armed_lunatic

"... This kind of discussions are cheap and don't look good when it comes to people who claim they are superior" Now what's wrong with a little constructive criticism? "this kind of discussion" is what this website was all about in the first place. look at the adress box...."karateforums"...see?

In holland sports clubs are subsidized, I only pay $15 a month for 4 hours of training a week.

another thing, it would be ridiculous to associate any human learning of martial arts with the learning process of a predatory animal. We are not like tigers. Our weapon is our incredibly flexible brain, not claws and teeth. We have no fighting instinct, just intellect. Performing a roundhouse kick is no more natural for us than using a bow and arrow.

oops, my message wasmeant to adress truthseeker, not white belt, ofcourse. im new here

white belt, what aprticular form/school of fighting would you say has a high degree of "natural" , spontanuous movement? Can karate be practised to be more like that? I practise wado ryu and my sensei makes a point of saying in free sparring movements are never as rigid and confined as in other forms of kumite. Regarding the chinese learning that natural movements of animals should be used in fighting style, wouldn't you agree that a human trying to fight like a monkey or a crane seems even more ridiculous than trying to master these rigid karate basics? great article BTW