It’s all about Creation

Martial Arts are truly a vast yet intriguing field of study! I say vast because there is just so much out there! But how did it come to pass that so many forms of Martial art are present in the world today? Well the simple fact is that like any other subject in the world, physics, mathematics, biology, rules are meant to be broken: D! What would be ‘a be all end all’ discussion 50 years ago is not valid in today’s world. Sure there are those basic truths and traditions but not everyone follows them and many are seen breaking many of so called laws. There are always those brave enough to find the loopholes and test them out. Many of our greatest inventions were in fact ideas thought about by people who could not accept that this was all there was to the world

But that’s the beauty about living here on this earth in this day and age! There is still so much to discover so much to learn so much to experience and the same goes with Martial arts. Its because of people who decided that what they are learning in one art was not enough that they decided to learn some more and invent their own marital art! Judo is great example for that (there are so many more). Dr Kano, felt that what he learnt in Jujutsu was not enough and a little too deadly so he made a more refined sport which till today is practiced as a sport and martial art! In Judo, Dr Kano incorporated what all he learned from his teachers and added many new techniques that he had tried and mastered himself and Judo was born.

That’s Martial arts for you. Like any other art like music, painting, dancing, you can also discover different things while practicing marital arts. As you look around at all the martial arts today you see that though very similar to each other there is enough of difference between them to make them their own yet connected to each other by someway or the other. Marital arts has adapted according to the eras as well. In the olden days was used in battle, healing, protecting and other ways. In today’s world used as self defence, as a sport, people are rediscovering the healing aspects of it as well as the health related aspects. And all it took was for was some individuals or a group of like-minded people to realize and create the change! Martial arts begin with the mind and then put into practice!

In our Kickboxing classes we teach you to be creative. We teach you techniques but we expect you to try out different ways of applying the technique. I have always mentioned in my class that no technique is the be all and end all. You have a template and you work around it and that way you never get stuck. You never run dry of techniques. You will always be able to create new ones and hey who knows one day if you work at it, make your own martial art ! We are in the end creative beings and we were here to create new things or rediscover old forgotten things all the time. So next time you think you are stuck with a technique or anything, remember your templates and see what else you can do in that situation. You get stuck only if you don’t use that wonderful creative mind given to us as a gift ! So keep at it, after all Martial Arts is all about helping create new ways of living life.