…..As a martial practitioner it is very important that you recognize your weaknesses and then try to correct them. To often people try to improve areas that they are strong in and neglect areas that they do not enjoy or are weak at. Consequently this leaves a practitioner very, very vulnerable in certain areas. The best approach is to recognize where you are weak or in need or improvement and then take measures to correct and improve!
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Agreed but first people have to actually admit to themselves that there actually are weaknesses and that is the hard par., particularly if one gets too caught up in the dogma of a style
Hey Tim,
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Dogma of style can really equal a problem for any practitioner. I can remember hanging out with some FMA practitioner’s one time and they were talking down on the Japanese kenjutsu skills. Not knowing that I have extensive experience in that area. Lo and behold in our workout later that day I arranged for some of them to go up against another practitioner utilizing just kenjutsu in full kendo gear while they wore WEKAF Filipino body armor. It was a real eye opener for them and afterwards they had not only new found respect but a better perspective on how to potentially deal with someone utilizing this style of kenjutsu. I have yet to meet a practitioner or system/style that did not have weakenesses. Simply put, they are all creations of a man or a woman and thereby there will be flaws and each practitioner may have their own unique flaws. So in the end we as practitioner’s need to in my opinion recognize our flaws or ask for someone to point them out so that we can work on them and get better. Thanks again!