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Old 04-27-2002, 06:27 PM   #1
Bruce Baker
Dojo: LBI Aikikai/LBI ,NJ
Location: Barnegaat, NJ
Join Date: Sep 2001
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mystery of Bugei solved

After reading the original reply here is what I found.

1) Bugei studies is Martial Art studies

2) Studies must guide the learner to common results.

3) You can't learn martial arts from books or a video. You need a teacher. Books and videos are merely notes.

4) The process of learning is the important thing.

That is about the center of his reply, devoid of basketball comments.

It would seem that the chicken and the egg question come to mind.

Did martial arts come first, or did the teacher?

If your teacher teaches you all he/she has to teach, is there more to learn? Can you progress beyond the teacher if there is no guide to help you across the mountain?

I don't argue with the thesis that you should put in place the easiest way to find answers, which is what we are alluding to when we absolutely can not learn without a teacher to find the process of learning?

Or is it that the first couple of idiots who figure something out did it the hard long way, and when the trail has been blazed, the teacher if then the safe bet for those who follow?

Hum?

Is this an alluding to taking someones difficult path to make it easier for later students to follow and surpass the teacher?

Martial arts with a teacher, on your own, or trying to use the knowledge of books and videos as new learning or merely notes?

What do you think about training with a teacher, or without a teacher, and adding videos or books to your knowledge?
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