Heydays Come and Gone.

Traditional martial arts just aight like it used to be, and I apologize in advance if this may sound to you like an opinionated writing piece.

According to what I perceive, people don’t seem to want to train in any of the traditional forms anymore; they expect sensei’s, you know, just the average person who has years of hard earned experience in a particular art’s teachings, to offer the service of dressing up their kids in a gi (as if it were a costume) with the sole purpose of taking photos for a claim on social media.

In sharp contrast, I am reminded about the martial arts heydays not too long ago. For me this relates primarily to North America and the media boom in the 90s, when movies such as Kung Fu, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Karate Kid emerged. I believe this had served well in directing new pupils towards the dojos with actual disciplinarians; those who are transcending their teachings from real spiritual leaders, some of whom include Kano Jigoro, Ip Man, and Hélio Gracie.

According to my presented thoughts, does anyone think I am correctly observing how there appears to be a decline in the significance of traditional martial arts?

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