


the structure is there to fulfill a purpose.....they are not designed specifically for you personnally
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I'm not quite sure the point you're trying to make, Van. Maybe you can make it to me, or maybe I will see it another way.
True...Johnnny112 wrote:
The tiger easily takes on the crocodile here, but probably because it has home field advantage - in the water, I will still take the croc.
Not to fret Bill, the video is just to have a little fun.I'm not quite sure the point you're trying to make, Van. Maybe you can make it to me, or maybe I will see it another way.
What’s he trying to say? When I first wrote the quote, you were quick to respond with….no way, I have worked with Rabesa and on and on…and he loves the kumites. Where in the quote above do you see he doesn’t like them? What is his point? Do you understand his point? Do you agree or disagree with it?Although your pre-arranged drills are great for certain things… I prefer something different to develop timing and readiness. I call it “You move…I move” _It not only encompass your ‘reading’ but timing as well.
What is this fencing master trying to convey that may be valuable to these discussions?Prearranged training_ conditions the fencer to expect a certain behavior from his opponent. This expectation is a preeminent factor in the personal evaluation and classification of the imminent combat scenario and in the external development of the fight itself.
Expecting an opponent to behave in one-way or the other is not without danger. Often, being right or wrong determines who's going to live or die at the end of an encounter--before the actual fight has begun.
Fred, the reason why, in the present format the drills we do are to be looked at as training for free sparring as they were meant to. I see limited street defense concepts in there. Others, can of course disagree, it is their prerogative as it is mine.When you back up in this encounter you are taking a submissive or passive role, your no longer the alpha male. We travel with this knowledge of space all day, for some reason it is thrown out the window in kumite, but not in kata.
We... are ....staying...on...topic!!Bill Glasheen wrote:The topic is Let's discuss cooperative drills.
As a Uechi masters (Takamiyagi and Miyagi) once told me, "Kata is kata, kumite is kumite, application is application." I like the iaido sequences, Fred, but that's not a cooperative drill.
Must ... stay ... on ... topic!! It serves no purpose to talk about all the things ANY aspect of our martial arts cannot be, for no one exercises does it all.
At some point, I'll break this off into a second thread.
- Bill
This is where you are totally wrong my friend, because understanding the limitations is to understand the drill.It serves no purpose to talk about all the things ANY aspect of our martial arts cannot be, for no one exercises does it all.
Well...Ha... Van san...wait ten years and then maybe
What are you saying, Van? Are you saying that there is something we do in our training that "does it all?" Please tell me what that is. Then we can start a new thread on that exercise. I'm anxious to discuss that topic.Van wrote:This is where you are totally wrong my friend, because understanding the limitations is to understand the drill.Bill Glasheen wrote:
It serves no purpose to talk about all the things ANY aspect of our martial arts cannot be, for no one exercises does it all.
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Although your pre-arranged drills are great for certain things… I prefer something different to develop timing and readiness. I call it “You move…I move” _It not only encompass your ‘reading’ but timing as well.
What is this fencing master trying to convey that may be valuable to these discussions? Don’t you think this a great subject to address?Prearranged training_ conditions the fencer to expect a certain behavior from his opponent. This expectation is a preeminent factor in the personal evaluation and classification of the imminent combat scenario and in the external development of the fight itself.
Expecting an opponent to behave in one-way or the other is not without danger. Often, being right or wrong determines who's going to live or die at the end of an encounter--before the actual fight has begun.