Thread:Saris Khan/@comment-24384232-20141211031559/@comment-2089817-20141212153824

I don't believe that, personally. Martial arts are all different, if only because of their "behavior", and their behavior in the human world is largely dependent upon the nation of their origin. Every nation and country throughout history has had different cultures and takes upon how to be, which has had a direct result upon their martial arts. The teachings and philosophy that have framed its existence is also largely a result of that culture. When you study a martial art, even on a spiritual and conceptual level, it's completely ignorant to ignore the deep philosophical roots and the culture from which it grew from. Not to mention, many of the martial arts have different goals; for example, hard-type and soft-type are two opposite methods in dealing with an enemy. You can't call them the same anymore than you can call Hadou and Bakudou the same thing. I have the utmost respect for Jackie Chan, but if he really did say something like that, then he's, at least in my opinion, a fool.

Martial arts is just as richly complex as the art of magic is, and there's so many aspects, philosophies, behaviors, methods to learn from it that calling them all the same really cheapens that.