Just some thoughts on "Formal" training, ect..
Just thought i'd throw this in. Everyone has condridictions, everyones a hypocritic. Weither or not they admit it or not is the difference between honesty(truth) and deception(untruth) of ones self. Honestly expressing yourself is the key. Weither the expression is hypocriticaly of what your originally speaking on or not doesnt matter. Controdictions(hypocriticism) is apart of the growth of a human as truth is reviled the falsehoods left behind will be what we call controdictions, i call growth from puberity to maturity in MA. I have come to a point in MA formal training where i have nothing left i feel to learn from them(this is for fighting and self defense purposes, now id love to go to China or somewhere to train in the old ways but not for self defense or fighting) Ive found truth in religion and mylife im finding it in the martial arts. Seems like all the instructors ive seen on TV and in person want a mimic of themselves. They dont want you to do the techniques in a confortable manner, they want it done text book fashion. I dont see the probably in doing a "untext book" technique if it is effective for the purpose your using it for. Why would you want to put yourself in a position you dont feel comfortable with from the get go, apply the technique, and hope that someday with enough repetition, you'll be comfortable. Why not just make a slight variation and do it "your way" the most comfortable yet efficient way you can? Hope this makes sense. I dont mean to offend anyone. You all have some thoughts?
"unless human being have 3 arms and 4 legs we will have a different style of fighting."-Bruce Lee
remember "le style, c'est l'homme" (the style is the man) the man makes the style, the style doesnt make the man.
Re: Just some thoughts on "Formal" training, ect..
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Originally posted by Katsu Jin Ken
They dont want you to do the techniques in a confortable manner, they want it done text book fashion.
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Why would you want to put yourself in a position you dont feel comfortable with from the get go, apply the technique, and hope that someday with enough repetition, you'll be comfortable. Why not just make a slight variation and do it "your way" the most comfortable yet efficient way you can?
Goodness, we wouldn't want our training to be uncomfortable.
Re: Just some thoughts on "Formal" training, ect..
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Originally posted by Katsu Jin Ken
Just thought i'd throw this in. Everyone has condridictions, everyones a hypocritic. Weither or not they admit it or not is the difference between honesty(truth) and deception(untruth) of ones self. Honestly expressing yourself is the key. Weither the expression is hypocriticaly of what your originally speaking on or not doesnt matter. Controdictions(hypocriticism) is apart of the growth of a human as truth is reviled the falsehoods left behind will be what we call controdictions, i call growth from puberity to maturity in MA.
was there any real point to any of that?
I have come to a point in MA formal training where i have nothing left i feel to learn from them(this is for fighting and self defense purposes, now id love to go to China or somewhere to train in the old ways but not for self defense or fighting)
I've found that it's generally people who say things like that who have the most to learn and don't even realize it.
Ive found truth in religion and mylife im finding it in the martial arts. Seems like all the instructors ive seen on TV and in person want a mimic of themselves. They dont want you to do the techniques in a confortable manner, they want it done text book fashion.
names? who are you referring to?
I dont see the probably in doing a "untext book" technique if it is effective for the purpose your using it for. Why would you want to put yourself in a position you dont feel comfortable with from the get go, apply the technique, and hope that someday with enough repetition, you'll be comfortable. Why not just make a slight variation and do it "your way" the most comfortable yet efficient way you can?
It's called a learning process. If I teach you harai goshi the text book way, then you know it and become familiar with it. Once you are familiar with it enough to make the changes necessary to be more effective for you, THEN you make them, not before. you can't modify a technique that you do not know.
Also, from a teaching perspective, it clouds things. If I teach you one way to do it, vash another way, tak one way, and I myself do it a different way, then which way is the correct way to teach it? The textbook version will give you a reference point for teaching. once you know the techniques, you modify them and make them your own.
"unless human being have 3 arms and 4 legs we will have a different style of fighting."-Bruce Lee
I actually disagree with that. we will have similar techniques, yes, but as long as those techniques and principles are applied differently, it is a different style. look at a tkd, karate, etc roundhouse, then look at a thai roundhouse. they are both roundhouses, but the method of applying them, strategies, etc. are different.