Tyler Phillips242
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joined May 2009
This is an interesting perspective, Krajacic, so I will simply paste the most vital points here since the full text is far too lengthy :
There was once a discussion among certain instructors regarding the effectiveness of specific skills—arguing that if a skill were truly effective, those individuals would be competing for the UFC Championship, and so on. How could someone who trains with swords or knives ever become a fighter in the UFC? They couldn't. How could a warrior—one who trains for total warfare involving all types of weaponry—compete in the UFC? How could a fighter who, upon encountering an assailant, draws a knife to neutralize the threat, compete in the UFC? It is impossible. One instructor remarked that he has never seen a Kung Fu master in a UFC octagon, claiming that no one can defeat those "beasts" from the UFC. That is a valid point, but the UFC is a sport, whereas Kung Fu—or in my case, Chuck Sul Do—is not. Kung Fu, much like Chuck Sul Do, is a genuine path toward enlightenment rather than competitive combat, serving instead as a discipline for practicing survival in any given situation. You must remember that all original martial arts are comprehensive in both technique and philosophy, making them incredibly dangerous. Chuck Sul Do is a very dangerous skill in this regard. Kung Fu, just like Chuck Sul Do, is preparation for total war and lacks a competitive circuit.
Why? Because if my training is centered on surviving at any cost, refusing to fight under arbitrary rules and instead following the rules of survival, then I cannot participate in sport fighting within the UFC or similar competitions. Masters of traditional and warrior arts practice these disciplines precisely so they can more easily overcome attackers who are larger, stronger, or younger; they do not practice "combat sports." Consequently, when I am 100 years old, having undergone 93 years of continuous training, if I find myself forced to defend myself, I must immediately gouge an eye, break a bone, use a blade, or utilize a firearm—that is the nature of my martial art. It is not about grappling with a young man, wrestling on the floor, boxing, or trading strikes; it is about striking with a brick to the head from a perfectly executed Chuck Sul Do stance.
Sport is something else entirely—it is pure egoism, a desire to prove superiority over others, and a pursuit of massive financial gain. In that arena, there is no longer a shred of honor or true sportsmanship; it is all merely a game played for those behind the scenes and for the spectators.
Martial arts are, for you "winners," about situations. If the attacker is stronger, I use a knife; if the attacker is more skilled, I employ tricks and tactics; if there are multiple attackers, I use weapons to incapacitate them heavily, and so forth. If I am a 130-pound man forced to defend myself against a 300-pound man, my physical strength alone is useless against someone that much larger, but my speed, tactics, technique, the weapons I always carry as a survivalist, and my determination to dismantle those 300 pounds will serve me well.
