Originally Posted by
Lucas
just too many people dont look for real fighting skills, or people who have them, or ways to properly train them.
you get guys like this who have spent X years in martial arts, yet couldnt hold their own against an amature sport fighter, what else can they do but perpetuate the lies they have lived for so long.
they know nothing else, never developed anything worth while in their lives and hopelessly hang onto that last shred of manhood left to them. the appearances they developed for themselves.
its okay though, a lot of these guys are just teaching kids anyway.
I would agree wholeheartedly with this statement, to me many of the old timer Kung Fu teachers that I've known over the years cling to what they know as if it were some form of religious faith. The vast majority of them can't fight but wouldn't even fathom looking outside their little box.
Unfortunate to me really as there are many aspects of CMA that I feel have value and merit (cultural & sportive aspects) but much of CMA has degraded & not evolved.
My two cents.
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