The problem with traditional CMA is...
David Jamieson said:
All I'm saying is that there is a perpetuation of fallacies in Kungfu like almost no other martial art.
You don't find nonsense like is found in CMA in lot of other martial arts. I shouldn't really say "cma", but just the "classical and traditional martial arts" in general.
It is astounding at how much of it is just pure bs.
To the point where I will not recomend training in traditional martial arts and instead there needs to be a component of rbsd , along with sound stand up, clinch and ground training(mma) or there just isn't a lot of value in it.
If there is no realistic application work then it just ain't realistic period.
And the language barrier thing is a cluster-hump all on it's own.
I basically agree with most of this...and my purpose is to expand upon the thought, not contest the post.
so, a list of random, incohesive thoughts on the subject:
There is a problem is lack of 'pressure testing' the techniques.
There is a problem of over complication of movement.
There is a problem of 'traditionalists' argueing that CMA needs to be 'maintained' with no changes.
There is the problem with ego that, IMO, stems from not getting your ass whupped enough times because you've never stepped up.
I think Judo is a great example of a traditional art that went modern. Judo is the result of the modernization of a traditional art that culminated in a martial style that can stand the test of the street as well as the ring.
CMA is not going to get anywhere if the only people we ever fight are other CMA peeps.
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I'm probably going to get called names and otherwise catch a bunch of crap by uber traditionalists and probably be told that I really don't know CMA...but that's fine.
The one point, I diverge on from David's post is that I still believe that TCMA can be used as an effective fighting method against any other method, the training paradigm needs to change though.
My goal is to take my traditional kung fu and make it work and more importantly, at this stage of my life, make it work for my students.
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