What do you think?

[shotokanwarrior]

I think some are to caught up in the Belt system, it did not exist before Kano came up with it for Judo.

[Roxor]

i would reccomend against it, unless you have trained in various styles it would be almost an identical version of some style, one time i thought i made up a move, i didnt

[patusai]

I think that it would take several decades of training not several year but that's just my opinion

[HAPKIDO-KID]

i just wanted to get everyones opinion on this. okay so my friends and I were discussing, and they say that its a bad idea to try to create your own style of martial arts before you have a black belt. i disaggree, i think that no matter what belt you are,as long as you have the proper understanding of martial arts, then you should be able to. because in my dojo im a blue belt which is 3 away from black and i have been studying martial arts for several years and i also believe i am good enough to start studying my own style. what do you guys think?

This depends on your definition of a black belt! A blackbelt has no meaning to me, I am a green tip two and I cam fight and beat many blackbelts!

[jaymac]

I know it must be hard to know much from many styles, but as others have said, Black Belt really is just the beginning. I thought I knew alot until I received shodan. I am now a Nidan and still think, "man I have alot to learn." I especially think that when I watch and listen to my own instructor explain a technique effectively to his students. I am glad for the last 6 years that I have gotten to teach. I learn something new about my Martial Art everyday. Before you decide to just go and start your own style, ask your instructor about possibly getting some teaching time. It will help you prepare.

[Dragn]

Knowing bits and peices of various arts can give you a wider perspective, but it dosent qualify you to teach them.It dosent even mean you really understand them. In order to teach an art effectively you need to know its intracasies and theories intimately.

Just cause you can 'beat' some of your seniors in sparring dosent mean you know your art better.

After getting my 2nd dan I went on to dabble in various arts. Often I found my skills were superior to many of the MArtists I met, and I had more knowledge of various theories and techs than them. I starting thinking about starting my own style. I was young and naive. And there are alot of poor quality dojos around.

After looking around more I eventually met people who showed me how little I really new. I've been training around 15 years now and I still consider myself an intermediate student. If I had tried to start my own style back then I would've ended up just another low quality teacher living in the illusion of my own ego.

17 is barely out of puberty. Trust me, you've got a long way to go, and you dont know nearly as much as you think you do .But thats what being 17 is, so dont take it personal. We've all been there.

[Fenris-wolf]

I think you just haven't found the right style. And I agree with others here - you need to train for a long time before you could take a step like that. If you're not willing to make that sacrifice, how could you create your own style and[/i] teach it?

 

Moreover, if none of them feel right for you, there's nothing wrong with mixing up styles in competition (at least in Muay Thai)... Obviously obey the rules, but find what works for you. And in "real life"... It's whatever works! Noone's going to critique your style then!

[de_medici99]

i agree with fairfax, you should atleast optain a high rank BB before starting your own style, just think of all the other techniques and secrets you have yet to learn to make your first BB in your current style

[younwhadoug]

i have been teaching lower ranks for about a year, i am now a red belt in youn wha ryu tae kwon do. i got into this sport to make a career out of it. i agree with martialarthur. until you have taught the style you currently train in, i wouldn't even start a plan of making up a martial arts system. many people have tried, ALL have failed with little experiance. it took Grandmaster Han 60 years of training in MANY different martial arts to bring the youn wha ryu world association to what it is today.

when i was a blue belt just a few months ago i went to my instructo with an idea i had. he told me the idea was great, but my training principles were lacking. when i worked on those he told me my ability to relate to those in need was lacking. i soon got the point that i was simply not ready mentally even though my ideas were cool. be patiant and let your instructor know how syked you are about martial arts. be more in a hurry to learn rather than create. best of luck to you

[younwhadoug]

also, the instructors course i took really opened my eyes and let me know that i had a lot of work to do in everything i learned from white belt on up.