I POSTED THIS ELSEWHERE REFERENCE SOME PEOPLE'S TAKE ON 'NEO-BARTITSU', AND MY PERSONAL PUZZLEMENT WITH THE WHOLE AFFAIR...
'For me personally, boxing, wrestling, jujitsu, savate and weapons work contain all that's needed for any type of fight (with some adaptation at times). The self defence ethos of Bartitsu and it's slightly later French cousin, 'Defense Dans La Rue', with today's training methods and equipment (scenario training, padded assailants, etc.), alongside the general development of 'Mixed Martial Arts', and the possibility of ANY of us learning from and testing our skills against fighters from the core Bartitsu disciplines (and elsewhere), means that the potential is there for it to be 'the ultimate martial art'. Not some bulls**t claim to magical abilities- but proven, real world ways of solving the puzzles of combat, in real time against real resistance in real fights (did I say 'real', yet?! LOL). The cage/ring/mat, the 'street' and (to some degree, as long as they involve a proper FIGHT!) scenario drills and simulations show us what works. We don't need to take anyone's word for it- it'll be us, not them, there fighting (hopefully just in the gym, but the 'street' is even MORE lonely...). Combat practice is the route to combat skill. How do you learn to fight? Not just by thinking about it, or reading about it, or talking about it, or watching videos (though these are all important supplementary parts of the process)- you learn to fight by FIGHTING!!! Which is why the criminal has such a massive edge on the average 'law abiding' citizen; because he's learnt to do his unsavoury business on the job, and a few successful fights teaches you more than endless hours of drills and safe practice against a compliant club mate. So, people are playing a 'catch up game', often learning how to actually be aggressive and hurt another human being, and to have another aggressive human being tryng to hurt us. This doesn't always have to be 'all out' in training (friendly fun is healthy, too! Emoticono smile ), but the fight/fear/pain aspect has to be present SOMEWHERE down the line, if we're really preparing for self defence, and not just 'self pretence' that we can make criminal violence 'easy', after a bit of EASY training! Emoticono smile'
'For me personally, boxing, wrestling, jujitsu, savate and weapons work contain all that's needed for any type of fight (with some adaptation at times). The self defence ethos of Bartitsu and it's slightly later French cousin, 'Defense Dans La Rue', with today's training methods and equipment (scenario training, padded assailants, etc.), alongside the general development of 'Mixed Martial Arts', and the possibility of ANY of us learning from and testing our skills against fighters from the core Bartitsu disciplines (and elsewhere), means that the potential is there for it to be 'the ultimate martial art'. Not some bulls**t claim to magical abilities- but proven, real world ways of solving the puzzles of combat, in real time against real resistance in real fights (did I say 'real', yet?! LOL). The cage/ring/mat, the 'street' and (to some degree, as long as they involve a proper FIGHT!) scenario drills and simulations show us what works. We don't need to take anyone's word for it- it'll be us, not them, there fighting (hopefully just in the gym, but the 'street' is even MORE lonely...). Combat practice is the route to combat skill. How do you learn to fight? Not just by thinking about it, or reading about it, or talking about it, or watching videos (though these are all important supplementary parts of the process)- you learn to fight by FIGHTING!!! Which is why the criminal has such a massive edge on the average 'law abiding' citizen; because he's learnt to do his unsavoury business on the job, and a few successful fights teaches you more than endless hours of drills and safe practice against a compliant club mate. So, people are playing a 'catch up game', often learning how to actually be aggressive and hurt another human being, and to have another aggressive human being tryng to hurt us. This doesn't always have to be 'all out' in training (friendly fun is healthy, too! Emoticono smile ), but the fight/fear/pain aspect has to be present SOMEWHERE down the line, if we're really preparing for self defence, and not just 'self pretence' that we can make criminal violence 'easy', after a bit of EASY training! Emoticono smile'
I
went off the point there (nothing new for me!), but I'm saying that
Bartitsu/DDLR has everything you possibly need, if you're creative and
hardworking. You don't need other arts to fill in any gaps, because
there's enough there already. I suppose everyone's
different though (and who am I to complain?!) Emoticono smile Even
though my inspiration comes from the original sources and their
component arts, I don't even really have a 'name' for what I do. Then
there are plenty of people adding all sorts of stuff to their
'Bartitsu', yet neglecting the central core arts that are very much
alive. Nothing is as it seems.....(or so it seems!) Emoticono wink LOL
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