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Posted by Jim on 8/2/2001, 12:11 pm To further elaborate on what I am saying I lift a quote written by a martial artist on another website. Aliveness is not a dead pattern or drill. If the movements of the drill are repetitive, its dead. If the movements of the drill are unnatural its dead. If the drill is contrived and not applicable to fighting its dead. Next time you are doing one of the myriad of dead drills out there ask yourself this question, what does this have to do with fighting?
Many WC, Karate, JKD schools, etc... I have been to spend countless hours wasting time with dead pattern oriented drills rather than "Alive Drills." In other words doing a specific two man set where each participant cooperates (other than learning a technique what does this have to do with fighting). In fighting (sport or street) the opponent resists. I say once you've spent twenty minutes learning the technique it should be applied against a resisting opponent not in some energy drill that has no applicability to fighting. What goes on at your school? Do you spar against resistance in all ranges of combat. Kicking, punching, trapping/ clinching, grappling? Or do you sit in the pigeon toed stance practicing your fook sau for thirty minutes? I am just trying to get feed back on gyms.
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