chinaboxer
Green Belt
i know i'll probably get alot of huff and guff from this post, but i wanted to share with everyone my thoughts on _ing _un, because i get so many emails every day on the subject.
almost all arguments on the subject can be traced back to everyone focusing on what's "different" between one method over the other. which ultimately leads to arguments over "my lineage is the right lineage.", "_ing _un is the right way to spell it", arguments over forms, shifting, terminology, training methods, politics, fighting etc..this really makes me shake my head wondering WTF happened to the _ing _un community? when we should be focusing on "what's similar" which are the core concepts.
how can any other martial arts in the world take us seriously when we can't even decide what's right, what's wrong, who's right, who's wrong, let alone what to call it!..so confusing. we have definitely become one of the more laughed at methods because of it all and that is why i've decided to post my thoughts.
it really does make me mad, because _ing _un is so frigin awesome! and this is coming from someone who has studied non stop in many martial arts methods since age 14, for over 25 years STRAIGHT, no breaks, no time off, always looking for the better, more efficient way. so here goes nothing..
the answer to every single question regarding _ing _un is really the answering of one simple observation.
does "it" adhere to the core concepts that make _ing _un work, ALL THE TIME. (all the time is the key part of the phrase)
if the answer is "yes" then it has to be 100% correct, because _ing _un is completely concept based and not a "style". but what i often see are folks that use the concepts, only when it fits their needs but not at other times when it doesn't, so they end up contradicting themselves.
this leads me ultimately to another question, "what do you feel are the core concepts of _ing _un?"
almost all arguments on the subject can be traced back to everyone focusing on what's "different" between one method over the other. which ultimately leads to arguments over "my lineage is the right lineage.", "_ing _un is the right way to spell it", arguments over forms, shifting, terminology, training methods, politics, fighting etc..this really makes me shake my head wondering WTF happened to the _ing _un community? when we should be focusing on "what's similar" which are the core concepts.
how can any other martial arts in the world take us seriously when we can't even decide what's right, what's wrong, who's right, who's wrong, let alone what to call it!..so confusing. we have definitely become one of the more laughed at methods because of it all and that is why i've decided to post my thoughts.
it really does make me mad, because _ing _un is so frigin awesome! and this is coming from someone who has studied non stop in many martial arts methods since age 14, for over 25 years STRAIGHT, no breaks, no time off, always looking for the better, more efficient way. so here goes nothing..
the answer to every single question regarding _ing _un is really the answering of one simple observation.
does "it" adhere to the core concepts that make _ing _un work, ALL THE TIME. (all the time is the key part of the phrase)
if the answer is "yes" then it has to be 100% correct, because _ing _un is completely concept based and not a "style". but what i often see are folks that use the concepts, only when it fits their needs but not at other times when it doesn't, so they end up contradicting themselves.
this leads me ultimately to another question, "what do you feel are the core concepts of _ing _un?"