Frequently
Asked Questions
Q. Is it expensive
to do Tetsudo?
A. No, Tetsudo only charges its members a minimum amount
to cover needs such as hire of training venues, student insurance
etc. Tetsudo is a non-profit making organisation, and no Tetsudo
instructors earn from teaching Tetsudo. All teaching, promotion,
demonstrations and the web site is done by volunteer work within
the Tetsudo community.
Q. What do I need
to wear?
A. Any comfortable training clothes such as tracksuit is
fine. Students are encouraged after a little while to purchase
a Tetsudo training suit or “gi”. This can be obtained via the
Club Instructor.
Q. Tetsudo is a fairly
new martial art, how does it compare to some of the longer established
styles?
A. Tetsudo was devised from concepts that have been around
for over two thousand years. Tetsudo also embraces modern scientific
training methods, and remains up-to-date in fitness training,
conditioning and stretching.
Master Tetsura used his extensive background in many martial
and non-martial artforms to create a new system. containing many
of the older martial concepts as well as some of his own personal
philosophies.
Q. Is Tetsudo effective?
A. Tetsudo is not a theoretical martial art. All the knowledge
learned within Tetsudo is of practical use. Skills and knowledge
that is not readily accessible to a practitioner when needed might
as well not be learned in the first place! There are NO REDUNDANT
lessons in Tetsudo.
Q. Does Tetsudo differ
from other martial arts?
A. Martial arts all differ in various ways, so it is difficult
to catogarise them all into the phrase “other martial arts”, but
broadly speaking, Tetsudo focuses on teaching "concepts"
rather than specific ways of moving or dealing with situations.
Tetsudo has a structured teaching foundation, but practitioners
are free to express themselves in their own unique ways. No two
Tetsudo practitioner freestyle or perform Kedh in exactly the
same manner. The important thing is that practitioners adhere
strictly to the concepts that they have been taught.
Q. How does compromised
freestyle differ from the traditional sparring methods?
A. Compromised freestyle is a controlled form of sparring
that is practiced by two consenting partners, pitched at a level
that they both agree on. It can be practiced fast or slow, compromised
or with a slight competitive edge, but it should always be practiced
in a controlled and safe manner.
Within the average Tetsudo session compromised freestyle
may be practiced from 3 to 8 times.
It is due to this high amount of freestyle/sparring practiced
during sessions that Tetsudo maintains a very high standard in
sparring skills.
Q. Why do students
learn to break objects in Tetsudo?
A. Breaking techniques teach a student to employ their
whole bodies in an efficient and focused way.
Q. Is breaking safe?
A. Breaking is only performed occasionally in a class,
and is done so under strict supervision by an instructor. Students
are taught how to condition and prepare for strikes properly.
The most important thing about breaking is not necessarily the
object breaking but the student is not injured from it! Breaking
is safe when proper training and preparation has been done before
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