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graham christian · 07-06-2011, 06:38 PM

Hi Dave,
How about doing Aikishin and kokyudo?

Ha, ha, just joking. As usual I'm not with the generally accepted latest ideas. I would say stick with one, don't mix practices. Especially early on.

In fact I'm so old school that I don't like mixed martial arts because to me there's no such thing. There's just a new thing employing new rules.

What I used to travel to watch when I was in my teens were martial arts contests very much like the amateur boxing circuit. Here you had guys from different arts competing way before sky t.v. etc. But even then I wondered why the praying mantis guy didn't stick to praying mantis and the judo guy was doing some kind of striking art.

I call it lack of discipline.

Regards.G.

07-06-2011, 06:38 PM	#15
graham christian Dojo: golden center aikido-highgate Location: london Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,697 Offline	Re: Dilemma: drop kyokushin or not? Hi Dave, How about doing Aikishin and kokyudo? Ha, ha, just joking. As usual I'm not with the generally accepted latest ideas. I would say stick with one, don't mix practices. Especially early on. In fact I'm so old school that I don't like mixed martial arts because to me there's no such thing. There's just a new thing employing new rules. What I used to travel to watch when I was in my teens were martial arts contests very much like the amateur boxing circuit. Here you had guys from different arts competing way before sky t.v. etc. But even then I wondered why the praying mantis guy didn't stick to praying mantis and the judo guy was doing some kind of striking art. I call it lack of discipline. Regards.G.