azusascuba

Thank Scott

That is good advice if I had the time to learn Kata, but the karate / taekwondo instructor who taught me his own style of kick boxing didn't teach us kata and he refuses to complete my training to black belt. So now if I want a black belt in someone elses "kick boxing" I have to repeat their particular requirements ( which won't be accepted by anyone other than themselves...lol)
Karate will be just as time consuming and I will have to learn Kata... geez and as a kick boxer, the american kickboxing association won't accept my fight record.

So what I am doing is heading to Thailand and study Muay Sangha with Pedro Villalobo

It will be hard training, but within about a year I will be an accredidated instructor and be able to teach Muay Sangha.

On reflection it seems that my opinion of American martial arts is that it is a joke, if you intend to compete for fighting. Oh yes it is great for teaching children self confidence, but American martial arts really drops the ball when it comes to the adults who want to compete in a skill based competition.

It is purely a marketing concept devoid of any real intent to provide competition style events where your actually allowed to use the strikes and kicks you are taught in the Dojo, but than provided no real opportunity to compete with these strikes and kicks in competition.

Oh well thanks for the responce, glad you got your black belt and where able to develope your style, but what type of resiprosity do you offer anouther independant student coming to you for black belt? ? Do you require him or her to start at your white belt or do you accept their belt and train forward to your black belt rating?

You would be surprised just how many independants force experienced students to retake all their training over if the student comes to them with anything less than a black belt!

Oh well stepping off my soap box and packing my bags for Thailand September 2, 2008 to 31 August 2009

Respects

Azusa

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