What is a complete martial art?

[Simba Nerevu]

What is a complete martial art? Does your martial arts training cover all of the areas that you consider essential for real-world effectiveness? Why or why not?

*kwk (katha wa katha) can be translated as and so on.

[Olùkọ́ Ọbádélé]

Wei yE asEntitire pa! This is a good topic! Me deE, medii aguma da, nanso, afei deE mentaa nyE. I've done grappling before, but these days I don't do much. Meda wo ase sE woakae me sE, berE biara EsE sE medwene Okoban a Edi mu yie. I thank you for reminding me that it's necessary for me to think all the time about a fighting style that is complete.

Obadele Kwame

[Simba Nerevu]

Asante Ndugu Obadele. Yebo, I think that our engagement with the martial arts, like our engagement with anything in life should be a "self-conscious" engagement. Meaning we should critically approach our training and constantly ask ourselves if our training is sufficient to confront the challenges that we may encounter.

[olufemi_baina_ayo]

Even though I don't know anything about martial arts, I'm always wanting to know more about it,especially if its from Afrika!

[Simba Nerevu]

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[Simba Nerevu]

One of the dimensions of this discussion that I think is worth probing are how specific Afrikan martial arts can be employed in any of the above mentioned scenarios (see the poll). For instance, how would the Capoeira function in this context? Or Ijala? Or Dambe? Kwk.