Is this school TOO traditional?

T3chnopsycho · Yellow Belt

welcome to the forum nj908

I think a style can't be TOO traditional. The style either says itself "We are a traditional style." or they say they're not.

Just try it out for some time and decide if you like it or not. It's also a question for what you want to train. In the end you have to check your list of things you want to gain from the martial art and what a specific school can offer. Then you know if it's a good school or not.

For me a school should be open to progress. And not just teach techniques a way because "it's written in a book" but because it's proven that it's effective.

But that is a personal opinion ^^

Cheers and enjoy your training and trying out

T3chnopsycho
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Nevinyrral · Blue Belt

There is nothing wrong with blocking with forearm. I remember when I was in middle school doing kung fu and we did some blocking drills, and after just three or four block I couldnt lift my arm. But now I can execute block hard enough so it will hurt the oponent not me

I my opinion traditional martial arts are better in the long run. Think about how long can anyone compete in boxing or mma. About till they are 50 is max. And in karate you can always go for kata competitions or point sparring.
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Harkon72 · Black Belt

Our club teaches traditional Karate but in a Modern way, this is the form Shukokai is taught.
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KyungYet · Yellow Belt

I think its interesting that most arguments here have centered around the assumption that a technique must be effective in a streetfight to be worthwhile (e.g., "modern") and that something "too traditional" (like a forearm block or a really obscure and unlikely movement) is something to avoid.

People take martial arts for very different reasons, and there are lots of different things to be gained from martial arts. Practical self-defense and badassery on the street may be one of them. But there is also self-discipline, self-control, respect, flexibility, strength, conditioning of body parts, cultural and traditional aspects, a sense of community, blah blah blah...

Myself, I love my hyungs (katas, just in Korean). Many of the moves in them are fairly impractical. Many of our "traditional" moves are somewhat impractical as well, in street-fighting terms (or at least, there are more practical versions of them elsewhere or they need to be modified into a fighting version of themselves to be practical). But this does not discourage or bother me, because I thoroughly enjoy the traditional, historical, cultural aspect of my art. If that's not what floats your boat, personally, then my art would be a poor fit for you (which is fine! To each their own!).

I think I'm just sayin' different strokes for different folks, and the sum total value of an art may not be (for everyone) the degree to which all of its techniques are effective in street combat.

Good replies, all - interesting topic.
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FighterForLife · Yellow Belt

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