lots of times we see a guy and say he has unorthodox or improper tech, and in some cases that is in fact true; but in other cases i think its a lack of exposure to other arts that makes it seem as if the person being observed doesn't know what they are doing, because you only have a limited understanding of certain arts wether you train them or not.
ex-the hands up, hands down thing; how many guys assume a guy can't box if he has his hands low...not understanding that you can box effectively like that based on positioning..angles..etc etc.
another example would be stances, certain people see a guy taking an old school stance and assume he doesn't know what he is doing; i knew a guy in h/s who got in a fight and took and old school boxing stance. Everyone laughed at him, until he lit the guy he fought up; his whole family was a boxing family and everyone was taught the older way of boxing.
in mma often times people say he has sloppy striking or wide open, when in fact he is doing his art; examples of this would be lyoto machida and chuck liddel, two guys who have alot of tma influence in their striking if your familiar w/their arts.
or guys like robert whittaker or lorenz larkin or ryan jimmo or makdessi; guys who blend tkd kung fu karate hapkido into their mt/kb and as a result look unorthodox, when really all they are is diverse.
even in the thread saamag posted sparring, some said he didn't know mt or boxing; when in fact it was just elements of kung fu or karate blended in w/his mt or boxing. Some guys picked up on that; but guys w/limited experience or exposure wouldn't.
so what really is unorthodox-keith jardine..people say i am really unorthodox..
thoughts/opinions
ex-the hands up, hands down thing; how many guys assume a guy can't box if he has his hands low...not understanding that you can box effectively like that based on positioning..angles..etc etc.
another example would be stances, certain people see a guy taking an old school stance and assume he doesn't know what he is doing; i knew a guy in h/s who got in a fight and took and old school boxing stance. Everyone laughed at him, until he lit the guy he fought up; his whole family was a boxing family and everyone was taught the older way of boxing.
in mma often times people say he has sloppy striking or wide open, when in fact he is doing his art; examples of this would be lyoto machida and chuck liddel, two guys who have alot of tma influence in their striking if your familiar w/their arts.
or guys like robert whittaker or lorenz larkin or ryan jimmo or makdessi; guys who blend tkd kung fu karate hapkido into their mt/kb and as a result look unorthodox, when really all they are is diverse.
even in the thread saamag posted sparring, some said he didn't know mt or boxing; when in fact it was just elements of kung fu or karate blended in w/his mt or boxing. Some guys picked up on that; but guys w/limited experience or exposure wouldn't.
so what really is unorthodox-keith jardine..people say i am really unorthodox..
thoughts/opinions