Well,
I figured that I would take a little bit of time to introduce myself to the Martial Arts Community at Martialtalk.com
My name is Chris, I live in Virginia, and I have studied several types of martial arts and self defense systems over the past 10 years. During this time, I have seemed to find at least one or two techniques from each system that I REALLY like and I have incorporated those into my personal style. I will talk about "personal style" more later.
I tend to enjoy talking at great length with people about the differences between what they have studied and what I have studied. However, I refuse to debate "better vs worse". In my opinion, all martial arts have a practical application to a specific type of environment and because of that, no one system is truly "better" or "worse" than any other system.
I think that the quality of your art comes from the effort you put into developing it. One of my instructors told me years ago that you know you are beginning to learn and understand martial arts when you start down the road to self discovery... It is that "ah-ha" moment when you realize what you are really doing when you perform a specific maneuver or when you put two or three maneuvers from different systems together into a combination that is unique to your personal style (and still effective).
I figured that I would take a little bit of time to introduce myself to the Martial Arts Community at Martialtalk.com
My name is Chris, I live in Virginia, and I have studied several types of martial arts and self defense systems over the past 10 years. During this time, I have seemed to find at least one or two techniques from each system that I REALLY like and I have incorporated those into my personal style. I will talk about "personal style" more later.
I tend to enjoy talking at great length with people about the differences between what they have studied and what I have studied. However, I refuse to debate "better vs worse". In my opinion, all martial arts have a practical application to a specific type of environment and because of that, no one system is truly "better" or "worse" than any other system.
I think that the quality of your art comes from the effort you put into developing it. One of my instructors told me years ago that you know you are beginning to learn and understand martial arts when you start down the road to self discovery... It is that "ah-ha" moment when you realize what you are really doing when you perform a specific maneuver or when you put two or three maneuvers from different systems together into a combination that is unique to your personal style (and still effective).
