If you could make your own Art...

[Judodad_karateson]

Here is a fun little hypothetical: if you were dropped into a parallel Universe with no Martial Arts, if you basically had a blank slate to create you own MA for a world with no combat systems, what would it look like? How would you train? What would Street Self-defense look like? What would the sports form look like? What weapons would you teach? What kind of uniform? What kind of philosophies or spirituality would you focus on?

[Judodad_karateson]

For me, I think it would be a Karate-looking system with a LOT of throws, locks, and sweeps.

Uniforms would look like BJJ, maybe slightly thinner and very open to customization.

The Sports would be Gi pants and tees, mostly standing, with points for clean hits, take/knock downs, and limit time on the ground (judo ground rules).

Weapons would be practical, Bo, jo, stick, foil/Epee/Saber, knife, and Bokken/Katana.

[sensei8]

Well...if there was no MA at all, I'd have no reason to create one in the first place. There has to be a need, and if there's no need, then there's no reason to create. In this parallel Universe, absolute opposites of our current Universe, there's no violence, and if there's no violence, then there's no need to create a need because there's no MA. Then I'm stuck with..."What's a martial arts??"

I'm just saying!!

[Judodad_karateson]

Well...if there was no MA at all, I'd have no reason to create one in the first place. There has to be a need, and if there's no need, then there's no reason to create. In this parallel Universe, absolute opposites of our current Universe, there's no violence, and if there's no violence, then there's no need to create a need because there's no MA. Then I'm stuck with..."What's a martial arts??"

I'm just saying!!

It's just a framing device, don't take it so literally! If you could create your own MA, what would it look like!?

Ok, for sesnei8, if wanna be difficult: if Captain Picard and the Doctor teamed up the bring you to a planet that needed a Martial Art, hand-to-hand and melee weapons, for reasons they have not elaborated on, and gave you everything you need to teach the people of this planet your own MA style, what would you teach them?

[sensei8]

However...seeing that this is hypothetical...

what would it look like?

Nothing that has ever been seen!! Karate, BJJ, Boxing, Wrestling, TKD; a mixture of these, but not conclusive.

How would you train?

Resistive training!!

What would Street Self-defense look like?

Minus anything that I feel is ineffective!!

What would the sports form look like?

There'd be NO sports form!!

What weapons would you teach?

Bo, Nunchaku, Jo, pool stick, baseball bat, 2X4, and sledgehammer!!

What kind of uniform?

No uniform and NO RANKS!!

What kind of philosophies or spirituality would you focus on?

I do not hit, it hits all by itself!!

[Spodo Komodo]

Training uniforms would be tweed suits (plus fours for gentlemen, long skirts for ladies, shorts for under 16s), different colour cravats for different grades, bowler hats for formal wear, flat caps for sparring.

The syllabus would start with basic apologising, brushing your opponent aside with decorum and then onto rapping sharply upon the nose with an umbrella, walking stick attacks and finally rolling shirt sleeves for fisticuffs. Advanced techniques would include bows, long staffs and small yappy terrier-jutsu.

Tea with a selection of sandwiches, cakes and pastries would be served at the end of the lesson.

We actually did this about a decade ago with some guys who were into reviving Bartitsu but an influx of hipsters ruined the tweed scene and it sort of fell apart.

[DWx]

Training uniforms would be tweed suits (plus fours for gentlemen, long skirts for ladies, shorts for under 16s), different colour cravats for different grades, bowler hats for formal wear, flat caps for sparring.

The syllabus would start with basic apologising, brushing your opponent aside with decorum and then onto rapping sharply upon the nose with an umbrella, walking stick attacks and finally rolling shirt sleeves for fisticuffs. Advanced techniques would include bows, long staffs and small yappy terrier-jutsu.

Tea with a selection of sandwiches, cakes and pastries would be served at the end of the lesson.

We actually did this about a decade ago with some guys who were into reviving Bartitsu but an influx of hipsters ruined the tweed scene and it sort of fell apart.

Bringing Britain to the masses

[sensei8]

Training uniforms would be tweed suits (plus fours for gentlemen, long skirts for ladies, shorts for under 16s), different colour cravats for different grades, bowler hats for formal wear, flat caps for sparring.

The syllabus would start with basic apologising, brushing your opponent aside with decorum and then onto rapping sharply upon the nose with an umbrella, walking stick attacks and finally rolling shirt sleeves for fisticuffs. Advanced techniques would include bows, long staffs and small yappy terrier-jutsu.

Tea with a selection of sandwiches, cakes and pastries would be served at the end of the lesson.

We actually did this about a decade ago with some guys who were into reviving Bartitsu but an influx of hipsters ruined the tweed scene and it sort of fell apart.

OK...sign me up, please!!

[Kusotare]

Training uniforms would be tweed suits (plus fours for gentlemen, long skirts for ladies, shorts for under 16s), different colour cravats for different grades, bowler hats for formal wear, flat caps for sparring.

The syllabus would start with basic apologising, brushing your opponent aside with decorum and then onto rapping sharply upon the nose with an umbrella, walking stick attacks and finally rolling shirt sleeves for fisticuffs. Advanced techniques would include bows, long staffs and small yappy terrier-jutsu.

Tea with a selection of sandwiches, cakes and pastries would be served at the end of the lesson.

We actually did this about a decade ago with some guys who were into reviving Bartitsu but an influx of hipsters ruined the tweed scene and it sort of fell apart.

Sounds like a typical Friday night in Esher!

K.

[Luther unleashed]

If I could make my martial arts it would be one with a foundation in karate because the typical style of karate and compasses what I look for in a martial arts. Karate is historically based around self defense, health, and overall mental and personal growth of the person. I would incorporate kickboxing and other various kungfu styles to keep me interested so that if I did not feel like training in one particular system I'm used to that day, I could easily trained in something different.

I would also place some emphasis on place although not a great altho I find that sports martial arts aspects are very important to keep the youth interested and it can be a very fun angle and and it c. The core would be an emphasis on discipline and self defense however.

Oh wait, that's exactly what I did lol. I did not invent any techniques in what I teach, everything I teach is a blend of traditional and contemporary martial arts. If this makes it my own style then so be it but I like the idea of this thread, nice topic