Art or Sport

[Sin Style]

i went to a Ninjutsu training center and was talking to the guy i asked about tournament fighting and he says when you enter tournaments your martial art u learnt is no longer a art but a sport

 

what do you think ?

 

 

[Lau gar]

i do not agree although arts can turn into sports tournaments can still be part of a art

 

 

[jakmak52]

On 2002-06-22 08:30, Lau gar wrote:

 

i do not agree although arts can turn into sports tournaments can still be part of a art

 

My sentiments exactly

 

Peace

 

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[Sin Style]

i think tournaments are a way of showing what you've learned from your art.

 

i didn't try to argue with him he'd probs beat me up

 

 

[Withers M.A.A.]

You can train in an "Art" yet still compete with it as a "Sport." I do both...

 

Pete

 

 

[Lau gar]

but to compete in it does that make you "competing like a sport" can you not just be competing in your art

 

 

[Taikudo-ka]

I think if you trained specifically to compete, tailoring your training to specific rules and techniques allowed, that would be a sport.

 

You could train for self defense, as an art, but still make use of competition as a training tool, to test your techniques against others, without griping too much about the rules, or getting carried away thinking the competition IS the art and "winning" is the goal.

 

It depends on intent, not whether or not you've done something "un-kosher" like enter a tournament.

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Certain arts, such as Shuai Chiao and Shotokan, do not make very good sports, simply because of how dangerous they are, but others, such as Judo, are both arts and sports. Jigoro Kano created Judo to be a sport, yet it is still an art, is it not?

 

 

[Shoto Tiger]

Shotokan is dangerous? (traditional)

 

I thought all the best bits were taken out to expose them and teach Japanese students in 1923.

 

The only time a martial art is ever dangerous is in the wrong hands or if someone claims they know more than they do. Then it becomes dangerous for the person making the claim.

 

 

[rabid hamster]

unless you're only focusing on tournaments, i think tournaments are good cuz then you get to fight with people you don't know so it gets you more prepared for self defense.