The Best Way To Learn Martial Arts Freestyle
My favorite game is Karate Kumite. Unfortunately, nobody knows the right way to do martial arts freestyle. They keep insisting on doing this thing that results in pain and bruises and body injury.
I know, the purpose of Karate, or Kenpo or Taekwondo, and martial arts in general, is to hurt somebody, right? No, it isn't. You've got it wrong...totally and dead wrong.
The real reason is to control an attacker, and modern martial arts freestyle methods do not teach you how to control, only to hurt. Interestingly, I was there when the freestyle scene went bad. Further, there are methods which teach one how to freestyle easily and without the pain within a couple of hours.
In my first lesson in kumite my kenpo instructor beating the holy crap out of me. The theory was that martial arts were a rite of passage, you had to be tough, you had to go through pain, that was the only way to get better. While I survived the lesson, and even thrived on it, other students just dropped out, and now you know why so many people quit the martial arts.
Towards the end of my kenpo training the instructor began insisting we wear (buy) protective gear. Instead of protecting, however, it just encouraged us to hit harder, and we actually suffered more injuries. I quickly realized it was just a gimmick to create more dojo income.
I went to a classical karate school, and, no protective gear, stopped getting all injuries. A few bruises, but no more broken fingers and toes. The instructor was more into control, not destruction.
This lesson, the benefits of control over destruction, stuck with me, and when I opened my own training hall I played with all sorts of methods to teach Kumite effectively, without the pain and trauma. And I finally understood a basic truth...people stop perceiving when you strike them. Isn't that an interesting concept to come to grips with after years of beating people up?
Thus, I teach students how to freestyle in stages, and I use methods which do not close their eyes, but rather opens their awareness. It's incredibly simple and effective, and I guarantee my students will survive on the street better than many others. Simply, they haven't been trained to close their eyes, but rather to open their awareness, and the truth is that using my methods students can learn Martial Arts freestyle within a couple of hours.
I know, the purpose of Karate, or Kenpo or Taekwondo, and martial arts in general, is to hurt somebody, right? No, it isn't. You've got it wrong...totally and dead wrong.
The real reason is to control an attacker, and modern martial arts freestyle methods do not teach you how to control, only to hurt. Interestingly, I was there when the freestyle scene went bad. Further, there are methods which teach one how to freestyle easily and without the pain within a couple of hours.
In my first lesson in kumite my kenpo instructor beating the holy crap out of me. The theory was that martial arts were a rite of passage, you had to be tough, you had to go through pain, that was the only way to get better. While I survived the lesson, and even thrived on it, other students just dropped out, and now you know why so many people quit the martial arts.
Towards the end of my kenpo training the instructor began insisting we wear (buy) protective gear. Instead of protecting, however, it just encouraged us to hit harder, and we actually suffered more injuries. I quickly realized it was just a gimmick to create more dojo income.
I went to a classical karate school, and, no protective gear, stopped getting all injuries. A few bruises, but no more broken fingers and toes. The instructor was more into control, not destruction.
This lesson, the benefits of control over destruction, stuck with me, and when I opened my own training hall I played with all sorts of methods to teach Kumite effectively, without the pain and trauma. And I finally understood a basic truth...people stop perceiving when you strike them. Isn't that an interesting concept to come to grips with after years of beating people up?
Thus, I teach students how to freestyle in stages, and I use methods which do not close their eyes, but rather opens their awareness. It's incredibly simple and effective, and I guarantee my students will survive on the street better than many others. Simply, they haven't been trained to close their eyes, but rather to open their awareness, and the truth is that using my methods students can learn Martial Arts freestyle within a couple of hours.
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