bo vs chuk team demo

[bushido_man96]

That was dreadful!

There are some great martial artists in America, but it's things like this that lose the US credibility imo.

K.

When viewing things like this, one has to really try to keep in perspective what it is. These are very athletic individuals performing at a high degree of difficulty. I don't enjoy watching them really, either. The back flip, although cool, had no point, and neither did much of the weapon twirling.

But, they are talented men and women, and I admire their talent and ability; I can't do that. I struggle to stand up straight sometimes

I try not to view these individuals entire Martial knowledge by watching them do 2 minutes of twirling and back flipping. They probably have very good basics, and very good forms, and they may have a good understanding of self-defense, as well. I don't know them, so I shouldn't assume their entire MA knowledge and experience is centered around a random back flip.

[Kusotare]

That was dreadful!

There are some great martial artists in America, but it's things like this that lose the US credibility imo.

K.

When viewing things like this, one has to really try to keep in perspective what it is. These are very athletic individuals performing at a high degree of difficulty. I don't enjoy watching them really, either. The back flip, although cool, had no point, and neither did much of the weapon twirling.

But, they are talented men and women, and I admire their talent and ability; I can't do that. I struggle to stand up straight sometimes

I try not to view these individuals entire Martial knowledge by watching them do 2 minutes of twirling and back flipping. They probably have very good basics, and very good forms, and they may have a good understanding of self-defense, as well. I don't know them, so I shouldn't assume their entire MA knowledge and experience is centered around a random back flip.

I'm not decrying their ability; they are good gymnasts who have added twirling things into their repertoire!

Some would argue that gaining that level of agility and physicality is an important part of martial arts, but it isn’t if it is taken out of context. What they are doing has absolutely nothing to do with martial arts imo.

What next: -Twirling katana whilst performing gymnsatics? ...

Dohh!!

K.

[skullsplitter]

Thanks for the input.

We do have standard forms for both weapons, but the kids wanted to work together and do something different. As someone stated earlier, the pairing of bo and chuk was a bit awkward. Neither kid wanted to do the tricking like the video that was posted. I think our instructor has decided to get the one kid more up to speed on bo so they can do bo together.