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scohen.mma
Orange Belt
Joined: 18 Mar 2012
Posts: 142
Location: Long Island, New York
Styles: Matsubayashi-Ryu, Kaze No Ryu Bugei Ogawa Ha
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:02 pm Post subject: Sport and/or Martial Art? |
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I got into an argument with someone today about Boxing. I'm a big fan. I told this person that Boxing is a great Martial Art. They suddenly got defensive and called Boxing a SPORT, not a Martial Art.
Now, Referring to Mixed Martial Arts, and how Boxing is a very famous part of MMA, i commonly refer to Boxing as not only a sport, but also a Martial Art. I told him that I think that Boxing is both a sport and Martial Art.
I told him how Karate is clearly considered a Martial Art, but there are other people that call some forms of Karate "sport Karate." I tried to tell him that we're both right and that Boxing is both a sport and Martial Art.
What do you think? is Boxing a Sport, a Martial Art, or both? _________________ "Karate doesnt teach me to fight, it teaches me to solve my problems. Physically, mentally, and spiritually." |
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MasterPain
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Oct 2010
Posts: 1949
Location: Parts Unknown
Styles: Bujin Bugei Jutsu, Backyard Kali, Satsui no Hadou
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Well, it has self defense applications. It has a rich cultural history. It has it's own traditional sign of mutual respect....
What more can you need to have a martial art? _________________ My fists bleed death. -Akuma |
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Zaine
Black Belt
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Posts: 2275
Location: Dallas, TX
Styles: Matsumura-Seito, Shobayashi-Ryu, Shudokan, Long Fist, American Street Karate, Southern Mantis, HEMA
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:19 am Post subject: |
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Martial art definitely. It is also a sport just like every other martial art can be. _________________ Martial arts training is 30% classroom training, 70% solo training.
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JusticeZero
Black Belt
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 2166
Location: AK
Styles: Capoeira Angola
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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"Mu!"
It doesn't really matter in the end. You are really discussing how you experience it.
A lot of skills can be described in a lot of not immediately intuitive way. Both jogging and ballet make great martial arts. Baseball is some awesome martial art training, combining weapon skills in two common basic weapons (both close in and ranged), physical exercise and running.
But most don't perceive it that way, and it is a jarring leap to see something pried out of one linguistic hierarchy into a different one that was never seen as a match. _________________ "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - Baleia |
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MasterPain
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Oct 2010
Posts: 1949
Location: Parts Unknown
Styles: Bujin Bugei Jutsu, Backyard Kali, Satsui no Hadou
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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Hey! Leave my dog out of this. _________________ My fists bleed death. -Akuma |
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16386
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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JusticeZero wrote: |
"Mu!"
It doesn't really matter in the end. You are really discussing how you experience it.
A lot of skills can be described in a lot of not immediately intuitive way. Both jogging and ballet make great martial arts. Baseball is some awesome martial art training, combining weapon skills in two common basic weapons (both close in and ranged), physical exercise and running.
But most don't perceive it that way, and it is a jarring leap to see something pried out of one linguistic hierarchy into a different one that was never seen as a match. |
Solid post!!
_________________ **Proof is on the floor!!! |
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MaxMarks
Yellow Belt
Joined: 04 Dec 2011
Posts: 57
Location: New Hampsire
Styles: Kempo/JuJitsu/Grapling/Kick Boxing
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ShoriKid
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 14 Dec 2007
Posts: 900
Styles: Matsubyashi-Ryu, Okinawan Kempo, wrestling, bits of BJJ
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Which were influenced by European sword technique, particularly Spanish sword work. Funny how the circle comes back around. _________________ Kisshu fushin, Oni te hotoke kokoro. A demon's hand, a saint's heart. -- Osensei Shoshin Nagamine |
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OneInchPunch
White Belt
Joined: 24 Feb 2012
Posts: 3
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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both, but MUCH more geared towards sport. Very little battlefield history, very rich gladiatorial history, which makes it more of a sport (albiet a violent one) than a fighting art derived from war. |
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JusticeZero
Black Belt
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 2166
Location: AK
Styles: Capoeira Angola
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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Which doesn't really matter THAT much in the end.. the only thing soldiers really need to train well with these days is the one-finger pull anyways, and we live in one of the safest places on earth in the safest time period in human history. _________________ "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - Baleia |
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