Is it possible for a female to become a grandmaster of a style that mixes 2 different styles together?
2007-07-15 16:55:01 · 8 answers · asked by CrayZ Canadian 2 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Yes. I am one, having mixed three different styles -- two Chinese styles of martial arts and one Japanese style of healing art. It is called Shihando -- Way of the Master and teaches the alchemy of Reiki, Tai-Chi and Kung Fu.
2007-07-17 13:43:53 · answer #1 · answered by Shihan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, martial art are vastly unregulated. There are no set rules and there is no governmental body that oversees that the martial art is practiced as it should. Some martial arts have some organisations and I guess they keep things to a certain degree of quality but that is choddy at best. I mean it is not like the grand master comes and makes surprice visits to make sure things are being done as they should. The rules on each martial arts are different for these reasons. So, it depends where the martial arts is practice. The founder of the martial arts can come up with a rule that says that no female can achieve a rank higher than X or Y. However, what the female can do then is separate from that organisation and start her own. It happens all the time. Then she can become the grandmaster. Other martial arts have no problems with a female grandmaster.
Grandmaster is just a title. Again, there is no set standard as to what a grandmaster is. The standards are loosely stated by the organisation adn there are millions of organisations and they are not well policed. The standards are not universal. So, what makes a grandmaster a grandmaster? Hard to say. Is it his/her dedication to the arts. Is it that they have become the best fighter? No actually all it is is climb the corporate ladder. If the head guy likes you and you show good standing and spent X amount of time you can become a grandmaster too. Also, the current grandmaster may like another guy better and promote hijm/her instead because he thinks the person is funny or whatever. Usually the highest level of a grandmaster is self appointed. That is, I created a system based on another system and call it something else. Because I created it I can be a 10th degree grandmaster.
2007-07-16 00:05:47 · answer #2 · answered by mr_gees100_peas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. Becoming a grandmaster is more about politics than about martial arts skill level. Being a grandmaster merely means that that person has a student who has reached master status, has opened his own school and teaches his own students the same art he learned from the grandmaster. Unfortunately, this fact is abused by unscrupulous operators who want to earn more money by starting their own "style" and opening McDojos.
2007-07-18 06:51:47 · answer #3 · answered by Shienaran 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely... look up Cynthia Rothrock
2007-07-16 00:03:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Chess maybe!
2007-07-19 17:06:17 · answer #5 · answered by maikido1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't see why not. they've adapted things to fit the physical characteristics of women so that they will not be impeded by obstacles.
2007-07-16 21:39:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but she'd be a grandmistress!!!
2007-07-16 13:01:57 · answer #7 · answered by atlas 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
of course women can do anything they want.
2007-07-15 23:57:55 · answer #8 · answered by james07 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