What importance do you place on the History of your chosen Martial Art?

To me its like knowing your own family tree. It gives you a point of origin of where it began and how it evolved over the course of time.It's through that evolution of why your art is what it is today. And it doesn't matter what art you train in at some point in time they changed to keep up with the times. Whether you teach or just train I believe its an important part of your foundation of knowledge

MMA supply you super wellness and a few fantastic upward thrust up skills TKD is super if your youthful and juist stepping into martial arts, this is stable to get your legs moveing because of the fact once you progression you will in all likelihood ignore regarding the legs and concentration on punching so TKD could be an wonderful beginning martial artwork MMA is fairly of each little thing, reckoning on who teaches you may get something from karate, kung fu, sambo, and Aikido thrown into the blend, fairly relies upon the place you pass i think of in case you're only beginning out, whats extra important than which form is how stable the lecturers are on your section, if there is an extremely stable TKD instructor yet a nmot so time-commemorated MMA then pass with TKD for now, if there's a actual reliable Muay Thai fighter on your section you be attentive to the place you prefer to be training at, stable success, have relaxing :D

Yeah, having a rich history is like haveing a rich culture, you become proud of your style and hence train alot harder. It also gives you an idea of why they do things the way they do in that style and that will give you a clearer insight onto the techniques aqnd their aplication, for example, a certain style may have beed developed to fight against warriors carrying a shield, so then you know that maybe this technique is not the best to use for bare hand to hand combat and stuff like that

+ its interesting, but it shouldt be something thats taught, i never understood those writen tests, training time should be spend training not philosophying, that can be done in the spare time by reading books and doing your own research

I have been taught the history of TKD (and studied it some myself). It is important to an extent - meaning, its more than just good info, but not vital to the training of every student. An instructor who does not know his own history could be teaching worthless martial arts. I can tell you my lineage back to GGM Li, but that's not important to how well I can punch/kick.

No matter what your arts history the technique is the result of someones bias as to what is the best way.

So called traditional martial arts like karate and tkd are the result of cultural political and sport driven influences in order to create popularity and promote there own agenda in those areas.None of these styles or ranking reqirements existed before 1920 .

They are all interpretations of original OKINAWAN methods.If you are a practioner of one of these styles and the history of that style in part or entirely isn't traced backed to OKINAWA and thru them to CHINA then you are being fed a lot of political cultural ********.

That is all you need to know about your styles history.

i have been taught some of the history of Tae Kwon Do and i feel its a very important part of my training because i feel more connected to the art now that i know more about it

yes, my instructor taught me the history of taekwondo, and i also studied it my self a bit as well. i think learning the history is important, because it teaches you about how you particular style came to be, how the techniques were used, where the philosophies come from, and other things. however, it isnt the most important thing in your training.

Yes. The history of my martial art explains a lot of it's realistic approach to fighting.

I am taught the importance of the moves and technique, the history i researched myself, so yes, i do believe it is important.

Laugh if you want. I believe that having an art with lineage connects you to the old masters. If you work hard maybe their spirit will guide you in the pursuit of being a better person.