Style vs Style stupidity

Hi everyone.

First I would like to start off with a topic that has been debated for ages and still to this day is still being debated. The old style vs style argument. You hear people debating this all the time and arguing about the why and how their style is superior to all others or when you get two different martial artists arguing it it can get even stupider.

I believe this argument though generally occurs because of 2 reasons. One is ego and yes it's there. If you believe that your style is the greatest style in the world and it's better than everything else on this planet and it automatically makes you better than all other martial arts of all style then you have one massive ego and that ego is preventing you from seeing the benefits in training in other styles or possibly from seeing that your styl isn't for everyone.

And the second is a lack of understanding about other styles. Often people who have become really good in one style start to think that they know everything about other styles and generally they don't because just looking at a style once or twice isn't generally enough to get an idea about it and they will make false statements about it for in the video below. Which is a comparison of Wing Chun and Boxing. The Wing Chun practioner Jin makes an erroneous statement.

Now in the above video. Jin(the guy with the hat) says that the difference between boxing footwork and wing chun footwork is that boxing footwork is basket ball footwork(which he also calls young man footwork) while wing chun footwork is american football footwork(which he also calls old man footwork).

Now he goes onto basically say that wing chun footwork is more for stability and is more efficient for an old man and that boxing footwork consists of bouncing around a lot which is something that boxers do to be harder to hit but that it is for young men and that it is a very inefficient use of energy.

Now while there are boxers who like to bounce around a lot good boxers don't just bounce aimlessly as that is just a waste of energy. Good boxing footwork is about spring forward at the right and and spring back at the right time.

Another example of a lack of understanding would be when I hear karateka and kickboxers looking at wing chun and thinking that wing chun fighters can't hit hard. These people should watch the video below:

Now while in this video Emiz Boztepe might have said that karate punches only use 20% of power but if you take a look at some of the breaking techniques that karate practioners do you will see that they too can generate a lot of power. The moral of the story is that all style have good practioners so the style vs style argument is pointless because if it was true that one style was better than every other then everyone would be doing that style.

All martial arts have something of value to teach and that is something you should remember.

Welcome to Thunder Punch. My martial arts blog!!!

Hi everyone,

Well first I would like to introduce myself. My name is George and I have created this site to share my info on stuff related to martial arts and my ideas towards it. This blog will be all about martial arts in all it's forms but with a particular emphasis I guess to self improvement and self defence. I personally study shorinji kempo and ninjutsu.

Anyways enough about me let's get onto to first post.