Deluxe Martial Arts Forums - View Single Post - Do not judge TMA just because you're not good at it

Tom Yum · 04-07-2007, 05:57 PM

TMA is more about the development of the whole person, rather than fighting alone. Its going to take a longer time in the TMA to learn how to fight; it doesn't mean TMA-ists can't fight.

Some have used their skills successfully - be it against a drunken idiot or on the battlefield, behind enemy lines.

The real issue with TMA is McDojo-ism, which is a recent thing happening in the past 20 or so years.

Teaching techniques that haven't been tested under fire and then saying that said techniques are too deadly for the ring, while teaching students watered down point kickboxing.

Some old-school Karate, Tae kwon do and gong fu training included fighting and full-contact sparring. The immigrants who came to the U.S. taught it this way, but people didn't like it. Even worse, some of the school owners were put out of business because of injury-related lawsuits. So the MA student himself is partially to blame for Mc Dojoism.

The other reason are a few charlatains.

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Tom Yum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here and there. Posts: 11,303 Groans: 0 Groaned at 2 Times in 2 Posts	TMA is more about the development of the whole person, rather than fighting alone. Its going to take a longer time in the TMA to learn how to fight; it doesn't mean TMA-ists can't fight. Some have used their skills successfully - be it against a drunken idiot or on the battlefield, behind enemy lines. The real issue with TMA is McDojo-ism, which is a recent thing happening in the past 20 or so years. Teaching techniques that haven't been tested under fire and then saying that said techniques are too deadly for the ring, while teaching students watered down point kickboxing. Some old-school Karate, Tae kwon do and gong fu training included fighting and full-contact sparring. The immigrants who came to the U.S. taught it this way, but people didn't like it. Even worse, some of the school owners were put out of business because of injury-related lawsuits. So the MA student himself is partially to blame for Mc Dojoism. The other reason are a few charlatains. __________________ Love it, leave it or fix it. Last edited by Tom Yum; 04-08-2007 at 06:04 PM.