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When does a question stop being about martial arts?
Specifically, I asked Which muscles do I use to stand, which was closed as not being about martial arts, even after I related it to the major internal arts which focus heavily (no pun intended) on ...
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Are western martial arts on topic?
Say, I had a question about fencing. Would that be on topic?
What about rapier fighting?
What about medieval sword work for re-enactment?
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Topicality of "What martial art should I practice" (and similar suggestion questions)
One thing that we are starting to see are variations of the question of "what martial art should I practice." For example:
Is aikido a good addition to Karate? Or shoud I go for jiu-jitsu?
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What are the boundaries for topicality?
I'm worried about some of the questions that are being closed. I'm all for closing questions if they merit it but I'd hope we could exercise some caution when closing questions.
I've been a part of ...
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Are questions related to running martial arts classes on-topic?
We seem to have determined that training advice is on topic, but what about questions related to the running of your own dojo? I don't mean questions of book keeping or similar, but specific problems ...
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Should we use tag for federations?
Take Karate, there are styles like shotokan where exist more that one world federation. Should we use a tag for each federation (of course, when the question requires it; for example a question about ...
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Should different disciplines of the same art have their own tag, or share tags
Some martial arts have different disciplines that can be radically different arts, based on their regional and instructional origin. Should these have separate tags?
Example: Shidokan can refer to ...
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Question about running/jogging?
I am looking at improving my cardio work outs and am looking at running -- not a shocker so far. However, I am interested in the most time efficient way to improve cardio and avoid injuring myself in ...
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Acronym tags should be synonyms of full spelled-out tag
There is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu question tagged with bjj and brazilian-jiu-jitsu with the former pointing to the latter.
Likewise, mma (no questions are tagged with this) should also point to mixed-...
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Are questions of Boxing and Wrestling considered on-topic?
Generally when you see a question and answer board or a forum, martial arts are generally lumped under a category sports and separated from boxing and wrestling. With both being common components of ...
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Are Questions About Treating Injuries Off Topic?
Thinking specifically of Whats the best way to stop a nose bleed quickly? which raises the question: At what point does the treatment of injuries (as opposed to the prevention of injuries) get to be ...
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Does the site need a "martial-arts" tag?
I've already removed the tag from the following questions:
Best weight lifting exercise to develop a Wing Chun chain punch
Where can I find critical comparisons of various martial arts?
DIY and ...
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Should individual techniques have their own tags?
I noticed when this question was asked: What's the real difference between Ikkyo omote and Nikkyo omote?. That the asker created a tag for ikkyo and nikyo.
Do people want to tag individual ...
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