Comments on: martial arts http://danielalandogarcia.com/blog1/2009/10/01/karate/ Clicking this banner will return you to the blog home page & links page. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:45:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Administrator http://danielalandogarcia.com/blog1/2009/10/01/karate/comment-page-1/#comment-1834 Administrator Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:15:11 +0000 http://danielalandogarcia.com/blog1/?p=33#comment-1834 Someone sent me an interesting question via email the other day: "What do you think is the best fighting style of martial arts?" I replied: The best fighting style is the one that matches up best with your physique, abilities, and temperament. That said, I think it is better to have a well-rounded fighting style, something where you feel comfortable using a mixture of kicks and punches (blocks too of course). Examples of mostly one-dimension fighting styles are Tae Kwan Do (mostly kicks) and boxing (only punches). Kung Fu, Karate, and Muy Thai are all similar fighting styles and "American kickboxing" blends these disciplines together, borrowing from each. In MMA most of the guys are cross-trained in wrestling or JJ, but keep in mind that these styles of fighting are pretty impractical in the real world - it's kind of hard to "shoot in" on someone when you are standing in a paved parking lot in the summer, with the asphalt reaching 150 degrees! Not to mention that training in many traditional martial arts teaches you to end a fight as quickly as possible (if fighting is inevitable), meaning that I would do something to you considered "illegal" in MMA or wrestling. MMA is fun to watch (sometimes), but most of these guys are just brawlers or wrestlers and would not be able to handle a Master of one of the traditional martial arts that has been trained to injure or kill to stop a fight. Someone sent me an interesting question via email the other day: “What do you think is the best fighting style of martial arts?”

I replied: The best fighting style is the one that matches up best with your physique, abilities, and temperament. That said, I think it is better to have a well-rounded fighting style, something where you feel comfortable using a mixture of kicks and punches (blocks too of course). Examples of mostly one-dimension fighting styles are Tae Kwan Do (mostly kicks) and boxing (only punches). Kung Fu, Karate, and Muy Thai are all similar fighting styles and “American kickboxing” blends these disciplines together, borrowing from each.

In MMA most of the guys are cross-trained in wrestling or JJ, but keep in mind that these styles of fighting are pretty impractical in the real world – it’s kind of hard to “shoot in” on someone when you are standing in a paved parking lot in the summer, with the asphalt reaching 150 degrees! Not to mention that training in many traditional martial arts teaches you to end a fight as quickly as possible (if fighting is inevitable), meaning that I would do something to you considered “illegal” in MMA or wrestling. MMA is fun to watch (sometimes), but most of these guys are just brawlers or wrestlers and would not be able to handle a Master of one of the traditional martial arts that has been trained to injure or kill to stop a fight.

]]> By: Administrator http://danielalandogarcia.com/blog1/2009/10/01/karate/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Administrator Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:09:29 +0000 http://danielalandogarcia.com/blog1/?p=33#comment-27 Not at the present, but I think combining karate and eastern elements of Buddhist philosophy with western ideologies on education and psychology would be a nice mind/body combo. Not at the present, but I think combining karate and eastern elements of Buddhist philosophy with western ideologies on education and psychology would be a nice mind/body combo.

]]> By: Callum Dick http://danielalandogarcia.com/blog1/2009/10/01/karate/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Callum Dick Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:42:11 +0000 http://danielalandogarcia.com/blog1/?p=33#comment-25 Do you teach Karate? Do you use your thesis on education to produce effective teaching methods for karate coaching, some of the old ways are excellent, but some are perhaps for a different purpose than teaching kids confidence. Callum Dick Do you teach Karate?
Do you use your thesis on education to produce effective teaching methods for karate coaching, some of the old ways are excellent, but some are perhaps for a different purpose than teaching kids confidence.

Callum Dick

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