kroh
Brown Belt
Blackcatbonz said:some people seem to think that a martial arts system based on principles is unheard of.
You have to consider that the average person can't learn this way. Think back to school when you had to learn multiplication tables. You learned those tables to exponents that really wasn't necessary but allowed the average person to see the result to a broad level. The same goes to principle based training. You don't need to show some one that a down bock, a low hammer strike, and the first part of the motion to a wrist torque positional lock starts from and then returns to a low blocking motion. You can look at them and say do this motion and end in this result.
The average person can't do this however as they need predefined techniques where technique builds upon technique. They need those hundred or so techniques before they see the over riding principle (while some never will). This goes back to a lot of the karate-mom-n-pop dojo's that service a fun, family atmosphere. The average (not anyone on these boards of course as we are all well above average) person needs that kind of structure.
I prefer principle based training (this goes back to the proper teaching method used in kata training) as i find it is more challenging and therefore more rewarding. But that's just me.
Regards,
Walt