Affects of Commercialization on Pressure Points: Today I want to reflect on how the commercialization over the last 75 of the martial arts has affected pressure point study. The martial arts came to the western culture primarily after WWII with soldiers returning from battle and many martial arts masters immigrating to the west after the war.
That is all good on the surface. Many of the soldiers opened Dojo but had little experience in the arts really. Some of them continued to pursue their art by returning yearly to Japan to study.
Affects of Commercialization on Pressure Points
Men like Robert Trias come to mind here. Others continue to study and learn from the Japanese, Korean, Chinese masters who immigrated. The result was some amazing martial artists coming to light in the west.
The problem was there were a greater number with huge egos believing the arts was about fighting who began to destroy the arts by no longer learning. And just believing they had all the answers. And because of this many aspects of the martial arts began to disappear. Most importantly pressure point study was once such aspect.
Affects of Commercialization on Pressure Points
How did this happen? Well in my view, from my research the Affects of Commercialization on Pressure Points was simply because by nature people are lazy. Especially egotistical people. Children were also begin taught and therefore deadly techniques needed to be removed.
The problem is as the masses began to want to learn the arts, many were only looking for an activity, not a way of life. This caused further watering down. History of the art being taught began to be ignored by the head of the system. My original root art of Hapkido is a great example. Questions were not allowed and history was not spoken of at all. And if you look at the History of Hapkido you see how things progressed, and also why it is far from a complete system. It also appears to be more about positioning and politics that training. This is what made me look to the outside world for more teachings. And I was successful finding it.
Affects of Commercialization on Pressure Points
Most of all the Affects of Commercialization on Pressure Points has been profound, so much so that many of the high ego martial art instructors and students deny their existence and effectiveness because it takes the spotlight off them. And you know you are correct when you question them because they attack talking about their "linage" and their rank. This behavior is so childish.
There are many systems I see in the wild I personally are not impressed with. But I do not talk about them. The reason is I have not studied them to make an informed decisions. And attended a few seminars is meaningless.
Pressure Point Study
More about the Affects of Commercialization on Pressure Points. Pressure Point study or Kyusho Jitsu exists in only a handful of martial arts styles or systems. The majority ignore it, or talk about it with no substance or understanding. I know one well respected Hapkido Grand Master I met trying to impress me with his knowledge of pressure points. However he only knew locations, and nothing else. I would have been much more interested in his history as a student than what he believed he knew about pressure points.
But it does not need to be this way. Kyusho Jitsu is a study. However it is not a study of motion, but of the acupuncture system of the body from a destructive viewpoint.
You can add it to your current martial art without having to radically change what you are doing. Will this then make pressure points street worth for you? That depends on your root art. And unfortunately most arts today are so watered down for sport that they have no street worthiness.
And sorry people, sport and street have no relationship. And do not think because you won a bar fight that you are "all that." If you think that you are a fool.
Affects of Commercialization on Pressure Points - In Conclusion
I have dedicated many years of my life to bring Kyusho Jitsu to the public. My focus is on teaching, not showing. And this has led me to having a large and solid following.
I am also an open book when it comes to my history and training. I do this because I believe in what I do and the value of the knowledge.
And I am working on a History of Kyusho Jitsu you might enjoy reading. The affects of Affects of Commercialization on Pressure Points have been quiet profound as I am sure you can see.
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