johnwang wrote:Sea.Wolf.Forge wrote:"keep going, you'll understand later" ...
I will never say that to my students. I told them that if they want to develop
- strong head lock, and
- powerful leg twist,
they will need to spend time in "pole hanging". Whether they will spend time to do that is not under my control. CMA is dying out just because people don't want to do their homework.
wayne hansen wrote:I had a student who was 6’7” gangly and a bit awkward
He moved away for work
When he came back he was doing the form better than anyone I had seen
His long limbs made it look great
I asked him if he had got a new teacher where he was
He said no but when he was training with me he thought of the exercise as mine
When he was on his own he started looking deep inside the exercises and the improvement came
wayne hansen wrote:he was doing the form better than anyone I had seen ...
Sea.Wolf.Forge wrote:Is it objectively more valuable to retain a little of an art in good faith (able to demonstrate form and application under pressure) or to retain a lot of the form and ritual of the art at the expense of the trainings rigor and ability to apply the diverse concepts.
Doc Stier wrote:many students fail to derive much practical fighting skill,...
wayne hansen wrote:I can explain everything I do but not to those who would never understand
No pete was not a fighter and will never be
That wasn’t the point I was explaining a principle
wayne hansen wrote:I don’t know wether I am a martial arts instructor or not
Pete can most likely fight a lot better now than when he started
He is not a dancer
I think most fighters are born not made
Some people no matter how hard they train never become fighters
Some think they are until the crunch comes
johnwang wrote:Doc Stier wrote:many students fail to derive much practical fighting skill,...
The sad thing that can happen to people is people may spent all their life in MA training, during the day they die, they still have not developed any valuable skill yet.
A: What MA skill do you try to maintain during your old age?
B: I try to maintain a, b, and ...
C: I don't have anything to maintain. I have never developed anything.
It's better to be like B. It's sad to be like C.
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