Are the Martial Arts still under development?
What is a martial art?
A martial art can be defined as any skill that can be applied in
warfare. The word martial means "military."
So traditionally, a martial art is a military art. The first
things that usually come to mind when discussing modern martial
arts are leaping, kicking, punching, blocking, inverting elbows,
twisting necks, throwing, and weapon fighting. But also
horsemanship, javelin throwing, archery, spear fighting, halberd
fighting, wrestling, knife fighting, rifle, shotgun and pistol
shooting, demolitions, logistics, and battle strategy can all be
described as the field of martial arts. Anything that a soldier
might do in battle is a martial art.
By martial art usually it is meant aikido, arnis, boxing,
capoeria, chow gar, choy la fut, hapkido, hsing'i, hun gar, jeet
kune do, jow gar, judo, jujitsu, karate, kempo, kick boxing,
krav maga, kung fu, pa kua, penjak silat, praying mantis,
savate, shaolin, tae kwon do, tai chi, white crane, wing chun,
wu shu and more! As you can see the list is quite long and it is
actually quite amazing how many martial arts systems there are
and how many methods of self defense can be formulated.
Often within a martial arts school it is taught that 'this
particular system is the best system and it was created to beat
all the others'. Of course every martial artist would have the
viewpoint their style is the best because that is the style they
have chosen to do, but in reality what they are saying is 'this
is the best style for me as it suits my temperment and I like
the teaching environment'.
The changing of the arts
Throughout this history and development of the martial arts and
all the combat systems of man our training tools have played a
vital part in evolving and perfecting these systems and
techniques.
All the martial arts have been effected by the role that
mechanical devices play whether it be weapons, dojo mats,
breaking boards or even the uniforms we wear - all these
paraphanialia indentify the martial arts into their systems and
style.
The main players in shaping our new martial arts would be the
traditional wooden dummy, wing chun rings, iron palm ointments
and even the system of using forms and karta have developed the
martial arts into their current form.
Even today modern training tools are common and again the
martial arts are under development with new training products
such as the Wavemaster, the BOB training dummy, the Focus
Master. All with one thing in common, to create a well rounded
combat system.
Ideally a martial arts solo training tool should be workable for
all and based on sound theory and through constant practice
develop into sound physical application. The ideology and theory
would have to take into account all the history of the combat
technology of man and give this competition and street
application.
The Martialarm Combat Training Partner
In a martial arts career you can occationally find your self
with no school to go to or no one to train with and so out of
neccessity the martialarm solo training partner was born. The
Martialarm is a Martial Arts training machine used to develop
the entry and trapping skills of any martial arts system. It is
designed to actually test any techniques so to improve the
ability to trap and control your opponents hands and arms. This
can be done because the Martialarm moves and reacts like a real
opponent. The Martialarm moves and twists up, down, left and
right just like a real opponent would - so it can spring forward
and it does strike back!.
The Martialarm Combat Training Partner was designed and
developed on the following theories
Martialarm Theory
#1) Safety - You must maintain 100% safety when entering into
the opponents attack range, this means to limit any variables
that could occur by covering them. (Methods of entry must be
sophisticated yet simple, fast as well as safe!)
#2) Attack - You must have the ability to attack at will, with
no concern or hesitation. The attack should incorporate a total
control of the opponents weapons. (Attacks must be structured to
have within them a 100% defense!)
#3) Adaptability - Techniques, attacks and defenses must flow
but not necessarily at a constant pace. Adaptability to choose
what's next is key!
Whatever martial arts you choose just be sure you do look at a
few before you decide and enqire with the school what martial
arts equipment they utilize to get the best from your training.
Martialarm Martial Arts System
Martialarm Martial Arts Kung Fu is a total control system
incorporating scientific body weapons with unconditional
workability in both attacks and defense. Formula Fighting allows
a pre-emptive attack and defense - a much faster system of
fighting than the conventional 'reaction response' defenses.
