0 to 10

[aefibird]

This is a bit of an odd question, and probably a diffucult one to give a good answer to, but here goes anyway...

 

How do you rate your own martial arts abilities? If you could measure them on a scale from 0-10 where would you place yourself? If 0 was the worst martial artist who ever lived and 10 was an absolute martial arts master.

 

Obviously, most of us want to get to that 'perfect 10' stage, but not all of us manage it.

 

Where on the scale are you now and where do you see yourself to be in a year? 5 years? 10 years time?

[Dijita]

Hehe, yeah a tricky question.

 

In my honest opinion I'd probably have to say that I'm probably a 3 or 4. I just started in December, so it would be foolish for me to give myself more than that. I've learned a lot though, and it's been a great experience so far.

 

I'd rate my effort at an 8. I give it 110%, but I need to start dedicating more time at home to advance myself.

[White Warlock]

Hmm... 10 is perfect, which we all strive for, and can never obtain... unless we delude ourselves. 0 is an infant, totally incapable of self-preservation. I would say that 2-4 is the average human.

 

I would think different areas should be considered as well:

 

Range 0 - Groundwork = 7

 

Range 1 - Close Striking (elbows, hooks, knees, bite, lick) = 8

 

Range 1 - Throws, clinch, standing grapple = 7

 

Range 2 - Short Striking (punches, short kicks, knees) = 6

 

Range 2 - Weapons (knife, etc) = 6

 

Range 3 - Med Striking (lunge punches, medium kicks) = 5

 

Range 3 - Weapons (swords, etc) = 7

 

Range 4 - Long Striking (long kicks, charges) = 5

 

Range 4 - Weapons (long spears, etc) = 4

 

Range 5 - Short range missile (throwing knives, shirukens) = 6

 

Range 6 - Med range missile (archery, guns) = 6

 

Combat Theory = 7

 

Combat Avoidance (non-communication) = 6

 

Communication (de-escalation, etc) = 8

 

Instruction = 8

 

Fitness = 4 (too many friggin' injuries)

 

Will (determination, perseverence) = 4 to 9 (matters if the cause is just)

 

Let's see... that would be

 

7+8+7+6+6+5+7+5+4+6+6+7+6+8+8+4+(4 to 9) / 17 = 6.1 to 6.4

[kle1n]

overall combat abilities 6 or 7. but in my wing chun abilities i would say 4 or 5.

[swooshfinn]

Overall at this point in time I am going to give myself a 5, I have some strengths and some major weaknesses that I have to address pretty soon, as I close in on my black belt

[Draven Chen Zhen]

Hmm... 10 is perfect, which we all strive for, and can never obtain... unless we delude ourselves. 0 is an infant, totally incapable of self-preservation. I would say that 2-4 is the average human.

 

4.5

 

only been training for 6-7 months now so... I'm just a rookie

[sAtelitte]

All things considerd euhm... 2, after 4 months of training, still got a long way to go.

[tommarker]

After training for almost 7 years, putting in hundreds of hours training at special clinics, reading dozens of books on the subject of martial arts, exploring the roots of my art, and having the honor of meeting and training with men and women who have been training longer (and even twice as long) as I've been alive...

 

I would rate myself at 3... and perhaps 3.5 if I were to get a big head about the whole thing.

[TangSooGuy]

Well, I put myself at a 4 after 20 years of training and having achieved 4th Dan...

 

4th Dan is really only about 40% of the way to being "there"... so about a 4 is right....

 

the more I learn, the more I realize how little I know...

[aefibird]

the more I learn, the more I realize how little I know...

 

I agree. Even with the supposedly 'simple' things there is still a lot to learn and think about.