Well many times I have seen a student used a well placed eye poke or groin kick....that to me is a technique.
I would always want a tenacious tough person to back me...but in reality the fight should be very short and to the point.
Now with multiple fighters it's a different story....
Brother John,
What I meant by technique, is a trick or a pre-set technique ( punch art / grab art )... While they are important to help us understand motion, and ways to string (techniques) together, it is the ability to understand your position recognition ( where you are, and what you can do from there ) your targets, and then the understanding of the basic techniques such as a poke, a kick, a punch etc... All stem from that under stress.
When under attack there are really 2 considerations your mind can process "targets & weapons".. What can I hit, and what can I hit it with..
The tricks / techniques are important to teach us a variety of ways to find those targets, and the weapons we can use. But what I meant in my last post is that the trick as taught will rarely happen as taught.. But the follow ups, the ability to take a shot, the ability to hit hard, the ability to be willing to deal out an asp whuppin.. Those are all attributes we develop through technique / trick training as well as the Kaju way of trial and error.
It is like school... You learn math by learning to add and subtract, but later you learn algebra, and you need to figure out how to solve an equation... It is not the initial learning method you use now in it's true form, but you use that skill to problem solve, and figure out your own way to get the answer... Same with the arts.. We use the basics, but then problem solve, and learn to react as needed with what technique is needed.
We have the ability over time to be spontaneous... That is the higher level of tricks... Have someone attack you, and develop your own response based on your attributes.. It is not important if I move just as taught, but I survive the attack even if it is my expression of what I was taught..
Have you ever used punch art 1a as taught in a conflict?.. I am positive that you used elements of 1a - 21b and your own expression to solve the problem, but that was your expression of how to utilize your training... Techniques / Tricks are like any drill. They need to be practiced to develop a skill. But once that skill is developed it needs to be taken to another level.
I know you have been in plenty of scraps brother... And you made it work, but I will be willing to bet it wasn't by the book... Basics and techniques, but applied YOUR way.
I hope this makes sense, if not I will try again... Keep up the hard training, I miss you Amigo.
