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Old 05-11-2008, 12:09 PM   #20 (permalink)
mvisit1

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Originally Posted by NinjaKilla187 View Post
Exactly, he tailored it by changing the techniques so they actually work. My point precisely. So why not teach the stuff that works from the beginning?

I did the same thing Lyoto and other Shotokan Karateka have for generations; learned a bunch of stuff in the Dojo that didn't work and had to adapt it for use in Kumite, then started fighting in tournaments and discovered even more of the stuff I learned in the Dojo didn't work and adapted to even more stuff that did.

If you do this for long enough you wake up one day and discover that you are basically a self-taught kickboxer. This is not an efficient way to train and requires years of adjusting to unlearn the stuff that doesn't work.
OMFG, you're a genius! You should write a book so that all can be on your plane of enlightenment. We are not worthy.
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