Do BETTER martial artists train ONE art or MANY arts?

[drop bear]

Isn't there supposed to be a flow?

Yes and no. If you stick to a pattern it is easier to predict. Left hand,right hand,left kick and so on. Everything at the same speed and the same power.

But you can mix all of that up and keep the opponent guessing.
a flick out right round kick a hard left hook a hard right hand a hard right round kick.
so you are not always hitting like you are expected to.

 

[Touch Of Death]

Yes and no. If you stick to a pattern it is easier to predict. Left hand,right hand,left kick and so on. Everything at the same speed and the same power.

But you can mix all of that up and keep the opponent guessing.
a flick out right round kick a hard left hook a hard right hand a hard right round kick.
so you are not always hitting like you are expected to.

None of that was kenpo, but yeah,,, keep 'em guessing is cool.

 

[Transk53]

None of that was kenpo, but yeah,,, keep 'em guessing is cool.

Quite

 

[Touch Of Death]

Yes and no. If you stick to a pattern it is easier to predict. Left hand,right hand,left kick and so on. Everything at the same speed and the same power.

But you can mix all of that up and keep the opponent guessing.
a flick out right round kick a hard left hook a hard right hand a hard right round kick.
so you are not always hitting like you are expected to.

None of that was kenpo, but yeah,,, keep 'em guessing is cool.

Yes and no. If you stick to a pattern it is easier to predict. Left hand,right hand,left kick and so on. Everything at the same speed and the same power.

But you can mix all of that up and keep the opponent guessing.
a flick out right round kick a hard left hook a hard right hand a hard right round kick.
so you are not always hitting like you are expected to.

But seriously, intead of a hook I would throw the same move from the same spot, but drop the foot back so it becomes a straight shot, making it kenpo-ish, but it opens you up to use a big TKD or Muay Thai round house, if you so desire, but we don't do a lot of hooks.

 

[Touch Of Death]

The Kenpo answer would be to slip behind him and stomp the back of his ankle, Duh!

 

[Transk53]

None of that was kenpo, but yeah,,, keep 'em guessing is cool.

But seriously, intead of a hook I would throw the same move from the same spot, but drop the foot back so it becomes a straight shot, making it kenpo-ish, but it opens you up to use a big TKD or Muay Thai round house, if you so desire, but we don't do a lot of hooks.

But everything at the same speed and power seems quite protracted, surely that kick would be the end game. Sorry, don't understand non variable pace?

 

[Transk53]

The Kenpo answer would be to slip behind him and stomp the back of his ankle, Duh!

So go for the Achilles?

 

[Touch Of Death]

But everything at the same speed and power seems quite protracted, surely that kick would be the end game. Sorry, don't understand non variable pace?

Or he easily puts at least three point of contact on your kick and violently pushes you off, if you are lucky.

 

[Transk53]

Or he easily puts at least three point of contact on your kick and violently pushes you off, if you are lucky.

Three points of contact on the kick. If he pushes you off! Seems to me that a head but would not be defensible.

 

[drop bear]

The Kenpo answer would be to slip behind him and stomp the back of his ankle, Duh!

distracting backfist?

 

[Touch Of Death]

distracting backfist?

A perfectly good insert when moving from the inside to the outside. If you clip them on the iliac crest, it becomes much more than a distraction.

 

[Transk53]

distracting backfist?

How would that be in play if you have shaped for the ankle? Back fist would likely be countered by the opponent dropping. Maybe forearm smash. That is of course you could use the back fist at speed.

 

[Touch Of Death]

How would that be in play if you have shaped for the ankle? Back fist would likely be countered by the opponent dropping. Maybe forearm smash. That is of course you could use the back fist at speed.

Right cross, return to opposite shoulder, drop the back knuckle low, just before you counter grab at the shoulder, with you opposite hand. Like in Lone Kimono.

 

[Touch Of Death]

Jab works too, but Drop Bear may be referring to the Benny the Jet foot work stuff I was telling him about before. Check it out if you haven't already. I helped me.

 

[Transk53]

Right cross, return to opposite shoulder, drop the back knuckle low, just before you counter grab at the shoulder, with you opposite hand. Like in Lone Kimono.

I'll check that out. Thanks

 

[Balrog]

To become a better martial artist do you train SEVERAL arts simultaneously (or change arts over the course of your MA lifespan) or do you train ONE art to the exclusion of all others? Thank you. Jx

IMNSHO, it's kinda like college. One martial art should be your "major", and you spend the majority of your time training in it. However, some cross-training in other martial arts could be "electives" that support the major. You're not trying to become expert in those arts, you're simply becoming a more well-rounded martial artist in your own right.

 

[Tez3]

IMNSHO, it's kinda like college. One martial art should be your "major", and you spend the majority of your time training in it. However, some cross-training in other martial arts could be "electives" that support the major. You're not trying to become expert in those arts, you're simply becoming a more well-rounded martial artist in your own right.

We'd don't do the 'majoring' thing in UK education. You go to university to do a degree course so we'd be the one martial arts only ones.

 

[toddfletcher]

One martial art should be your "major"

I'll second that. Not sure if anyone else is like me, but I have a passion/addiction for my core style. I teach my students that 'black belt' means 'true student'. In other words, only after years of dedication to your first art are you even capable of really understanding and learning. So I will always be open to learning from any style or artist I meet, but I will continually return to my core style for the majority of my training.

 

[tshadowchaser]

in regards to the OP I am not saying I am "A better martial artiest" but I kept my core style and practiced it no matter where I traveled. I also took the time to learn other styles/systems as I traveled around the country. Each new style I learned only added to my knowledge of the arts and helped me understand what I was doing better.
I added what I found useful to what I did and kept in mind what was not useful for me but might be to a student in the future. I still tell other instructors that I know and meet that I will "steal" any technique that is useful or that fills a gap in what I do.

 

[Andrew Green]

I like that removal of the barriers idea that you suggest.. I wonder can well-rounded, learning as much as possible and making an art your own to be as you say "great".. can these things happen through the study of one art / style / school of thought or system exclusively do you think? Jx

For some people perhaps, but not for me and the way I approach things.