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"____ works" or "_____" is functional" is more appropriately expressed as "I can get ______ to work frequently." Why are so many so into giving absoluets and making blanket statements? It's your JKD, so who's to say what you can and can't do?
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"It was about that time I realized that searching was my symbol, the emblem of those who go out at night with nothing in mind, the motives of a destroyer of compasses." -Cortázar
Isn't it a truism to say that "If I can get it to work in most situations, and so can 80%-90% of the people I train with, even (and especially) when working under sparring or fighting conditions, then it is an effective technique?"
Example:
Juji Getame arm-bars are effective when executed on an opponent who is mounted, in pain, and extending his arm to defend against head punches.
Cartwheeling into a back handspring and landing on your opponent's shoulders with a flying arm bar doesn't work.
Both true statements? I think so. Now, sure, people will light up the boards with "If you train it right's" and "Anything's Possible." Face it. I don't care what's possible. I am utterly concerned with what's probable. And when you find something that works 90% of the time, under the correct circumstances, and those circumstances are fairly common in realistic situations, then there's absolutely nothing wrong with saying "This works."
"Nature is ruled by the redness of fang and claw."
-Ernest Hemingway
"The God of War hates those who hesitate."
-Euripides
I agree Mike, but I think that although there are certain things that are more probable, the blanket statements that technique "a" doesn't work bugs me (too many internet forum discussions for me). Lately I keep hearing one person tell another that what they do doesn't work without ever seeing the first person. I don't know, I guess I'm just irritable lately.
I get the same way. I think it's a lack of fighting...
Anyway, Broad statements, especially those aimed at people who are total strangers, are pretty presumptuous. I've seen some people do things very well that I would consider damn near useless for me. Herman Suwanda once choked out a person using nothing but his big toe. Not what I'd have called effective, but hey, it worked for him...
Mike
"Nature is ruled by the redness of fang and claw."
-Ernest Hemingway
"The God of War hates those who hesitate."
-Euripides
That's exactly what I'm talking about. Some people just have the attributes to do some really unconventional things. They aren't god-like either.
You're right, it's a lack of fighting.
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