Shinkengata
Green Belt
I've been doing more reading than posting for the past few months on various forums, and i see a lot of people concerning themselves with aspects of taijutsu that i personally find useless, or rather unimportant. But i always have to remind myself that these folks are not necessarily in it for the same reasons i am, and that there is nothing wrong with that. So im curious as to what things everyone here concerns themselves with when it comes to training.
Me, personally. I don't care about ryuha, or kata, or lineages, or ranks. I don't care about historical factoids or spiritual mysticism. I don't care about the historical weapons. What concerns me is becoming proficient at what i do. When i train with a traditional weapon, my main goal is to attempt to extract whatever modern applications i can out of this training. Im constantly thinking "What modern object does this resemble in shape or nature, and how can i translate this training over to that object?"
Im constantly asking myself "Does this work for me? Can i train to where it will eventually work? Is there a better way?"
Anybody else care to share?
Me, personally. I don't care about ryuha, or kata, or lineages, or ranks. I don't care about historical factoids or spiritual mysticism. I don't care about the historical weapons. What concerns me is becoming proficient at what i do. When i train with a traditional weapon, my main goal is to attempt to extract whatever modern applications i can out of this training. Im constantly thinking "What modern object does this resemble in shape or nature, and how can i translate this training over to that object?"
Im constantly asking myself "Does this work for me? Can i train to where it will eventually work? Is there a better way?"
Anybody else care to share?