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I would say that sports come from martial arts. A great way to 'practice' what you've learned out side of your dojo, dojang, school, or back yard where you learned (come on, you know we've all been there. haha). But the biggest problem I see with ...
Hey I really like the way you put that last paragraph. It sums things up well for me. The problems arise, I think, when people are confused by the 'aspects' of one being in the other. e.g. The MMA craze. People see the martial arts in it and don't...
Meditation, motivation, what next? There are lots of non-definitive, "easy" tests that could be applied to determine if something is really a martial art. You listed two of yours, and that's fine, but there are probably many others, none being any...
I agree with most of your post. Particularly the fact that you should train your techniques as if your life will depend on it one day. Also many are not really training in martial arts but remember there are many different ways to make martial art...
As I said, my first test isn't definitive, but martial art is moving meditation. If it is being employed for the right reasons, even in a fight, it would still meet my criteria for meditation. I don't subscribe to the western view that meditation ...
Not saying that I accept your premise that meditation should be the litmus test of a true martial art (I don't - I could name a dozen other things that could also be) but:
There are different ways to meditate. You don't have to sit in the lotus p...
This is by no means definitive and shouldn't be misconstrued as being such, but it's an easy test that I apply.
Martial arts are by definition not sports. However, there are many sports out there that cloak themselves in martial arts. I like to judge a practice a sport if there is no meditation involved or taught to students. I'm not talking about 5 minutes...
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- Fudoshin Bujutsu
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- Sensei Graeme Dunning
Takebushi Dojo & Sottaku Doji Dojo
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- June 14, 1984
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- I walked through the door of a traditional martial art when I was a teenager and I've continued to walk through the door ever since. That's about it really.............
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- Be taken down, be finished off, then return the favour
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- At 8:08am on April 6, 2009,
Nuria said… - Thanks for accepting my friend request.
- At 1:31pm on December 14, 2008,
Bart Scovill said… - Hi Mike,
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Berserk said… - Hi Mike. Welcome to the forums.
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