This concept, that working Karate does not look like the Karate that students are taught in schools, is actually true throughout the martial arts. Shaolin done in real life does not look like wu shu taught in the kwoon. Forms Kung fu doesn't resemble kung fu used for fighting, and so on.
The reason for this is that there is nice to look at, and then there is functional. A fellow teaches, or learns a martial art, and the instructor gives him something that looks good. Once one starts applying real world potentials to the technique, however, the technique must sometimes change to work.
Take a look at the classical wu shu back stance. The stance is so low on the back leg that the ankle is twisted and unable to support the weight of most attacks. Thus, one must change the shape of the form in order to make it work in real life.
Or, take a look at the basic middle block as done in most Karate schools. It swings from the side and there is no real weight behind it. The correct way to do this block is to shoot it out from the center of the body, which would put structure behind the move.
The instances I have just given you, incidentally, demonstrate the actual reasons why many traditional arts fall apart in the Mixed Martial Arts ring. The artists have been training to look beautiful, and their arts have lost workability. To make something like Karate work in something like Strikeforce, for instance, one is going to have to change the whole structure of the art.
Altering the structure of a martial art, even if it is stone set as Karate, if it makes the art work, is not bad. Unfortunately, many teachers have a rough time making the change, and one has to wonder why. After all, the fact that an art now works should be good across the board.
I suppose what is at the heart of some teacher's inability to change is the love of the mystery. What is happening in their minds is that they don't understand what they are doing, but they have become convinced that if they just keep doing what they are doing, they will, eventually, understand it. Thus, they become blind to change, to what works, and, sadly, the potential of the true art.
The good news is that most martial artists I have encountered are willing to change. I show them basic matrixing principles, for instance, and they are glad to change. Thus, hold to the old only so long as it works, change to the new if it doesn't, and watch the True Martial Arts explode across the face of this planet.
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