What is important about techniques?

I was thinking in a fight will there be anyone critiquing your technique? No they wouldn’t and everyone know in a fight what really maters is that you get out of the fight alive. Right! Then doing the technique right, in my opinion is not the most important aspect to technique. I think it is how you use it.

Look at it this way a technique is like a tool. Yes it has its main function like a hammer to a nail, but in the end is the hammer only useful for putting nails in a peace of wood. No not necessarily. The same is with a technique. There is a main purpose for using the technique but that is not the only way you can use it.

We are taught by our Masters how to use a technique in a fight. What is told to us is from years of experience on how they use it. Nothing wrong with that, because that is what the teacher knows, and anyone would be a fool not to listen to there instructor because they have had the experience. Just remember that the teacher isn’t the student. They are two different people that ultimately see the world and understand it differently.

Also technique or the purpose of the technique will change depending on the situation you are in. If someone does a swing hook kick in the sparring ring will it he be able to do that on the street. Yes, maybe, because that is what the person knows how to do, but the technique will need to be executed differently. Why? A street fight has different timing and different things that happen than in a sport. so the technique could be used, just used differently than in the ring.

So the important thing about technique in my opinion is your understanding and decision on how you are going to use the technique. In the end it is up to the individual to decided, and that is really how people win and lose fights. There decisions on what they do in a fight will decided ultimately who the winner is.

MP

you can't use martial arts in the street?

Can martial arts be used in the real world today?
A lot have changed since the traditional martial arts have been created. A lot of people say that they can't be used in today’s day and age. There is a lot of evidence to back this up, i mean just look at the techniques that these martial arts used, also look at the teaching of these arts. In the world where they were created, technology, politics, business and others have changed that world and it seems the martial arts are falling behind on the times.
What is a technique, in martial art it is the use of your body in a certain way to conflict damage on another. When some of these arts were created it was efficient and practical almost necessity for one to have to use its own limbs for defense. Then while the technology grew so did the advancement of weapons. Then it wasn’t needed anymore to use just your own limbs. A person could use a blade, or they could use a projectile. As the world kept changing skill was soon not needed to kill another person and the thought on how to defend ones self and kill others became much to easy.
As the technology that changed the method so did the idea around the world changed. With the help of technology people were becoming closer and closer together information was spreading and the world was getting smaller. Though these thoughts effected the world and how it was run, it did not effect the martial arts. Tradition dictated on how the arts were taught and the purpose and the way the techniques should be used. If one would look at martial arts developed later in the 20th century like Karate, Taekwondo, and Judo, one can see how these arts though effective in terms of small practical use were still not able to compete with the rest of the world ideas, because of the tradition bonded to them by there creators.
Can traditional martial arts be used today. My answer is no. At least not the way they were taught and used in the past. The morals and traditions can still be used and should be used for a person with out morals, discipline and a respect for life should not know anything about destroying it. So in the ever changing world the martial arts have to change and they will through the changing thought on the techniques and how to use them.

Taekwondo What history?

Taekwondo, like most martial arts, has a history shrouded in mastery, and people have debated on what faqs are true and what are falls. This debate is centered around, what influences have actually lead to Taekwondo’s creation. Many speculate that the influences on taekwondo was from japan’s Karate. While others, manly the korean people, say taekwondo has its influences rooted deep in history through korean traditional martial arts.

Taekwondo was created after World War 2, on April 11 1955. After the Japanese occupation, that was ended by the Allied forces, Korea was placed in a state of distress trying to regaining its national identity. In this time of rediscovery, several martial arts schools sprung up called Kwans. These kwans were known as Chong do Kwan, Song Mu Kwan, Mu Dok Kwan, and Ch’ang Mu Kwan. Each school depicted there own martial art, based on the school founders. To help with the rebuilding the korean national identity, a meeting was held to unify all the school under one martial art name. General Choi Hong Hi suggested “Taekwondo” and it was favored due to its likeness to Taekkyon (a old traditional korean martial art). General Choi was the founder of the Chong do Kwan and he will do more than many to develop the art of taekwondo that we know today

General Choi was born in December 22, 1918, in the Hwa Dae, Myong Chun district. General Choi in 1937 moved to Japan to study wester science and law. During that time he gained a second degree black belt in Shotokan Karate. Then after the liberation of korea in 1945 lead to General Choi coming back to korea and continuing his military career in Korea. Like many other Korean martial artist who studied in japan he started teaching what he knew in Korea.

