angelica d Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 I agree, there are some amazing fighters at my (traditional) shotokan club. Anyway, I wanted to do a martial art and the only ones I had heard of at the time were karate and kung fu, and there was a karate club about 3 miles down the road so I joined. I fell in love with it immediately, but I also would love to try some other MAs - judo and aikido especially. "Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals . . . except the weasel."- Homer J Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLopez Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 If it's for self-defense or fighting then u definitely have to shop around because many of the traditional schools and styles are pretty useless when it come to actual combat. I don't know about all other "traditional styles", but the pool of ancient Korean martial arts that mine (Kuk Sool Won) draws from were used in "actual combat", and I wouldn't be surprised that most others - Chinese, Japanese, Okinawan - were all used in actual combat too. Where does this notion that "traditional styles are useless" keep popping up from anyway? DeanDahn Boh Nim - Black-Brown BeltKuk Sool Won"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow." - James Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aefibird Posted April 21, 2004 Author Share Posted April 21, 2004 If traditional styles are so useless in combat, then why have they been in existance as long as they have? Surely a style that was worthless would simply die out? Personally I believe that traditional styles have as much, if not more, to offer for actual combat. Just because it generally takes longer to learn a traditional style doesn't mean it hass less value than a modern martial art. "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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