Quality criteria for an association / style

[Patrick.S]

So this is my first post here...

 

I would be interested what You consider as

 

criteria of quality for an martial arts association.

 

I think that most of these associations are also represants of a stlye.

 

I could think of things like...

 

- Preserving the stlyle / kind of purity of essence

 

- the size (number of schools/members doing only this stlye)

 

- the age (how can be the age of a stlye determined?)

 

- financial background

 

 

 

I would be interested in Your opinions.

[soo_bahk_Oz]

sounds as though you've got a good idea about the sort of martial arts you want to study - not one that's been designed over night by some bloke who says he's "a master in 500 differnet styles" ... etc etc

 

my biased opinion is Soo Bahk Do, plus I know it fits in perfectly with the requirements you've spoken about. The other thing that keeps me so impressed with SBD is the large amount of time we spend learning about the philosophy and tradition of our art, as well as hearing about it's history. We make sure we're balanced - not only skilled physically, but mentally strong and educated as well.

 

saying that, from my experience, any martial art is worth studying, as long as you have an instructor of sound mind and body.

[krzychicano]

I look for discipline, that is very important to me and I look for traditional arts some of the new arts are just not my thing. That is why I love KUK SOOL WON!!!