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Originally posted by Zepp
Hey I invented that one too. But it only works when I'm really hammered for some reason.
I hear what you're saying... :drink2tha
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Originally posted by Zepp
Hey I invented that one too. But it only works when I'm really hammered for some reason.
Originally posted by Joe Hardwick
1-Is it appropriate to start a new martial art? Please answer with a yes, no or maybe and give reasons why. Also, if you feel that certain parameters must be required then mention them as well.
Originally posted by Joe Hardwick
2-Is it appropriate to make a derivative or variation of an existing martial art such as "Combat TaeKwonDo"
Originally posted by Joe Hardwick
3-Is it appropriate to start a reality based self-defense system? If you do not believe that they exist and are simply martial arts in another name then please say so, otherwise please answer with yes, no or maybe and of course reasons why.
Originally posted by akja
WHAT COMBAT HAPKIDO IS:
A new, modern style of Hapkido
A totally scientific approach to Self Defense
A realistic and effective discipline of personal protection
A dynamic and flexible program of learning and teaching
the science of Self Defense
The result of over 35 years of Martial Arts study, research,
application and synthesis
Originally posted by MartialArtist
I have created the most practical style ever. It's where you use your energy and shoot fireballs.
Originally posted by RyuShiKan
A totally scientific approach to Self Defense?
What the hell is that supposed to mean?
How is it scientific? Do two little lab rats duke it out or something?
People like Choki Motobu used to go and test their techniques in real street fights to see if they worked ..
A dynamic and flexible program of learning and teaching?
To me that sounds like he will jump through hoops to keep students.
Maybe I am still in the old school of thinking but to me when a student comes into the dojo to request instruction he should empty his cup and try to learn was is being offered.
The result of over 35 years of Martial Arts study, research,
application and synthesis
35 years is about as long as a popcorn fart in terms of martial history.
Originally posted by nightingale8472
if you're going to create a system, you'd better do what SGM Parker did:
(in no particular order)
1. learn from some of the best to begin with.
2. get a bunch of people together who are also good martial artists
3. have very detailed sessions analysing what works and what doesn't and why.
4. test it.
5. develop a reliable way for those after you to teach it (written curriculum)
6. make sure your system is filling a niche that isn't already filled by another martial art, and that you're not just creating a system because you want to be a 10th.
Originally posted by Disco
In my humble opinion, almost all of the "New" styles / systems being generated are nothing more than a way to make money or bolster somebodies ego. The operative word there was "almost".
I realize, that there may be a need for a specific type of training, that would not include all the curriculum in most styles taught, ie Corrections / Law Enforcement and the like.
In all honesty, after looking through several MA magazines, my outlook on the general overall status of the MA's is that it's all "FOR SALE". I've never seen so much,......... I can't think of a word to describe it. Everybody, and I mean everybody is selling. Buy the tapes, buy the books, study at home, study in the car. Learn from the best!!!!? I can't believe all the years I've wasted training with real instructors and training partners (Sarcasm). If you should be so fortunate as to be studying with good people and a good instructor, consider yourself lucky and take advantage of all you can learn.
Originally posted by rmcrobertson
As for making up your own system, well, I don't agree there either. Among other minor things, it isn't enough to be a great martial artist. You have to be in the right place at the right time. Mr. Funakoshi was. Mr. Ueshiba was. Mr. Parker was. We ain't.
Thanks for the discussion.
Originally posted by rmcrobertson
Then there's the argument about what kenpo really is, which is not just another system.
Originally posted by rmcrobertson
Personally, I think that the two most overused words in martial arts today are, "combat," and, "warrior." The first translates out roughly--I agree with a couple of the posters--as, "buy this." As for the second--sheesh. I certainly ain't a warrior in the sense that seems to be meant on this string, and I don't want to be. And, most likely, folks who throw the term around ain't warriors either. Navy SEALS, Recon Marines--the real ones, not the folks in the magazines--they're warriors. Especially the ones who've, "seen the elephant," as they used to say back in the Civil War. Me? Not in that sense, absolutely not.
Trying to decribe a technique or uploading a picture will only display a one dimensional view, then it will ripped to shreds by our MT peers..Originally posted by rmcrobertson
Oh...anybody out there willing to be specific aabout exactly what they do in their new system? Not generalities and platitudes...describe a technique, say?
Thanks for the discussion.
Originally posted by akja
Trying to decribe a technique or uploading a picture will only display a one dimensional view, then it will ripped to shreds by our MT peers..
Originally posted by RyuShiKan
mpegs reveal quite a bit
Originally posted by rmcrobertson
I'm sorry, but these responses are mostly so generalized that I don't feel responding to them would be useful. But I'll try this:
a) Draeger offers a useful distinction between "bujutsu," and "budo."
b) Mr. Parker grew up in a pretty cross-cultural kind of place, at a time when martial arts were just starting to become visible in the US. It's like Shakespeare growing up in 16th-century England.
c) I don't know what "65% stand-up," and "35% ground," means.
d) My major point was this: martial arts studios do not, and indeed cannot, teach us to become masters of "combat," and "warriors," in the sense that seems to be indicated by these threads.
I'm now going to bow out, since I was probably stupid to write anything here in the first place.
Originally posted by akja
They sure do!! You have any??