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- From: burdickd@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Dakin Burdick)
- Subject: Re: More origins of stuff
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:28:21 GMT
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- >RT>Does it -really- matter how old TaeKwonDo or some other art is?
- >RT>No, not in the least. The effectiveness of the art is what is
- >RT>important and age has nothing to do with that. [IMHO]
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- Actually, it is important in some ways. TKD, TSD and Shotokan Karate
- all have forms, right? And these forms are derived from each other
- and influence each other (not to mention the Okinawan and Chinese
- forms). So if we are trying to look for the "hidden moves" in the
- kata as George Dillman would have us do, or if we are just trying
- to determine which variation was used 80 years, and whether or not
- the modern versions are more effective, we need to look at the history
- of the arts. Who developed the forms and why? Try to liberate
- ourselves from classical martial arts (ala Bruce Lee) is great,
- but you need to know where you came from to figure out where you're
- going.
-
- So martial arts history is important. Of course, it is not as
- important as going to practice regularly.
-
- Dakin
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