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Martial arts: theory and practice
Is it cold in here?:
This was sparked by a tangent in the WCDT, in which people were discussing the authenticity of various martial arts.
I was at a self-defense class where someone asked the instructors about the value of learning martial arts for protection against violent crime. The answer, not quite verbatim but as close as I remember, was "They're wonderful! It's great exercise and helps you develop self-discipline.". So I guess this is a sports thread and not a self-defense thread.
Carl-E:
I often forget that I have mild dyslexia.
Until I read "Marital arts".
Just celebrated our 27th anniversary last week. We congratulated each other over dinner - that was pretty much it. I think we've pretty much perfected the marital arts!
Film at 11.
Is it cold in here?:
Congratulations!
Jace:
I did Southern Style Hung Gar Kung Fu for a couple years (lived with my instructor too, we were friends before I started, and we both needed a place to stay so we split an apartment), if you just learn the forms in most martial arts, you'll have a hard time applying them to self defense, but (and this is what I liked about the style I learned) every single move in the form was a block, or strike, and most of them lead into a takedown if it wasn't a takedown on its own. This of course meant that as long as you remembered the forms, you could probably apply it to self defense. There was also a section of each class that we would use to learn the application of the moves as self defense though.
Apparently, even though I haven't done it for a few years, some of the stuff still stuck with me. And when I move around and fight heavy in the SCA, my friends have noted that each time I take a step back it looks like I am going to throw a kick into my opponent's knee.
Kugai:
Just don't break the bed
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