Most of the kwans founders are masters like General Choi who studied Japanese martial arts and brought them back to Korea. This faqs has lead many people to say that Taekwondo has its roots in Japanese martial arts, and many faqs back up this claim. For example, most of the structure of how classes are organized and run are similar to that of Karate. This could be a coincidental but with also most of the notable masters recognized for taekwondo’s development having roots in Karate it is hard to just dismiss. Also a lot of the style of traditional taekwondo has a the same movements and linear quality used in Karate. Both these faqs alone lead to a strong argument that taekwondo linage is from Japanese Karate not korean traditional martial arts.

Korean traditional martial arts, like most martial arts, is not well recorded. So it is hard to depicted how the arts got started or developed. Korea recorded history of martial arts originates during the Three Kingdom era. The three kingdoms depicted during this era are Korgyo, Peckche, and Sillia. In the small kingdom of Sillia there were known a group of worriers pledge to protect the kingdom and the people, kind of like knights or samurai. They practiced the art of Subok that was practiced both as a sport and a military practice. The end of the Three Kingdoms came about from the small kingdom of Silla uniting the country. During this time martial arts were denounced due to lack of military interest and manly became a sport known as Taekkyon. Today Teakkyon is still practiced as a martial art separate from Taekwondo, but people still say is had a lot to do with taekwondo’s creation due to the similarity and use of kicks and foot work. These similarities leads people to believe that Taekwondo has roots still in korean martial arts.

So in the end taekwondo has a proven point of both japanese and korean influences. If one actually looks at the martial art, it is clear through the movements of the districted straight line movements of Karate. Also along with it the much wider use of kicking that taekwondo implements shows its history through the art of Taekkyon as well as the fast foot work. Even though not really discussed but hinted at in the movements of the art is the Chinese circular motions in the kicks, example would be the tornado kick. Also it has been recorded that master that put a lot into the creation of Taekwondo, like General Choi. has also implemented there Karate training with the korean traditional arts. One thing is clear that due to the Korean people Taekwondo has come up with there own philosophy and stand point of strategy and use of the techniques of Taekwondo. Today taekwondo is a thriving martial art both in tradition and in sport. Weather it came from japanese linage or from korean martial arts one thing is proven, that taekwondo is a unique martial art.

web sorces

http://tkdtutor.com

www.worldtaekwondo.com/history.htm

http://home.att.net/~taekwondo.junkie/TKDHistory.html

http://www.barrel.net/history.php#history

http://www.natkd.com/history_of_tkd.htm

Book sorces

“Taekwondo” by Marc Tedeschi

“Taekwondo” By Yeon hee Park, Yeoh Hwan Park, Jon Gerrard

Fight Thought-Introductions

Hey I'm a first time blogger! So please be gentle to me.

To start i will tell you a little about myself and why I'm doing this blog.

I have been training in Martial Arts since i was a kid. I saw one of my friends in his Karate class and i was hooked. So i asked my dad if i could start. He loved the idea and took me to look at different schools in the town i grew up. We stopped into one school and i noticed it had the Korean flag placed by the US flag. I was hooked. And at the age of six I started training in Taekwondo.

Since i started my training i have been fascinated and curious about Martial Arts. From a young age i realized the root purpose of Martial Arts was fighting. Wether it is to protect yourself or someone you care about, or used to over power another person, Martial Arts is a tool to fighting. Though in the end it is not taught that way, or promoted that way in today's world. More schools are promoting exercise, health, character building, and sport. Don't get me wrong i agree with all aspects about Martial Arts, but this blog is to start going back to the root and redeveloping my thoughts on what Martial Arts is and what it should be used for.

So i am going to be exploring the various different Martial Arts in our world. Some that are well known and others that are not. All though, helping to learn about the core of Martial Arts so we might be able to add, change, create, and preserve the Martial Arts for future generations.