[QUOTE=lkfmdc;927989]you need to constantly test your stuff
if you are content with where you are now, you are actually moving backward
if you are content because in the past someone did something, well, it really means nothing
“MMA” is this incarnation of the cycle, but think back to the 60’s when a bunch of Americans said “point sux” and created kickboxing, only to discover that Muay Thai is reall kickboxing.
Heck, go back to Maeda and the other Kodokan challenges, heck to the police college matches where PEOPLE DIED
in TCMA go back to the days of Lei Tai, when you had to put up or shut up. But that was over 100 years ago really[/QUOTE]
Everything most “evolve”, it must grow.
EX:
Having been exposed to kali I know do not teach any blocks that expose the inner part of the arm to possible knife cuts, which was something that never occured to me until I was exposed to Kali.
[QUOTE=lkfmdc;927989]you need to constantly test your stuff
if you are content with where you are now, you are actually moving backward
if you are content because in the past someone did something, well, it really means nothing
“MMA” is this incarnation of the cycle, but think back to the 60’s when a bunch of Americans said “point sux” and created kickboxing, only to discover that Muay Thai is reall kickboxing.
Heck, go back to Maeda and the other Kodokan challenges, heck to the police college matches where PEOPLE DIED
in TCMA go back to the days of Lei Tai, when you had to put up or shut up. But that was over 100 years ago really[/QUOTE]
But- if this was historical China or Japan- you’d evolve a style- but you’d represent it with a slight name change to pay respect to your influences. For instance- you could say that you’re doing Ross school Lama Pai. It’d still be considered LP- but it’d be recognized for your innovations. That’s why there were so many styles of TMA- heck- Judo was called Kano Ju Jitsu.
[QUOTE=MightyB;927997]But- if this was historical China or Japan- you’d evolve a style- but you’d represent it with a slight name change to pay respect to your influences. For instance- you could say that you’re doing Ross school Lama Pai. It’d still be considered LP- but it’d be recognized for your innovations. That’s why there were so many styles of TMA- heck- Judo was called Kano Ju Jitsu.[/QUOTE]
I’ll tell you a secret if you promise not to tell anyone else
In Chinese my ranking certificates read
“Si Jih Hao San Da Kyuhn Faat”
or
“Lion’s Roar San Da System”
because obviously I didn’t really create anything, I just codified and/or passed on stuff
But according to some people I don’t know any kung fu and just teach glorified kickboxing
