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Siegfried · 12-30-2002, 11:09 PM

Is your training truely based on tradition or survival? In my opinion if the martial artists of today wish to obtain the same level of skill in defeating opponents in martial combat that the martial artists of long ago had(back when your life depended on your martial capabilities) they should train for SURVIVAL and not simply tradition. I see many in my dojo who practice karate and do not understand the applications of the technique they put forth so much time to improve, they simply are practicing tradition. And, unless they wake up and come to notice the applications for those techniques they will never be able to obtain a high level of efficiancy in winning an actual fight. Tradition alone will hardly do them any good if they don't even know what it is used for. But if they were to train to survive using those techniques (when someone opposess your life, the life of your family, friends, etc.) and sort of fit them into any practical situation then their study would benifit them greatly.

What do you think?

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Siegfried Novice Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Waveland,MS Posts: 94 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Tradition or Survival Is your training truely based on tradition or survival? In my opinion if the martial artists of today wish to obtain the same level of skill in defeating opponents in martial combat that the martial artists of long ago had(back when your life depended on your martial capabilities) they should train for SURVIVAL and not simply tradition. I see many in my dojo who practice karate and do not understand the applications of the technique they put forth so much time to improve, they simply are practicing tradition. And, unless they wake up and come to notice the applications for those techniques they will never be able to obtain a high level of efficiancy in winning an actual fight. Tradition alone will hardly do them any good if they don't even know what it is used for. But if they were to train to survive using those techniques (when someone opposess your life, the life of your family, friends, etc.) and sort of fit them into any practical situation then their study would benifit them greatly. What do you think?