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Why Are Traditional Martial Arts Apparently So Reluctant to Evolve?
I suspect that the primary answer lies between that they genuinely deemphasize pitched fighting, and that it's guided by rulesets.
Not every martial art is about fighting, or defending yourself
For ...
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When was throwing introduced to martial arts?
Earliest examples of wrestling
Wrestling has been a part of most societies since time-immemorial:
Fresco in tomb 15 at Beni Hasan, Egypt ca. 2,000 BC.
The earliest known historical European ...
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Does anyone actually fight with two katana simultaneously?
Yes. Contrary to what the average "expert" on swords and Japanese swordsmanship will tell you online (along with their obligatory mentions to Miyamoto Musashi who everyone obligatorily must ...
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Does anyone actually fight with two katana simultaneously?
The book of five rings, written by Miyamoto Musashi around 1645, advocates two-sword fencing style (nitōjutsu): that is, wielding both katana and wakizashi.
He does, however, states that you should ...
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Main differences of Karate & Taekwondo
I won't get too academic about it, so I'll give you the layman's summary.
And for the purpose of comparison, I'll emphasize the difference between Shotokan karate and Taekwondo, since Taekwondo ...
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Why Are Traditional Martial Arts Apparently So Reluctant to Evolve?
I suspect there's a lot of instructors that are more concerned about the techniques of their art, rather than flooding their students with ever increasing amount of styles. This makes sense that they ...
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How has BJJ innovated since diverging from Judo?
I think it's important to make a distinction between "someone, somewhere in the Judo community has used this at some point" and "this is widely known and used in mainstream or competition Judo". There ...
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Why are punches to the head prohibited in some Eastern striking martial arts?
As per what was mentioned in the comments, these are competition rules. But these arts do teach and practice face punches/strikes in their syllabus.
I'd like to draw an example from my style: ...
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What style(s) of Jujitsu did Jigoro Kano study?
Kano's memoirs describe his jujutsu training.
Tenjin Shinyo Ryu under Hachinosuke Fukuda and Masatomo Iso
Kito Ryu under Tsunetoshi Iikubo
the Kito style was very different from the Tenjin Shinyo ...
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What martial arts are part of Kuk Sool Won?
The question asks about the origins and lineage of Kuk Sool Won.
In the past, I once had an interest in KSW as well. At various times, I've looked for this information, hoping that something ...
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Tactical flashlight vs martial arts for self defense?
First a small disclaimer and apology: I didn’t feel my post rises to the level of an answer, but I couldn’t shorten it to fit as a comment.
Theory and speculation are fun, but does anyone have first ...
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Double jointed martial arts?
Double-jointedness, as a physical condition, is neither desirable nor of advantage in martial arts, and I speak here both from a medical and a first-hand experience perspective. And I clearly ...
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Looking for martials arts with similar wing chun mindset
The question is: What martial arts are similar to Wing Chun?
The question does seem like it is open to interpretation. It depends on which aspects of Wing Chun you're looking at.
But without going ...
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What is the difference between judo and wrestling?
Jacketed vs jacketless wrestling
The other answers detail the differences in legal techniques, rules, and scoring and how these explicitly and more subtly influence the style of the sports, but one ...
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What kind of moves can you expect a "streetfighter" to use?
First, the science:
https://rollingaroundbjj.com/fights-end-up-on-ground/
That article looked at 383 street fights which were available on Youtube. Never mind the fact that in order to make it onto ...
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Tactical flashlight vs martial arts for self defense?
In terms of actual self defence capabilities. Yes, it's not bad. It's a club if nothing else and blunt instruments are useful in a fight. Yes if it's already dark or if it's extremely powerful it ...
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Reliable Statistics About Martial Arts
What you're looking for is martial arts demographics. And you want world-wide demographics. Both of which seem kind of hard to come by.
The demographics you're looking for might be along the lines of:...
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Looking for martials arts with similar wing chun mindset
Hsing I (Xing Yi) is a direct and to the point efficient kung fu system not overly dependent on muscular strength. Its goal is to close the gap and seize the opponent's ground. It is an internal art. ...
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What is the difference between judo and wrestling?
Fundamentally, they are both combat sports that involve grappling and pinning. However, the rules result in different focuses in technique. In Judo, your points are based on the performance of a throw ...
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What is the difference between judo and wrestling?
Wrestling may be one of many forms of wrestling: folk, Greco-Roman, freestyle, catch, submission, sumo, etc. Because there are so many styles of wrestling, it's difficult to make blanket statements ...
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When was throwing introduced to martial arts?
Re-calibrate your expectations. Nobody invented throwing. Wrestling is pre-human. Mammals wrestle as both bonding and male-dominance-hierarchy behavior. Monkeys wrestle. Lions wrestle.
The ...
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What would be the set of martial arts that would be most useful for self defense (and in what sequence)?
Your plan does not account for messy realities of life, anyone you may meet, or anything you will learn along the way. Although most everyone has a preconceived idea of what training martials arts ...
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What is the value in preserving traditional martial arts in the mixed martial arts era?
The question asks whether or not traditional martial arts practice still holds value in the era of MMA.
From an MMA perspective, TMA still holds some value, as evidenced by MMA people who are still ...
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Why Are Traditional Martial Arts Apparently So Reluctant to Evolve?
This is a bit like asking whether a physicist wouldn't only be able to become a better scientist and understand more of the bigger picture if they would do chemistry, biology, geology, etc. as well. ...
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For what martial arts is the chance of being injured while training less than the chance of being injured by assault?
Short version: there's no one style, or school which you will find adequate data to make a useful comparison, there are, however, instructors and methods which are safer vs. more dangerous.
Safety as ...
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For what martial arts is the chance of being injured while training less than the chance of being injured by assault?
I'd like to know just what people are calling "injuries". Maybe it's just because I'm in an overly polite Midwestern area where people like each other and don't actually want to go full contact on ...
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For what martial arts is the chance of being injured while training less than the chance of being injured by assault?
Even the flippant, non-contact, self-defense training of running carries serious risks of injury. Injury rates for runners in a year are estimated to be >30%. See the abstracts of:
Foot Strike and ...
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Reliable Statistics About Martial Arts
I do not believe so.
I know of no such data being available world wide, nor would I trust any such. Mostly because even something as "number of people insured" is not precise enough. Also, some ...
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Does anyone actually fight with two katana simultaneously?
Dual wielding of equal weapons is relatively rare in warfare historically. Wielding a smaller secondary weapon is much more common (e.g. rapier + parrying dagger, katana + wakizashi, tomahawk + ...
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Double jointed martial arts?
If by "double jointed", you mean hyper-mobility, or hyper-flexion, which is characterized by abnormal joints which flex further than normal, then no. I've done some research and could find no martial ...
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