5 Martial Arts Myths You're Probably Believing

Описание: Martial arts are full of myths which many people still believe. In this Martial Arts Explored episode we will take a look at the 5 most common martial arts myths that should be cleared up for the best of everyone.

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We live in a modern world where modern combat practices are on high attention. Such practices as MMA and brazilian Jiu Jitsu are becoming more and more popular, yet there are still plenty of martial arts schools who are not up to modern standards.

While the world is evolving, not all martial arts schools yet evolved with it and thus we have a number of myths who are believed by many to be true, still since the 70’s and classic martial arts movies.

To bring more clarity to the martial arts world, in this Martial Arts Journey video we will look at 5 common myths which are still believed, and misunderstood by many martial arts fans and practitioners.

Nr.5 Some martial arts techniques are deadly
(aka. too deadly for the ring)

Whether these often times “secret” techniques are told to be deadly for self defense or whether they are “too deadly for MMA” - a number of traditional martial arts schools still believe that their school poses knowledge of deadly techniques.

Whether it’s a hit with the fist to the chest or some secret deadly pressure point - these schools often times have an excuse of not being able to prove that it works, because a real demonstration “would kill a person”. Unfortunately to them - if hitting pressure points would really be as effective as in movies - they would already be used in MMA or applied by well respected self defense systems. But as UFC proved straight away the use of even “not deadly secret techniques” of martial arts schools - went straight out of the window when they were faced with a more experienced combat sports practitioner with pressure tested skills. As these “deadly masters” soon realized - their secret techniques had no real application, behind that of their fantasy.

Nr.4 If you are skillful enough your physical shape does not matter

One of the earliest warning signs of a McDojo is an overweight, out of shape grandmaster often times of his own style or school. This lack of physical shape often times come from their belief that their techniques are so effective - that they do need to rely on physical strength or conditioning. Yet when martial arts were exposed to the modern world it quickly became obvious that if you posses no physical strength or cardio - most techniques will not be effective, and the martial artist who is out of shape will soon be in trouble.

Nr.3 Training Kata’s will make you a good fighter

There is a commonly believed myth still from the days of karate kid and other martial arts movies, that training kata’s will prepare you well for a real fight. Yet as traditional martial arts were exposed to more combat oriented practices, it became clear that unless you spar and train with a live resisting opponent, all your solo training of complicated and beautiful looking movements will be beneficial for others reasons, but will not prepare you for a real fight. We become good at what we train. By training kata’s we will become good at performing them, but if a person wants to be effective in a consensual fight - there is no other way to learn it than to expose yourself to it, even if on coordinated circumstances.

Nr.2 If you train diligently for many years in your martial art - you will become invincible

Movies are probably to be blamed here. Yet there are still people who train in a closed environment with cooperative partners and have the belief that their skills have reached, or will reach a level, were untrained, or even trained opponents will be of no match to them. This lack of pressure testing and exposure to reality of violence and fighting, presents no real challenge to the skills of the practitioner - stopping him from realizing that even an untrained attacker has power behind his weight and punches, and that a real fight looks far away from that of a coordinated movie fight or kata with a partner. In the midst of chaos of a real fight - an experienced fighter knows that anything can happen, at any moment and that there are no guarantees for safety.

While there are many more myths in martial arts that people still believe, these are the top 5 myths that I’ve gathered through my investigation and questioning of martial arts.

Thank you for watching and I wish you to own your journey.

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