Did you make up your own stlye?

[Chaz]

All of us in San Soo develope our own unique style, because we are all different, so there cannot be an absolute certain style... Since I am small I rely on different techniqes then a large man would...ect...

[scottnshelly]

I have developed my own style, in a sense. Style can have a couple different meanings. When I say it, I mean way of fighting, living, etc. When other people say 'style' they mean a finite number of stances, blocks, strikes, etc.

So, in the sense that I have absorbed all that has been taught to me (Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Kung Fu, Judo, Jiu Jitsu, Arnis, Chin Na, Kenpo, etc.) and combined and weeded out the useless, I have created my own method of Martial Arts. That can also be misleading nowadays. Some people advertise that they created a new style by mixing two or more old styles. This isn't the case for me. I don't teach a 'new style', I just don't recognize styles as much as I used to. Now if someone wants to know how to break a wrist, I would show them how. Whereas some people will teach a specific way because that is what they were told was the best way.

Everyone should develop their own method by combining what has been taught. No one should limit themselves to one style or way. To refuse knowledge is the ultimate evil.

I hope this isn't too confusing, i'm not that good with words.

[CapitalKarate]

I'm with everyone who stated that you create your own style through study of different arts, and suite it to your needs.

[Mistassailant5]

I try to practice my main Shaolin styles, but I have sort of developed my own style using a lot of attacks involving all the parts of the arm and using it like a whip.

[Cable Dog]

I wouldn't say that I have created my own style, so much as my own adjustments to the style. I am an evasive fighter. I search for pockets in a persons defense and use a block to open one if I can not see an obvious one. Rather than standing in Nekoashi-dachi or Zenkutsu-dachi, I tend to sit in what is deemed "Snake Stance" but it is not entirely so. More like a reverse Zenkutsu-dachi. There are other adjustments as well, but still, not a new or even original style.

[dwarf2]

Hi im new to the forum and ive been into the arts since high school and the way that i step in a form is the easiest way to put pressure into the move , and if this is true then why do we practice form and we dont really use it like that in a fight .

[KungFuFrank]

I made it somewhat. I used other styles and combined them.

[lparnes]

1. Why did you? Felt everystyle is missing something. EX; Judo missing ground game, BJJ missing standup and leg locks, Karate, muay thai, and boxing missing grappling.

2. The you teach the same thing you learn'd in your other stlye? yes only it combines BJJ, Judo, wrestling, and Shootfighting.

3. What makes your stlye diffrent from the other? Contains moves from every form of grappling. Ex; wrestling, shootifghting, bjj, judo.

[bajilover84]

JusticeZero wrote:

In a way - I adjusted the body positioning in the main stancework ever so slightly to adjust to the fact that my build is very different from my teacher's, I sequence drills differently. But it's still the same art and i'm still trying to recreate in myself the ability to move like his teacher moves.

As a rule, those who 'invent their own style' are duing it out of profound ego, with the exception of those who are formulating an art out of the things they know well as a solution to a specific problem. For instance, one jujutsu-ka mentioned somewhere 'created his own art' specifically as an adaptation to the inability of his intended students to use their hands on account of climate. That is a valid reason. As a rule, the many 'new arts' I see don't have any such reason, they're just developed because the creator felt themselves wiser than everyone who came before and made up some garbage so they could have their own personal art.

Good call. I love to see those people who say they mastered like 8 different styles and mash it into one system. It just doesn't make sense... different styles have different principles and to mix them you will end up with something that will most likely confuse your students, if not yourself. I believe that having a base style and then crosstraining around to help fill in the gaps within your base (because all systems have weaknesses and all) will result in your own "style" or perhaps "interpretation" is a better word.

i agree completely there needs to be a base your body tells you the rest by trying different styles and adding to your base new things develop change and evolve

[bushido_man96]

I do agree that each individual needs to make adjustments based on physical abilities particular to them to maximize a style. "Creating" is always has kind of a taboo connotation in MA circles. What would be wrong with doing and teaching TKD and BJJ and just calling them that, instead of coming up with a new name?