Oooh, yep, now THERE'S an important distinction. "Degrees," not "classes." Oooh baby, I am stunned. Incidentally, if we're going to get finicky about language? You meant, "reject," not, "refute." See, "refute," means that you prove something false by logical means. "Reject," means that you simply refuse to discuss, you simply throw it out.
Of course, if you'd read what I wrote, you'd see that I pointed out that clearly there are different levels of sophistication involved in using leverage. "Degrees," if you like. I understand quite well; I don't see what the big whoops are--and more importantly, I don't believe that this stuff particularly helps students.
But then, personally, I don't really see the point in checking into forums just to scope out, "the general knowledge base," since I don't see myself as the Great Kenpo Examiner.
"The new," my ear. The jargon-filled, more like--as is suggested by your previous remarks that, "it's the culmination of these concepts understood first, and applied second, by the students that makes them (hopefully) a more effective fighter and or Martial Artist."
Understood first and applied second? This is how you teach, say, a horse stance, first lesson? A punch? An inward block? "Hi, this is your first lesson. Today, we'll be applying marriage of gravity and directional harmony as you step out into a horse--short for horse-riding--stance with your left foot, in part because in Chinese alchemy the left side is associated with femininity, while the right side is linked to the masculine yang. Be sure to torque both hands back simultaneously, while exhaling,"...and on, and on, and on. Myself, I say something like, "So, here we go. Step out with your left foot, and pull your hands back to your hips. Good. let's do that again. Good. This time, start trying to get your foot and your fists to arrive at the same time...good, very good. So let's do that again...{Ten repetitions later} That's called a horse stance, and you need to practice stepping out a lot...."
Go all the way back to "Ed Parker's Kenpo Karate: Volume 1, The Basics." Funnily enough, there's no discussion of physics. Gosh. Must be inadequate.
Then, there's the self-contradiction. " Leverage is another concept (actually principle) to learn and understand to be a more effective Kenpoist. Not to be analyzed on the mat, but exercised. In order to do that, however... we must first understand leverage and (like it or not) the component parts of leverage."
Your vocabulary borrows a little more from elementary physics than mine. Cool; good for you, no problem at all. However, since I borrow a lot from fields like psychology--the problem we both face is that of confusing what we may need to know with what students may need to know. And the danger is always that we're waggling our knowledge around, rather than teaching the poor damn student.
if you're arguing--as I did--that advanced students and instructors need to understand a bit of physics, body mechanics, etc., why sure. But ya know, it isn't all that big a deal--why make it one?
Incidentally, good manners help. This is because the evolutionary development of the human species has left us with an oddly-structured cerebral cortex, in which unconscious impulses surface all too easily unless governed by the regimentation of social discourse. As Freud pointed out, repression and sublimation...or is it just because manners are good things? I forget.
