Street Fighter Moves - 3 Categories of Martial Arts - Why You Must Know the Difference (Part 1 of 3)

Are you studying Chinese Kung Fu, Koreanchoice like anything else. I am only being descriptive
Taekwondo or Japanese Shotokan Karate? Then youhere.
are studying:o Traditional Martial Art - the 1st of theAll Art In Its Truest Since Is A Life Long Study
three categories of martial arts.Traditional Martial Art focuses on perfection as does
Are you cross-training in a combination of traditionalall art. The perfection of an art indeed should be a
martial arts techniques with an emphasis on Brazilianlife-long study and experience - BUT - and this is a
jiu jutsu to prepare yourself for a Mixed Martial Artsbig BUT, learning an art that involves fighting moves,
cage match? Or, are you possibly sparring everydayshould not be confused with learning real-world
in the dojo for an upcoming Karate tournament?self-protection. Parenthetically, I can imagine that 500
Then you are studying:o Sports Competition Martialyears ago, the traditional martial arts systems that
Art - the 2nd of the three categories of martial arts.we know today were reality-based, but they were
If you are training with an instructor with athe reality based on the society and the situations
background in one of the traditional martial arts, butthat happened at that time. (I have never seen a
has also worked as or has had real-world combat andkata to handle a carjacking.)
street experience as a bouncer, bodyguard or specialTraditional Martial Art Teaches You Countless
forces military personnel and your entire trainingTechniques And Thus Increases The Likelihood That
takes place in as little as 2 or 3 days of an 8-hour aYou Will Become Confused When Faced With A
day intensive scenario-based fighting simulatingReal-Life Encounter
real-world modern situations, then you are studying:oThe more techniques you learn and the multitude of
Reality Based Self Defense - the 3rd of the threethings that you stuff in your head will only serve to
categories of martial arts. Reality Based Self Defenseconfuse you when you are face-to-face with
is also known as Reality Based Fighting or RBF.someone who has much more street smarts and is
Here in Part 1 of the 3 modules, we will look at themuch more used to real street violence than you are.
defining characteristics of category number one ofYou take your average martial arts black belt guy
fighting.and put him to bounce at the door of a club, and
Traditional Martial Arts Instructionmost will fail miserably - because even if you have a
These are the typical types of fighting systems thatblack belt - you MUST have a reality-based mindset.
have gotten stuck in a time warp of the past. TheSo, study your martial art for its beauty, its grace
tradition of what was learned, taught or practicedand its tradition, and not to say anything about how
500 years ago takes precedence over the immediateit will also aid you to get in better physical condition,
practical applicability to modern 21st century urbanbut please, look and what you are studying and
situations. (In traditional martial art instruction, you arehonestly evaluate if you truly believe that you are
still asked to dress in ancient Asian garb and walkbeing trained to be combat ready in the real world of
around in bare feet.) There is absolutely nothingthe 21st century - because nobody really cares what
wrong with this and studying a martial art with all ofcolor belt you have in a real street fight. It is all about
its countless techniques, forms, katas and history is athe last man standing.