Are the Martial Arts still under development?
What is a martial art?
A martial art can be defined as any skill that can be applied in
warfare. The word martial means "military." So traditionally, a
martial art is a military art. The first things that usually
come to mind when discussing modern martial arts are leaping,
kicking, punching, blocking, inverting elbows, twisting necks,
throwing, and weapon fighting. But also horsemanship, javelin
throwing, archery, spear fighting, halberd fighting, wrestling,
knife fighting, rifle, shotgun and pistol shooting, demolitions,
logistics, and battle strategy can all be described as the field
of martial arts. Anything that a soldier might do in battle is a
martial art.
By martial art usually it is meant aikido, arnis, boxing,
capoeria, chow gar, choy la fut, hapkido, hsing'i, hun gar, jeet
kune do, jow gar, judo, jujitsu, karate, kempo, kick boxing,
krav maga, kung fu, pa kua, penjak silat, praying mantis,
savate, shaolin, tae kwon do, tai chi, white crane, wing chun,
wu shu and more! As you can see the list is quite long and it is
actually quite amazing how many martial arts systems there are
and how many methods of self defense can be formulated.
Often within a martial arts school it is taught that 'this
particular system is the best system and it was created to beat
all the others'. Of course every martial artist would have the
viewpoint their style is the best because that is the style they
have chosen to do, but in reality what they are saying is 'this
is the best style for me as it suits my temperment and I like
the teaching environment'.
The changing of the arts
Throughout this history and development of the martial arts and
all the combat systems of man our training tools have played a
vital part in evolving and perfecting these systems and
techniques.
All the martial arts have been effected by the role that
mechanical devices play whether it be weapons, dojo mats,
breaking boards or even the uniforms we wear - all these
paraphanialia indentify the martial arts into their systems and
style.
The main players in shaping our new martial arts would be the
traditional wooden dummy, wing chun rings, iron palm ointments
and even the system of using forms and karta have developed the
martial arts into their current form.
Even today modern training tools are common and again the
martial arts are under development with new training products
such as the Wavemaster, the BOB training dummy,
the Focus
Master. All with one thing in common, to create a well rounded
combat system. Ideally a martial arts solo training tool should
be workable for all and based on sound theory and through
constant practice develop into sound physical application. The
ideology and theory would have to take into account all the
history of the combat technology of man and give this
competition and street application.
The Martialarm Combat Training Partner
In a martial arts career you can occationally find your self
with no school to go to or no one to train with and so out of
neccessity the martialarm solo training partner was born. The
Martialarm is a Martial Arts training machine used to develop
the entry and trapping skills of any martial arts system. It is
designed to actually test any techniques so to improve the
ability to trap and control your opponents hands and arms. This
can be done because the Martialarm moves and reacts like a real
opponent. The Martialarm moves and twists up, down, left and
right just like a real opponent would - so it can spring forward
and it does strike back!.
The Martialarm Combat Training Partner was designed and
developed on the following theories
Martialarm Theory
#1) Safety - You must maintain 100% safety when entering into
the opponents attack range, this means to limit any variables
that could occur by covering them. (Methods of entry must be
sophisticated yet simple, fast as well as safe!)
#2) Attack - You must have the ability to attack at will, with
no concern or hesitation. The attack should incorporate a total
control of the opponents weapons. (Attacks must be structured to
have within them a 100% defense!)
#3) Adaptability - Techniques, attacks and defenses must flow
but not necessarily at a constant pace. Adaptability to choose
what's next is key!
Whatever martial arts you choose just be sure you do look at a
few before you decide and enqire with the school what martial
arts equipment they utilize to get the best from your training.
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About the author:
This article was written by P. Sundbye who has been training in
various martialarts for the last 11 years including Wing Chun
Kung Fu, Aikido, Tong Long and the Lee Total Control system. For
more information and martial arts news visit
http://www.martialarm.com
Written by: P.Sundbye
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