Originally posted by rarewhiteape
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Complete and utter bullshit. And I'm not sorry to be blunt. You need to pull your head out of your ass.
This is where I'm coming from.
I've been doing and teaching Judo for 35 years. The fundamentals of ANY sport or physical activity (or anything, really, be it purely intellectual or mostly physical) are critical to later success. Fundamentals are NEVER tossed out...if they are, then they are not fundamental to the activity, by definition.
If you accurately represent what you are being told by your instructors about basics/fundamentals, then they are using that line of bull as a marketing/retention ploy to keep you paying.
I am not sure how long it takes to get an orange or green belt in Arkan.
In Judo, for a young healthy adult, training at least 3 times a week (2 hours at a time), and competing, that would take at least 3 years to reach green belt (sankyu). And that person would not have come anywhere near mastering or absorbing the fundamentals.
Essentially, what you state goes against the fundamentals of learning anything.
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