Originally posted by: Jehovah
Originally posted by: manuelku
I never said that dude can kick ass but I am saying things he do is impressive, I doubt the Eliteforce dude can do what that kid does with his 5'8 and 280lbs of muscle.. I just don't know why the dude insist that he's unbeatable.. how about a fight of your fellow eliteforce buddies? if you are just saying kungfu, TKD, karate or wushu are nothing, sorry dude, there are no more arguement if you can't even take a lose.
Meh? Are you talking to me? :Q First of all, I did admit that it was impressive (Whether it is useful or not is debatable) Uh, what do you mean when you say "
if you are just saying kungfu, TKD, karate or wushu are nothing"? What's nothing? Let's just say that I disagree with competitive martial arts - I wouldn't consider it a martial art.
First of all, I do realize that for a martial art to survive in this world with the existance of the "great equalizer", the next logical step would for the preservation of martial arts would be to go "commercial", i.e. competitions and such.
You see a similar (but different) progression in Japan -the older styles in Japan usually have names that end with "-jitsu", which the definitions escape me at this point, but the point of those styles were for pure survival no matter what the cost. In contrast, the newer styles in Japan (within the last ~200 years), if you see, tend to have a name that ends with "-do", that denotes "the way" or "the path", i.e. Judo, Aikido, and even some styles of karate. The aims of those styles are to "cultivate the person" while losing some of their effeciency in their style - a necessary undertaking for martial arts to survive in. Let's look at Judo, for instance - the meaning of "Judo" is "gentle way" and it is originally a derivative of Jujitsu, a common form of martial art which has many techniques which are permanently damaging - Judo, however has aims of subding the enemy while never permanently injuring them - DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS?
Let's, for instance, take that muscle dude - say I got him in a situation (if you're reading this muscledude, it's because I was lucky/because this is fictitious
😉 ) where I would want to defend myself against future attacks, i.e. subdue him - instead of simply breaking his **** (too violent for my tastes to mention), I'd have to go through the hassle of throwing him around and pinning him while his buddies gather around - sound efficient to you?
Same thing witht he other styles of today - they're modernizing in order to survive, but at the same time, they're losing their true purpose as a consequence - which I personally do not agree with, but I can respect the competitors and participants in the sport, just don't expect me to call them anything other than "athletes".
But then again, what do I know?
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