Martial Arts-Fit

[miraimike]

Imagine hopping on the Wii Fit board while holding the wiimote. You go to your software and are given the choice between Karate, Kendo, Muay Thai, and Aikido. Depending on your main choice, you're to create a lesson plan containing one, some, or all of the available martial arts. After creating your lesson plan, you go right to your instructor, who is in the same style as the Wii Fit instructor. You practice your way up to the point where you enter ranked or belt matches. Etc etc etc.

I think it's a great idea, at least.

[coire]

Originally Posted by miraimike

Imagine hopping on the Wii Fit board while holding the wiimote. You go to your software and are given the choice between Karate, Kendo, Muay Thai, and Aikido. Depending on your main choice, you're to create a lesson plan containing one, some, or all of the available martial arts. After creating your lesson plan, you go right to your instructor, who is in the same style as the Wii Fit instructor. You practice your way up to the point where you enter ranked or belt matches. Etc etc etc.

I think it's a great idea, at least.

Homework:

Simplify the following equation:

Q:Martial Arts - experience x 'Teach yourself' lessons + Anime/Ninja-internet culture = Insta-failure + Injury

A: Not such a good idea.

It sounds good in theory, but any martial art, with the obvious exception of Chun Kuk Do, requires dedication, discipline and perseverance, or in the case of Chun Kuk Do, having tiny bit of several 'arts' and collecting them into one great, big ego-stroking failure-parade.

[miraimike]

Disagree. The experience argument would apply just as well to Yoga and WiiFit. The injury arguments would also apply just as well to any Wii game that involves striking, like Wii Sports Boxing.

Playing a Star Wars game won't make you a Jedi and playing a golf game on Wii won't make you Tiger Woods, but it doesn't mean that it can't be fun.

[coire]

Originally Posted by miraimike

Disagree. The experience argument would apply just as well to Yoga and WiiFit. The injury arguments would also apply just as well to any Wii game that involves striking, like Wii Sports Boxing.

Playing a Star Wars game won't make you a Jedi and playing a golf game on Wii won't make you Tiger Woods, but it doesn't mean that it can't be fun.

Yes, but peiple don't play those games to learn to be a jedi. The idea you've put forward is that people would learn martial arts from this game. Also, when I was referring to injury, I was referring to people actually trying to do these Martial Arts on their friends or anyone else really, they could injure themselves or others.

Yoga is a calm excerise, not knowledge that can be used by the irresponsible to injure others. When practicing a martial Art, you need to sign release forms and obtain a liscence, because of the chance that you could injure someone with it. It's a great way to keep fit, but actually practicing the martial art in real life is a much better alternative.

[pdRydia]

Originally Posted by miraimike

Imagine hopping on the Wii Fit board while holding the wiimote. You go to your software and are given the choice between Karate, Kendo, Muay Thai, and Aikido.

Martial arts is learning the best (least harmful, most effective) ways to block, lock, punch, jab, box, kick, fall, throw, pin, and so on. The balance board just can't handle that. It can't sense enough. Don't think the wiimote helps any, either--it doesn't help out in this situation any more than the balance board can. You can't even hold it in your hand--not if you want to actually get your form right (the shape and position of your hand is very important).

I also think it's a bad idea. The human element--specifically the ability make decisions based on real, human experience & the ability to react in real time to developing situations (like bad form, injuries, or frustration)--can't really be replaced by software.

Originally Posted by miraimike

Playing a Star Wars game won't make you a Jedi and playing a golf game on Wii won't make you Tiger Woods, but it doesn't mean that it can't be fun.

Wait. Are you suggesting a martial arts game using the balance board as a peripheral, or are you suggesting martial arts edutainment software? Cuz the first post sure sounds like you're suggesting edutainment, what with the lesson plans and all.