Kennedy_Shogen_Ryu
Blue Belt
Not sure if there's a similar thread on this topic so, here we go...
Was at work the other day (ye olde pizza shop) when a customer came into the lobby wearing a martial arts jacket (will not name style or school so as not to offend.) So I began asking him about his training, did he like it, how was his instructor etc etc. He asked me if I was into martial arts, and I replied that yes I had been training for 10 years or so. He asked me what martial art I studied so I ran down a list of the styles that I have studied/am studying. My two main styles of study are Aikido and Karate and I told him this. So he asked me "so, are you a Karate-guy or an Aikido-guy?" I asked him to elaborate. He then informed me that his instructor taught his students that you can only have one main style of study and that is your 'martial-label' if you will.
Has anyone else ever heard of this 'martial-labelling'? Did this happen one night while I was asleep? Has anyone in any way been a victim of 'martial-labelling'?
Was at work the other day (ye olde pizza shop) when a customer came into the lobby wearing a martial arts jacket (will not name style or school so as not to offend.) So I began asking him about his training, did he like it, how was his instructor etc etc. He asked me if I was into martial arts, and I replied that yes I had been training for 10 years or so. He asked me what martial art I studied so I ran down a list of the styles that I have studied/am studying. My two main styles of study are Aikido and Karate and I told him this. So he asked me "so, are you a Karate-guy or an Aikido-guy?" I asked him to elaborate. He then informed me that his instructor taught his students that you can only have one main style of study and that is your 'martial-label' if you will.
Has anyone else ever heard of this 'martial-labelling'? Did this happen one night while I was asleep? Has anyone in any way been a victim of 'martial-labelling'?