i look at martial arts today and 90% is xma(gymnastics, acrobatics). personally i love watching it, but at the same time I find less and less traditional MA classes. altho there are some good aspects of xma, a lot of the real application is being lost along with tradition. Ok i'm not saying there arent any xma people that can fight but i mean they try to make everything fancy, not effective. I know that xma adds some aspects to the art, but i believe it takes away more than it adds. A lot of times MA are refered to by people as sports, they shouldnt be sports now, they are arts, people have just turned them into sports. The meaning and skill level of a black belt has become so degraded from what it used to be. Comparing XMA to traditional MA is like comparing WWE to wrestling or even like comparing the harlem globetrotters to an NBA team. Also to many people buy their belts now, they dont earn them. America has an "I want it now" attitude. I see so many classes that if u pay u progress
2007-02-09
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