PhilM1 Posted May 1, 2003 Posted May 1, 2003 can i learn a martial art pretty well through videos? fight til you die
Pacificshore Posted May 1, 2003 Posted May 1, 2003 Videos make for good supplemental training. With videos, you can get all the movements down, but you would lack the understanding and proper mechanics behind the moves. Plus in videos you don't get to see all the angles and minute nuances to a particular move, or set of moves. Just my thoughts Di'DaDeeeee!!!Mind of Mencia
Guest Posted May 1, 2003 Posted May 1, 2003 Nothing can replace the student/instructor lesson. The teacher can watch you in person and correct mistakes. If a teacher is not available, then a video may come in handy. Sometimes I dont have enough time, so I'll learn a form from a video then schedule a private w/ another person so I can see what I need to do to fix it.
blitzcraig Posted May 1, 2003 Posted May 1, 2003 Videos can help you learn the moves and stuff, but doing them correctly and applying them correctly, thats a different story. #1"The road to tae kwan leep is an endless road leading into the herizon, you must fully understand its ways". #2"but i wanna wax the walls with people now" #1"come ed gruberman, your first lesson is here.....boot to the head" #2"ouch, you kicked me in the head", #1"you learn quickly ed gruberman"
paolung Posted May 1, 2003 Posted May 1, 2003 in a nutshell, no. Pacificshore summed it up pretty well. You can learn the external patterns you see on video, and that's about it. Not to mention you won't have a sifu/sensei to ask questions from, be corrected by, etc as WhiteDragonD pointed out. There is no substitute for direct transmission. put it this way- have you ever even HEARD of a competent martial artist who taught themselves thru video? "It is not how much you know but how well you have mastered what you've learnt. When making an assessment of one's martial arts training one should measure the depth rather than the length". - MASTER "General" D. Lacey
hobbitbob Posted May 1, 2003 Posted May 1, 2003 Videos are great as a memory aid, but that's about it. There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm!
JerryLove Posted May 1, 2003 Posted May 1, 2003 The videos my school sells are direct tapings of class, including the questions from students and answers. Basically the only thing missing is having an experienced partner correcting mistakes you don't see. That said, I agree that the best option is to learn first-hand... videos sometimes represent the only way to get material you want but which is not otherwise accessable.... though yourmileage may vary. https://www.clearsilat.com
karate_woman Posted May 1, 2003 Posted May 1, 2003 I agree with the rest of them....no. Not even with back and forth interaction/criticism from an instructor (who you've sent your videos to), though that would be better than video alone; there is just too much in the real interaction between teacher and student that a video would miss. I've viewed videos for "interest" sake, showed my Sensei and together we've even played around with the stuff on the videos a bit, but wouldn't rely on it as my only training. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. -Lao-Tse
King of Fighters Posted May 2, 2003 Posted May 2, 2003 training from books or videos wil never get you far. Its ok to do them as an adition to your training but never on its own is it a good idea. there is no substitute for professional instruction.
JerryLove Posted May 2, 2003 Posted May 2, 2003 I don't like the term "never". This further requires that no one ever got far without an instrutor that had gotten far which has a problem of infinate reduction (who taught the first instructor). While I strongly support having hands-on instruction wherever possible, I don't discount the ability of other methods to succeed, nor the advantage of accessing other material through these methods when that's what is available. https://www.clearsilat.com
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