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I agree with the diphthong is the above post.
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Hi Ed,
I suggest that you take a look at the link below and then reflect on whether or not that unfortunate situation has anything to do with us:
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Click to access SSE_42_Acute_Renal_Failure.pdf
https://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/121/4/313
]]>A post on this blog that is so relevent-
When I was a young child I was awed by the mystique of so called traditional martial arts, but now I am not. I now understand what their roles were in relation to their background, history and culture. (Anthropology taught me to be holistic in my examination of martial arts).
I have no desire to really travel to Japan to train (maybe with Hatsumi Sensei, but even then training with him will not ensure I will be better as a martial artist). I do not really see a need to seek out and blindlessly idolize an Oriental master to enrich my life and improve my martial abilities
I look at the teachings of modern traditional masters such as Morio Higaonna, Masaaki Hatsumi and Morihei Ueshiba in a holistic way. I am not throwing out the baby with the bath water- some of the movements in traditional arts have direct relations to modern day self defense- but only when put in the right context. I used to look at all the forerunners and modern masters such as Funakoshi, Ueshiba, and put them on a pedestal. After reading more into their lives I was brought down to earth and seeing how human they are and how fallible they really are.
Now I think that Kelly McCann, Rich Dimitri, Marc MacYoung, Geoff Thompson, Sammy Franco, David James (Vee Arnis-Jitsu), Peter Consterdine, Nir Maman, Itay Gil, Jermaine Andre, Avi Nardia, Sam Sade, Llermo Rogers, Paul Vunak, Robert Miller and the entire TKRI organization, Richard Grannon, Dave Turton, Scott Sonnon, Massad Ayoob, Tony Blauer, Richard Ryan, Robb Hamic, and Bill Kipp (and similar instructors like them) are where martial artists should look to for better and proper understanding of martial arts in this generation.
Judo is one traditional martial art that has been less effected by the fetishization of outmoded exercise methods and training ideals. During the 1950s and 1960s virtually everybody tried to mimic the Japanese in their training methods (and at the same time Donn Draeger introduced weight training to Judo). Then the Russians, who trained without the constraint of tradition, took the world by storm by adapting their recently concocted hybrid grappling art of sambo to judo rules. After that the world saw that they had to train more scientifically and professionally to win in shiai contests. (Isao Inokuma himself I think also decided to crosstrain in Sambo and Wrestling and it helped him win gold medals later on).
The ‘true believers’ in traditionalism have to wake up and see that their day is long gone and that people are starting to be more astute and aware.
I conclude this diatribe with the following quote by Ellis Amdur, which I posted before a while back:
“The line of Araki-ryu that I practiced was true to its own definition of koryu. Even the oldest kata (forms) were ruthlessly examined with an attempt to make them more effective while still retaining the essential character of the school. In addition, new forms and freestyle practice were developed for modern day self-defense, street fighting or combat with improvised weapons. This included practice in methods of unarmed kakuriki (grappling) and kempo (striking with hands and feet). Such innovation was not something particular to this generation. Araki-ryu has always adjusted and adapted to local conditions in each generation and location that it alighted, in keeping with its defining phrase, “Ichi koku, ichi den: In each country/location, one tradition.” My instructor used to say, “If you return to America and simply teach what I taught you, I will consider you a failure. America is different – you will have to teach Amdur-ryu. Call it Araki-ryu if you like, but it will have to be developed so it suits you, and suits your country.”
Traditional martial artists- take your head out of the sand and realize that its time to be a master of reality than a student of fantasy!
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