Hi everybody thanks heaps for posting your thoughts. Many interesting differing views, although i can see many see where im comming from.
Still andoi has raised a very good point and one which i wish to clear up. My rant is really aimed at the MANY people who train in cma yet seem to think there combat skills are developed magicaly though hand movements instead of actual hard work.
Still your point is certainly not lost on me and i know that many in cma train for many other reasons beside simply combat. If that was my intire forcuss, my training would be VERY different.
I first and foremost I study an artform and try to further that, however becouse my artform is drawn from combat i dont like seeing its original intent deviated from to much.
Not everyone needs to be a killer or be able to break concrete with a slap but then again people shouldnt delude themselfs either. If people want to study with a focuss other than pure combat then im all for it. I just hope they dont kid themselfs along the way.
Its all a tricky balancing act in the end.
Fighting without an aim is simply pointless brutality which only leads to injurys.
Forms without fighting is a broken method as the actual combat side is only imagined.
What is required is a constant play between the two so as the skills always are advancing but the testing ground is where they truely refined.
To properly answer your question about why i study would take me way longer than i have time for right now. Also strange as this may sound its a little bit private to me and although i would be happy to discuss via pm im a little bit shaky about doing so on the board. Its nothing special but i dont like getting to far into personal issues on public boards. If your intersted please just send me a pm ill be happy to discuss with you. Lets just start by saying sometimes the road up the mountain seems quicker than the way back down.
"if i am really good i will be able to take blows and not return them"
* heh heh
When you get REALLY good you will be able to take blows AND return them, without even meaning to or trying
Thank you for your post andoi, i always appreciate it when someone takes time.
All the best and happy training
Jon
Up and down, forward and backward, left and right, its all the same. All of this is done with the mind, not externaly.
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Shaped dragon and looking monkey, sitting tiger and turning eagle.
"I wonder how they would do against jon's no-tension fu. I bet they'd do REALLY WELL."
- Huang Kai Vun