Home study black belt course- works for me

[shotokanwarrior]

Jeet Kune Do unlimited, check it out.

[Bunkai]

I agree. You can't learn from books or videos. You're only hurting yourself.

[Aodhan]

Then again Belt rank is something new and Karate do is a way of life not a piece of cloth

good one

So I have a question, a couple actually:

1) If it's a way of life and not a piece of cloth, then why are you trying so hard to convince us it's legitimate?

2) Why even worry about the videos? If you train with so many high ranks, isn't that good enough?

I compare it to something like CPR. Sure, you can watch a video all you want, but the first time you actually do it and feel ribs snap, you'll be freaked out. Same thing here IMO.

Sorry, but while it may be a useful adjunct, I persoanlly wouldn't think it's very legitimate.

Oh, and I did a google search for JKD Unlimited, and couldn't find a home study course. Could you provide a specific URL, or is it http://www.ebay.com ?

Aodhan

[pmeckiff]

Is this it?

http://www.elitejkd.net/course.htm

From what I gather, the course merely introduces you to the basic fundamentals of the art. How on earth do you expect to reach black belt from watching 12 videos, and talking to someone about it????

Also, definately not worth $500. I don't know what the going rate for a lesson is over there, but this course can't possibly be worth the same amount in lessons...

[CapitalKarate]

Just don't use it as a base, use it as a supplement, cause that's all it is.

[yamesu]

first of all, shotokanwarrior, I wouldnt be discouraged by everyone.

What your doing sounds completely analogous to what everyone on this site is doing, including myself.

A) You train with higher grades.

B) You train personally at home to increase your knowledge.

Personally, I train at a kyokushin dojo minimum twice weekly,

however,

I suppliment this in-dojo training with legitimate kyokushin-kata-videos, and legitimate kyokushin-karate-books. In this manner i can train at home, aiming to improve my karate, untill I can get the reassurance or correction of techniques from a sensei, or shihan. (or who knows, maybe even a kohai.)

This gives me around 25hours minimum training a week.

HOW WILL YOUR MARTIAL ARTS IMPROVE IF YOU ONLY PRACTICE INSIDE A DOJO???????????????

Given, the most accurate, and prob best training comes from inside a dojo, students must be encouraged to carry their training outside the dojo, to live as a Martial Artist at home and work, not just in the dojo.

In this way a BB is a way of life, not just a piece of cloth.

An average MA lesson is 1+1/2 to 2 hours.

Not long enough in my opinion to grasp concepts of morality and humility that can be found within the depths of MA.

Solitary training gives a chance to reflect upon ones-self.

Perhaps that is why so many condemn it.

The only bad thing (IMHO) you are trying to do is juggle various arts. But hey, I studied Biology and Physics at the same time and aced them both.

So Kudos to you if you can succeed.

Osu.

[HongKongFooey]

Martial Arts were founded by people studying by themselves.

I guess its ok for the likes of Bruce Lee, Choki Motobu, and many other greats of the past to have developed themselves by themselves, but us mere mortals must be supervised.

"Give me a man with a real goal and I will give you a man with real power"

I agree with you 100%. People will talk about how master so and so went to the mountains to watch a monkey pick it's butt, so they could learn new deadly fighting techniques, but turn around and call a guy who is trying to supplement his training with a video a phoney. Truth is a lot of the stuff being called martial arts today is so watered down and geared towards children, that their really isn't much of a difference between that and learning from a video.