Formula fighting correctly applied transcends current martial
arts technology to evolve into a martial science so to set new
standards.
# The system includes: # Smart error concepts and selective
targeting # Pressure points and internal shock strikes #
Multi-functional and military applications # Broken Rhythm or
plyometric applications # Chi-Sau and automatic reflex systems #
Stealth weapons and clasifications # One arm combat strategies #
Fire and forget formulas # Inertia breaking # Delivery zones #
and more
Martial Arts Modern Warfare
Chinese combat methods especially are renowned for the wide
variety of their hand techniques. Most Kung-Fu styles use a
wider range of hand/arm weapons (such as claws, gouges, palms,
backhands, punches, backfists, hammerfists, forearm, elbows and
shoulder strikes) than their Japanese, Okinawan and Korean
counterparts.
In addition to the actual number of natural body weapons used
there is also a tremendous range of different applications due
to the regionalised development of Kung Fu styles and the
different approaches taken by hard or internal/external styles.
In this analogy, the legs are used as the body's heavy
artillery, while the hands are the body's infantry. In a
military encounter, it is common to use first satelite
technology to view the opponents attack and defense cababilities
and then use long distance stealth artillery to soften up the
enemy and to provide a moving cover behind which the infantry
can advance to seize and hold disputed territory. Without the
benefit of the artillery, the infantry would take heavy
casualties.
However, artillery on its own cannot seize and hold territory -
a major bombardment may drive the enemy out. So it is with arm
and leg techniques - we often use our legs to soften up the
opponent and to enable us to bridge the gap until we can close
in and finish the fight with hand/arm techniques and the proper
use and co-ordination of hand/arm and leg techniques is often
crucial to success/ survival.
We espouse a combination approach which uses hand/leg attacks
from different angles of attack and at various target levels.
The concept is to keep a flow of offensive techniques moving
into an opponent's target zones from different angles and at
different levels, in order to disorientate him/her completely.
We believe that this approach is superior tactically to
reliance upon one or two heavily committed techniques.
Martialarm Scientific Training For Speed
#1. Beginning of action
a. You must start in a positive delivery zone otherwise a
negative zone can either injure your body parts or work against
the intended action and become counter productive. (Newtons 1st
law of motion)
b. Create an inertia breaker, a movement that will help you
overcome the inertia (resistence to motion due to gravity and
friction).
#2. Middle of action (Newtons 2nd Law)
a. After the inertia breaker you must continue the acceleration
with a Booster. (Like a booster rocket, an extra aid, a second
stager)
b. All body parts eg arms and legs, in any move be it a punch,
block or kick, must always end up in a bent elbow or knee
movement to enable a very quick change in any direction at any
time.
#3. End of action
NOTE: 'End' of action should not be taken literally as one
should never really stop action until the job is done. Our 'end
action' should be programmed to an interuppted continuity as if
this stage is still the middle stage.
Martialarm Martial Developement of Power
Most Chinese styles use a relaxed approach to power development.
We try to keep unnecessary muscles from being involved in the
technique, in order to avoid inhibiting the prime movers behind
a certain technique from doing their job. Essentially, a
straight punch is a triceps-driven technique and the Chinese
style of punching allows the triceps to do its job without the
inhibition of significant biceps involvement in this punch.
Most other techniques can be viewed in a similar fashion - you
have muscles which are vital to the effective execution of a
technique and muscles which are not, or which are even
counter-productive when involved in that technique. No matter
which martial arts style you do, try to avoid unnecessary muscle
involvement.
Many Chinese styles use more "follow-through" in their
techniques and achieve their power by driving the entire body
weight through a target zone at speed. The arm is totally
relaxed until contact is made and the body is still driving
deeper into the target when focus is brought to the technique
using a trigger.
The body has more inertia to overcome before it can move with
the descending line of force and, as a result, the power is more
completely absorbed by the bodyrather than being partially
dissipated by the body moving more freely with the punch, as
with a horizontal line of force.
