Sasori_Te Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 I've got a better idea. Since you're so advanced and don't need basics anymore, why not just start your own style? That way, you can work on whatever you want. You can send off and get a black belt master level certificate by mail and you'll be all set. Let me know how it goes. Good luck. A block is a strike is a lock is a throw.
Master Jules Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 The "basics" are what enables you to do the "cool stuff"..... Remember always : "Man who build house on sand....eventually have no house" ~Master Jules......aka "The Sandman""I may be a trained killer......but Im really a nice guy"
TeaL Posted October 1, 2004 Author Posted October 1, 2004 Some of you are missing my point.... but o well Im not a "master" of martial arts by ANY means. Im just young, strong, and very dedicated. i train everyday, in what i guess you could call my "own style"... caues i dont goto a dojo/gym.... I just want the more action side of martial arts, maybe i should try to find a Muy Thai dojo? (excuse my spelling) ive gotten to the point, i just ware wieghts around (ankles, back) haha. i dunno why really... i just like training, and its defintly helped, my vert jump is insane, im 5'6, and i can dunk on a regualtion net.
Drunken Monkey Posted October 1, 2004 Posted October 1, 2004 but not dedicated enough to work through training properly.... post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
TeaL Posted October 1, 2004 Author Posted October 1, 2004 but not dedicated enough to work through training properly.... i supose i deserve that. Its not so much that, as ill be going to college in a year, i wont make past yellow belt, AKA no sparring for me, pretty much nothing i want to do in martial arts..
gcav Posted October 1, 2004 Posted October 1, 2004 I've been studying MAs for 30 years and I still do the "basics" everyday. Train like your life depends on it....Because it does.
TeaL Posted October 1, 2004 Author Posted October 1, 2004 I've been studying MAs for 30 years and I still do the "basics" everyday. FOR the last time, its not about doing the basics, its about not getting to do anything BUT the basiscs.
gcav Posted October 1, 2004 Posted October 1, 2004 How are you going to learn the more advanced techniques of a MA without knowing the basics on which they are built. Not every MA has the same basics. Stances, balance, weight distribution, foot placement and movement (just to name a few) are all different from style to style. All advanced techniques are built upon the basics. Just go thru it and when you get to the higher levels of training, you'll just be that much better. Train like your life depends on it....Because it does.
Drunken Monkey Posted October 1, 2004 Posted October 1, 2004 (edited) sparring when you're not ready normally results in bad/sloppy technique. when it's something as 'technical' as karate where minute angles sometimes do matter, if you can't even punch properly and you go into sparring, all you will be doing is playing 'tag'. yeah, sure you will be holding back on the punch anyway but you've still got to have proper form behind it and form only comes fro practicing the basics. anyway. are you saying that your grading's have a fixed time element to them and that in a year you will only fulfill time requirements for yellow? does that matter? do you know what a yellow belt's training consists of? (i.e still nothing except basic work?) not rewarded for your efforts? well, sorry but i dont care how much effort you put in, if you're not up to scratch then why should you get promoted? you say you want to more action. so why 'learn' from books? how does that teach you 'action' stuff? no offence mate but you just sound like another kid who wants to learn the fancy 'advanced' moves without having to go through the foundations. if that really is the case then go on, keep copying moves from books and go to a muay thai gym. then you can go show them your moves and they can then show you that they don't work and then you will 'learn' that karate/tsd/kung fu doesn't work cos what you learn by yourself didn't work..... ok. enough of that. in a way it doesn't really matter. at the end of the day, if your class isn't giving you what you want then you should find another class. just don't try to find other excuses for you to quit. is it a mcdojo? i don't know and i don't care. i'm not sure why you needed to tell us that you consider it a mcdojo. was it so that it would make it easier for to us suggest that you leave? oops, being a bit cynical again.... well, like i said, if you feel like you want something else, go somewhere else. do i believe self taught stuff means you deserve to start higher? no. if i was teaching you and you asked me that, i'd make you work harder. *edited a typo* Edited October 1, 2004 by Drunken Monkey post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
TeaL Posted October 1, 2004 Author Posted October 1, 2004 your not listening, so im done talking. later.
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