cross Posted September 17, 2003 Posted September 17, 2003 Here are some quotes from Jackie Chan: "all the styles are almost the same, only the titles are different." "i studied a number of arts and realised that only boxing was different, they punch different, but the other arts are almost the same" "hapkido, tae kwon do, karate - the same, there just a little different in some small aspects" "its like guns, there are hand guns, machine guns, but they are all guns" From my experiance in martial arts i pretty much agree with this. Although no one style is exactly the same, they are pretty much similar. The point im trying to make is, dont sit around on this forum posting things like "which style is better". Thats like asking what colour hair is better. What is good for someone else may not be good for you. So if you wanna find out the best style for YOU, get out there are experiance some arts, then make the choice for yourself.
paolung Posted September 17, 2003 Posted September 17, 2003 i disagree... they may have some of the same building blocks (punches, kicks, joint locks, etc) but they can be vastly different in my experience. "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
cross Posted September 17, 2003 Author Posted September 17, 2003 Thanks for you post, could you give a couple of examples has to why you think they are vastly different?
Martial_Artist Posted September 18, 2003 Posted September 18, 2003 Guns.... machine guns, handguns, long guns, single action, double action, select fire, sub-machine gun, Handgun calibers: .22LR, .22, .25, .32ACP, .38, .380, .38 special, .357 mag, .357 sig, 9mm, 10mm, 40s&w, .45LC, .44-40mag, .44mag, .45ACP, .50AE, .500s&w, 5.62x54mm, .30cal, etc., etc. Should I go rifle calibers? How about machine gun calibers? I guess in the sense that they all fire a projectile they're all the same. After all, they are all called "guns". However, when we investigate closer we can see that not all guns are the same. In fact, the differences in some cases are very marked. A single action colt is very different from a select fire smg. As far as martial arts. I'm too tired to comment. "I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.Imagination is more important than knowledge.Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Einstein
Treebranch Posted September 18, 2003 Posted September 18, 2003 Yeah, but you don't put 9mm bullet in a Desert Eagle. So basically you do what fits you. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
King of Fighters Posted September 18, 2003 Posted September 18, 2003 Pesonally i see martial arts more as weapons (not including guns). Like a MA such as tai chi would be similar to a whip. Its flowing, and hard to learn. Where some thing like muay thai would be more similar to a baseballbat, straight forward, and easy to use and learn. But in the end any weapon or any martial art can be useful and very effiective, some just take more time to learn and more effort to become useful with, but in the end it can be just as deadly as one that is easy to use and learn.
Treebranch Posted September 18, 2003 Posted September 18, 2003 Very well put King of Fighters. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
Chop Choy Posted September 19, 2003 Posted September 19, 2003 You should instead argue how the style or school trains. I reckon it's quite self-evident to say that Hapkido, Taekwondo and Karate are similar to each other, because they are simply based on the same principles. Korean equivalents were merely derived from the Okinawan arts.
King of Fighters Posted September 19, 2003 Posted September 19, 2003 You should instead argue how the style or school trains. I reckon it's quite self-evident to say that Hapkido, Taekwondo and Karate are similar to each other, because they are simply based on the same principles. Korean equivalents were merely derived from the Okinawan arts. Karate is a broad term. There are dozens of karate styles, to say that tkd is exactly the same as karate would be an untrue statement. Tkd is more similar to shotagan, not "karate". Hapkido is different from tkd because is contains throws, locks, and pressure points.
Chop Choy Posted September 19, 2003 Posted September 19, 2003 Trust me. The term Karate is accurate enough to make comparisons.
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