Hur går det ett år senare?

http://www.smp.se/sport/kampsporterna-vill-slass-tillsammans(1862859).gm
http://www7.idrottonline.se/VaxjoJu-Jutsuklubb-Budo/Klubbnyheter/VaxjoKampsportsAllians/


Fyra kampsports klubbar i Växjö vill jobba tillsammans. Ju-jutsu, karate, judo och aikido.

Det här var för ett år sedan. Är det någon som vet hur det går idag?


Bilden har inget med artikeln att göra, utan är något som jag kluddade ihop för ett par år sedan!

Martial arts

Well, this might not really be one of my favorite subjects write about actually... I prefer sweating it out on the tatami instead, but I do feel opinionated about it, and if you don't agree with me, then that's fine, we can at least agree that we disagree.

But, I'm still so annoyed on how people can not get along. I mean, I've heard high graded people in some martial arts spatter other martial arts because they do not think it is "the optimal" one. But think of this...

A karate participant... Do a wrist lock on him, and he migh feel like he's dying. Whilst if a Brazilian Ju-Jutsu guy/girl went onto the ground with an aikidoka, the aikidoka would be screwed as he does not know anything about fighting like that, or kicks.

None of the martial arts, not budo, not FMA, not MMA... NOTHING is optimal, you can not fight anyone or anything with just one martial art.

Different martial arts give different possibilities, abilities and opportunities. The more you train, the more you UNDERSTAND of different martial arts the BETTER fighter you become, the better you become at self defense.

It is never wrong to try out more martial arts than one, so that you can understand the concept of it...

It is always wrong to give it one try and say it's not optimal!

Some martial arts compete, some do not, stop saying either is better... If you can stand losing, if you want to be the best at something... Maybe aikido is not the best for you... If you do not like to compete, then maybe you should try judo, BJJ or MMA where these opportunities exist, but no one should say anything about either of it. Competing is not always bad, but it's not always the best way to go either, but that's very personal if you can handle the stress or not.

Martial arts are here to benefit us, not slandering, name calling, spattering... Instead of putting that energy on arguing which martial art is the best, go train, become great at what you do!

So, even if you do not agree with me on this, please at least show respect for your fellow martial artists no matter which martial art they do.

Martial arts is not a hobby, it is a lifestyle...

Well, I have been doing martial arts now for a bit more than three years, and I have come to realize that no matter what martial art you do, it is not just a hobby, it become a style of life.

Benefits when doing martial arts is many. You get a confidence, you get a good posture and probably an change in attitude. You also get strength, cardio, flexibility and you become more relaxed both when training and as a person, you learn to relax, and I think this is a common treat to all martial arts, whether you do Aikido, Kali Sikaran, Brazilian Ju-jutsu or MMA.

No martial art is better than another, even though if you are part of a martial arts group you think yours is the best. And instead of going around saying everyone else is doing it wrong or their style is wrong, why not put down the energy and effort into yourself and to grow as a martial arts person in the one you think are the ultimate one in that case?

No matter what style or sport you do, everyone puts down just as much effort as the other one, the amount of training is just as much, then if a MMA-fighter might be "less" good at one, but a bit good at many different parts of martial art, then so be it, that is the purpose with their training, and that is a completely focus than for example Judo and Aikido has.

If we take an example, Aikido does not train sweeps, but you do in Brazilian Ju-jutsu and Judo (for example) how can you then say that Aikido is the ultimate way to defend your self? But just because of that, the focus of Aikido is not wrong, the main idea of Aikido is to use the opponents force against himself, and that is also a good main idea, and then you do a lock of some sort to keep the other one down. Neither is optimal, neither is wrong, both are great ways of training.

I have my self been doing Aikido for just a bit over three years now and Kali Sikaran since January this year, and I can't see anything but positive things about doing more than one martial art at the time either, you can find similarities and differences and when you do the question "does this really work?" will pop into your head, and a whole new dimension of martial arts is a head of you. Of course there is backsides to this, if you want to be good at one budo- or fighting art if you mix it together but that is a question about whether you understand the concept of the differences, and that can take years to learn, and it is a question on when you feel mature enough to be able to do more than one martial art at the time. But even here, it's a question on focus, do you "just" want to be good at that martial arts, or do you want to know how to defend yourself in realistic situations... They are all valid reasons to do martial arts, the only important to remember is to always have a respect for your partner because you need him or her to be better at what you are doing.

People should stop hating so much on everyone else, and get back to the focus needed for their own training. No one gains anything unless you show each other respect both on and off the tatami.

I hope to see you soon on seminars and take care!