An Unbelievable Training Suggestion
Sometimes I am amazed at what people are trying to teach their students, maybe amazed is too ‘kind’ ….
I am a member of several instructor mailing lists, forums, etc…. I enjoy scanning them to see how others deal with relevant topics.
This morning I received this ‘training’ suggestion in my email - “For instance, if
someone comes at you with a pair of nunchakas…”
Uhhh, what?
Do students pay for this type of ‘training’? I certainly hope not. The biggest movement in the history of North American Martial Arts has been in reality based training, yet I still come across this garbage.
Karate as a whole is based on realitic defense and protection, we know it changed and became more sport orientated, group focused in the 60’s …. but nunchakas?
It has been a rude awakening for many to find out that while their systems contain practical defensive techniques; they are seldom taught the way they were intended.
How about training students to defend against a modern attack? Pool cue, blade, an ipod grab…. but please leave the nunchakas at home!
A bit of a rant on this today, but I find the subject laughable.