KnightSabre
10-30-2003, 07:12 AM
There are alot of people out there that will argue that
it has little to do with the style you do but more on the natural skill of the person doing the style.
My argument is simply this.
If you look at sports,
take the high jump for example.
Everyone used to use the straddle method to clear the bar untill
the Fosberry Flop was introduced.The new style proved more efficient than the old and became the way to do it.Take two high jumpers, the one is slightly more gifted than the other and with both of them doing the straddle, can jump higher than the other,however if the weaker jumper gets taught and uses the Fosberry flop while the other sticks to the more "Traditional" method it will be of no suprise if the weaker suddenly beats the better jumper.
There are so many sports where techniques have improved,take swimming for instance the freestyle of today is technically different to 10 years ago and todays swimmers could probably beat swimmers of old that may have been more gifted than them.
I think the same can be said for martial arts styles,though the athlete plays a large part in how good he can become the style can play a part too.
it has little to do with the style you do but more on the natural skill of the person doing the style.
My argument is simply this.
If you look at sports,
take the high jump for example.
Everyone used to use the straddle method to clear the bar untill
the Fosberry Flop was introduced.The new style proved more efficient than the old and became the way to do it.Take two high jumpers, the one is slightly more gifted than the other and with both of them doing the straddle, can jump higher than the other,however if the weaker jumper gets taught and uses the Fosberry flop while the other sticks to the more "Traditional" method it will be of no suprise if the weaker suddenly beats the better jumper.
There are so many sports where techniques have improved,take swimming for instance the freestyle of today is technically different to 10 years ago and todays swimmers could probably beat swimmers of old that may have been more gifted than them.
I think the same can be said for martial arts styles,though the athlete plays a large part in how good he can become the style can play a part too.