Martialarm Martial Arts Weapons
The Martialarm System uses quite a large array of natural body
weapons, some of them fairly specialised. The main ones are:
* Fist Strikes. (Sun Fist, Dragon Head, Phoenix Eye and Leopard
Paw)
* Palm Strikes. (Tile Shattering, Yin/Yang, Willow Leaf and
Hurricane Palm).
* Finger Strikes. (Flying Fingers, Immortal Pointing the Way,
Twin Dragons, Tiger Claw, Eagle Claw, Dragon Claw, Rat Claw and
Crab Claw).
* Back Fist Strike. (These tend to be followthrough rather than
the 'snap' versions).
* Bottom Fist Strike. (Iron Hammer equates to the Japanese
tettsui technique).
* Forearm Strikes. (This is used for smashing, sweeping blows of
great power).
* Elbow Strikes. (This is generally used in a very flexible
manner using multiple strikes).
* Shoulder Strikes. (Used for close-in work, often to propel an
opponent out into punching range).
As you can see, there is an emphasis on tightly targetted use of
a specialised hand formation in many cases. It is not enough
merely to lash out in the hopes of an effective strike. In a
ring situation, the "when in doubt, lash out" tactic may gain
you points, but in the street it will be ineffective, unless you
are lucky enough to impact on a vital point. A precise,
surgical strike or kick into one of your opponent's vital or
weak targets is needed and your combinations should be
structured with this in mind.
Martialarm System Technological Achievements
1. Revolutionised Martial Arts thinking and design of "Formula
Fighting" or "Martial Arts by Numbers" that allows pre-emptive
attack - a much faster system than the conventional "Reactionary
Response" to attack.
2. Development and pioneered Martial Science - a system which
enables practitioner of all styles to evaluate and modify
current technologies to improve efficiency and allow comparisons
with proof of technologies, concepts and technologies.
3. Developed the following technologies -
a. Sightless combat b. Smart weapons systems c. Stealth weapons
systems d. Fire-and-forget systems e. Broken rhythm energy f.
Plyometrics applications g. U.F.O. motions h. Counter error
programs i. Convert errors into attack j. Selective automatic
targetting
The Three Cs - Capability - Control - Confidence
Certainty in containing the opponent by a huge technological
edge and a super tough body and mind.
1. Capabilities - Current martial arts technologies have been
transcended by total control in that it is a martial science
based on failproof concepts.
2. Control - Allows total control of the opponents capabilities
making him defensively impotent. Multi functional applications
in everyday life as well as in self defense.
3. Confidence - The small, the unco-ordinated, the disabled and
also the best and brightest will gain in self belief through
this training.
Martialarm Martial Science Offers
Attack systems that cant be blocked. A shield that cant be
breached. Body toughening, Formula fighting, Stealth and U.F.O
weapons including the Nukes. Mind freeze technology that shuts
the opponent down. 3Cs Capabilities and Control bring about
Confidence.
Martialarm Martial Science Concepts
1. Traditional Martial Arts - Animal styles or based on kata and
ritualised. 2. Acclectic Martial Arts - Collection of what works
for the individual into a new style. 3. Designer Martial Arts -
Only the usable of conscious mind, scientific and repeatable.
The Martialarm Combat Training Partner
In a martial arts career you can occationally find your self
with no school to go to or no one to train with and so out of
neccessity the martialarm solo training partner was born. The
Martialarm is a Martial Arts training machine used to develop
the entry and trapping skills of any martial arts system. It is
designed to actually test any techniques so to improve the
ability to trap and control your opponents hands and arms. This
can be done because the Martialarm moves and reacts like a real
opponent. The Martialarm moves and twists up, down, left and
right just like a real opponent would - so it can spring forward
and it does strike back!.
For more information about the martialarm wooden dummy training
machine and martial arts news visit http://www.martialarm.com
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