RichardZ

What short term AND long term injuries have you sustained in martial arts or self defense? What have you done, or continue to do, to aid-assist this injury(ies)? How long, have you had this injury(ies) and has it gotten better or worsen? If you contribute the injury as martial art related, do you have regrets?

So much for trying to mold your students the way you want to...

Well, I didnt want to turn this thread into the purpose of Kata, and such. I thiink there maybe a thead devoted to the pros and/or cons of kata-bunkai, or a traditiona verses _______, My many classroom, few arts, few instructors per study corresponds in my real life course, but it differs in few aspects. Esp defense and social order-functions.

What do you mean by "gym class"?

And if you do... then how in the world are you going to relate your experience to us? I didn't find that funny, having known others who have perished along these manners and simular.

Not to come off offensive, but many females, musicians, and the like who also practice martial arts, do not desire to abuse their knuckles also. In a certain aspect, a female could learn to clench her fist different than a male for a few reasons. One has to use caution when appl;ying a elbow as not to strike with a incorrect portion on a incorrect target.

So some say. But a teacher is applicable and useful.

Nowadays, many do not desire to spend countless hours in learning traditional forms, weapons, pressure points, etc., to where RBSD (Reality Based Self Defense, or RBD) or Reality Based Martial Arts, seemed to have sprouted up like wild daisies. Gone are elaborate or high kicking, elaborate ideals of so many places where to strike, multiple patterns of blocking, etc. Key words are practical, applicable, probable/improbable, and environment. People like Marc McYoung, Iain Abernethy, Geoff Thompson, Bas Rutten, Robert Bathol, Imrich Lichtenfeld, Gerry Nolan, Bruce Tegner, Jim Wagner, to name a slight few, have come to realise the importance of defense fighting as applied to actual, out of class confrontations. The root of self defense is not what is workable in the classroom or school, but what is one subjected to in a social-cultural environment for which they would be more likely be exposed. This is not to state, that one should not study other methods to gain versitility, but one should not put too much focus on such methods slighlty indiffferent to said environment. The phrase-quote; "fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times", has only a half truth. The other half to this is; it depends on what or how effective said "one practiced" kick is. It is no use to practice something for so long without a practical application and force it to work in another.

Perhaps you are not allowing your body to naturally applied the mechanics of it or you deviate slighlty. Does this happen when kicking with either leg?

There is. All martial arts were originally combative. However that doesn't mean that all martial arts schools practice to prepare for self defense or combat anymore. but if you have that 'budo mind frame' Wouldnt you be able to make everything effective in your own right? "Budo Mind frame"? How can one have such a mind frame, if at first they do not have proper instruction from a qualified instructor?

I tend to think these type of trainings are more "instant grits" which may lack certain other martial art attributes.

One would think so, but many females and small framed males, tend to train to get a upper edge. Does this mean because these people are "smaller", that they do not stand a chance against a larger person?

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What are the testing requirements for these who have to be tested by the board?

Actually, in this application Chuan (quan, kuen, kune, kuyhn, etc.) mean "fist". Not too many people actually practice the Quan aspect.