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What is a “heavy jab”? Any word on this? |
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Martial Arts Vs Self-Defense This is not a discussion forum; it is a Q&A site. From the FAQ: "If your motivation for asking the question is 'I would like to participate in a discussion about ______', then you should not be asking here." I'm not trying to cause trouble--I literally don't know what your question is. |
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Martial Arts Vs Self-Defense This is an essay, not a question. Literally all the questions are rhetorical, answered by the OP. |
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Morning exercise routine for student of Aikido I'm going to copy the Wikipedia text, because it's preferable here to show the answer instead of point to an external source that may change or disappear. |
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Morning exercise routine for student of Aikido Could you outline the exercises briefly here? |
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Is “choondu marmam” in Kalari Payattu real? @deepu There is no choondu parmam in that video--only a cult with enormous social pressure to act as if the instructor has magical powers when he waves his hands. No one who isn't a student or doesn't believe in this "magical" choondu parmam would be affected by this instructor's techniques. Be skeptical! If you want to experience it, you will be tricked. If you are willing to see through the trickery, willing to be socially rejected because you don't "believe" in his power, you can test his powers and show them to be fake. |
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Martial Arts Vs Self-Defense Even if it gets closed, you'll still be able to edit the question. Closing only prevents new answers. |
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Martial Arts Vs Self-Defense I think this question needs a little work before it's specific enough. |
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How easy or hard is it for a combat sport champion to defeat a much stronger man? Your second paragraph is strange: my instructors in both sport and non-sport martial arts have talked copiously about how to apply "cheating" techniques, emotional states before and during a fight, and using techniques to outsmart someone (e.g. with weapons of opportunity) in a self-defense scenario. |
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Is “choondu marmam” in Kalari Payattu real? @stslavik I tried to say that with "If choondu marmam is taken out of its mystical context, we could defend it by saying that some people do intimidate their opponents. That's not objectionable, and is quite easily proved. Intimidation is a merely social skill." Do you see a way to improve my phrasing? |
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How easy or hard is it for a combat sport champion to defeat a much stronger man? @Lex I think the fascination many martial artists have with life-or-death situations is twisted and sad. If you want to learn to kill people, or experience life-or-death situations, join the military or get involved in a drug war. I think it's much more healthy to just wrestle or box (taken broadly, encompassing BJJ/judo/kickboxing/etc), thereby developing hand-to-hand fighting skills without the obsession with life-or-death scenarios. |
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How easy or hard is it for a combat sport champion to defeat a much stronger man? @THelper We decided in meta that such questions would only be off-topic if they were low quality. I think that this question uses "champion versus physical specimen" as a concrete example of a broader philosophical question and is therefore both on-topic and constructive. |
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How easy or hard is it for a combat sport champion to defeat a much stronger man? @Lex My opening and closing paragraphs made reference to such issues. On the psychological side, martial arts do not (and should not) prepare an individual for murder and so on, but combat sports do prepare the trainee for the adrenaline dump of a fight, through competition. |
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What are the most effective exercises (hojo undō or otherwise) for martial arts? ...and the sentences immediately after the one you quoted describe why I think so. I don't mind using nigiri game jars; but they shouldn't be valued higher than modern grip training methods unless the goal is historical reenactment rather than functional martial arts. |
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Attacked by black belt Stop worrying about "revoking" his "license"; just see if you can track down his teacher and tell that person what happened. |
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What are the most effective exercises (hojo undō or otherwise) for martial arts? THelper is right; the issue is with presupposing that traditional methods are more effective at sport-specific training than newer methods. (Furthermore, many if not most martial artists are also in need of general strength & conditioning prior to sport-specific S&C, and do not understand the difference.) |
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Can Forms (Kata/Poomsae/etc.) or Techniques (Waza) be practiced on the ground? @stslavik About "going back"--that's why I recommended getting substantial experience before playing with kata-on-the-back. In my experience most people advocating "do kata from your back" can't grapple and are looking for ways to avoid the hard work of learning to grapple, or feigning expertise in an art they're unfamiliar with by drawing weak parallels. I'm not saying that's the case with you, but I think it's important to keep in mind when giving advice. |
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What is the oldest documented Eastern Martial Art that is still practiced? Awesome answer. I look forward to reading the sources you reference. Thanks! :) |
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Training while exhausted For a specific example of a "training while exhausted" recommendation, see this answer from Sardathrion, which inspired this question. It is a classic example, in that the method is recommended as a way to reduce tension in movements. This has been shown to be a poor approach. In particular, one of the hallmarks of well-mastered technique is the absence of unnecessary tension, ergo using the "train while exhausted" technique to reduce tension is by definition misguided. |
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Did Karate really originate in the Okinawa region of Japan? @stslavik "Many people incorrectly credit Gichin Funakoshi as the first to write "karate" using ["open hand" kanji]. However, in 1922, his first book, "Ryukyu Kenpo Tode" used the characters 1 and 3 (Chinese hand). There is also evidence that the first black belt certificates Funakoshi gave out in 1924 used the 'toude' characters as well." "When was this formal change in meaning and kanji made? The earliest known document is Chomo Hanashiro's "Karate Kumite," first published in August 1905" according to a former instructor of mine: fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=197 |
