I see the point you’re trying to make and agree to some degree, but in regards to special forces guys, I think you’re wrong. The thing with them is the mindset and discipline they have been trained to have. One of our bjj brown belts (he’s also a judo black belt) was a SEAL. He’s placed in every national level bjj tourney he’s entered over like the past 3 years and he was at one time ranked like #2 in the world in judo.
So what part did you disagree with ? you just evaluated what i said ?
My Sifu is something of a purist. He had his elbow broken a few months ago sparring with a more senior Sifu. He never missed teaching use a class, and his version of teaching is very much hands on. I’d say that if he feels that’s all he needs, more power to him.
My question to you: Why are you more conserned with everyone else’s traing and beliefs?!?!?!? To each their own.:rolleyes:
NOW, GO TRAIN!!!:mad:
I don’t think that training the guy you were referring to would hurt him, provided he’s training in a contact style.
Becca, I could care less how you or your Sifu train. My rant started because of those who claim that everything can be found in TCMA. Cross training in other styles can and will benefit you. By the way, I see in your profile you study Pai Lum, which is my primary style. This is a very good system, as you probably know, it is a hybrid of Five Animals, Pai’s family style, Kenpo, Judo, and many other systems Daniel K. Pai learned and held rank in. Pai Lum is a hybrid cross training style. There are many ways to train and become a better fighter and the point I was trying to make was not to limit yourself to one thing or discipline.
And yes, I will go train as I do every night. But thanks anyway for the advice.
But you forgot to answer why the prattle of others bothers you so much…
And everything I need to learn at this stage of my training can be found in my style. I have also trained ninjitsu for 8 years. That is what I needed at that time and place in my training. Do you care ? No. And nor should you… Which reallly makes me wonder why you care about the beliefes of people who have even less in common with you than a fellow cross trainer.
And P.S. Traditional is more of a state of mind than a collection of movements…
I would say that many kung fu styles (if not all) are made up from pieces of other styles. Mantis is influenced by Tiger and Monkey amoung other things. Wing Chun is influenced by snake and crane. So in essence, if you study a specific style of kung fu then you are cross training in other styles because of the influencing elements.
What bothers me is not TCMA, it’s TCMA who have a watered down, non-sparring, too much emphasis on forms, style of martial arts that claim it is the most lethal and deadly art that exists yet they do not train in an alive setting. Do I care that these fools believe themselves to be something great, absolutely not. I do care about the ignorant novice martial artist who is looking for good training and doesn’t know any better. Also, if you call an art that was used for fighting and killing traditionally a traditional art, it should contain elements of fighting, such as hard sparring, ground fighting, conditioning, and so on. It becomes a real problem when underqualified people spout off about being martial artists who are **** poor fighters. It makes the martial arts look like a joke and discredits those who are for real, and that is what I care about.
While that is true, cross training in the sense of “being complete” involves training a striking style and a ground style. Looking at it from that perspective, it is not crosstraining. Not only that, but you specifically aren’t cross training. You are merely studying a style that is the result of someone else’s cross training.