What is the most common factor that causes Martial Artists fail to gain respect from other people.?

Question

Considering that as Martial Artists, should bear the character of being respectful to others in order to gain respect in return.

Answer 1

it's arrogance and pride dude plain and simple,

This' been a stigma that has plagued Martial Arts from the beginning of diversifying the disciplines.

the basic idea comes down to the "my dad can beat up your dad" syndrome, but in this case, it's the disciplines that are the focus. especially with the emergence of Brazilian Jujitsu, while it is a highly effective discipline, it is not the be all end all discipline nor is Muay Thai as it is also a highly effective discipline to learn, but there're too many people who think these disciplines are the most superior disciplines and all the others are therefore inferior.

Mostly because I suspect that it's due to the fact that most of the fighters in these competitons study these two disciplines very heavily when in fact several of them already had a classic or traditional Martial Arts background BEFORE they came to the UFC like Chuck Liddel (KEMPO), and Anderson Silva (Tae Kwon Do) just as examples

take a case in point: Royce Gracie, in the beginning, he dominated the MMA competitons especially in the UFC when it first began because none of the other fighters had any background on ground fighting in general, but when the other fighters began cross training in Jujitsu as well as other disciplines and having more than onee disciplines knowledge to their credit, it became more difficult.

Now, take his match against against Matt Hughes, and his defeat there, does this now mean that Brazilian Jujitsu sucks?

I say No, because Matt Was just the better fighter that day, since he prob'ly came to the match with a better strategy to win.

and the stigma has persisted (even to this day, mostly due to peoples pride gettin in the way) that some people see one person that studied one discipline get beaten by another person who studied a different discipline, starts thinking that the other discipline sucks and is therefore inferior, when all it comes down to is the individual fighters experience or strategy to win the fight.

people having respect for another's discipline has always been lost on the masses of many Martial Artists, and only a very small handfull has really ever respected all disciplines no matter how they're utilized in a fight.

and it's still gonna continue no matter what anyone says or does, and while this is a sad fact, it's still a fact.

Answer 2

If We Are Brothers/Sisters In KungFu
Our Hands Talk
If We Are From Different Schools
Our Hands Might Argue
If You Don't Follow A Martial Way
My Hands Have Nothing To Say To Yours

sometimes as martial artist we forget our overall bearing and impact on society around us.
Sometimes theres that guy you know, he shows people stuff or that guy who is perpetually fighting someone, or another who always talks of hitting but doesn't know of hitting. All of these random folks, some of whom don't even presume to have studied in an actual school/dojo/Mcdojo/kwoon/warehouse effect the overall view of the general public. Sometimes theres a fly in the milk and that fly can cause havoc and disease.

A.=Bad Martial Artists With No Focus Or Talent Or Maybe Just One Of The Two.
but(for all the martial artists out there)
you cannot let praise or criticism get to you.
it is a weakness to get caught up in either one.

Answer 3

I am trying to answer this question on the basis as being an instructor. I fail to see why the respect issue is raised? I don't tell people what I do, and many find out from a student that I may happen to see when I am out and about. Am I happy at what I have accomplished? Yes, but I am not going to tell the whole world about it. Will my co-worker have more respect, just because I am an instructor? I doubt it very much. I like the word humbulled. Sure there are some instructors that have to show that they are in the art, and are flashy dudes, but that can give you negativity by other people. Some people that find out that you take karate, and teach, think you are teaching the next generation of hoods, which is untrue, so maybe thats where alot of it comes from.

Answer 4

Well it's respect other people be respected yourself, do unto others as you would have done unto yourself, all that jazz.
An average martial artist is still just an regular Joe, and a regular Joe is quite likely to be proud of what he does and wants to tell other people. This would be known as bragging to most people and not really socially acceptable anywhere that i know of. That is one reason.
Another could be that most people associate martial arts with fighting, and when they see fighting they watch the ufc, or wrestling, not very often do they watch karate or even judo which is an olympic sport. As a rough guess i would say that for american culture maybe 70-80% of the population is ignorant of the diveristy of martial arts and it's many uses. So through the various ideas thrown out there people could be viewing martial arts as either useless, possibly barbaric, maybe something else. I am not one hundred percent sure of any specific reason as to why martial artists are not respected as martial artists.
Even now, having been in martial arts for nine years i am just starting to get over my amnosity towards people that do karate, as it turns out the karate kids in my city really are useless and cocky, but that is the dojos fault, i have met with other people from other karate clubs from other part of the country and they all agree with me on the uselessness of the club, it is a belt factory, another extremely potent reason martial arts could be disrespected. I hate belt factories with an extreme passion because they degrade martial arts to nothing, there is absolutely no purpose to them at all. I cannot and will not view martial arts as a venture for profit, the only profit that should be gained is the gratification of teaching, someday i will teach judo and i would be insulted if i was offered pay.
So that's my spiel, hope it helps.

Answer 5

hey a stable martial artist is comfortably a individual who can do it, clarify it and evaluate what they're doing to alter it! integrate the above with adventure and a stable point of training makes them a stable martial artist! upload quite of philosophy and worldly awareness and you have a grandmaster on your hands! Overal a general all around stable egg! Renyo makes an dazzling factor! A thug can combat and he's additionally properly experienced yet a martial artist he easily isnt! Budo consists of many stuff and a few of them arent approximately battling! Dont you're able to desire to be a gentleman and have a stable coronary heart to be seen to be a real martial artist? in any different case youre merely classed as a killer or a experienced thug! superb needs idai

Answer 6

Ego, pure and simple. As Martial Artists, we are taught respect both of ourselves and of others. As Americans, we are very gung-ho about competition and winning those competitions. We take the skills we learn and put them into a ring with the attitude of "winning isn't the everything, it's the ONLY thing." Once someone starts winning often, they tend to get the idea that they are better than others- directly contrary to what we are taught. Once that ego trip begins, respect tends to go out the window. It is something that degrades all true Martial Artists.
Sensei Cox

Answer 7

I think the "ego" is the most common factor. There seems to be a real trend of big egos in the arts.
I believe a martial artist should be inwardly humble and outwardly gentle.
People see the ego and assume it comes with the arts when the truth is that an accomplished artist should have their pride and ego in check.

Answer 8

Bearing that in mind. Teaching aggressive disrespectful nature within ones students has been the major flaw in most martial arts today. Teaching in a manner that progress means a new belt and if that means disrespecting anyone to get it then by all means I'm going to do it. Parent driven goals, egotistical practices in schools by Sensei or Sifu that are taken by greed and the want of fame.

Three type of martial artist are in exsitsence today.

Ones whom will be respectfull to all and teach their martial art with honor.

Others will develop their own art for selfserving purposes destroying anyone they touch.

And the ones whom will learn well teach there own families or friends and take this art with them to the dust.


"Knowledge in martial arts actually means self-knowledge. A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing."

B.L.


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Answer 9

Some "Martial Artists" talk the walk but don't walk the talk. People tend to see through that. My Sa Bu Nim says "be soft outside & hard inside". Too many people are the opposite.

Answer 10

What about the point that martial artists keep saying 'this art is better than that ...'.
Why can we not just enjoy our arts, as there is NO best martial art.
Let us all just train in peace and strive to live up to our 'grand masters' standards: respect, humility, self-control.

Thank you.