It took me about ten years to earn my black belt in Judo and eight years in Hakko ryu jiu jitsu. How do some people claim to be able to teach Krav Maga, BJJ, Muy Thai, karate, kung fu, Judo, Kenpo, Tae Kwon Do, boxing, and wrestling in their styles?
2007-12-02 12:24:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Oh yeah, and I forgot they also teach Systema and Russian Sambo.
2007-12-02 13:17:20 · update #1
The answer is real people don't. But if you are a legend in your own mind anything is possible.
We have had some of these 24 year old wonders come in to our school and show us how they suck at at least 4 martial arts. I try to be polite and not laugh too much.
You see the inter net is a wondrous thing. Some think it can actually replace doing the training with an actual instructor and real people to practice with.
2007-12-02 12:45:44 · answer #1 · answered by SiFu frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a major difference between cross training in other styles than teaching other styles. Taking techniques from another system that you feel work well with what you know may take as little as 30 seconds, however learning an entire system is another story all together...
I study Wing Chun as my primary art, however I have taken many classes in BJJ, Boxing and Ba Gua Zhang... I wouldn't call myself a teacher of any of them however I have incorporated many techniques into what I do and teach in Wing Chun... Also I have cross trained in Systema and Krav Maga and again while I can't say that I could teach their styles I have incorporated some of these ideas into my own teaching that I feel compliment Wing Chun well...
If they are claiming to teach the individual styles then they are most likely lying, if they are just saying that it is incorporated then of course they could... Everyone should get out there and see what everyone else is doing and if it is useful use it.
2007-12-02 16:30:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Learning a real martial art - just one of them - takes years, even for an exceptionally gifted student. Maybe 5 to 10 years to really EARN the lowest-level of "black belt" from a serious school. And in Japanese arts (I can't speak for the rest) that is just a beginning... There are usually 8 to 10 Dan-grade (black belt or higher) grades.
Some styles, such a Judo, use red belts for their highest grades, but they are still "black belt" rankings, okay? A few styles don't use belt rankings at all, you are student or master. But there are always senior/older students above you or newbies below you. Your seniors do you the courtesy of teaching you and not hurting you, and you extend the same grace to those below you.
So anyone claiming six or more styles -- anything more than three I'd say -- they must have be re-incarnated many times and remembered everything from each lifetime! (That's impossible, right? It's meant to be a joke, okay?)
It takes a lifetime to master one art, and few people manage that.
2007-12-02 13:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by gedanate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is my whole point with the bruce lee thing.
I have 32 tears in my art... all of bruce lee's life... and I can say that all of my art is 100% useful!!!
6 months here, a year over there. That is not how you develop a real foundation in MA.
How can anyone determine what is or is not useful in any particular art with such little knowledge of the art?
In the case of the internal arts, it is possible because the internal arts are actually all related. They lead into each other.
Once you have a solid foundation, it is possible to learn other arts. If you are an advanced practitioner, a teacher would recognize that and teach you his art easily.
Other than that, you'll be another bruce lee... a pinch of this, a dash of that, and VOILA! Jeet Kune Do!
2007-12-02 15:44:17 · answer #4 · answered by Darth Scandalous 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because these morons think technique is like a list on a menu in a chinese restaurant .
If he attacks this way pick one from column A and 2 from column B .
Technique to be fast and effective must occur with little or no thought on your part and that means intense study of ONE system.Any thing you add to that gets secondary practice and never the entire system just what you need.For example a striker should know some grappling and a grappler should know some striking.
2007-12-02 14:43:38 · answer #5 · answered by bunminjutsu 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well for one they are a jack of all trades and a master of none
it is just a sales pitch just to get you into the training hall or what have you. Any one person teaching more than lets say 3 styles I would be worried about training under them. Because they would take what they needed or felt like they wanted to teach from each art and dump the rest.
2007-12-02 13:05:36 · answer #6 · answered by timberrattler818 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because tehy probably study more than one at a time, and probably aren't black belts yet. You don't have to be a black belt to teach.
2007-12-02 12:45:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its possible..maybe not probable....but anyways because once you learn 2 or 3 styles you learn to understand what it takes to learn fast and you begin to dedicate your entire life to it
2007-12-03 17:19:09 · answer #8 · answered by D D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