Martial Art Mystique is Gone. What happened to it?
Martial Art Mystique is Gone: I remember well when I was a child seeing the pilot for the Green Hornet, and watching Bruce Lee run down a flight of stairs jump and kick out a light. I was amazing.
That was about 55 years ago now.
Today all the mystery that was once part of the martial arts is long gone. Martial Art Mystique has disappeared.
Martial Art Mystique is Gone
When I was in High School and boxing with the Windsor Amateur Boxing Club, there was a kid in my grade who was taking Tae Kwon Do with Bob Chase of United Tae Kwon Do, This was the first martial art school that I recall in the city. But I know there were others.
At school when this guy took a stance there was a great "aura" about him of being invincible. All I wanted to do was become a martial artist. Another friend [Sensei Grant Kruly] had become involved in Aikido. He was amazing! He and I used to go downtown to Bruce Lee movies on Saturday afternoon. It did not matter how many times we saw them!
Martial Arts was Mysterious!
Martial Art Mystique - What Happened?
Today the mystery is long gone. Everyone and his brother has had some kind of training. We now also have a proliferation of systems saying how "karate" does not work, only my "special forces" stuff does.
Commercialization has done damage. And I am pro commercialization, but not selling out. You do not have to sell out because you have a commercial Dojo. However the arts have become very watered down as Black Belts rushed to open schools and water down the teaching to get children into programs and appeal to more adults.
The martial arts lost their street effectiveness, and mystery due to the times. The went from COVERT to OVERT. But it does not need to be this way. On the street there is no longer an element of surprise that the arts once held. Everyone has seen it. Or have they? Is the Martial Art Mystique gone?
Martial Art Mystique is Gone - Origins in the West
A vast majority of what we see in the martial arts world came because of the military after WWII.
This continued with the Korean Conflict as well as Vietnam.
The issue with this was, while these men and women were very talented, their training was not complete. They stopped learning themselves to operate a Dojo. Now understand my words.
They kept training, but stopped learning. Formal teaching was in most cases less than a year.
There were exceptions to this, men like Grand Master Robert Trias [above] who were true pioneers of the arts in the west.
Sport became a proving ground, but sport proves nothing. I lost fights in competition, but no one ever beat me!
Martial Art Mystique is Gone
Back when I was a kid, hearing about the arts, size did not matter, sex did not matter, age did not matter. Today it is an activity for the young, not a life long journey where you grow BETTER with age.
But it can be that way! And the mystery can return to the arts when you study a complete system. And understand that even if you have 60 years in the arts you do not know it all. No one ever does. Only the closed minded think they know it all.
My new book which will release very shortly covers all this. It is called Kosho Ryu the Natural Laws of Motion. Learn to use nature in your training not appose her.
Martial Art Mystique is Gone in Conclusion
If my book interest you great. If not then no worries! BUT, continue to learn. Now I am not talking about style jumping here. Get a good solid foundation in an art and grow from there!
But that foundation takes time.
If you think you can learn some blocks, strikes and kicks, then you are enlightened you are dead wrong. Have a look at this article called the Mind of a Martial Artist.
Thank you for reading Martial Art Mystique is Gone.
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