Journey OF a new style...

[isshinryuronin]

I don't see what the difference is between these two groups of folks.

Both groups contained experts in their art, their art was effective, and they influenced modern MA. That was my criteria. They had a lot of similarities. The main difference was that in modern times, profitability necessarily plays a part. I also made a point of bringing up that the purposes of MA have evolved over time and the environment between the two groups was different.

I debated whether to include Chuck Norris into the mix but his new style I perceived as being sport based and not too much different from other sport fighters. The sport aspect also kept me from including Jigoro Kano, but I have no objection to including him as his style was significantly unique, more so than Norris' and had a lasting and reaching impact (one of the OP's quote's points) whereas I don't see that from Norris.

I don't expect to be a household name. But if I can make a positive impact in the lives of a few hundred kids, and make a living doing something I enjoy, I will consider that a success. Anything else is a bonus.

 

[ap Oweyn]

It seems to me that anyone with training in two things who draws on technique from both within a given exchange is going to naturally "file off" the transitions between the two over time and repetition. Metaphors aside, at what point would you deem that "hybridisation"? When the practitioner is comfortable transitioning between the two? When others recognise the seamlessness of those transitions? When someone seeks to convey what they're doing to someone else (i.e., teach or train someone else)?