You can practice headlocks and Judo throws constantly at maximum power without doing much damage. Can't say the same about throat strikes, eye gouges, or groin shots.
Actually you can, that's why some arts are predominantly non-contact.
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You can practice headlocks and Judo throws constantly at maximum power without doing much damage. Can't say the same about throat strikes, eye gouges, or groin shots.
I don't think you get that there are degrees of lethal and so there are degrees in which they are allowed to be trained.
There is only one degree of lethal - lethal. You can't partially kill someone.
Actually you can, that's why some arts are predominantly non-contact.
There is only one degree of lethal - lethal. You can't partially kill someone.
Its impossible to perform those attacks at maximum force without making contact.
"Living the life of a samurai"?!?! Dude, do you even hear yourself?!?! Who on earth has said anything of the kind! All that's been mentioned is the training methods being for lethal usage, but not being lethal in trainingÂ… surely, surely you can see the distinction???
Not true:
F = ma
Any mass accelerated produces a force no matter whether it hits something or not.
So are you actually measuring that force, or are you assuming it? You have no idea how hard you're hitting something unless you're actually hitting something.
So much for "Friendly Martial arts talk".
So are you actually measuring that force, or are you assuming it? You have no idea how hard you're hitting something unless you're actually hitting something.
You measure the force on pads, in breaking and simple physics. You don't have to punch someone in the face to know you can punch hard.
You measure the force on pads, in breaking and simple physics. You don't have to punch someone in the face to know you can punch hard.
What, your friends don't make fun of you?
You probably don't have any then.......:lfao:
You said "whether you hit something or not", and I said you can't tell how hard you hit if you're not hitting something. Hitting pads is hitting something, and it is contact.
I honestly have trouble believing you're being this dense… I really do… I mean, I know I gave you the nickname of Dogberry recently, but you really don't have to try this hard to live up to it…
You got evidence. You actually got better evidence, via confirmatory statements and supporting references, than you-tube clips provide. That you are too lacking in understanding or grounding to understand it doesn't change the fact that you got the evidence, you understand… I'll review it and highlight what you were given in a moment…
Again, you do know what koryu are, don't you…? Cause, I gotta say… that's exactly what we have.
No, it's about understanding. You don't have any.
Now, back to what Elder already told you…
So let's look at that.
Elder stated, quite clearly, that he has trained in Koryu (the actual arts trained by the samurai), has seen the densho (transmission books, records of both the arts and the training methods, and more) from some of these traditions, and trained in the techniques in part of their original (application) context, to see how they are meant to be applied. In addition to that, I train in Koryu (a couple of different ryu-ha), and can tell you just how these things are done now, how they were done then, what is the same, and what has changed, in a range of different systems.
None of what you were told has come from any imagination, son. In fact, the only argument here that has come from anyone's imagination is this one from you.
There's a difference between there not being any proof, and your abject denial of the evidence you are presented with simply on the basis that you have absolutely no clue what on earth you're talking about.
"Living the life of a samurai"?!?! Dude, do you even hear yourself?!?! Who on earth has said anything of the kind! All that's been mentioned is the training methods being for lethal usage, but not being lethal in training… surely, surely you can see the distinction???
Seriously. Stop trying to argue something you know absolutely nothing about with people who actually do what you're trying to comment on. Nothing in your posts is based in anything close to reality… which makes your accusation that both Elder's and my comments are from our "imagination" rather ironic… and would be funny, if it wasn't so sad that you actually think like that. Unless you're just trolling, yeah? I mean, after your recent refutation of my arguments being "Nope, sorry, you're wrong" with absolutely no back up, I'm starting to think that that might be it… care to refute?
Yeah… right… cause, what you want when training people, is for the trainees to kill each other… are you kidding?!?!
No, Dogberry, we're saying that we have an education and understanding of the topic. You really, really should come to grips with that.
Sadly Elder, I feel that he could be… unless, as I said, this is an elaborate troll job…
Er… did you miss a word there? Or are you saying that yes, there is a provable history outside of Elder's imagination (I really don't know where you got that ludicrous idea from in the first place, though… nothing has been from inside Elders imagination from the get-go)… so it's not valid? Er… isn't that the opposite of… well… itself? And your point? At the same time?
What's not valid?!?! Really, what's your argument here? I mean, you can fight with intent and kill people even without specifically "lethal" methods, you know… you can fight without "intent" and kill people the same way… with or without such "lethal" techniques… or you can train in lethal methods without killing people…
You're not making any sense.
Did you really miss the point of Elders comments about his co-workers? There wasn't anything to do with having "issues" with them…
Yeah… look, I gotta say, there are some major issues with the history provided there, specifically to the other methods of jujutsu (leaving off the spelling issues there for the minute)… with much of the "history" given there being not really that accurate…
But to the aspect you've highlighted, you might note that the "dangerous techniques" were removed for competition… they were retained for seniors in other forms including kata… so…?
And, again, you completely miss what you're being told… Elder was employing sarcastic exaggeration to demonstrate the flaws with your argument… surely you saw that, yeah? You didn't really think he was suggesting bringing a claw hammer into a Judo contest? Cause really, if you did, I have no way to comprehend how you see the world…
But, to take this back to the idea of this thread and argument about what makes something lethal or not… looking at the idea of technique versus intent… when I train, it is always with lethal intent (depending on the system… I'm talking my Koryu material here). On both sides. If I'm uchidachi, or shidachi, my aim is the death of my opponent. It can't be anything less than that, or there's really no point training it. And you know something? I've never killed anyone (literally… I have symbolically countless times over) in training at all. Why not? Well, there are safety measures in place… training methodology and equipment… but the point is that you can train with lethal intent and not kill… and you can kill without lethal intent… and both of those are true regardless of the technique, to a great degree.
So.................
No proof huh?
Fair enough.