How important is it for you to teach your students to use their art against opponents using different styles, arts and techniques and how soon should they learn to apply them against different styles, techniques? I am not necessarily talking about full contact or light contact, but familiarity with other techniques and how and when to apply the techniques you train them in.
Heres an example, at 2 of the TKD schools in my area, the students train in TKD and are taught the art from very respectable instructors (one of whom is a good friend of mine), but they are taught to apply the art against another opponent you also uses TKD. The BJJ program at one of the ITF schools teaches BJJ against another grappler. I wont even go on about the ATA guys and the Mantis school closed down. I can only speak of 1 of the 2 MMA gymns in the area, but they only train MMA vs MMA techniques. There is a WTF TKD and Systema school in my area that trains in the manner similiar to what we train in. So its every MA school, but to many in my opinion.
Our late Judo Sensei used to break from traditional Kata, Randori and practice and have us work on boxing techniques and using our Judo against those techniques and commonly used basic kicking techniques using no Gi. He was a boxing coach before he started Judo, so was very well aware of boxing and what it is capable of. He passed away a few years ago and we still do that, just not as often and only in Sat randori practice.
The reason I ask this is I think alot of schools produce students that develope the mindset that since I train this way, I will be attacked in this manner. Usually either in a similar manner or a ridiculously incompetent manner. Since the most common techniques usually seen in a fight from the average person in the US usually come from boxing, scholastic wrestling, whatever karate like move they've seen on tv or even a football tackle. Its not necessarily that they received training, but they picked it up either by media transmission or dad in the back yard, etc, etc.
Most trained fighters dont fight. Either because of a moral code from their school, just to busy training or realization of the damage that fighting can lead to. Most untrained fighters are not going to fight like martial artists and probally will not have the same mindset and goal from the confrontation. Most untrained people are not going to fight loose and telegraphed and will probally panic when going to the ground. Which can make them ver viscious and desperate, since youve probally eliminated their option to flee.
So how important and how soon should this be introduced to students? If it is important, than why are so many schools not training in this manner?
Heres an example, at 2 of the TKD schools in my area, the students train in TKD and are taught the art from very respectable instructors (one of whom is a good friend of mine), but they are taught to apply the art against another opponent you also uses TKD. The BJJ program at one of the ITF schools teaches BJJ against another grappler. I wont even go on about the ATA guys and the Mantis school closed down. I can only speak of 1 of the 2 MMA gymns in the area, but they only train MMA vs MMA techniques. There is a WTF TKD and Systema school in my area that trains in the manner similiar to what we train in. So its every MA school, but to many in my opinion.
Our late Judo Sensei used to break from traditional Kata, Randori and practice and have us work on boxing techniques and using our Judo against those techniques and commonly used basic kicking techniques using no Gi. He was a boxing coach before he started Judo, so was very well aware of boxing and what it is capable of. He passed away a few years ago and we still do that, just not as often and only in Sat randori practice.
The reason I ask this is I think alot of schools produce students that develope the mindset that since I train this way, I will be attacked in this manner. Usually either in a similar manner or a ridiculously incompetent manner. Since the most common techniques usually seen in a fight from the average person in the US usually come from boxing, scholastic wrestling, whatever karate like move they've seen on tv or even a football tackle. Its not necessarily that they received training, but they picked it up either by media transmission or dad in the back yard, etc, etc.
Most trained fighters dont fight. Either because of a moral code from their school, just to busy training or realization of the damage that fighting can lead to. Most untrained fighters are not going to fight like martial artists and probally will not have the same mindset and goal from the confrontation. Most untrained people are not going to fight loose and telegraphed and will probally panic when going to the ground. Which can make them ver viscious and desperate, since youve probally eliminated their option to flee.
So how important and how soon should this be introduced to students? If it is important, than why are so many schools not training in this manner?