Comments on: Read This Before You Invent a New Martial Arts Style

By: LogicalStatement

LogicalStatement — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:14:44 +0000

I think that we should worry less about becoming internationally recognized, or having our martial art included in the Olympics, and we should worry more about breaking away from ridged techniques that serve more for flash than function. We see this in MANY martial arts, especially those which have their roots deep in the past. We should focus on teaching a handful of students the best techniques that we can find, and doing away with the useless. For example, Shotokan Karate has no ground fighting that I’m aware of, BJJ is mostly ground fighting, and neither have defense against someone with a firearm. So if you focus 100% of your efforts in either one, you will be sorely lacking in the other. It’s like throwing a right hook and leaving your other arm down. Wide OPEN. Now, what I think is best, is to train in enough combat systems that you never have an arm down. If you know what I’m saying… Learn how to defend against long distance strikes, meanwhile, don’t neglect the in-fighting techniques, and be sufficiently trained for when you hit the ground. NOW… There are countless techniques that can be taken from countless martial arts to fit various needs and requirements. So, by simply learning to defend yourself properly, in all fields, you create your own martial art, or better yet, your own combat system. i.e. Krav Maga, techniques from various arts. i.e. Kajukenbo… Don’t think that all the combat systems have already been invented. Think of a round house kick, as a cinder block. A focus punch is another. Now every possible strike and block, for the most part already HAS been created, so you have all these blocks laying around. Every brick has been made, but every possible house has not, so get to work

By: Cody Johnson

Cody Johnson — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:46:07 +0000

A style per say is individual. Now a new system, that is another matter. Jujutsu is constantly evolving with new systems known as Ryu’s. I am a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor, a Rapid Assault Tactics Instructor, and a 2nd Dan In Go Ho Ryu Jujutsu. All of these have laid a foundation for my system. With any valid system, it doesn’t invent anything new, but strives to translate it’s effectivness to the practitioner. This is a trial and error, even for the founder of the system. I have not invented anything new, but have and constantly continue to perpetuate and grow from experience, in learning, teaching and real world applications. There is no mastery, we even as teachers are eternal students. Now, there are those out there that promise all sorts of things for business and status. With or without a solid background in fact, they do these things. A true practitioner of the arts, will know it is universal, and constantly adapting to reality of defense and combatives, favoring not one range, but using the right rools within a range. This in fact is a continued aspect of being humble and constantly learning to give the best we can to the student.

By: Charles Schmid

Charles Schmid — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:34:25 +0000

While I agree that many people just throw things together to create a style, I do believe that many are well meaning. Just as I believe that any black belt can teach, provided he knows what he is doing. I teach a Eclectic art, with no so called Dan, masters, or Grandmasters. The reason – read how the masters got their ranks. In this modern age a black belt can research and use what works and create their own style. But that is just my opinion.

By: NickJitsu

NickJitsu — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:42:51 +0000

To practice a martial arts style, is to repeat what someone else has come up with already. What kind of embarrasment and ridicule do you think Jigoro Kano faced when he presented Judo to the JuJitsu community? Or how about Bruce Lee when he came up with the controversial idea of having no set way as your way, and crossed trained in many styles to show that he has limited weaknesses. Who is to say that someone is so “ego” driven, just because they came up with a different approach to training than what had been presented to them before? I think it’s fine to come up with unique ways to train that suit the individual, and if other people like to train with them than thats great! Personally, I don’t feel fulfilled by going to just a Karate class, or just a Jiu Jitsu class, I like to go to both, and some Kung Fu, and then when I’m with my friends, expressing our knowledge of martial arts, I use all of the techniques I have accumulated in training. I think the source of techniques is more important than the name of the school that or style that offers them. Don’t be jealous just because someone else got creative. And there is no new style, only new training methods that consist of borrowed techniques.

By: john465757

john465757 — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:04:08 +0000

why we can’t create something what will be the new vision of the martial arts?!…the great martial artists like oyama masutasu, funakoshi gitin, kano djigoro, brucelee were inventors and they are NOT THE END of martial arts invention and seeking a new opinion to the combative arts..people who can say a new word in the martial arts are GREAT MARTIAL ARTISTS LIKE THIS GUY ABOVE IN THE ARTICLE…let’s give progress and evolution go on..

By: john465757

john465757 — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:53:20 +0000

to create system you do not need 9 years and so on…it can be done for several months by means of knowledge of the martial arts or a lot of books…you need 9 or all of your life to become the brilliant martial artist..to invent something is easy..just to combine different techniques and that’s all! and to become the real martial artist of this system is requires great time and difficult very much..you all right, the author of “virtuous science of system” has no fresh idea and can’t be considered as greatest in the future…

By: Student

Student — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:22:49 +0000

also like this guy is he just trying to sell his new invention(virtous science of self defence) by infusing doubt within our own creative minds by using some psudo psychology in his article??? where would we be if the Sholin monk had not meditated for “9″ years to create Sholin Kungfu. That was the invention of someone who used primitive observations of nature to creat form and then turned that into a respected system. (please forgive the typos guys) Thanks

By: Student

Student — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:17:04 +0000

Maby what we need is a revamp of our martial arts community, afterall every kata had a creator and every style an inventor from kung fu to karate. For example what I look for in a system is functionality in the real world. After leaving Japan I have been unable to find this in America. For example (just my opinion) is is absolutly absurd to see a 6 year old with a Blackbelt (and yes I fefused to train is a school that had the 6yr old blackbelt class). I hope this isnt the future of martial arts in America. Mayby we need some new inventions or just revamps of the classics. I think that the martial arts evolves over time with each new student that becomes a serious student to master. I think that the Martial Arts is kinda like a living thing that grows and changes like all things.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:26:52 +0000

We’re talking about different things.

By: john465757

john465757 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:14:09 +0000

TO INVENT SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS AND YOU WILL BE REALLY GREAT MARTIAL ARTIST!!