Postby Jared L. Cass » Thu Jan 09, 2003 5:55 pm
A good read, Gene.
I've been thinking about that quite a-bit lately myself. What would you guys think about starting a new thread, possibly in the unarmed area, devoted to nothing but assisting visiters, realize that WMA is just as real as AMA? People generally tend to accept things they are familar with. Things that they can say, "ya, I reconize that from Karate. It's almost exactly the same thing I learned at Master So-and-so's dojo."
By doing a comparison (not contrast) between simular techniques (WMA/AMA), we could keep things "western oriented." Like listing/citing techniques by: manual it appears in, date the manual was likely written, german/italian/ect. name for the technique, .... Does this sound like a worthwhile Idea? Would it be acceptable for the forum?
One of the first things that I did when I got my copy of "Medieval Combat" by Hans Talhoffer-translated by Mark Rector, was go through it, book-mark techniques that I was already familiar with, and take it to my current AMA class. I think it really opened a few eyes...even already "open" ones.
I think that it might also just be cool! With almost all of the ARMA members coming from (or currently cross training in)some form of varied AMA back ground, we could have ourselves a nice little "technique" library to draw from. Think of the "converting" we could do to the masses then!
Jared L. Cass, Wisconsin
