DeLamar.J
3rd Black Belt
Alot of people seem to talk down on traditional training like kata and basics since sports like the UFC came out, or just dont have the dicipline to take the time to do it because they just want to learn how to hurt someone as fast as they can. Kata and basics teach you good quality movement, foot work, gives the new student a good feel of the martial arts, and a great foundation to build on. The only catch is, this takes alot of dicipline and a good attitude to finally realize what you have accomplished after so long. The old masters were very clever by teaching this way because it basicly WEEDS out the bad apples who have short fuses and no patients, and have no buisness learning how to be effective fighters to begin with. I am the kind of teacher who will not explain to new students what they are getting out of all these, in thier words (boring hours of wierd and confusing movents) because I feel that unless they show alot of maturity and dicipline then I am just (quote from the bible) casting pearls before swine. I dont like to reveal secrets of the martial arts to people unless they earn it, by secretes I mean all the dirty litlle tricks you learn through years of diciplined training. Some times I wonder if that is the wrong out look to teach with because so many great martial artists like bruce lee for example, was very open and wrote books pouring out everthing he could to anyone. So what Im wondering is, teach martial arts completely open, sharing all of your knowlege, or share only with those who you feel are ready and who you know wont abuse it?