| "There is nothing like experience itself", I am not sure | | | | didn't discard all traditional training, but what he kept |
| exactly who said those powerful words, but they have | | | | was useful and necessary. His transformation |
| an effervescent truth. I learned this the hard way | | | | expanded to all martial arts practice today. This man is |
| when I was going for my first degree black belt. The | | | | a true inspiration! |
| only type of fitness training I did back then was forms | | | | Another great thing about blending both approaches is |
| and sparring. When the day of the test arrived, I | | | | their ability to simplify techniques. Think of the |
| almost fainted and I was gasping for air. All things | | | | innovations of the heavy bag, shields, focus pads and |
| happen for a reason and I think that eventful day was | | | | other target tools. All striking like kicking, punching and |
| a pivotal point for me. | | | | elbowing have greatly improved because accuracy, |
| Traditional training in martial arts mean using your | | | | timing and power can be practiced without the need to |
| forms, katas or hyungs, kicks, punches or blocks as | | | | hurt a training partner. Resistance training, weight |
| the only means of training. This approach helps | | | | training, isometrics, under water training and plyometrics |
| tremendously as far as developing proper execution | | | | among other new school accessories have changed |
| and for just learning techniques. However, your body | | | | the martial arts world forever. |
| needs to be powerful and explosive to be able to | | | | Finally, by taking an old school approach like meditation, |
| deliver devastating and fierce techniques. At this point | | | | we can practice visualization to enhance physical |
| tradition and modern training must meet. | | | | prowess or to practice internally when we are not |
| Imagine if we kept using the horse and carriage today | | | | able to participate in class because of sickness or |
| as means of transportation. It would take forever to | | | | injuries. What we can use in martial arts both physically |
| go to a far place, correct? The same goes for the | | | | and mentally are already amazing technologies |
| martial arts and combat sport, there must be a blend | | | | because they teach us how to use our potential in |
| of the new and old, instead of isolating the two from | | | | ways we never thought possible. Instead of creating |
| each other. Tradition is necessary to understand | | | | opposition by choosing either old or new approaches, |
| martial movements at their basic level and modern | | | | we should learn from both like yin and yang which |
| training is necessary to improve those movements. A | | | | coexist with each other. This is the balance of life and |
| perfect example of this is the transformation of Bruce | | | | this is the balance of martial arts. |
| Lee from a traditional trainer to a scientific trainer. He | | | | |