mpossoff
10-13-2005, 02:51 AM
Hi all,
I have been away from MA's for a bit and have been looking around at various schools in my area.
My main purpose is for real and pratical self defense.
Now as an outsider and asking the instructors alot of questions is it seems so far that most, if not all the Kung Fu schools I have observed don't train and focus on real self defense in the "mainstream", if you will.
It seems like the more so called "mainstream" type of training, especially Krav Maga, train you for real self defense and pratical self defense. Not alot of forms , but more importantly applications.
I know forms are important, but I also know applications to those forms are just as important.
It just seems to me that most Kung Fu hasn't adapted or transitioned into the "mainstream" of real and pratical self defense.
The schools from what I have seen that have "modified" or "intergrated" Kung Fu to make it more effective in pratical self defense seem to work.
Drawing principles and tecniques from different arts and incorporating them into pratical and efficient self defense.
From talking to many instructors of Kung Fu, it seems to me that the traditional ones are not willing to adapt.
The ones that modify and intergrate seem to produce a "better product", a better and more efficient way of self defense in todays world.
The reason I bring this up is because my purpose of wanting to practice Kung Fu is because of self defense.
One CMA that I would really love to practice is TCQ, but haven't found a school that focuses on the combat/self defense applications, only for health.
Years ago, I practiced for a while in a TCQ group that focused on self defense, which looked way different from the TCQ schools in the area and trained in that fashion. Compared to the other TCQ instruction in the area, it was way more focused. The people who trained there were able to defend themselves simutaniosly. Unfortunatley the instructor had to re-locate to the West coast.
Now I also understand that TCQ there is more of a learning curve, but I believe it the self defense/cobat applications can be taught simutaniously like the TCQ school I once attended.
I haven't found a school so far willing to focus on self defense. Most of the people taking TCQ are taking it for health and seems to me that the instructors are teaching the "health aspect".
Any comments?
Marc
I have been away from MA's for a bit and have been looking around at various schools in my area.
My main purpose is for real and pratical self defense.
Now as an outsider and asking the instructors alot of questions is it seems so far that most, if not all the Kung Fu schools I have observed don't train and focus on real self defense in the "mainstream", if you will.
It seems like the more so called "mainstream" type of training, especially Krav Maga, train you for real self defense and pratical self defense. Not alot of forms , but more importantly applications.
I know forms are important, but I also know applications to those forms are just as important.
It just seems to me that most Kung Fu hasn't adapted or transitioned into the "mainstream" of real and pratical self defense.
The schools from what I have seen that have "modified" or "intergrated" Kung Fu to make it more effective in pratical self defense seem to work.
Drawing principles and tecniques from different arts and incorporating them into pratical and efficient self defense.
From talking to many instructors of Kung Fu, it seems to me that the traditional ones are not willing to adapt.
The ones that modify and intergrate seem to produce a "better product", a better and more efficient way of self defense in todays world.
The reason I bring this up is because my purpose of wanting to practice Kung Fu is because of self defense.
One CMA that I would really love to practice is TCQ, but haven't found a school that focuses on the combat/self defense applications, only for health.
Years ago, I practiced for a while in a TCQ group that focused on self defense, which looked way different from the TCQ schools in the area and trained in that fashion. Compared to the other TCQ instruction in the area, it was way more focused. The people who trained there were able to defend themselves simutaniosly. Unfortunatley the instructor had to re-locate to the West coast.
Now I also understand that TCQ there is more of a learning curve, but I believe it the self defense/cobat applications can be taught simutaniously like the TCQ school I once attended.
I haven't found a school so far willing to focus on self defense. Most of the people taking TCQ are taking it for health and seems to me that the instructors are teaching the "health aspect".
Any comments?
Marc