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Originally Posted by disgruntled
i have given this a lot of though and i got to take issue with the phrase jack of all trades master on none.....
i think it comes down the the MAist and there intent.... i could have trained in hapkido all my life and get higher degrees and become a master, but that would not make me the best MAist that i could be. it did not push me to develop characteristics i need as a full rounded MAist.... and i do not think that makes me any less of a MAist. because in the end i want to be the best MAist i can be, not hapkidoist and for me, that means learning more than one source..... i think that phrase applies to people that keep trying different things and not sticking with anything, but that is another issue all together.
further i would argue that MMA is its own style and thus the jack of all trades thing does not apply.
and i sorta agree about the art thing you mentioned... but i think it is highly contingent on the MAist..... but the training methods do lack in way of "do".
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Like I said, I don't think it applies to all MMA practitioners, however the trend I see especially in this younger generation of fighter does seem to lead towards the Jack of all trades theory. I think that every fighter should be well rounded, and learn as many skills as they can, however I do think that a fighter should have a main focus, and an incredibly strong base to grow all those skills on. If you can master one thing, and become good at many, than you will be far better off than someone who has only become very good at the many.
I don't mean to put down the sport, and I do see some great fighters coming out of it, however I do feel that it lacks direction. The way it is portrayed also concerns me, and what I see coming out of the Dojo, and on the street because of that portrayal worries me.
"Skill and power without direction, is like a missile without a target"