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This is what is wrong with the martial arts. You put on some bad techno music, you spike up your hair, put on your flashy Gi/vest, zipp it up and then scream really loud when performing transition techniques and archers blocks, throw in some flips, hand stands, and other crap that you wouldn't use in a real fight and you have XMA. They should rename this system how to get yourself into the intensive care unit, because your spikey hair won't save you in a self-defense situation.
The funny part is I actually saw an XMA class. The instructor was like 18 and wearing a 6th degree blackbelt (that's your first clue that something is wrong), and when I asked him what kind of karate he studied he was perplexed and said it was just karate, meanwhile the techo music was blasting and the children where all wearing gray jumpsuit (sleeveless of course), their hair was extremely spikey and they were screaming everytime they did a techique (even crane blocks). I guess they were trying to look cool, or they were auditioning for a part on dragonball Z, either way the slovenly soccer moms observing the class were all impressed. This stuff is worse than Christian Rock.
Sometimes, I feel like I'm the only sane person in the world.
The funny part is I actually saw an XMA class. The instructor was like 18 and wearing a 6th degree blackbelt (that's your first clue that something is wrong), and when I asked him what kind of karate he studied he was perplexed and said it was just karate, meanwhile the techo music was blasting and the children where all wearing gray jumpsuit (sleeveless of course), their hair was extremely spikey and they were screaming everytime they did a techique (even crane blocks). I guess they were trying to look cool, or they were auditioning for a part on dragonball Z, either way the slovenly soccer moms observing the class were all impressed. This stuff is worse than Christian Rock.
Sometimes, I feel like I'm the only sane person in the world.
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