I’m mostly speaking from anecdotal experience, but my experience confirms that the effectiveness goes way up if you go back to historical martial arts.
I’m practicing historical fencing, the techniques are from the textbooks that we got from where people were actually killing each other with them, and many seem to have been independently recreated in modern times, such as the techniques for defence against knives (with modifications caused by the different length of the blades).
On a side note not really relevant to the subject, we had some group fights and I’ve personally tested that “hitting the enemy before he’s ready to block, preferably from behind” is a definite win for effectiveness, so bonus points to prof. Quirrel.
I’m also really happy that I found a teacher that sees cheating as “technique” when you’re not training for a tournament. One of the thing I got really surprised is that I’m managing to use “creative thinking” in the middle of a sparring match to win.
I’m mostly speaking from anecdotal experience, but my experience confirms that the effectiveness goes way up if you go back to historical martial arts.
I’m practicing historical fencing, the techniques are from the textbooks that we got from where people were actually killing each other with them, and many seem to have been independently recreated in modern times, such as the techniques for defence against knives (with modifications caused by the different length of the blades).
On a side note not really relevant to the subject, we had some group fights and I’ve personally tested that “hitting the enemy before he’s ready to block, preferably from behind” is a definite win for effectiveness, so bonus points to prof. Quirrel.
I’m also really happy that I found a teacher that sees cheating as “technique” when you’re not training for a tournament. One of the thing I got really surprised is that I’m managing to use “creative thinking” in the middle of a sparring match to win.