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Two Sides of the Same Martial Arts Coin: Tradition and Progress
Many practitioners as well as Instructors take pride in the phrase “Traditional Martial Arts” as the kind of training and style they practice and teach. Others are just as eager to express that they “absorb what is useful” in lieu of wasting their time with what might be referred to as “The Classical Mess.” The thought being presented here is that these are two sides of the martial arts coin. Can we at least agree that today’s tradition at some point was yesterday’s progress. There is no written or unwritten standard for how long something must be done before it becomes a tradition, is there? It” more than likely, and