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uki
10-07-2008, 05:57 PM
how do you incorporate your art into your martial expression?
Xiao3 Meng4
10-07-2008, 06:42 PM
I fight with paintbrushes.

Sometimes drumsticks.
uki
10-07-2008, 06:51 PM
Sometimes drumsticks.with chicken legs?
Xiao3 Meng4
10-07-2008, 06:53 PM
If I'm at KFC, definitely. My art is very zen, you see.
Xiao3 Meng4
10-07-2008, 06:59 PM
how do you incorporate your art into your martial expression?

When I feel like I've integrated the surrounding environment into the expression, then I feel like I can honestly say, "that was artful."
Vash
10-07-2008, 07:10 PM
My art is only in the application - how I approach my training. The fighting, the nutrition, the weights, it's all science in foundation and art in motion.

I don't do kata to "express myself in combative form." I use them to develop a certain type of movement quality.

I don't spar to express the philosophical leanings of my ancestors, I spar to see where the holes in my training are.

The art is ONLY in the movement, the application, the doing. Otherwise, it's dancing.
Hebrew Hammer
10-07-2008, 08:17 PM
Me, I like to lead the class stretching in a fantastic lime green thong and matching arm floaties while playing Chinese opera music...that's sans a Brazilian wax for full effect. If I'm feeling extra artsy I throw on a couple of tassels on my nipples. It tends to be less popular amongst the youth class.
David Jamieson
10-07-2008, 08:33 PM
It is art because it employs methods that deliver consistent results that are useful and functional.

It is science because the methods are reproducible.
uki
10-08-2008, 03:07 AM
I fight with paintbrushes.somewhat off topic, but you reminded me of a technique a guy told me on helping loosen up and strengthen the neck. imagine an invisible paintbrush coming up out of your crown, now paint an imaginary picture on the ceiling using only your neck and head. :)
sanjuro_ronin
10-08-2008, 04:07 AM
Art is in the eye of the beholder.
To some a beautifully executed arm bar is art, to others a devastating KO and to some, only a perfectly executed form can be called art.
uki
10-08-2008, 05:28 PM
The art is ONLY in the movement, the application, the doing. Otherwise, it's dancing.yet dancing is an art form...
David Jamieson
10-08-2008, 06:27 PM
yet dancing is an art form...

maybe, but it ain't boxing.
iron_leg_dave
10-08-2008, 08:33 PM
By nurturing and refining it.
uki
10-09-2008, 03:20 AM
maybe, but it ain't boxing.wow. you are a smart one now aren't you... but boxers can dance while they fight...:D
SimonM
10-09-2008, 07:22 AM
I write about fighting. Writing is my art.
uki
10-09-2008, 03:49 PM
I write about fighting. obviously you have to have fought to write about it.


Writing is my art.inspiration is mine.
SimonM
10-09-2008, 07:44 PM
Really? I would have guessed your art was buffoonery. Or... juggling.
uki
10-10-2008, 02:38 AM
Really? I would have guessed your art was buffoonery. Or... juggling.i have a whole toolbag full of arts...:)
MasterKiller
10-10-2008, 06:22 AM
Art is in the eye of the beholder.
To some a beautifully executed arm bar is art, to others a devastating KO and to some, only a perfectly executed form can be called art.

Andersen Silva = Art

Tim Sylvia = Not art
sanjuro_ronin
10-10-2008, 06:24 AM
Andersen Silva = Art

Tim Sylvia = Not art

Well, can't argue with that !
LOL !