Thats how it was in the 80's with ninjutsu. Everyone claimed to know and teach it when in fact they new a little of this and a little of that and they called it Nijutsu.
Great point!
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Thats how it was in the 80's with ninjutsu. Everyone claimed to know and teach it when in fact they new a little of this and a little of that and they called it Nijutsu.
Thats how it was in the 80's with ninjutsu. Everyone claimed to know and teach it when in fact they new a little of this and a little of that and they called it Nijutsu.
Thanks for your input guys. I'm really impressed at the range of answers off of everyone.
I have to say I have never ever seen someone who runs a dojo for a living come up with a decent anough argument until that. Thanks for your insight.
Good point, but it's not the watered down part that is the major problem for me. It is the risk that someone is going to go out of their door feeling completely invulnerable because someone has told them they are. And I seriously hate guitar hero XD.
Pretty much the counter point to above quote. I have to say this a major concern for me as well. However, I wouldn't say that owning a grade of any kind signifies you can protect yourself. I also believe that if a child is able to perform techniques to a high enough standard then they get the grade. If a kid is capable of doing everything on their syllabus and they do it with confidence and technical knowledge that's good enough for me. If they do kata well (and I have seen kids who do kata better than some of my adults) then they deserve recognition of it. Now I know a school is technique and form, those were just examples. But If I see a child able to do the same techniques as an adult I won't begrudge the childs age against them. If anything they should be given certain concessions in terms of the pressure they're under in grading situations and the fact that it's probably a lot harder for a child to learn MA than an adult.
Wouldn't have expected anything less than that from you Xue, well said. I also have to apologise when I termed UFC and MMA as the same thing earlier, it would seemed that caused a slight upset. Sorry folks.
To understand the techniques you are taught/teaching it is important to understand why they were being taught in that specific culture.
What constitutes a reputable instructor. As I had mentioned earlier people can gain positive reputations through quite subversive means. How do you judge someone as an instructor?
Which brings me nicely to my next point. If people are able to so easily advertise themselves and claim great repute, how can people know they're not so good? Personal Experience with one poor instructor could put someone off MA for life. How do you all judge and gauge another instructor?
Thats how it was in the 80's with ninjutsu. Everyone claimed to know and teach it when in fact they new a little of this and a little of that and they called it Nijutsu.
bowser666It is so true. Now that UFC is big MMA schools are stepping up as the next McDojo. Whatever craze catches on after that , will spawn a different wave of McDojo's. It is whatever is most marketable at that time
celtic_cripplerBeing that I work in Marketing I would tend to agree.
We live in an "American Idol" society were the craze of the moment is what people gravitate toward regardless of whether it has any substance or not.
The RBSD and MMA crazes will last for a while, but they'll be replaced some day too.
RBSD and MMA have been going on for a long time over here, the RBSD for 30 years or more, I think it will carry on but be accepted as traditional martial arts lol!
Any ideas what will replace them as the flavour of the month? We could get in on the ground floor of the next best thing and make a fortune lol!
Tez, I think very traditional style TMA are on the way back in. I think the public is tired of being ripped off with the promise of "quick and easy" and is ready to go and look at the classical roots.
I bet anything that espouses aherence to a "classical" system and has lots of complicated Kata will be big. Spending 10+ years to get a BB will be seen as proper. ( much like dressage)
Lori
Xue, I have insufficeint knowledge to debate the point either way but I Hope you are wrong. I am hoping that there are enough dedicated people around to preserve the knowledge in it's original forms (kata) and who can and will teach them. :mst:
No system ever has more than a handful of living masters, how ever popular it is. The pyramid just gets wider at the bottom.
Ever the optimest, or I'm wrecked
Lori:wink: