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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LGodamus" data-source="post: 850543" data-attributes="member: 1039">Takyris, you are getting a little too personal and I think you need to calm down .    If I sound condescending to you  it is because you are wanting it to; not because that is how I am trying to be. I am not ragging on katas, but what I am saying about kata and sparring is this, plain and simple ........repetition  of a technique sets it to muscle memory......Kata as in the long showy ones,not the ones using actual tecnique, set these ineffecient and unoptimized techniques and root them into your marital style that you develop from the time you start practicing your art. Same with sparring.....it has rules and the longer you practice sparring with rules you are training to handicap yourself.....whether you know it or not, you will unconciously shy away from techniques not legal in sparring, even if they are needed in real combat. ...............Takyris , you are taking my words completely out of context , and I wish you would not .  I never said anything about other arts being silly or usless , and neither did I say anything about embracing chaos or anyother such nonsense you are accusing me of.The only person being condescending is you ...with your junk about whippin out ninja to  and ninja fu....and all that crap you are saying....You say that people like me are "pinheads" as you put it, which is to imply that I dont know what I am talking about...... then you go  on to say all sorts of things about how sparring and kata prepare you for real combat......if you had read my above comments at all you will see that I have experience with arts that do kata and sparring , and I have experience on the street as well, and   there really isnt much correlation.  Just because you can take a punch in the head sparring in protective gear doesnt mean that is gonna help you take a bare knuckle blow to your face......Its not gonna help.I really , take exeption to calling me ignorant and close minded , when I have in fact done all of the methods you have suggested and was merely offering my opinion on them. Furthermore, I,unlike yourself, wasnt attacking anything. I was merely pointing out some facts and offering a few opionions based on personal experience .   With that in mind I must object to your personal attack on me.  It shows bad taste on your part.  I am not trying to be mean to anyone here , and I expect the same common courtesy....</blockquote>

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