Im not saying about just having knowledge on 1 style of amrtial art sure i research into tKD, Karate, Judo AIKIDO etc but i only train Wing Tsun, but i like reading about competitions rules and stuff for other styles because my martial art dosen't have competition in it, Plus WT the one activity im learnign where no competition is involved , wheras i have competed in:
Badminton
Tennis
Trampolining
Horse Rider Trials
Hockey
Netball
Basketball
Dance
Gymnastics
Athletics
snowboarding
I joined up to learn a martial art with no prior backround knowledge of the system because i knew i was a clean slate for the martial arts world and if this sytem (WT) said what it could teach its students how to defend themselves, then who better to take it up then a competitive teenager, whos only ever known competiton in sports.
Being trained in a non-competitive sport that is strictly martial arts had taught me a lot about having the will to fight at the right time.
This dosen't mean that im biased against other martial arts, i train for myself and i read up and study other styles so as to broaden my horizons you might say, so in turn Thai i think you should not be so biased against students younger then yourself just because of the age gap.
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