Do you think your style has all the answers?

Well, do you?

Mine doesn’t. (I consider myself a ‘BJJer’ for the most part.)

hard question

i think it does, but that may be because i don’t know all the questions. it definitely satisfies my needs as a style, system and art, but i do like to do a smidgeon more fitness work than the style recommends (bicep curls and wing tsun are as poop and salad dressing, but hey, i like having strong arms).

i don’t think any style has all the answers. it’s just what works best for yourself i guess. i push my art to get as many solutions as i can. i can add or take away without changing my art, only custom fitting it for me!:slight_smile:

Depends, what are the questions?

yep, it has the answers to the questions that I have been asking. Does it have ALL the answers? I doubt that any one martial art does.

Absoloutly.

The wind velocity of a swallow in flight?

We’ve got that.

Why are avocado pits so big?

We’ve got that.

Why do men have nipples?

We know that too.

How to get that really hot girl to go out with you.

A closed door secret.

We’ve got ALL the answers. :stuck_out_tongue:

In my short investigation (bit over a year) of the style I now study (aikido, shinbudokai style) I feel comfortable saying that aikido does answer many of the questions I had remaining inside my head.

i.e. How can I get the same feeling of martial expression without having to spar?

How can I defend myself without having to beat somebody down?

How can I practice without feeling overly competative?

How can I go full out without high risk of injury?

What’s the frikin point of all of this crap anyway?

Where do these techniques come from?

How can I perform techniques on some who out weighs me by 85 lbs?

Not that aikido directly answers all of these questions, but it has been a good guide for me on a personal and technical level.

like anything else in life, the most important thing is to be able to bullsh!t the answers you don’t have.

Um, the answers to all reasonable self-defense situations…ie, nobody give me the 13 on one example.

As for the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow,

African or European?

No, tae-bo doesn’t have all the answers. That’s why I’m switching to Fu-Box.

Doh!

Now I’ll have to find a new style!

My magic Eight Ball style is undefeatable!

“Answer hazy, try again later.”

I have to admit…

Wonderful high-jacking job folks!

Beers all around. Except GDA. He gets a shirley temple cause he gets all cross when he’s schnookered.

I’ll give the brief serious answer now; no. I’ll give you a longer one later.

But how could I resist the Magic Eight Ball wisecrack? I’m simply not that strong.

MULLETS!!!

Watchman’s hairSTYLE has all the answers, because it’s business in the front and party in the back.:stuck_out_tongue:

No one art will have all the answers. Ive been in the arts for over 20 years and been invilved with many styles. They all have srtengths and weaknesses. If your instrucotr is telling you his is superior or has all the answers, he has limited knowledge or is lying to you to keep you money.

What works for one person may not work for another. People try to fit a style to a body type, but that is not a good guage. How you will fight effectivly will change from how your instructor does. keep an open mind and add to what you have.

Oh yes, mine does, since I’m a begginer, but maybe in a distant future, things change… :slight_smile:

– Kiasyd

"Oh yes, mine does, since I’m a begginer, but maybe in a distant future, things change… "

Why do you think it does? and why a distant future and not a near future?

“He gets a shirley temple cause he gets all cross when he’s schnookered.”

lol . .. shnookered . . hehe

… . you are kidding right?

i get a beer too don’t i?

please.

COME ON MAN . .. . this aint fair.

i stand by my bullsh!t answer.

it’s important, no matter what style you do, that you are able to improvise for the things you weren’t directly prepared for.

of course actually training in other arts to compliment your system is ideal, but that’s not always the way things work out.

however, i’m not so sure it’s the system that has to be flexible as much as the teacher and especially the student, so i probably didn’t answer the question at all.