What MA cliches wind you up?

[Mephisto]

"All martial arts originated in India" or anything related to all arts originating in one place. The story usually goes that all arts came from temples in China and was brought there by Indian monks. Some Kung fu may have its origins there but surely not every art does. As long as people have been fighting surely they've been figuring out the best way to do it and no one culture has had a monopoly on violence.

 

[Tez3]

"All martial arts originated in India" or anything related to all arts originating in one place. The story usually goes that all arts came from temples in China and was brought there by Indian monks. Some Kung fu may have its origins there but surely not every art does. As long as people have been fighting surely they've been figuring out the best way to do it and no one culture has had a monopoly on violence.

Just seen 'all martial arts originate in China' posted today ( or yesterday) in a thread on MT.

 

[Cirdan]

LOW PERCENTAGE TECHNIQUES!

 

[Mephisto]

LOW PERCENTAGE TECHNIQUES!

What's wrong with that? Low percentage just describes the likelihood a technique will be successful. Another term might just be "difficult" as in required skill to use said technique.

 

[Cirdan]

What's wrong with that? Low percentage just describes the likelihood a technique will be successful. Another term might just be "difficult" as in required skill to use said technique.