that person is obviously mentally handicapped
that person is obviously mentally handicapped
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Training for self defense is waste of time.
Do you have a bully problem? A year of weight lifting and boxing lessons will fix that right up.
Live in a bad neighborhood? Move. Too poor to move? Learn how to program, make mad money, then move.
I think there is maybe a cultural element here.
If you only train for the most extreme situation then I can see how this is largely pointless, because for one this will probably never happen to you and two, if it does it will probably be nothing like your training.
But confrontation and petty violence occurs all the time, every day. Every day there a little things where your training comes in useful. The fact some of you say self defence is a myth is really confusing to me..... That implies you have never experienced it. But that is hard to believe, every one gets in a fight now and again and the training is always useful. Most of the time it is something small and if you overreact to it you will make the situation much more dangerous. The way you deal with confrontation and violence has a huge impact on your character and so your whole life.
But then I think maybe it is a cultural thing. Maybe because of Guns in North America the stakes are higher and people do avoid confrontation more so when it does happen it is more extreme..... I don't know.
Guys aren't you misleading people comparing terms such as self defense and war.
Apples and oranges Sheldon...
Just watch this and save your cash...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbpV5xCkpTU
self defence is all about the obsession with giant black men waiting to ambush you. fear the bbc.
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Last edited by YouKnowWho; 09-21-2013 at 08:06 PM.
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More opinion -> more argument
Less opinion -> less argument
No opinion -> no argument
But what do you mean by that? I have defended myself, I am sure most people on this forum have. Lots of people do it and all the time. Mostly it is in small ways. I think you are just thinking of very extreme situations.
'MA were not originally....' This is a foolish statement. Of course many martial arts were about self defence, and many created specifically for that purpose. I don't know where this idea comes from.
China for example has thousands of different folk cultures that include fighting exercises. We classify them all as MA, but that is just a label to make things easier, it does not change what they are. They are many many different folk cultures that happen to include some similar themes. They all include their own unique things too. Amongst those we classify as WuShu there are 3 major types; Soldier, Civilian, Spiritual. This is long before the stupid 'internal, external' classification, and this is in China. Civilian MA are only about self defence. Soldier are only about military application and spiritual are MA like Shaolin and Wudang who's primary purpose is cultivation.
But how do you not see this is Moronic. IF Wushu was only War Arts then what was passed down would have been only military strategies like the spear wall that bawang posted. Group formations and training methods. Sure there is this. But the fact most of Wushu that is passed down is 1 on 1 empty hand technique implies heavily that it is intended for self defence.
Last edited by RenDaHai; 09-21-2013 at 08:04 PM.
When you swing your Guan Dao, do you have "intention" to cut your opponent's body in half? If you do that, is it self defense?
This look like "killing" to me.
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Less opinion -> less argument
No opinion -> no argument
Yeah, if you are in ancient China transporting a cart full of silver taels and have just been ambushed by bandits, then that is self defence. For most of us these days thankfully it is less extreme.
You don't fight against a real person like its the ring, you take every opportunity to let the fight end. Even in war Sun tzu says to always allow the enemy an exit.
Last edited by RenDaHai; 09-21-2013 at 09:09 PM.
Military strategy is about overwhelming power. You typically want a 3:1 ratio against any defending element.
Typical rule is, if you are in a fair fight, you are doing something wrong.
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