{"id":3545,"date":"2014-08-11T02:30:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T02:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senshido.com\/?p=573"},"modified":"2014-08-11T02:30:59","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T02:30:59","slug":"beyond-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.senshido.com\/es\/beyond-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The conventions of language reveals the ways in which we see the world.\" - Dan Millman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Techniques as described by Webster's II New College Dictionary goes as follows:<\/p>\n

Technique: 1. The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished. 2. Procedure, system, routine; method. 3. The degree of skill or command of fundementals exhibited in a performance.<\/p>\n

All 3 of these definitions do not relate to personal protection as we all know that fine or complex motor skills go out the window. Tool and target development based on strategies and tactics is NOT a \"systematic procedure\".<\/p>\n

In martial arts today, the term \"technique\" is expressed as a physical response to an attack. For the most part, it is looked as \"If someone does this, you do that.\" If we're to take a look around at the majority of martial arts forums, you'll see threads like (the following are actual threads found on various popular martial arts forums)<\/p>\n