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I've found that a lot of Dojos, or whatever your training hall is called, are teaching the Traditional way... and yet focusing on Real Life Defense. My opinion is that Traditional arts are useless in fights. Yet countless Martial Artists have a false security that they can defend themselves.


Discuss-:

Traditional Arts in Real Life fights

Traditional Arts versus Hybrid Fighting Arts

Marial Artists with false security in their art

I don't like the word traditional to me it's like training in old weapons like swords its traditional. Unarmed combat must change with the times you will still have the same techniques those wont change much but you must grow and learn to deal with modern combat. I feel most schools that call them selves traditional stay to what they know martial arts can't stay the same the whole idea is to keep learning and become a better fighter not just teach the same old stuff over and over.

Mixed martial arts are not new most styles have mixed in the past to become what they are now that must happen in order to become better than what it already is. Any martial art has its own traditions most schools have a pledge motos and philosophy. If they are passing on info that they learned from some one than it is a traditional art thats what a tradition is. If I take my Wing Chun and mix it with Jujutsu like I would like to and come up with my own thoughts on fighting and start to teach that than it will become traditional after that knowledge is passed on to others and they start to pass it on.

You don't need to do some style thats hundreds or sevral hundreds of years old to call it traditional.