Martial Arts Differences – Look and Study For An Edge!

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My job is to help people improve in the martial arts. I want folks to be able to defend themselves more effectively.

It’s a curious phenomenon that whenever I point out a shortcoming or problem with a technique or tactic from a particular style, people complain.

The majority of martial artists don’t like anyone saying that their style is less than perfect.

Well, if you are one of “those” people, then this article is especially for you.

No Martial Arts Style is Perfect

As mentioned above, a lot of practitioners don’t want to hear anything bad about their system or style. It’s almost like telling them that their

particular religion is flawed.

But it shouldn’t be that way, at all.

When someone points out some flaws of JKD, I get interested. Not offended, but supremely interested. I am about to find out some

valuable information:

* The person may not have a clue about JKD. In which case, now I know what would work on this critic.

* He or she may notice what other, weaker, JKD practitioners are doing. This will help me against the Jeet Kune Do martial artists, too.

* I might learn popular beliefs and misconceptions about JKD.

* And most important, I might find a flaw in what I do, that needs to be corrected.

What’s more, if the critic has an answer, then the fix could be an easy change.

Analyzing Other Martial Arts Styles

Now, let’s change roles. Instead of receiving criticism, what if you were the one examining the different styles, looking for flaws?

Hmm.

Let me ask you, whom would you put your money on in a fight? The person who, with blinders on, only practices his or her classical style, without ever examining what others are doing, OR someone who diligently looks for weaknesses that can be taken advantage of, from a

large variety of styles? (Whew, apologies for that long … and still incomplete … sentence.)

And that my friend(s), is what progressive martial arts is about.