Do you go out of your way to find people who can beat you, and then scrap with them?
Do you seek out high-level MMA folks to exchange with? Or decent wrestlers, boxers etc
Telling a classmate to “kick me like a Thai boxer” doesn’t count, unless they are actually a decent Thai boxer. Same applies to “take me down like a wrestler”.
How much time do you spend working with knives, or if you are in Murica, firearms and integrating those into your practice?
If you are not regularly doing these things as far as I’m concerned martial effectiveness is NOT your top priority. If you are, cool.
GrahamB wrote:https://edwardhai.medium.com/your-kung-fu-is-bullshit-890532793626
Good article by Ed Hines. Read it!
Quigga wrote:You've passed every test with flying colors. I'm so proud of you
Appledog wrote:Other than the statement "If you are not regularly doing these things as far as I’m concerned martial effectiveness is NOT your top priority. If you are, cool." which implies there are some IMA people who can fight with IMA, the entire article seems to present a false dichotomy that the IMA method does not work to produce martial arts skill. I disagree; the article also agrees with me, (see quote above) but acts like it doesn't. And it has a point. But the solution of borrowing or stealing from other martial arts is bad and wrong. I would prefer if the article advised people to double down on their training time or to switch styles and experiment with wu, chen, or sun style instead of just beating the yang cheng fu style drum for eternity. But to switch entire systems, is probably a big mistake for most people.
Formosa Neijia wrote:Exposing yourself to styles that actually fight CAN lead to you finding things in your own style you wouldn't have seen otherwise...If people cut themselves off from this material because it's called a different name, then you'll lose out on finding alternate stuff within your own system...
Quigga wrote:Fun is a terrible thing
Cooks arguing about how to make the best tasting dish
What is a dish and who is tasting it
A good cook can make something delicious without knowing what ingredients he is presented with
Obviously some combinations are hard to pull off
An archer who isn't absorbed in the process will miss
But I've recently took a kickboxing class again, not adopting their frame but maintaining mine - I may use some of their movements, but they don't reach my core, my result of changing myself - just a different dress
It's fun
Doc Stier wrote:Formosa Neijia wrote:Exposing yourself to styles that actually fight CAN lead to you finding things in your own style you wouldn't have seen otherwise...If people cut themselves off from this material because it's called a different name, then you'll lose out on finding alternate stuff within your own system...
And in fact, every combat style or method which is still being used effectively in realtime fighting scenarios today was gradually developed into its current model through such a process. Whatever worked well under pressure was retained and perpetuated, while anything that didn't work well was discarded.
That being said, some practitioners of every method clearly excel in that process more than others do, relative to their personal training regimen and their self-disciplined motivation to actually work it regularly.
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