Learning to fight vs learning a MA style.
Time to get the flames rolling.
IMHO, there is a difference if you want to learn to fight quickly and effectively and learning a MA style.
A lot of people today seem to look at MA as a route to get to the former and maybe stay on for the later.
I have seen it often in many kwoons that students start and within 6 months leave for another school/McKwoon that does a lot of sparring, hard conditioning and promises to be street effective.
Yes, those guys look impressive and have a fair chance of winning a confrontation, but in few do I see well developed principles & basics of they style they claim to use.
For me when embarking on studying a MA style it is like learning to play a musical Instrument, a long and tough journey.
I know that I won't be playing on street corners for quiet some time nor be able to give concerts or measure myself against fellow musicians.
Before I can play a song I need to learn the basics(rifts/scales, etc) first and master them well.
Chances of me earning a living using my music are slim, but yet many are keen and eager to trust their MA skills to save their lifes.
What am I not getting here?
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"philosophy" might be one of the ways 'they' went or go about choosing or developing the training methods.
You're taking the view of philosophy equals pedagogy. I do not entirely disagree.
There are at least 2 arts that begin with what you already do and maximise that rather than reinvent the wheel each time...Koo SD and that Sikh art that uses the Panthra. I suppose maybe police/military arts do the same.
So what's being argued? Are those any less 'arts' than ones which demand you change every aspect of yourself? No- we're just arguing pedagogy here...