc then there would be a better understanding NTof "INTERNAL deveoid of tomfoolery, bs and just basic training methodology,
That is why sometimes 1/2 the stuff on this board is "alien" to me though I have heard it often repeated. All of my teachers have never mentioned 80-90% of that stuff but they always said to practice, practice and practice. They often repeated many of the movements many times and even though they said they did the same movement the same, with every movemtn, it always changed though that is a differnt matter.
Peacedog wrote:Not a fan of Adam Mizner for any number of reasons.
But he does have skill at this kind of thing.
What I will add is that people with a history of head trauma seem to be much more susceptible to this kind of thing. And I cannot see a career fighter making it out of that career field without more than a little of that.
Also, the Gracies were known for being fans of a variety of yogic practices and those in turn increase sensitivity to this kind of thing. It wouldn't surprise me if the man in question had some experience with qi gong, yoga, etc. And those also make pulling this kind of thing off much easier.
Personally, Mr Mizner does a great job from what I have seen. I have never met him
The Gracies had a good founding in capoeira so anything they found that multiplies their arsenal was a good thing for them. I even saw a few of their early vale tudo and when BJJ fell short, the younger fighter of BJJ often used their capoeira skills so training to shore up one's conditioning with another art is always positive on all grounds.
Ah still love CMA