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  • Advice of many experienced Martial Artists coincide in the point of "go, read, look around, ask---then decide"

  • Guide to Martial Arts Doublespeak Author : unkown ?

  • When people say..

    Japanese martial arts are the best

    They really mean...

    I practice a Japanese martial art

  • When people say..

    This art is thousands of years old

    They really mean...

    This style is decades old.

  • When people say..

    The martial arts are about building better people.

    They really mean...

    The martial arts are about sweat, bruises and money.

  • When people say..

    Chinese martial arts are the best.

    They really mean...

    I practice a Chinese martial art.

  • When people say..

    High kicks are stupid.

    They really mean...

    I can't do high kicks.

  • When people say..

    Sparring is extremely important.

    They really mean...

    I'm good at fighting and I like it and I can't do much of anything else.

  • When people say..

    The martial arts are about building better people.

    They really mean...

    The martial arts are about beating people up if they lay a finger on you.

  • When people say..

    Korean martial arts are the best.

    They really mean...

    I practice a Korean martial art.

  • When people say..

    Breaking techniques are very important.

    They really mean...

    We do a lot of breaking techniques.

  • When people say..

    I don't believe in grades.

    They really mean...

    Nobody ever gave me a high grade.

  • When people say..

    The martial arts are about building better evolved characters.

    They really mean...

    Like me.

  • When people say..

    Filipino martial arts are the best.

    They really mean...

    I practice a Filipino martial art.

  • When people say..

    Sophisticated arts like Tai Chi and Aikido are far superior.

    They really mean...

    Sparring frightens me.

  • When people say..

    Bruce Lee didn't know what he was talking about.

    They really mean...

    I don't know what Bruce Lee was talking about.

  • When people say..

    Size and strength are not important.

    They really mean...

    Size and strength are important, especially if you're fighting somebody who's bigger and stronger than you are.

  • When people say..

    Science and leverage will always win out over bruce force.

    They really mean...

    Except when he's bigger and stronger than you are.

  • When people say..

    The purpose of the martial arts is spiritual development and liberation from the ego.

    They really mean...

    I'm so humble and wise, it's terrific.

  • When people say..

    He's a good martial arts teacher.

    They really mean...

    He's in my organization.

  • When people say..

    He's a lousy martial arts teacher.

    They really mean...

    He used to be in my organization but he broke away and I don't get any money out of him anymore.

  • When people say..

    My style is the best.

    They really mean...

    I don't know anything about any other styles.

  • When people say..

    Grades are not important.

    They really mean...

    There's a grading coming up and it's important.

  • When people say..

    Breaking techniques are useless.

    They really mean...

    I can't do breaking techniques.

  • When people say..

    I'm an innovative, free- thinking, modern Western martial arts teacher, doing my own non- classical thing.

    They really mean...

    I'm more interested in teaching than learning; and the Orientals ignore me because they know how ignorant I am.

  • When people say..

    Martial arts politics are the necessary result of official recognition by respectable associations to protect the public

    They really mean...

    I belong to a large, well-established organization.

  • When people say..

    I hate martial arts politics.

    They really mean...

    None of the large, well- established organizations recognize me or have the slightest interest in my existence.

  • When people say..

    In this system, we make the art fit the person.

    They really mean...

    In this system, we make the person fit the art.

  • When people say..

    Competitions are a waste of time.

    They really mean...

    I never won any competitions.

  • When people say..

    Forms or kata are the highest expression of the inner essence of the martial arts.

    They really mean...

    I read that somewhere -- andI've had enough of tournaments.

  • When people say..

    Forms or kata are useless.

    They really mean...

    Bruce Lee said forms are useless and this relieves me of a lot of effort, so go argue with him.

  • When people say..

    One style is not better than another -- it's the individual that counts.

    They really mean...

    Don't go to another school -- it's the style we teach here that counts.

  • When people say..

    The techniques aren't important.

    They really mean...

    The techniques are important.

  • When people say..

    The principles are important.

    They really mean...

    I wouldn't know what else to do with the principles so it's the techniques that are important.