answers1: All martial arts are "complete styles" in as much as they
cover all aspects of protection, weapons, terrain, everything. They
must comply with the rules of survival. <br>
No fighting sports are complete. They remove the martial techniques,
and use the rest as a sport. They all must comply with the rules of
safety.
answers2: first you need to know how do you break down a style <br>
stand up <br>
ground <br>
striking <br>
grappling <br>
self defense <br>
trapping range <br>
close range <br>
mid range <br>
long range <br>
single opponents <br>
multiple opponents <br>
weapons defense <br>
weapons training how many weapons do you include in your training <br>
i am sure the list goes on depending upon how much you want to break
out each category <br>
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i consider a complete style that encompass all of the above.
answers3: Pretty much what our friend Kokoro said. He pretty much
nailed it. I would include in a few others things like firearms
training but that could be "long range". <br>
What he said.
answers4: Kokoro gave a great answer. I might be inclined to take
weapons training off of that list. I would keep weapons defense on the
list though. Generally speaking weapons are a separate art in itself.
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BBQ said something that I agree with partially. I won't call them
fillers, but traditional arts do teach things that has nothing to do
with "fighting" or self defense. Dojo etiquette has nothing to do with
self defense. How to tie a belt doesn't either. But how to tie a belt
on your gi to carry it home does have some practical self defense
applications. My judo instructor taught us how to tie our belts around
our gi after class ends. Then he taught why and how to use the obi,
and gi in self defense if we are attacked walking home. But one of the
points of traditional marts arts is to hand down traditions from one
generation to the next. It encompasses more than just self defense and
fighting. <br>
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Some people have no desire to know any history, culture, terminology,
etc. That is fine. Then those people should find a place with a good
instructor that don't teach those things. <br>
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If we go down kokoro's list that is a lot of things to teach and
cover.But it can be taught well in one dojo. But it will take time to
cover them all well. The more times you can train in the dojo the more
you will learn those things. If you time is limited you can still
learn them it will just take longer. Too many people today are in too
big of a hurry. That want everything instant and microwaved. <br>
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examples: <br>
Bjj general speaking spends most of their training on the ground.
Muay thai you are not likely to learn that many throws or what to do
once on the ground. <br>
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In traditional arts when taught correctly, not all do you learn
punches, kicks, throws, chokes (standing, kneeling, sitting, laying),
joint locks, pressure points, small joint manipulations, escapes,
weapons defense, and defensive strategies against multiple attackers.
Hopefully you learn something about the laws were you live and how or
what they view as self defense.
answers5: I agree with KW. But I have to disagree that there is too
much to learn. I personally think the problem is that there is too
much "filler" in traditional martial arts. That is, stuff you can do
away with and it won't make one bit of a difference in your overall
fighting abilities. <br>
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Think about it... MMA fighters train in the three ranges of combat
(striking, clinching and grappling) and they are pretty good at it.
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Edit: Answers like Jim R.'s makes no sense to me. He says sports (I
take it he means Muay Thai, Boxing, kickboxing, MMA... and anything
else that would be consider a sport) aren't complete because they have
to comply with safety. But yet, how does one practice "non-safe"
things effectively? How does one really practice being able to fight
with no rules so anything like eye gouging is allowed? Unless Jim's
going to really say that he practices full contact fighting with no
rules of any kind, and no ref, then how does he practice this stuff?
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Sport fighting, especially MMA, is the closest thing we have to a real
fight without actually being a real fight. If you've practiced things
like eye gouging that is great, but unless you've been able to
practice it against a resisting partner in a real time fight, then I
don't see how you can truly say with confidence that you're proficient
at it... remember, your opponent can do it too.
answers6: A "complete" style is one that covers all ranges of combat
(kicking, punching, grappling) and includes weapons training. An
"incomplete" style is one that may or may not include weapons training
and focuses on one or two ranges of combat, but not all three.
answers7: There is no such thing as a complete style, just styles or
systems that are more well rounded than others. No style on Earth has
every single technique you could ever need.
answers8: KW hit it pretty much on the head. I'm just going to add
that even though most people refer to complete style as training the
three elements of combat, the actually complete style should also
address weapons(whether it's you or your opponent) and multiple
opponents. So I'd say it's about five elements.
answers9: I've never heard of anything like that. But complete for
what? In that case there are very few complete styles. Most styles
cover some form of fighting. Very few styles cover ALL of fighting. If
any styles I should say.
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