tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post3205702519992004875..comments2024-02-14T07:29:25.919-05:00Comments on Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Struggle to Keep Martial Arts AliveRick Matzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-1060126886579548692020-09-16T18:24:05.415-04:002020-09-16T18:24:05.415-04:00It's easy enough to start/create a high qualit...It's easy enough to start/create a high quality school, with reasonable rates, and be successful. If you have the skills and the business brains.Frank Granovskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827482282469039373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-1108968116813782992020-09-16T14:50:19.427-04:002020-09-16T14:50:19.427-04:00Martial arts have degenerated into three strands. ...Martial arts have degenerated into three strands. MA for children, MA as sports, MA as "kick arse" combat for those who want to learn to fight. Children grow up, sportspeople eventually drop out as they pass their peak performance, and the kick arse contingent learn how to fight and that's it. MA need to be embedded into a culture, religion or ideology to provide a lifetime framework. This is the missing elementDirk Bruerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584889005839719276noreply@blogger.com