Sin Style Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lau gar Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 i do not agree although arts can turn into sports tournaments can still be part of a art blue belt Lau Gar Kung fu"know your enemy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakmak52 Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 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 http://community.webshots.com/user/jakmak521 Best regards,Jack Makinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sin Style Posted June 22, 2002 Author Share Posted June 22, 2002 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withers M.A.A. Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 You can train in an "Art" yet still compete with it as a "Sport." I do both... Pete 2nd Degree black belt in Kenpo Karate and Tae Kwon Do. 1997 NASKA competitor-2nd place Nationally in Blackbelt American Forms. Firearms activist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lau gar Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 but to compete in it does that make you "competing like a sport" can you not just be competing in your art blue belt Lau Gar Kung fu"know your enemy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikudo-ka Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 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. KarateForums.com - Sempai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-- Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 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? d----- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoto Tiger Posted June 23, 2002 Share Posted June 23, 2002 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. Melanie---------------Be nice if I get this right one day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabid hamster Posted June 23, 2002 Share Posted June 23, 2002 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. It is only with the heart that one can see clearly, for the most essential things are invisible to the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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