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Originally Posted by WC_Lun  Sorry Enter, but I feel your talking in circles on the watered down issue. Watered down means that the essence and core of an art has been diluted to the point that it only resembles the art it once was. It cannot be used for combat in the form that it is now. That means it is no longer a combat art. That doesn't mean it is worthless, but it cannot be used for the purpose it was originally designed for. Many, many, arts have had this happen. When an art is not used for combat, but other things, this is a natural occurance.
An example of what I mean watered down could be one of the arts I have studied, Wing Chun. Originally it was designed for war. It is based upon solid scientific principles and very efficient. It needed to be because the person using it depended on it to live. Most modern day Wing Chun, while it still has the flavor and many of the movements of the original, it does not have the efficiency it once had. Many of today's Wing Chun artist don't understand some of the true combat applications. This isn't thier fault, its just a natural thing since the combat side isn't used often.
There is a huge difference between a combat/fighting art and a modern day martial art. One truly trains for combat, while the other trains for other reasons. |
Yeah, I sort of thought it was going in a circle. Hmm, I think I sounded like an absolute fool in my post >.< . I think I took a completely different, and incorrect, meaning of "watered down" and just beat it down too much.
