{"id":306,"date":"2017-02-22T01:37:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T01:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/?p=306"},"modified":"2017-02-22T01:37:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T01:37:41","slug":"martial-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/22\/martial-musings\/","title":{"rendered":"MARTIAL MUSINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Lineage dating all the way back to 1650 China is great but don\u2019t flaunt it like protective shield as you\u2019re only as good as what you\u2019re personally capable of. I live in the 21st<\/sup> century and your forefathers aren\u2019t reflective of what you can do as an individual now. Carry their values with you but be in the here and now.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2. I am not stuck in the past. I don\u2019t live my life as a reincarnation of a 500-year old Buddhist monk so when I see a North American pretending he\/she is from Eastern Asia it turns me off very quickly These are often the same people who criticize Asian people for wanting to be more Western. Pot calling kettle black.<\/p>\n

    3. \u00a0I don\u2019t chant mantras from books from generations back like Confucious. If they can help me in my current state be a better husband, father, son and friend..then fantastic\u2026but I am not Musashi nor do I idolize or pray at the altar of Bruce Lee, though I accept they both had great contributions to this industry.<\/p>\n

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    4. I am tired of those who tell me that, because I\u2019m pragmatic, functional and modern with my approach to violence, personal preservation, safety, self-defence and combatives that I have less of a philosophy than traditionalists. In fact, from many I\u2019ve met I have a much stronger one. Many I\u2019ve met have no idea when they should and shouldn\u2019t use countervailing force. What constitutes a \u201cself-defence\u201d scenario and what doesn\u2019t. What verbal diffusion is. (If you don\u2019t practice it you WILL NOT use it, contrary to what you tell me) How to be situationally aware because it\u2019s unnecessary due to all the mystical lineage-giving powers you possess. What your superpowered chi can do to other human beings who oppose you. (HINT. It\u2019s not throwing someone across the room with a no-touch knockout.) What adrenaline does to you and the cost using violence forces one to pay.<\/p>\n

    5. I am tired of those who hide behind a belt and believe that it means they can rest on their laurels just because it\u2019s colored. Authenticity, blood, sweat and tears are worth the effort but many believe they\u2019re color of belt is the equivalent of their level of being able to defend themselves and I\u2019m afraid the correlation isn\u2019t that direct.<\/p>\n

    6.Though you believe you\u2019ve been \u201ctraining for 40 years and know the system like the back of your hand\u201d, if you\u2019ve stopped training for 15 and aren\u2019t teaching you are NO LONGER training. You\u2019ve stopped, thus the \u201ctime put in\u201d factor is not quite the same as the rest of us who continue rain or shine.<\/p>\n

    7. I don\u2019t believe you can give people life skills from a book. Combat is chaotic. Situation awareness is organic and subjective. Violence is sudden. Human physiology is complex. Books give knowledge but some things need to be experienced.<\/p>\n

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    8. When you tell me that \u201cI remember when I was 40..great age\u2026very inexperienced\u201d you are being condescending. Especially when you tell me you\u2019ve taught for 5 years of your \u201c40 years of experience\u201d and I\u2019ve taught for 15, including to military, police, security and prison personnel.<\/p>\n

    9. I grow weary of traditionalists who act like they\u2019re superior because they put their left pinky finger at a 37.8 degree angle in their vaunted cat stance (which should be taught as a stance with a 73-27 weight distribution, by the way). Secret techniques that can subtly screw the reality-based and MMA community that nobody has to prove because of the lethality involved. Superiority without proof, other than that my master\u2019s master\u2019s master told him it\u2019d work\u2026therefore\u2026.it works. Tradition has it\u2019s place and it\u2019s important to know where we\u2019ve come from but don\u2019t hide behind it. What happened in 1300 feudal Japan is not necessary applicable to June 14, 2014.<\/p>\n

    10. You are also wrong when you tell me there is no such thing as reality-based self-defence or combatives or combat martial arts as they\u2019re all reality-based and combative. I\u2019m sorry but they may all have been at one point but they are no longer all. Kicks to the head on ice or in the rain, rolling around on the ground waiting 10 minutes for that submission to open, punching with your hands on your hips, training barefoot, one-punch-one-kill\u2026in most circumstances not applicable for the modern streets with the modern criminal with modern tactics.<\/p>\n

    11. I also grow weary of those who claim that we (you and I) should freely exchange techniques and I should openly share with you what I know at no fee because a) that\u2019s the way the old masters would\u2019ve done it (I\u2019m sure my family would think differently of my working for free) and b) you\u2019ve taken two seminar certification courses in the same art so you\u2019re a qualified instructor. Please.<\/p>\n

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