--- In kajukenboworldwide@yahoogroups.com, "norsewolf7777"
<norsewolf7777@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
> this is in reply to all the good messages. Thank you all. We did
find
> all the other tapes. Now in answer. To the gentleman who asked if
you
> can learn from a tape or DVD, the answer is yes. There are no
> Kajukenbo schools around here except near Boston all the way over
to
> the coast. As for the other messages. They talked of blood on the
> floor and so on. True after a certain rank. I look at the art
itself
> and what it teaches. I also know that the courts are against the
> martial artists. This in itself causes major problems. As for the
> blood and guts most style teach it, but they have fogotten the true
way.
> I train with what I see and have no style, because of the attitude
of
> some arts. I respect you all. Maybe I am wrong but all styles are
> one, all of us are brothers. It does not matter what style Tang
Soo
> Do, Shoto-kan, Kajukenbo, Kung Fu, JKD, Okami Go Ryu, Goju Ryu or
> whatever style. They are all good. Our streets are even more
> dangerous now, so we must have open minds. As one martial artist
said
> once "Take what works, and disgard the rest". Kajukenbo from what
I
> have seen is a beautiful art and I deeply respect its teachings.
But
> from what I have been told I guess I am not allowed to study the
art.
> Thank you all for your comments.
>
Why do you say "you are not allowed to study the art"?

You really can't understand the art with out having a valid
instructor to train under. If you only watch video tape's you will
not understand the concepts and understand that each person can be
creative in there own way. Most Martial art systems are restricted to
only forming to there belief's. Meaning "You should only block this
way" ect... With Kajukenbo you learn threw a good instructor how to
bring out the best in your ability, and you shouldn't be limited to a
certain movement of defense. The problem occurs when a student wants
all the information and techniques of the system, but you still have
to know how and when to apply the techniques correctly. You can only
get this type of training from an experienced Sifu "Instructor or
Professor in the ART. Think about it. Do you really think you can
learn the system from a video?? You will have question that will need
answers and you will need to understand why and how you perform a
technique a certain way? I have made video tapes for my students "but
only as a helpful reminder of the movements and to have some sort of
a reference to look at. Any one can practice the Art on the surface.
But you only understand the art by training hard with other students
and threw a good instructor. "YOU MAKE THE ART" IN WHAT EVER ART YOU
STUDY. MARTIAL ARTS ARE PREFORMANCED BASED. HOW YOU PREFORM IT. The
same as Actor's, there art is a performance based art. You can study
how to be an actor and watch video's on acting. But to become a
recognized actor you must have good coaching and you must be able to
perform what you do.
Ill stop here... but really think about it. Can you really learn a
system by just watching it on tape?

Sigung Burt Vickers