The Archetypes of Fighting

Why is it that certain fighters gravitate toward specific fighting styles? How should YOU chose your fighting style? The answers may lie within the psychological phenomenon of Archetypes. Chapters 00:00 - [Intro] 00:57 - [What is an Archetype?] 02:27 - [The Trickster] 04:03 - [The Brawler] 05:42 - [The Technician] 07:08 - [The Artist] 08:24 - [The Bully] 10:01 - [The Warrior] 11:22 - [The Crusader] 13:18 - [The Monk] 14:35 - [Final Thoughts] What is an Archetype? The archetypes in this video are based on those presented by Carl Jung in his work: “The Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious.“ Jung described archetypes as images or themes (symbols) that derive from the collective unconscious and have universal meanings across cultures. He likened archetypes to: instinctual patterns of behavior. Plato also described this phenomenon with his concept of the Idea: which was summarized in the Abstracts of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung as a &quo