yeah, imagine that, me thinking…
anyway, would you consider these truths of the martial arts:
The most important variables in a conflict are the fighters.
No art is complete.
Any style can be used effectively - it’s not the style, it’s the person using it.
Hi, KKM.
Definitely yes to 1 and 2.
Not necessairly No. 3 when you take into account No. 1.
ok, this is just a general observation, though spurred by your post red5, so don’t take it too personal.
Sometimes, I think you guys try to think to much about all of this.
Good post.
Agreed to all.
All styles have their “unique” solutions to common fighting problems.
The practitioner has to practice well to make any technique work.
You win by outsmart, out maneuver and out skill your opponent.
And yes exactly in that order.
Assume both of you practice the same style, it holds true.
:dunno: sounds good to me.
Oso, no offense taken, I was driving home from class last night and some random thoughts were sorting themselves out in my head.
red5, good. I just wonder sometimes how many times this subject can be discussed.
I thought we all agreed a while ago that it boiled down to hard work(pure physical training/conditioning to toughen/strengthen the body), live training, fighting then returning to the first couple of steps with lessons learned from the last.
it comes up from time to time but it seems like everytime it does, some things change or some interesting viewpoints are elicited.
besides that, some of us have just been on this forum to see almost all these subjects a few times over. I try to keep that in perspective as well.
hehe, just thought of something while writing that last one…is it me or are there much fewer newbies these days?
Their scrrrrrrrd of big old polar ant eaters like you bro…
Actually, we have a lot of noobs post, but they are apparently all the same guy.
I think red’s problem is that he doesnt think enough.
that’s because I’m too busy giving it to your mom yenhoi 
not a whole lot of noobs these days cause they all seem to have some sort of mental deficiency that precludes them from playing nice with us. Either that are we’re all just getting old and crotchety.
Actually, I don’t believe that it’s the style or the person anymore. I believe it’s the school.
After all, it’s the individual school that you will be training at and the people in your school that you will be training with.
That’s why 2 schools from the same style can be so different.
Originally posted by Water Dragon
[B]Actually, I don’t believe that it’s the style or the person anymore. I believe it’s the school.
After all, it’s the individual school that you will be training at and the people in your school that you will be training with.
That’s why 2 schools from the same style can be so different. [/B]
Word.
lol at np…
I think of it more as an animated bear fetish versus an animated polar bear…
WD, that means it’s still the people in the school that make the difference. A school just being a collection of people doing the same thing, mostly…
wait
stop
not
getting
sucked
into
this
redundant
discussion…
"I believe it’s the school. "
“I thought we all agreed a while ago that it boiled down to hard work(pure physical training/conditioning to toughen/strengthen the body), live training, fighting then returning to the first couple of steps with lessons learned from the last.”
The two of these statements are correct.
That’s why 2 schools from the same style can be so different.
nah, you can have a bad school and have good students anyway. You can also have a good school and have bad students.
Originally posted by red5angel
nah, you can have a bad school and have good students anyway. You can also have a good school and have bad students.
Whaaaa?
I don’t think I understand what you mean by good/bad students and good/bad school here. I suppose a school with poor instruction might possibly have a good fighter or two who get by on sheer natural ability, and a school with quality instruction might have a few students who are just untalented and/or lazy, but…
Doesn’t the quality of fighter a school produces pretty much determine whether or not its any good? If not, what IS the purpose of an MA school?