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 Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:28 am
Well does it … because I’ve started training with a few new people with no sort of background in martial arts and I could already tell what they bring to the table … such as the two Mexican Americans and one Filipino that I started training … though they could definitely use some work on their technique … they show almost a natural talent for boxing and they show a massive amount of heart … a heart born perhaps from the hardships that their racial identity has given them …
Question is whether or not this is coming from race … I admit when I first started … it didn’t take long for me to learn technique when it came to boxing … it seemed very natural to me ... whether this was my racial/cultural identity or just my own apptitude, well that is unknown … but I pose the question regardless ...does race/culture play any sort of role in the martial arts …?
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:41 pm
I would think yes ... being Native American ... my belief is that my ancestors are there with me ... when I get hit ... I don't feel like it hurt me in anyway ... and when I hit someone ... well it feels like I'm not the only one punching ...
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:03 pm
I think so look at brazil and japan mostly where honor and ferocity are in there blood, there styles were honed and honored in there culture and the ppl that d them have great belief in there skills
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 4:58 pm
I believe that race forms a distinctiveness to each martial art. If you look closely, you see that all martial arts are homogenized, showing the same techniques and movements. However, these movements and styles are all specifically tailored for the needs of the people that developed them. The best example of this is probably the martial art capoeira, in which the same kicks found in every other martial art were very carefully tailored to conceal the art in a dance and so that they could be utilized with chained hands. Definitively, culture and race (and geographical area as well) all format the martial arts born there, distinctifying them from each other where otherwise they might all be similar. Interestingly, modern military and mixed martial arts (say that 3 times fast!) exhibit a trait of de-diversifying the martial arts by gleaning the most effective techniques and streamlining them into effective combat systems!
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