Addicted To Kung Fu
This particular video is a little old but it had me thinking about the martial arts, television and greed. It’s clear to me that Joe Rogan never actually went toe to toe with a real kung fu martial artist.
He talks a lot of smack, but at the end of the day he is just a loud mouth promoter trying to make a buck. I am not sure what happened in the 90’s that caused so much mis information in the martial arts community. [Read more…]
Martial Arts (Photo credit: Tom Gill.)
I am curious as to why you guys and gals train in the martial arts. I know for me it was something that I have always done, most likely because my father was also a martial artist. I was born about 2 years after Bruce Lee’s death.
In my house Fist Of Fury and Enter The Dragon where watched regularly.
From the beginning of my training I was taught that the martial arts was to protect myself and my family. It was supposed to be used for good. In today’s world martial arts glorifies beating other people up. Though when I was young and learning, it wasn’t about beating people up and seeing who was the best of the best.
It was always about being respectful and humble. I am curious as to why that has changed?
From what I see in the media martial arts has become something of a spectacle.
Interesting video from my Sifu Phu Ngo
I am really interested in hearing your viewpoint leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
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Throughout the years here in the United States we have been programmed by the media to accept the standards of things like boxing, mma etc.. We pit people against each other who have equal physical attributes. This type of pairing creates a false sense of reality.
In real life chances of you coming across a person who has studied martial arts is slim to none. Furthermore you will more than likely never come across someone who is the same height , size and strength who wants to smash your face in..
The reality of true martial arts is size, strength or any other physical attribute matters not. What matters in real martial arts is a persons skill. Once you take away a persons strength all they have left is their skill. It is from a standpoint of skill where we can truly level the playing field.
Whilst I like all martial arts and think all of them have real value to teach. I also feel that in many places the essence of martial arts isn’t there. I don’t claim to be a bad ass or anything like that. All I can say is I started training official in martial arts when I was in 3rd grade.. I am now 36 years old and martial arts is a big part of my life. [Read more…]
