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Has anyone else noticed the paralels between what the "tactical" scene is to combatives and what hair metal was to heavy metal?
On one hand, you had a style of music that was pretty hard and kicked ass, and artists started experimenting with custumes, make up, and showmanship; then as time wore on it became all about the make up, costumes, and showmanship to the mainstream to the point that it generated some of the most lackluster and cheesey music ever produced, rivaling even disco in the shear amount of suckness that it was.
Then on the combatives side, you had martial arts and weapons training that were all about reality, and were pretty hard and kicked ass, but as time wore on it became all about costumes, showmanship, and make believe; generating one of the most cheesey and lackluster mainstream martial scenes the world has ever seen. And it pretty much sucks.
I cringe every time I see a new tactical boywonder come out with a new undefeatable weapon or combat system. I puke every time I hear the word "tactical"(I've got a bucket right by my side right now).
It's gotten to the point where it's a bloody three-ring-circus laden with lingo and mumbo jumbo that doesn't mean a thing with all these yahoos with no real idea what their talking about and even less hands on experience in the areas they're offering guidance in. It's like the sport futility vehicle craze amongst yuppies.
Personaly, the amount of bullsh*t that's going around these days is really unacceptable, it's like a coming out party for Walter Mitty or something.
I don't really know what can be done to remedy the situation, but somebody's gonna have to do something about this or the late twentieth century/early twentyfirst martial scene will be seen by future generations as the hair metal of combatives, weaponry, and the martial arts.
On one hand, you had a style of music that was pretty hard and kicked ass, and artists started experimenting with custumes, make up, and showmanship; then as time wore on it became all about the make up, costumes, and showmanship to the mainstream to the point that it generated some of the most lackluster and cheesey music ever produced, rivaling even disco in the shear amount of suckness that it was.
Then on the combatives side, you had martial arts and weapons training that were all about reality, and were pretty hard and kicked ass, but as time wore on it became all about costumes, showmanship, and make believe; generating one of the most cheesey and lackluster mainstream martial scenes the world has ever seen. And it pretty much sucks.
I cringe every time I see a new tactical boywonder come out with a new undefeatable weapon or combat system. I puke every time I hear the word "tactical"(I've got a bucket right by my side right now).
It's gotten to the point where it's a bloody three-ring-circus laden with lingo and mumbo jumbo that doesn't mean a thing with all these yahoos with no real idea what their talking about and even less hands on experience in the areas they're offering guidance in. It's like the sport futility vehicle craze amongst yuppies.
Personaly, the amount of bullsh*t that's going around these days is really unacceptable, it's like a coming out party for Walter Mitty or something.
I don't really know what can be done to remedy the situation, but somebody's gonna have to do something about this or the late twentieth century/early twentyfirst martial scene will be seen by future generations as the hair metal of combatives, weaponry, and the martial arts.