These comments were made:
... after someone asked for a comparison and the evidence to support such statements was a form video.
If someone asked me if I thought they should train MMA or TCMA. And since this is a forum and we can only use words or better yet, video, to prove arguments, I would post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AomhzXJ1Xvo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqD8Odaebw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvKRyTSr5Mo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LZVDVEKRrI
So if someone calls into question the way the majority of TCMA is being trained people get discouraged and want to quit?
I would say those people aren't really interested in learning martial arts.
I want my weaknesses highlighted so I can improve them. I want that because I want to be the best martial artist I can be. More so than clinging to any idea or tradition. The tradition of martial arts is to be the best you can be. Also one of self enlightenment, which can't begin until one is truthful with themself.
Very true.
But the minute one asks for a comparison, then weights and measures are required. And martial arts in general is an issue of comparison which goes back to my major overall point: martial arts are about combat effectiveness. If form plays a role in this is up to each individual's preference. But results, again, can me measured. TCMA's results are not good.
Be discouraged. Attack me personally. Continue down the same path.... again, that's for the individual to decide. Its your martial art. You determine if its coal or a diamond.... which is ironic, because that's a matter of pressure. Which you don't get from form and non resistance training.