how do you become an expert on martial and everything elsewhen youve only trained for 3 years?

Question

i thought life including martial arts was about experience and how much you've managed to cram in in the short time you have on this earth? but does'nt it still relate to your age somewhere along the line?how come some who's trained for three years knows more than somebody thats made it there life for 39 years?am i missing something here?

Answer 1

Some people, in 39 yrs, have 39 trs of experience. Others, get 1 yr experience 39 times. I doubt anyone can become "expert" in 3 yrs. I know I'm far from expert after almost 15 yrs. In fact the more I learn, the more I realize there is that I don't know.

Answer 2

You gotta to understand people are afaird of evolving. Today people doesn't want to get their ass kick to learn martial arts. They doesn't want to work hard. They simply want to learn form, medidate, and other stuff. So the instructor cannot do much beside pretend they do well and hand them belts simply for knowing their form and kata.

So when they come across someone who is realistic about martial arts, they usually have no idea what to think of the person. Deep inside they know they'll get butcher by someone who train realistic and hard but they choose to convince themselve by tell themselve they're black belt and they can't lose or they'll simply poke eye, grab/punch throat, kick in balls, etc... They also convince themselve the person is a barbarain who is all brawl and no brain to try make themselve look better. I'm sure you already saw that here.

So in end do you really think if all you have to learn is form and kata and never really spar or test your skill out, you would need three years to become a master? I doubt it! They may know their form and kata, but the problem is... Would you really bet anything on them to fight their way through wet paper bag? Would you really want to learn from them? I know I wouldn't.

I've been doing Muay Thai for three and half years under three different instructor. Now I'm in a very new gym with only four students who have absolutely no experience. Eventhough my skill is way beyond their and they probably think I'm world best Muay Thai fighter ever to step on this earth, I'm still very hesistated about teaching the class. I simply act more like a assistant instructor by correcting minor mistakes in those newbies and leave rest of it up to the instructors. The only time I would really act as a instructor is if someone ask me for one on one time which I'm always more than glad to do.

I hope you see my point.

Answer 3

age and experience are the two biggest factors in anyones life, especially where Martial Arts are concerned.

I guess sometimes that pride's more of a factor at that point, but again; none of us here really knows how much time any of the other people has trained or been in actual situations.

or maybe they've just made the training their main focus in life or were more willing to open themselves up to other experiences more than we are, who knows? I know I can't accurately speak for someone else that could be across the country or even the world

Answer 4

Depends - at the root its about time spent training, not how long you've been doing it for.

Someone who's been doing hapkido 2hours/day/6 days a week for 2 years is probably a 1st Dan (at least).

now take someone who trains 2 hours/week for 4 years...

See what I mean?

Yes maturity and the right mind-set are important, very important. But the more time you spend in training then the more you learn, the more you see how bad your technique really is etc.

There's the story of the Karate grandmaster. A new student comes up to him and says "Master, I wish to be a blackbelt. How long will it take me?" the master replies "3 years". Ohh master what if I try realy hard "then 5 years". 'oh but master what if I train really , really hard?

"7 years." - the more you focus on the end result, the less you learn and take on board the lessons of now.

Answer 5

this depends on two things 1st the individual remember not all martial artist are created equal.I personally have met and witnessed a few ecclectic martial artist who have very little martial experiance (tradionally) but yet put some top ranked experts on thier butts!remember its not the art that makes the artist but vice versa,also 2nd- some systems do not require years of study to become fairly proficient within that system
one of the most popular wing chun requires anywhere from 2-5yrs,with this mind again this depends on both the student and the teacher ....systems & styles have there own time period to meet their ranking system again it depends on the individual
may it be well with you

Answer 6

Keep training...masters happen...

Answer 7

Really depends on how sharp you are. Low IQ = never a master. If you are intelligent you can get there in a hurry.