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Recreation InformationAre the Martial Arts still under development?
by:
peter sundbye
What is a martial art?
A martial art can be defined as any skill that can be applied in warfare. The word martial means "military." So traditionally, a martial art is a military art. The 1st things that normally move to mind once
discussing modern martial arts are leaping, kicking, punching, blocking, inverting elbows, twisting necks, throwing, and weapon fighting. But besides horsemanship, javelin throwing, archery, spear fighting, pike
fighting, wrestling, knife fighting, rifle, scattergun and handgun shooting, demolitions, logistics, and battle strategy can all be delineated as the field of martial arts. Thing
that a soldier mightiness do in battle is a martial art.
By martial art normally it is meant aikido, arnis, boxing, capoeria, chow gar, choy la fut, hapkido, hsing'i, hun gar, jeet kune do, jow gar, judo, jujitsu, karate, kempo, kick boxing, krav maga, kung fu, pa kua, penjak silat, praying mantis, savate, shaolin, tae kwon do, tai chi, white crane, wing chun, wu shu and more! As you can see the list is quite long and it is really quite amazing how galore martial arts systems there are and how galore methods of self defense can be formulated.
Often inside
a martial arts school it is instructed that 'this particular system is the better system and it was created to beat all the others'. Of course every martial creative person would-be have the viewpoint their style is the better because that is the style they have chosen to do, but in reality what they are expression is 'this is the better style for me as it suits my temperment and I like the teaching environment'.
The ever-changing of the arts
Throughout this history and development of the martial arts and all the combat systems of man our training tools have compete a vital part in evolving and perfecting these systems and techniques.
All the martial arts have been accomplished by the role that mechanical devices play whether it be weapons, dojo mats, breaking boards or even as the uniforms we wear - all these paraphanialia indentify the martial arts into their systems and style.
The main players in shaping our new martial arts would-be be the traditional wooden dummy, wing chun rings, iron palm ointments and even as the system of exploitation forms and karta have developed the martial arts into their current form.
Even as now modern training tools are common and once again the martial arts are under development with new training products such as the Wavemaster, the BOB training dummy, the Focus Master. All with one thing in common, to create a well rounded combat system.
Ideally a martial arts solo training tool should be feasible for all and based on sound theory and through constant practice develop into sound physical application. The ideology and theory would-be have to take into account all the history of the combat technology of man and give this competition and street application.
The Martialarm Combat Training Partner
In a martial arts career you can occationally find your self with no school to go to or no one to train with and so out of neccessity the martialarm solo training partner was born. The Martialarm is a Martial Arts training machine used to develop the entry and caparison skills of any martial arts system. It is designed to really test any techniques so to improve the ability to trap and control your opponents hands and arms. This can be done because the Martialarm moves and reacts like a real opponent. The Martialarm moves and twists up, down, left and right simply like a real opponent would-be - so it can spring forward and it makes strike back!.
The Martialarm Combat Training Partner was designed and developed on the following theories
Martialarm Theory
#1) Security - You must maintain 100% security once
entering into the opponents attack range, this means to limit any variables that could occur by covering them. (Methods of entry must be sophisticated yet simple, fast as well as safe!)
#2) Attack - You must have the ability to attack at will, with no concern or hesitation. The attack should incorporate a total control of the opponents weapons. (Attacks must be structured to have inside
them a 100% defense!)
#3) Ability
- Techniques, attacks and defenses must flow but not necessarily at a constant pace. Ability
to choose what's next is key!
Any martial arts you choose simply be sure you do look at a few before you decide and enqire with the school what martial arts instrumentality they utilize to get the better from your training.
This article was written by P. Sundbye who has been training in various martialarts for the last 11 years including Wing Chun Kung Fu, Aikido, Tong Long and the Lee Total Control system.
For much information and martial arts news visit http://www.martialarm.com
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