So now we are style bashing! Good one! And anyone with three fifths of five eighths of bugger all of a brain knows that kata works too so where you saw it as padding others may have recognised its usefulness, even if you didn't understand it, McDojo or not!
Good one! Just where did I say that my yellow belts were the equivalent of BJJ belts. I have enormous respect for BJJ belts and in no way would I equate my yellow belts with purple, brown or black belts of BJJ. I'll call you again. :bs1:
I suspect you are just trolling again but your posts are certainly offensive.
Like you, I avoid the potential problem areas. When I do go to a potential problem area, I do my best to be as aware of what's going on around me, as I possibly can. No, I'm not paranoid, but it's just general common sense. I also live in a fairly quiet town, so while we do have our share of crime, it's nowhere near as bad as some of the larger cities.
I'll just point out that there are some, like me, who believe that a sport element makes any style stronger, not weaker. The absence of a combat sport element to a style is, IMO, eliminating a very important element of training. I think judo, kyokushin karate, bjj, wrestling, boxing and MMA benefit from the competitive element, even for those students who choose not to compete.It's like I always say...it's not what you train, it's how you train it. At least that's how I feel....someone else may disagree, and that's fine.
As for training on broken glass and against multiples...lol..well, while anything is possible, I don't like to disregard the possibilities of anything. Unless you've got a gun, odds are, against more than 1 person, your success rate certainly goes down, but I feel that if you train for it, the odds of success may go up a bit.
As for the misunderstandings of BJJ...I'd chalk that up to the general assumption of the art. It seems that the majority of the schools you see, are all sport oriented. Now, this isn't to say that someone that trains for sport, can't defend themselves, but if you look at the old saying "you fight like you train", that may be what casts the doubt.
I think we start entering shaky ground when we speculate about what most people do or don't do. I haven't met the majority of people who train in martial arts. I've only met a few. I have my own opinions about kata, but frankly, that's more about preference than anything else.
In his later years Ueshiba devoted his attention to the sword. It is interesting in aikido that many of the techniques, and I'm talking of the grappling element here although it applies to the throws as well, work best if you imagine you have a sword in your hands and you are cutting with it. So we do some sword work in aikido that some may consider useless or unnecessary but in reality is an integral part of understanding the art. I view kata in a similar way.
Yes kata is very similar to drilling techniques. In a kata you have strikes, counters, moving, deflecting, throws, grappling, all wrapped up along with training proper breathing and keeping calm and relaxed. If all you do kata for is to learn the sequence to pass a test your missing what its really about.
The difference, IMO, isn't in the kata. It's in the pressure testing and continuous sparring AFTER the drilling. A traditional school with kata where the students spar and pressure test their training will likely be a pretty decent school. While you and I might believe that kata is less efficient than drilling a technique in isolation, not everyone's in a hurry.
