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Ty K. Doe
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I'm posting this thread due to the number of comments I've seen posted about watered down martial arts. I've been curious about why people are noticing such a trend.
The other night, during class, I was helping a student who has a lower belt rank than myself. In some sort of a selfish way I found myself holding back on some minor tips and tricks. I realized that I was doing this and had to re-evaluate what I was showing this guy and why I was doing it. Basically I was holding out on this guy because I ultimately didn't want him getting better than me. I realized the error of my thinking and gave him the correct advice, but it got me to thinking. Has this been common with others? Do you find yourselves hiding techniques from others for your own benefit? I'm not sure there's anything necesarilly wrong with it, unless your an instructor and are getting paid to teach your technique to someone else.
Is it possible that we find so-called watered down martial arts from instructors because of the same thing I found myself doing? Or do we have people teaching that aren't really qualified to teach?
:asian:
The other night, during class, I was helping a student who has a lower belt rank than myself. In some sort of a selfish way I found myself holding back on some minor tips and tricks. I realized that I was doing this and had to re-evaluate what I was showing this guy and why I was doing it. Basically I was holding out on this guy because I ultimately didn't want him getting better than me. I realized the error of my thinking and gave him the correct advice, but it got me to thinking. Has this been common with others? Do you find yourselves hiding techniques from others for your own benefit? I'm not sure there's anything necesarilly wrong with it, unless your an instructor and are getting paid to teach your technique to someone else.
Is it possible that we find so-called watered down martial arts from instructors because of the same thing I found myself doing? Or do we have people teaching that aren't really qualified to teach?
:asian: