What have you learned from your style(s)?

[pariah]

Judo: The most important aspect or nuance Judo opened me up to recieve, was the concept of balance. Its importance as a whole, whether throwing, grappling, or skriking. Most importantly, I was shown that balance is needed in life as well as art.

Kempo: The most useful concept I recieved from Kempo is that even in defense there is attack. That timing and distance are not rythmic, and fighting never falls into traditional form or pattern. To sum it up on a personal level, I always tell myself "expect nothing, be ready for everything."

Jujitsu: Basically the glue that holds my style of self defense together. It versed me in 3 areas of combat, free fighting, clinched fighting, and grappling. It gave me an anatomy lesson, knowing the body makes it much easier to manipulate. It compiments greatly both my Judo knowledge, and Kempo knowledge as welll. Just my opinion here, but I prefer Jujitsu as an art that gathers all my knowledge, and aims it at a practical means of delivery, I would have have this gift of Jujitsu in this way, rather than as a stand alone Art.

[baronbvp]

Well said, MizuRyu. I do the same thing, though I don't take anything long enough...