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UselessDave
Yellow Belt
Joined: 09 Jun 2011
Posts: 47
Location: Germany
Styles: Kyokushin karate
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:39 am Post subject: Those who never find the style. |
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You see propably one of those in every course for beginners. They can do a lot somehow, but nothing too good. They kick, punch and throw - somehow. They know something about many styles. They start a new style often but stop, maybe after the first belt, decide this wasn't their thing. You can tell for certain, they are not gonna continue in this style.
Why do they continue the searching? Why does their interest towards a style go low so soon? On many people training martial arts, the problem is they can't train many styles enough. So what's making that big difference there? _________________ "People study from boredom. They fall in love, get married and reproduce from boredom. And finally die from boredom." -Georg Buchner |
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Snake
Yellow Belt
Joined: 02 Aug 2010
Posts: 33
Location: London
Styles: Previously Muay Thai. Now Kyokushin Kaikan.
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:29 am Post subject: |
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Hi, you post an interesting question.
I believe that different people lose interest in particular styles for various reasons. One of the most obvious examples is where a person has tried a stand-up striking style (such as muay thai, boxing etc) and later feels as though he/she would be better suited to, for example, a ground based fighting system (such as BJJ). Or perhaps the situation may not be as simple as this. For example, the two main reasons for my move from muay thai to Kyokushin were that:
a) I was looking for a bit more tradition than what was on offer to me at my muay thai gym;
b) the philosophies expounded by the gym I was in were not all ones I could agree with, and were ones that continued to bother me.
Whilst these reasons (and others like them) may seem pedantic, you have to remember that a martial art is for life (to me, at least). I think that it's best to find a school/style that is best suited to your needs, so that training doesn't become a chore. Unfortunately, finding that school/style may take some longer than others. I personally have never regretted my choice though.
I hope this helps. _________________ "What is a wedding? Webster's defines a wedding as the process of removing weeds from ones garden." |
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ps1
Black Belt
Joined: 09 Nov 2004
Posts: 3025
Location: NE Ohio
Styles: Chuan Fa, Shotokan, JJJ, BJJ
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:35 am Post subject: |
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Because people's desires almost always extend much farther than their willingness to work hard to attain them. It's that simple. _________________ "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenius." |
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Snake
Yellow Belt
Joined: 02 Aug 2010
Posts: 33
Location: London
Styles: Previously Muay Thai. Now Kyokushin Kaikan.
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:44 am Post subject: |
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ps1 wrote: |
Because people's desires almost always extend much farther than their willingness to work hard to attain them. It's that simple. |
...(or that) _________________ "What is a wedding? Webster's defines a wedding as the process of removing weeds from ones garden." |
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chris0828
White Belt
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
Posts: 14
Location: Preston, Lancashire, UK
Styles: Shotokan
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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Sometimes it's about finding a style other times I think people lose patience and think that another style will give quicker progression. They're wrong, from the little I've seen learning a martial art takes time, patience and practice lots and lots of practice. |
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Solid_Snake1211
White Belt
Joined: 20 Jun 2011
Posts: 3
Location: Rhodes
Styles: Kyokushin karate
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Guys whatever style you choose TRAIN HARD AND THEN HARDER.. be powerful beyond measure _________________ You Push Yourself Until You Think you've Reached Your Limit. First Your Body Wants To Stop, But Your Mind Keeps Pushing You. Then Your Mind Wants To Stop, But Your Spirit Keeps You Going. You Endure The Pain. You persevere. THIS IS OSU!! |
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30188
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Snake wrote: |
ps1 wrote: |
Because people's desires almost always extend much farther than their willingness to work hard to attain them. It's that simple. |
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I'd agree with this. Nothing worth while comes easy. That's tough for some. _________________ www.haysgym.com
http://www.sunyis.com/
www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com |
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ramymensa
Black Belt
Joined: 12 Aug 2002
Posts: 1450
Location: New Jersey
Styles: Shotokan
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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Some people are like this in life too. Never pleased with something, always looking for new thrills and maybe getting bummed up when they realize any style needs WORK and commitment. _________________ World Shotokan Karate |
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Spodo Komodo
Blue Belt
Joined: 24 Mar 2010
Posts: 307
Location: Derbyshire, UK
Styles: Wado Ryu, Shotokan
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:58 am Post subject: |
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Sometimes it is more complicated than just being a butterfly. I tried all sorts of arts before settling on Karate, none of them really interested me after a short while and I became quite antipathic towards some. However when I came back to Karate I realised that what had put me off it in the first place was not the art itself but the way it was taught in the first club I tried. Once I had that realisation it was natural to re-open my judgement on all those other arts that I had tried and rejected.
Finding a martial art is a combination of style, club, ethos, teaching ability, convenience, demographics and all sorts of other things. I'm surprised that so many seem to get it right in the end at all. |
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Jay
Black Belt
Joined: 20 May 2005
Posts: 1190
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:45 am Post subject: |
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Or you move area alot and have to deal with what you can get which is kinda my situation. _________________ The key to everything is continuity achieved by discipline. |
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