" it was about killing the other guy as efficiently as possible"
I noticed your thoughts on martial sport seem that they might exclude the sentiment I copy/pasted (forgive me if I'm misinterpreting you) and I had some interesting thoughts.
When I first started kickboxing I had a decent amount TKD and savate experience. I spoke with my trainer about what I needed to do to succeed in the ring, and his response was that I needed to get more malicious. I needed to be less worried about landing lots of strikes (I had a very point oriented style) and more worried about my strikes doing significant damage. I needed to get more malicious, I needed to fight like I was trying to kill.
I think this makes sense, because if your opponent is fighting harder than you, and is trying to inflict more and worse damage than you, they have an advantage. It's almost like mutually assured destruction; the only way to make sure that there's no advantage on either side, in that way at least, is for both combatants to go as if they're fighting for their lives.
Would you say that integrates the philosophy you mentioned, or is it a subset, or something else entirely?
Very nice read!
That pretty much nails it. Martial sports are about succeeding, not surviving. I don't mean that martial sports can't get bloody and ferocious, but really, you need to score points. There is this something pushing you to fight, to attack, to win. In reality there is no victory other than survival. The mentality is just so much different. Imagine trying to score points against a guy standing against you calm and cold with his katana drawn out :-)
Having said that, there is naturally a huge overlap between everything that I've mentioned. It is all "martial". I only wanted to mention slightly that there are still some differences and that you should practice according to what you want to achieve.
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@void I admire the way you organized MA practice in this way. Especially now. You are right, the purpose should define what you study as in form following function.
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