Do martial arts deskill you?

Mal discusses how some martial art structures can deskill you. While travelling Spain he asks KUDO branch chiefs for their opinions. #kudo #karate #judo #bjj

[@maximumscrunch]

Speaking as a student, I known I'm focused so much on remembering elements from each lesson that I've never really thought about where that knowledge has come from in terms of the sacrifices made by instructors, all the lesson planning and structure, the years of effort the instructors had to go through to reach a level where they can show & explain techniques with such consumate skill! So, thank you Sensei, in the future I will try to carry that appreciation with me into every class and know it's not just you time that I pay for, but also the years it took you to get there and the sacrifices you continue to make for your students! 👊

[@kudouk]

Much appreciated 👊🏼

[@LeeTaylorKarate]

I've definitely been caught in the coaching trap and not training, like you said it takes a lot to plan, organise and run a club. You can easily forget the reason you started training and why you continue to, for the pure love of it. I hope I've found the correct balance now with the mindset of always a student 🙏🏼👊🏼

[@kudouk]

I think you have found the balance, it’s evident in your personal activity! Always great to follow your journey

[@makenjikarate]

Nice video Mal with some great points. Now I do agree that coaching too much and from a young age can deskill you and not keep own skills pressure tested and ready. I feel with us karate instructors, especially those in our own clubs, always need to venture out and crosstrain in other arts and combat sports and we can bring some of those elements back into our own teaching and it does keep us ever evolving.

[@kudouk]

Well said but I know you are not on the normal path! You keep on going champ

[@makenjikarate]

@@kudouk OSU 👊

[@bogdanglazov6848]

We really need a Kudo seminar in Romania❤

[@kudouk]

Would love to help 👍

[@bogdanglazov6848]

@@kudouk I am not an instructor, but I don't know how to make any kyokushin, judo or mma instructors from Romania aware of this awesome martial art.

[@kudouk]

@@bogdanglazov6848 I will contact a Romanian friend to see if he can help

[@bogdanglazov6848]

@@kudouk That would be awesome. I dream the day we will have Kudo in Bucharest, Romania. Thank you!!!

[@Jiyukan]

I think in real live, aka not martial arts - you can learn and coach for ever as well. E.g. cooking. And you do not get Ph.D or University Professor after making your diploma "automatically". Not sure if I get your point. I think coaching is more or less automatically sooner or later part of your martial arts life. But this is not happening for everyone. One on one coach basically is the norm, or not? The more advanced one is kind of instinctively coaching the lesser advanced one.

[@kudouk]

I get your point totally and thank you for taking the time to respond. I guess I’m making the point of live physical performance within the class, not teaching it. Also it has become quite normal for young blackbelts taking a coaching role too early reducing their Mat time and experience 👍

[@Jiyukan]

@@kudoukHm, I watched you several times now :D Good, about coaches who coach/give classes more than actually do the stuff. I get it now. I come from Aikijujutsu/Aikido and my Karate is rusty. Advanced trainers/coaches in my "lineage" if you want to call it a "lineage" - more fitting would be: "the circle of teachers I hang around with" - instead of "lineage" make seminars like follows: the training session is 2h long. First hour they mostly walk around and pick individual pairs and help them/correct them. Second hour they start at one corner of the tatami and challenge everyone to two attacks to practice the technique with them. Walking their way all over the tatami, until they had everyone. Then thy might show a new technique or do it just again or make a short demonstration addressing a common problem in the technique. BTW: where in the UK are you?

[@kudouk]

@@Jiyukan thank you 🙏 We are in Barry, Wales